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June 30 in Yokohama at 7 am ET Final: BRAZIL vs. GERMANY (TV: Live, ABC, Univision, 7 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, noon ET/PT, 11 am CT/MT, ABC, 12:30 pm ET, Galavision, 7:30 pm ET/PT) Brazil meets Germany in the 2002 World Cup final. It's a record seventh final for both teams — Brazil has won […]

* In the battle between to teams that had never reached the second round of a World Cup, Turkey rode a pair of early goals to a 3-2 victory over host South Korea for third place. * Hakan Sukur, the much criticized Turkish striker, scored the fastest goal in World Cup history. Sukur, scoreless in […]

Saturday, June 29 (4:00 pm ET) SAN JOSE (5-4-2, 17 points) at BOSTON (3-5-4, 13 points) (TV: PAX) Key Players Out: San Jose – F Megan Horvath (knee meniscus tear-L); Boston – none. Referee: Terry Vaughn. Saturday, June 29 (7:00 pm ET) WASHINGTON (4-5-3, 15 points) at NEW YORK (2-9-1, 7 points) (TV: Metro Channel, […]

Saturday, June 29 (4:00 pm ET) METROSTARS (5-6-2, 17 points) at NEW ENGLAND (4-8-1, 13 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: MetroStars – D Marcelo Balboa (knee bone bruise-R); New England – none. Referee: Kevin Stott. Saturday, June 29 (7:30 pm ET) LOS ANGELES (6-5-2, 20 points) at D.C. UNITED (5-6-1, 16 points) (TV: KCAL; […]

June 29 in Daegu at 7 a.m. ET Third-Place Game: SOUTH KOREA vs. TURKEY (TV: Live, Univision, 7 am; Delay, ABC, 1:30 pm ET (East feed), 3 pm PT (West feed), Telefutura, noon ET/PT, 11 am CT/MT, Galavision, 7:30 pm ET/PT) Third-place games usually have little appeal, but co-host South Korea will look to go […]

By Paul Kennedy in Tokyo U.S. captain Claudio Reyna was named to the 16-player MasterCard All-Star Team for the 2002 World Cup. Reyna recovered from an injury kept him out of the opening U.S. game to have an excellent World Cup. He was exceptional in the 2-0 win over Mexico in the round of 16 […]

June 26 in East Rutherford, N.J MetroStars 0 Colorado 1. Goal: Carrieri (Valderrama) 88 MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Petke, Jolley, Chronopoulos, Moore, Paule (Davis, 64), Ramos, Williams (Alvarez, 73), Faria, Diallo. Colorado – Kramer, Stewart, Titus, Fraser, Kotschau, Mastroeni, Hart, Beckerman (Kingsley, 63), Chung, Henderson (Carrieri, 73), Valderrama. Yellow Card: Colorado – Kotschau 25. Red […]

Four Brazilians head the list of 10 players who are finalists for the adidas Golden Ball, awarded to the MVP of the 2002 World Cup. Ronaldo, the leading scorer with six goals, Rivaldo, who scored in five straight games, Ronaldinho, hero of the win over England, and left back Roberto Carlos were selected from Brazil, […]

Birgit Prinz scored two goals and assisted on a third Wednesday night as the visiting Carolina Courage pulled even with Philadelphia atop the WUSA standings with a 3-2 victory over New York before 5,022 at Mitchel Athletic Complex. The game's start was delayed 30 minutes by a lightning storm. Prinz scored in the 14th and […]

* A 1-0 win on a Ronaldo goal sends Brazil to the World Cup final for the seventh time. On Sunday, it will face Germany, also a seven-time finalist. Brazil will be going for its fifth World Cup title; Germany for its fourth. * Brazil and Germany have never met at a World Cup during […]

Wednesday, June 26 (7:00 pm ET) CAROLINA (6-2-3, 21 points) at NEW YORK (2-8-1, 7 points) (TV: New York Metro Channel) Key Players Out: Carolina – F Kim Yankowski (lower back strain); New York – F Minna Mustonen (Finnish National Team). Referee: Rachel Woo.

Wednesday, June 26 (7:30 pm ET) COLORADO (6-7-1, 19 points) at METROSTARS (5-5-2, 17 points) (TV: Fox Rocky Mountain, Fox Sports New York) Key Players Out: Colorado – none; MetroStars – D Marcelo Balboa (knee bone bruise-R), F Martin Klinger (lumbar spondylolysis, back).

Something different has been the theme of World Cup 2002 and the final will be no different. To conclude a tournament rife with shocking results and tarnished reputations the two most successful countries square off on Sunday for the first time. Brazil and Germany have won a combined seven world titles, nearly half of the […]

Germany downs South Korea for final spot (1-0) * Michael Ballack scored the gamewinner in the 75th minute after receiving at the penalty spot a low Oliver Neuville pass from the flank. Ballack's right-footed shot was parried by Korean keeper Lee Woon Jae. Ballack followed up and slotted the ball home with his left foot. […]

June 26 in Saitama at 7:30 am ET Semifinals: BRAZIL vs. TURKEY (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision, 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT, ESPN2, 3 pm ET, Galavision, 7:30 pm ET/PT). Brazil is the heavy favorite to beat Turkey and advance to the World Cup final for the third straight time. Only Germany (winner […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor One nation rejoices as another weeps. The run of the co-host is over, the established power moves on. This time Germany needed just one big save from Oliver Kahn to keep rolling in the World Cup. A staunch defensive effort by both teams was decided when Michael Ballack drove in […]

The USA loss to Germany on Friday was the highest rated ESPN program during the second quarter (April-June) of 2002. The game, which kicked off 7:30 am ET/4:30 am PT, garnered a 4.36 rating, which translates into 3.77 million households. The World Cup 2002 quarterfinal match surpassed ESPNÆs previously highest rating soccer broadcast — USA-Colombia […]

The Dallas Burn has acquired veteran Peruvian international Percy Olivares, a 34-year-old defender. Olivares most recently played for PeruÆs Sporting Cristal. He spent 1999-2001 with GreeceÆs Panathinaikos in Greece, for which he appeared in the UEFA Champions League. ''Percy brings a great deal of experience, good technical ability and a lot of pace,'' said Dallas […]

On Monday, the U.S. national team kicked off a week of TV appearances with Landon Donovan, Claudio Reyna et al., appearing on the ''Late Show with David Letterman,'' and Donovan, Coach Bruce Arena and Brian McBride appearing on the premier episode of CNNÆs ''Connie Chung Tonight.'' HereÆs the rest of the lineup: (All times ET) […]

Universidad CatolicaÆs 2-1 win of Universidad Chile in front of 40,000 fans on Sunday gave Catolica a 5-4 aggregate win in the semifinal series. Catolica meets Rangers de Talca in the two-leg Apertura final on Wednesday and Sunday. Rangers upset Colo Colo in their semifinal. The winner of the Apertura clinches a spot in next […]

By Will Kuhns, senior editor BEST GOAL: Perhaps Revolution forward Taylor Twellman took note of the plethora of bicycle-kick attempts at the World Cup, because he produced one of his own against Kansas City on Saturday. Twellman wisely imitated Belgium's Marc Wilmots and Brazil's Edmilson by making his acrobatics count on the scoreboard. After Brian […]

June 25 in Seoul at 7:30 a.m. ET Semifinals: SOUTH KOREA vs. GERMANY (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision, 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT, ESPN2, 3 pm ET, Galavision, 7:30 pm ET/PT). An entire nation will be watching, in the streets, at home, in restaurants and bars. Koreans young and old will plop down […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor IT'S A MATCH: There's no beating Carolina's road warriors. The Courage are 4-0-2 away from home after dismantling Washington, 3-1, on Saturday. More impressive: A little more than halfway through the season, the Courage has matched its first-year win (6) and point (21) totals. This is a different Carolina team […]

Philadelphia couldn't take advantage of numerical superiority and remained winless this season in San Diego after a 1-1 draw before 5,545 at Torero Stadium. The first-place Charge (7-1-3, 24 points), which suffered its only loss May 19 at San Diego, took a lead just before halftime on Fan Yunjie's own goal but surrendered the advantage […]

MLS Standings Eastern Conference TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA Chicago 13 5 6 2 17 20 18 MetroStars 12 5 5 2 17 19 16 Columbus 13 5 5 3 17 18 19 D.C. United 12 5 6 1 16 16 18 New England 13 4 8 1 13 21 28 Western […]