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INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY USA vs. Venezuela Saturday, March 29 in Seattle, Wash. (Seattle Seahawks Stadium) 4 pm ET/1 pm PT. TV: live on ESPN 2. The USA faces Venezuela in tomorrow's game because the original opponent, Japan, canceled its U.S. tour in response to the U.S. military's attack on Iraq, citing air-travel security concerns. Japan's decision […]

Allison Horn, a19-year-old freshman at Texas Tech, died Wednesday from injuries she suffered in a car accident Friday, March 21, in Bedford, Texas. Horn played 15 games for the Lobos in 2002. She was a Texas all-state player at Colleyville Heritage High School, a Texas high school player. The Ford Explorer in which she and […]

2001 Hermann Trophy winner and MAC Award winner Luchi Gonzalez has signed with Second Division Swedish club Bodens BK. The former SMU star was the sixth overall pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. He played eight games for the San Jose Earthquakes in 2002 and was waived in the offseason. He had joined the Columbus […]

The Chicago Fire has signed Jamaican midfielder Andy Williams, a five-year MLS veteran with the Columbus Crew, Miami Fusion, New England Revolution and most recently, the MetroStars. Chicago acquired the 25-year-old ''senior international'' from the MetroStars in exchange for a conditional draft pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. ''I feel that we've got a proven […]

The U.S. men's national team, which faces Venezuela Saturday in a friendly in Seattle, has added another friendly to its 2003 schedule. It fill face Wales on May 26 (Memorial Day) in San Jose. It will mark the first meeting between the USA and Wales, which is enjoying an impressive run in European Championship qualifying, […]

March 26 in San Jose San Jose (USA) 2 Municipal (Guat.) 1. Goals: Donovan 19, Ching 25; Plata 76. San Jose — Onstad, Roner, Waibel, Agoos, Dunivant (Alvarez, 77) Lagos, Ekelund, Corrales, Mullan, Ching (Walker, 83), Donovan. Municipal — D.Ortiz, E.D. Ortiz, Ponciano, Ruano, Chen, Albizuris (Bonilla, 73), Romero, Giron, Guevara, Acevedo, Plata (Castillo, 90). […]

Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) vs. Necaxa (Mex.) Columbus Crew (USA) vs. Morelia (Mex.) Municipal (Guat.) vs. Toluca (Mex.) or W Connection (Trin. & Tob.) Alajuela (C.R.) vs. Club America (Mex.)

The San Jose Earthquakes and New England Revolution both won the second legs of their CONCACAF Champions Cup first-round series Wednesday night but were eliminated on aggregate. San Jose beat Municipal of Guatemala, 2-1, at Spartan Stadium but was eliminated, 5-4, on aggregate. Landon Donovan and Brian Ching scored on Brian Mullan assists in the […]

Founders Cup III, the WUSA's championship match, has been awarded to San Diego's Torero Stadium, bringing the title match West after playing the first two on the East Coast. Torero Stadium, on the campus of the University of San Diego, seats only 7,035, but league officials are looking at options to expand capacity for the […]

Venezuela coach Richard Paez has named four foreign-based players to his 17-man roster for Saturday's friendly against the USA (4 pm ET/1 pm PT in Seattle, live on ESPN2). Three foreign-based players — Alejandro Cichero (Cerro/Uruguay), Juan Arango (Pachuca/Mexico), Hector Gonzalez (Olimpo/Argentina) — will not travel to Seattle but will join Venezuela for its April […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor The bulk of discussion between WUSA officials and the Players Association during months of negotiations for the Collective Bargaining Agreement concerned how best to trim expenditures and increase revenues. The league, continuing to battle against a difficult economy, had cut budgets in every department but one. Until now. The WUSA's […]

Brad Friedel conceded five goals against Newcastle, Wade Barrett made his Danish First Division debut and Greg Vanney returned to the Bastia starting lineup in France. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Newcastle, 1-5. Started: 90 minutes. Friedel conceded goals to Nolberto Solano, Laurent Robert, Jermaine Jenas, Craig Bellamy and teammate Vratislav Gresko. The […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy and Columbus Crew advanced to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, but the New England Revolution was crushed in its debut in the CONCACAF club championship. Alexi Lalas' goal with 12 minutes left gave the Galaxy a 1-0 win over Motagua of Honduras Sunday in Fullerton, Calif., and a 3-2 […]

Shannon MacMillan and Mia Hamm scored goals four minutes apart and the U.S. women's national team captured the Algarve Cup title for the second time with a 2-0 triumph over China Thursday at Loule, Portugal. MacMillan scored from a rebounded shot in the 52nd minute and Hamm tallied from a MacMillan feed in the 56th […]

Japan canceled its two-game of the United States because of concerns by Japanese clubs about security risks following the outbreak of war in Iraq. The decision was made by the Japan Football Association (JFA) at a meeting Friday in Tokyo. The JFA had last month called off the trip to play Uruguay on March 26 […]

(Subject to change) CHICAGO FIRE Training: March 20-26: Portland, Ore. Matches: Feb. 12 vs. U.S. under-17 national team (1-2). Feb. 15 at Univ. of Central Florida (0-1). Feb. 19 vs. U.S. under-17 national team (2-0). Feb. 22 vs. MetroStars (2-0). March 2 vs. Dallas (0-1). March 5 vs. D.C. United (0-0). March 8 vs. San […]

Venezuela will replace Japan as the USA's opponent in the March 29 friendly at Seattle Seahawks Stadium in Seattle, Wash. Japan, which was also scheduled to play Uruguay March 26 in San Diego, canceled its U.S. tour because of concerns by Japanese clubs about security risks following the United States' military attack on Iraq. The […]

The press office of the U.S. Soccer Federation has been inundated with interview requests for Freddy Adu, who has already been featured in Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and major newspapers across the country. Jim Moorhouse, U.S. Soccer director of communications, is feeling the pressure. He's charged with accommodating the media and popularizing American soccer players. ''But […]

Immigration staff at the Sao Paulo International Airport scrambled to open additional lanes of its waiting area as chromatic waves of Adidas jackets poured down the escalators. In the jackets, fit young men with groggy faces and myriad hairstyles murmured about how much they slept, or didn't, on the overnight flight from the United States. […]

The Kaiser had to say he's sorry, and Gregg Berhalter is one reason why. Franz Beckenbauer – German World Cup hero of the past and outspoken sage of the present – announced at the halfway mark of the Bundesliga season that Energie Cottbus was a ''hopeless case'' and would for sure drop to the Second […]

POS.: Forward AGE: HOMETOWN: Palm Coast, Fla. CLUB: Dallas Burn INTERNATIONAL: U.S. U-20s ED, EDDIE OR EDWARD? I prefer E.J. STARTING OUT: I'm from the inner city, the projects. I wasn't into soccer. But all my friends were two years older and playing on this recreational team. One day, when I was 9, I played […]

In 1961, Hubert Vogelsinger, a pro soccer player and coach who was earning his physical education degree in Vienna, fell in love with Lois Ryan, an American Fulbright scholar. He accompanied her back to Massachusetts even though she told him, ''You don't need to pack your boots or a ball, because I've never seen any […]

It's easy to see why the WUSA is so gung-ho about ''Bend It Like Beckham'': The league – promoting the film as if it were its own – is the promised land in Gurinder Chadha's delightful comedy of cultural manners, a British smash that wowed festival audiences at Sundance and Toronto and opens in America, […]

Last season is little more than a laugh to the New York Power, Tiffeny Milbrett was saying. It was a horrible campaign, sure, defined by injury, defensive ineptitude and lots of defeat, but what does that have to do with now? A new coach, lots of new players and a new attitude have made New […]

NETHERLANDS (Champions League) * John O'Brien (Ajax, D1), at Roma (Italy), 1-1 Started: 90 minutes. Ajax, winner of four European Cup titles, finishes second to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1997. If O'Brien plays, he will become the first American to play in the quarterfinal stage of Europe's top club competition. […]