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U.S. referee Brian Hall will serve as the fourth official for the June 26 semifinal between Brazil and Turkey. Dane Kim Nielsen will referee with linesmen Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) and Igor Sramka (Slovakia). Brian Hall will be one of 32 officials to work four matches at the 2002 World Cup.

June 22 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 0 MetroStars. Goal: Faria (Diallo) 81. Chicago — Thornton, Brown, Bocanegra, Curtin, Sleeth (Torres, 46), Vaudreuil, Marsch, Kovalenko, Walsh (Gray, 70), Wolyniec, Razov. MetroStars– Howard, Chronopoulos, Jolley, Petke, Ziadie, Paule, Moore, Williams (Forko, 88), Davis (Addo, 61), Faria (Lisi, 83), Diallo. Yellow Cards: Chicago — Brown 35, Torres 74, […]

TUESDAY, June 25 Germany vs. South Korea TV: 7:30 am ET live on Univision & ESPN WEDNESDAY, June 26 Brazil vs. Turkey TV: 7:30 am ET live on Univision & ESPN SATURDAY, June 29 Third-place game TV: 7 am ET, live on Univision SUNDAY, June 30 Final TV: 7 am ET, live on Univision & […]

Venus James scored twice in her first start for Carolina and Dagny Mellgren and Maren Meinert both tallied two times for Boston on Saturday in a day of high-scoring WUSA action. James' pair led the visiting Courage (6-2-3, 21 points) past Washington, 3-1, as Carolina equalled its win and point totals from the inaugural season […]

South Korean fairy-tale continues at Spain's cost (0-0, 5-3) * Spain, which reached the quarterfinals on a penalty-kick tiebreaker win over Ireland, fell on penalty kicks to host South Korea after a 0-0 tie. Spain was aiming to reach the final four for first time since 1950 and for the second time in history. South […]

Saturday, June 22 (4:00 pm ET) METROSTARS (4-5-2, 14 points) at CHICAGO (5-5-2, 17 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: MetroStars – F Clint Mathis (U.S. National Team), D Marcelo Balboa (knee bone bruise-R); Chicago – F Josh Wolff (U.S. National Team), M DaMarcus Beasley (U.S. National Team), M Chris Armas (torn ACL-R), M Sergi […]

Saturday, June 22 (4:00 pm ET) CAROLINA (5-2-3, 18 points) at WASHINGTON (4-4-3, 15 points) (TV: PAX) Key Players Out: Carolina – D/M Erin Baxter (ankle sprain-R), F Kim Yankowski (lower back strain); Washington – D Lindsey Stoecker (ACL tear-L). Referee: Todd Perry. Saturday, June 22 (7:00 pm ET) NEW YORK (2-7-1, 7 points) at […]

June 21 in Ulsan Germany 1 USA 0. Goal: Ballack 39. Germany — Kahn, Metzelder, Kehl, Linke, Schneider (Jeremies, 60), Hamann, Ziege, Frings, Ballack, Neuville (Bode, 80), Klose (Bierhoff, 88). USA — Friedel, Sanneh, Pope, Berhalter, Mastroeni (Stewart, 80), Hejduk (Jones, 65), Reyna, O'Brien, Lewis, Donovan, McBride (Mathis, 58). Yellow cards: Germany — Kehl 66, […]

June 22 in Gwangju 2:30 a.m. ET Quarterfinals: SOUTH KOREA vs. SPAIN (TV: Live, Univision, ESPN2 2:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, noon ET/PT). South Korea, which had not won a World Cup game in 14 tries entering 2002 finals, is the favorite to be beat Spain. With the its tremendous fan support, fitness level and […]

Reactions on Germany's 1-0 win over the USA from Germany coach Rudi Voeller and the German press. ''I'm happy to reach the semifinals but I'm not 100 percent happy because we didn't start so well and we didn't play as I wanted us to. They put a lot of pressure on us and we didn't […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Ulsan When presented with a chance to knock off one of the world's powers on the world stage, the United States fell just short. And it was the Americans whose game was groomed in Germany who squandered the best opportunities yet still played heroically. Their performances and that of their teammates […]

''It's actually a clear penalty kick when one's hand touches the ball on the goal line. It should have been a penalty.'' — Franz Beckenbauer on the incident in the USA-Germany game when Torsten FringsÆ arm prevented a Gregg Berhalter volley from entering the German net. ''America was clearly the better team for 90 minutes. […]

By Paul Kennedy in Ulsan The last two U.S. games were two of the best of captain Claudio Reyna's international career. He played on the right side of midfield against Mexico and as the attacking midfielder against Germany. He set up the first American goal against Mexico and defended vigorously. He was all over the […]

June 22 in Osaka 7:30 am ET Quarterfinal: SENEGAL vs. TURKEY (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision, 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 2:30 pm ET/PT) Senegal, in its first appearance, or Turkey, in its second appearance, will qualify for the semifinals. The Lions welcome back midfielder Salif Diao and winger Khalilou Fadiga, who were suspended for their […]

Quarterfinal: Brazil 2 England 1 * Michael Owen put England ahead when he latched on to a misplayed ball from Lucio and chipped diving Brazilian keeper Marcos from inside the penalty area. * Ronaldinho set up the equalizer, dribbling through the heart of the English defense before slipping the ball for Rivaldo to side-foot past […]

Germany defeated the USA, 1-0, in a World Cup quarterfinal clash on Friday in Ulsan, South Korea. Michael Ballack scored the gameÆs only goal in the 39th minute. He outjumped U.S. defender Tony Sanneh at the edge of the goal area to reach a Christian Ziege free kick and head low under Brad FriedelÆs arm. […]

In the postgame press conference, U.S. coach Bruce Arena reacted to his teamÆs 1-0 quarterfinal loss to Germany: ''I was really proud of our team, we were a little bit unlucky, if we'd got a break or two we may be in the semifinals of the World Cup . ''We got into the German team […]

June 19 in Washington D.C. D.C. United 2 Colorado 0. Goals: Nelsen 17, Moreno pen. 72. D.C. United – Rimando, Reyes, Prideaux, Nelsen, McKinley (Perez, 52), Villegas (Namoff, 85), Williams, Etcheverry, Convey, Curtis (Lassiter, 63), Moreno. Colorado – Garlick, Titus, Kotschau, Fraser, Stewart (Spencer, 61), Hart, Palacios (Beckerman, 61), Henderson, Chung, Valderrama, Carrieri (Kingsley, 91+). […]

Wednesday, June 19 (7:30 pm ET) D.C. UNITED (5-6-1, 16 pts) 2 COLORADO (6-6-1, 19 pts) 0 Goals: Nelsen 17, Moreno pen. 72. Att.: 11,086. COLUMBUS (5-5-3, 18 pts) 1 KANSAS CITY (3-5-4, 14 pts) 1 Goals: Cunningham (Buddle, Oughton) 45; Preki 52. Att.: 14,089.

Probable lineups for the USA-Germany quarterfinal on Friday: USA — 1 Friedel; 22 Sanneh, 23 Pope, 3 Berhalter; 10 Reyna, 5 O'Brien, 4 Mastroeni, 21 Donovan, 17 Beasley; 11 Mathis, 20 McBride. Germany — 1 Kahn; 22 Frings, 2 Linke, 21 Metzelder; 6 Ziege, 19 Schneider, 8 Hamann, 13 Ballack, 17 Bode; 11 Klose, 9 […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Seoul Many American soccer players have tried their luck in Germany with varying degrees of success. The barriers — language, culture, climate, acceptance — are foreboding. The German approach to professionalism is rigid, uncompromising, and demanding, especially for foreigners and particularly for Americans. Those who have done well — Tony Sanneh, […]

(Friday, June 21 at 7:30 am ET, live on ESPN, Univision). Average height USA — 5-11; Germany — 6-1. Average weight: USA — 165 pounds; Germany — 178 pounds. Average age: USA — 28.4; Germany — 27.7. STATS: Goals: USA — 7; Germany — 13. Goals against: USA — 6; Germany — 1. Shots: USA […]

Friday, June 21 in Shizuoka (2:30 am ET) Quarterfinals: BRAZIL vs. ENGLAND (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision 2:30 am ET, Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT) Americans fans will be focused on USA-Germany, but the showcase match for fans around the world will take place five hours earlier in Shizuoka, where Brazil and England, two of the […]

Marinette Pichon netted her sixth and seventh goals of the season and visiting Philadelphia won its second showdown this season with second-place Carolina to extend its lead to five points in the WUSA standings. Pichon, who has scored six of the Charge's past eight goals, gave Philadelphia (7-1-3, 23 points) a short-lived lead in the […]

Wednesday, June 19 (7:00 pm ET) PHILADELPHIA (6-1-2, 20 points) at CAROLINA (5-1-3, 18 points) (TV: Fox Sports South, CN8) Key Players Out: Philadelphia – M Kelly Smith (ACL tear-R), F Rakel Karvelsson (ACL tear-R); Carolina – D/M Erin Baxter (ankle sprain-R), F Kim Yankowski (lower back strain). Referee: Sandy Hunt.