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By Scott French, Senior Editor BEST GAME: There have been few WUSA matches as thrilling as New York's 5-4 triumph Saturday over Philadelphia, in which the Power rallied four times from deficits and scored twice in the final minutes — including the winner in stoppage time — to spoil the Charge's home opener. It was […]

Brandi Chastain's header knocked Atlanta from the ranks of unbeaten teams, and Dagny Mellgren's 25th WUSA goal lifted Boston into a first-place tie with idle Washington in action on Saturday. A look at Saturday's games: San Jose 1 Atlanta 0: Chastain headed home a Sissi free kick in the 69th minute to lift the CyberRays […]

May 3 at Villanova, Pa. Philadelphia 4 New York 5. Goals: Pichon (Tullock, Hoffmann) 3, Tullock 23, Smith (Pichon) 38, Arrington 54; Baumgardt 6, Milbrett pen. 25, Welsh 40, Welsh 85, Davey 91+. Philadelphia — Moore, Mitts, Tietjen-Prozzo, McVeigh, Benson, Fair, Tullock, Makinen, Smith (Arrington, 46), Pichon, Hoffmann. New York — Smolak, Pearce, Boxx, Raveia, […]

May 3 at Foxboro, Mass. New England 0 San Jose 2. Goals: Own goal 42, Ching (Mullan) 56. New England — Brown, Pierce, Heaps, Llamosa (Harris, 83), Franchino, Joseph, Cullen (Hernandez, 64), Kamler (Noonan, 57), Ralston, Twellman, Moore. San Jose — Onstad, Dunivant, Agoos, Dayak, Waibel, Lagos, Corrales, Mulrooney, Mullan, Donovan, Ching. Yellow Cards: New […]

FIFA's executive committee decided Saturday to move next fall's Women's World Cup out of China because of the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome that has impacted several Asian countries, including China. The executive committee, chaired by FIFA President Sepp Blatter and meeting in Zurich, followed the unanimous recommendation from FIFA's Sports Medical Committee, chaired by […]

Wales coach Mark Hughes named a preliminary squad of 29 players for his team's friendly against the United States in San Jose on May 26. The squad, comprised of players based in England, Scotland and Wales, will be reduced to 20 after May 14. WALES ROSTER: Goalkeepers — Paul Jones (Southampton), Mark Crossley (Middlesbrough), Darren […]

Saturday, May 3 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) PHILADELPHIA (0-2-0, 0 pts) vs. NEW YORK (1-3-0, 3 pts) TV: PAX. Key players out: Philadelphia – none; New York – D Sara Whalen (R-ACL tear), D Kristy Whelchel (R-ACL tear), D Cheryl Salisbury (R-Calf Strain), D Lauren Orlandos (Hamstring Strains), GK Saskia Webber (R-Calf Strain). Referee: […]

Saturday, May 3 (4 pm ET/3 pm CT/1 pm PT) NEW ENGLAND (1-1-1, 4 pts) vs. SAN JOSE (2-0-1, 7 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key players out: New England – M Tony Frias (R ankle surgery), D Daouda Kante (red card suspension); San Jose – F Dwayne DeRosario (R-Torn LCL), F Roger Levesque (R-torn ACL), D […]

May 8 USA-Mexico (friendly) Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas 8 pm ET/7 pm CT ESPN2 May 26 USA-Wales (friendly) Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif. 10 pm ET/7 pm PT ESPN2 June 8 USA-New Zealand (friendly) Univerity of Richmond Stadium in Richmond, Va. 1 pm ET ESPN2 June 19 USA-Turkey (Confederations Cup) St. Etienne, France […]

The United States will face New Zealand June 8 in Richmond, Va. (1 p.m. ET, ESPN 2) in a friendly, 11 days before its Confederations Cup opener against Turkey on June 19 in St. Etienne, France. New Zealand, as Oceania champion, will also be competing in the Confederations Cup. ''The New Zealand match will present […]

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) at Watford, 3-0 (4/30) Started: 90 minutes. The victory means Reading will finish no lower than fourth place in the First Division, which guarantees the Royals home-field for the second-leg of their semifinal series in the promotion playoffs for a spot in the Premier League. First-place Portsmouth and second-place Liecester […]

General Manager Susan Marenoff has departed the New York Power in what the club on Wednesday termed a ''resignation,'' and WUSA chief operating officer Kevin Crow will run the organization until a replacement is found. Marenoff, who had been with the Power since November 2000, was quoted in a Power news release as saying her […]

French midfielder Gilles Grimandi, Colorado's main offseason signing who for weeks has refused to follow through on his commitment to the Rapids, has reached an agreement with MLS that allows him to return to France. ''The Colorado Rapids organization is deeply saddened by Gilles Grimandi's decision to return to France.'' Colorado Rapids general manger Dan […]

Player of the Week Evaud Thompson (Westchester Flames) Team of the Week G — Greg Sherwood (Reading) * Six saves in 2-1 win at New York D — JT Dorsey (Reading) * Solid play in 2-1 win at New York D — Alfredo Esteves (New Hampshire) * Solid play in 2-1 loss at New Jersey […]

Player of the Week Thiago Martins (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) Team of the Week G — Randy Dedini (Pittsburgh) * Seven saves in 5-0 win at Charlotte D — Fred Degand (Charleston) * Solid performance in 1-0 win over Montreal D — Nick DeSantis (Montreal) * Solid performance in 1-0 loss at Charleston D — Kevin Knight […]

The 18-man roster U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named for the May 8 friendly against Mexico in Houston includes nine players from the 2002 World Cup squad. Six of them — Brian McBride, Landon Donovan, Eddie Pope, Pablo Mastroeni, Earnie Stewart and Cobi Jones — played against Mexico in the second-round 2-0 victory that earned […]

By Mike Woitalla Two weeks after Fresno State announced the elimination of its 33-year-old men's soccer program, Coach Dave Chesler is hopeful that his team's ambitious fund-raising drive will lead to reinstatement. ''There is more than hope, but we still have an incredible fund-raising challenge,'' says Chesler. Chesler says he was told by the university […]

Honduras and Martinque came out on top of a three-team playoff with Trinidad & Tobago to fill the final two spots in this summer's Gold Cup. Honduras beat Martinique, 4-2, on Sunday after both teams had assured themselves of qualification with wins over T&T. Martinique had beaten T&T, 3-2, and the Hondurans won, 2-0. The […]

American goalkeepers Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller continued to shine in the English Premier League. Friedel's Blackburn Rovers remain in the hunt for a UEFA Cup spot thanks to a 3-2 victory at Leeds. Keller, meanwhile, repeatedly thwarted Manchester United before the league leaders took a 2-0 win. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor HERO: Taylor Twellman ran onto a long diagonal ball from Steve Ralston to thump a left-footed volley for the winning goal in the Revs' 2-1 victory at Dallas. GOATS: Kansas City defender Nick Garcia let Andy Williams get past him just before the Fire midfielder drilled home the tying goal […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor LET'S PLAY TWO: Nine WUSA players — eight Americans and a Canadian — pulled double-duty this weekend, seeing time in the U.S. women's national team's 6-1 win Saturday over Canada in Washington and in their clubs' league matches. Three of them — Atlanta goalkeeper Briana Scurry, San Jose defender Brandi […]

A few weeks after Wade Barrett arrived in Denmark, he found himself at the fishmonger's selecting a variety of herring to take to his apartment in downtown Aarhus, an eastern port city of 575,000. ''One reason I came was to live in a European environment,'' said Barrett, who was raised in Virginia Beach and spent […]

A-C-L. They can be the most frightening three letters an injured player hears. The anterior cruciate ligament. Pliable although not elastic, it connects the bones and pretty much holds the knee together. Three prominent U.S. players suffered torn ACL's in 2002. Chris Armas missed the 2002 World Cup after going down a month before the […]

The inevitable is hap-pening. Those stalwarts who were inspired during the NASL years and witnessed its demise are leaving MLS, which they helped found. Eric Wynalda, Marcelo Balboa and Tab Ramos each played in three World Cups. John Harkes played in two. Peter Vermes' only showing was in 1990, but if not for Walter Zenga's […]

April 25 Richmond 3 (Russell 34, Jeffrey 49, Testo 90) Indiana 0. Charlotte 0 Pittsburgh 5 (Woolfolk 4, Evans 13, Martins 14, 32, Villar 70). El Paso 0 Minnesota 1 (Morehead 14). April 26 Atlanta 2 (Nusum 26, Asad 60) Pittsburgh 2 (Woolfolk 4, Martins pen. 70). Virginia Beach 2 (Washington 15, Fenger 38) Indiana […]