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Poland won its second game in three games when it beat Northern Ireland, 4-1, in Cyprus Wednesday. The Poles, who had beaten the Faeroe Islands, 2-1, with a “B” team on Sunday, scored twice in the first 11 minutes against Northern Ireland. Pawel Kryszalowicz had two goals, and Radoslaw Kaluzny and Marcin Zewlakow also scored. […]

POLAND WARMUP RESULTS Feb. 10 in Limassol Poland 2 Faeroe Islands 1. Goals: Zurawski 12, pen. 43; R. Jakobsen 26. Poland — Wierzchowski (Kowalewski, 77), Ciesielski (Bosacki, 46), Glowacki, Zielinski, Stolarczyk (Kielbowicz, 65), Kaczorowski (Sibik, 46), Lewandowski (Murawski, 46), Piekarski (Drumlak, 46), Kosowski, Moskala (Rasiak, 46), Zurawski. Feb. 13 in Limassol Poland 4 Northern Ireland […]

PORTUGAL WARMUP RESULTS Feb. 13 in Barcelona Spain 1 Portugal 1. Goals: Morientes 41; Jorge Costa 28. Portugal — Ricardo (Quim, 46), Frechault, Jorge Costa (Bento, 90), Fernando Couto, Rui Jorge (Dimas, 46), Vidigal, Viana (Andrade, 62), Figo (Capucho, 80), Conceicao (Simao, 46), Joao Pinto (Barbosa, 46), Pauleta (Nuno Gomes, 46). PORTUGAL WARMUP SCHEDULE March […]

Portugal, the first U.S. opponent at the 2002 World Cup, held neighboring Spain to a 1-1 tie in Barcelona in its first warmup game of 2002. The Portuguese took the early lead on Jorge Costa’s header off a Luis Figo free kick before Spain recovered on Fernando Morientes’ goal. Hugo Viana, 19, started in midfield […]

Feb. 13 in Catania Italy 1 USA 0. Goal: Del Piero 62. Italy — Toldo, Iuliano, Cannavaro (Sartor, 82), Materazzi, Tomassi (Gattuso, 75), Asta (Zambrotta,46), Coco, Zanetti, Totti (Del Piero, 46), Vieri (Marazzina, 46), Di Vaio (Doni, 46). USA — Friedel, Sanneh (Hejduk, 59), Berhalter, Agoos, Regis, O’Brien, Armas, Reyna (Lewis, 80), Stewart, Donovan (Wolff, […]

Alessandro Del Piero’s second-half goal gave Italy a 1-0 win over the United States Wednesday before a sellout crowd of 25,493 in Catania. Del Piero scored after David Regis was stripped of the ball by Gianluca Zambrotta in midfield. Chievo striker Massimo broke clear and fed Del Piero for an easy goal. The Americans had […]

The Dallas Burn has signed Northern Ireland defender Steve Morrow. Morrow, 31, has 39 caps with the Northern Ireland. He spent the last four years with Queens Park Rangers in the English First (second tier) Division, playing in 91 league games, before a brief loan to Second Division Peterborough (11 games). Prior to joining QPR, […]

U.S. women’s national team coach April Heinrichs called up 17-year-old forward Heather O’Reilly for the Algarve Cup March 1-7 in Portugal. The Americans face Sweden, England and Norway in the first round. U.S. ROSTER: Goalkeepers: LaKeysia Beene (San Jose CyberRays, 8/0), Solo Hope (Univ. of Washington, 7 caps/0 goals). Defenders: Kylie Bivens (Atlanta Beat, 2/0), […]

U.S. defender Steve Cherundolo, whom Bruce Arena did not call in for WednesdayGs match aganst Italy because of his Monday German Second Division game, celebrated a key win with his Hannover 96 club. With Cherundolo playing the whole 90 minutes at right back, league leader Hannover defeated second-place Mainz, 2-0. American forward Conor Casey did […]

Senior Editor Will Kuhns met with MLS Commissioner at the leagueGs SuperDraft in Florida on Feb. 10. INTERVIEW BY WILL KUHNS SOCCER AMERICA: Can you talk about the league’s philosophy as far as player movement, whether it be those entering the draft, foreign player signings or Americans going to and from Europe? DON GARBER: The […]

The U.S. under-23 national team closed out its European tour with a 2-0 loss to Italy’s under-23 team in Messina. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) and Emiliano Bonazzoli (Parma) scored for the Azzurrini. Glenn Myernick’s Americans finished with one win, one loss and two ties. ITALY-USA UNDER-23 SUMMARY: Feb. 12 in Messina Italy 2 USA 0. Goals: […]

CHICAGO Training Feb. 12-27 — Rio Maior, Portugal. March 2-10 — Birmingham, Ala. March 10-15 — Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Games Jan. 28 — Univ. of Tampa (3-0). Feb. 4 — U.S. U-18 national team (2-0). Feb. 6 — Kansas City Wizards (1-4). Feb. 16 — at Portuguese union all-stars. Feb. 20 — at Benfica XI […]

The Carolina Courage selected Santa Clara University defender Danielle Slaton as the No. 1 pick in the 2002 WUSA Draft. University of Florida forward Abby Wambach was selected second overall by the Washington Freedom. The Boston Breakers selected Jena Kluegel from the University of North Carolina third overall. All three players were in the U.S. […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, Senior Editor Sobering thought: Frankie Hejduk played more games for the United States at the Gold Cup than he has for Bayer Leverkusen reserve team this season. That he played every minute of the tournament at right back and performed well says something about his determination and resiliency. “I haven’t lost it,” […]

Claudio ReynaÆs Sunderland ended a 7-game winless streak with a 1-0 win at Derby. … Brad Friedel (Blackburn) and Joe-Max Moore (Everton) lost. Blackburn is in the relegation zone — three from the bottom — and Everton is only three points better off. … In Germany, Tony Sanneh picked up a win with Nuremberg. St. […]

The University of Connecticut’s Chris Gbandi was taken by Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the MLS SuperDraft. Four trades took place before and after the draft weekend: Ronald Cerritos to Dallas from San Jose for Ariel Graziani; Diego Gutierrez to Kansas City from Chicago; Richie Williams to D.C. United from the MetroStars for […]

Coach Giovanni Trapattoni has named a 22-man squad for Italy’s Feb. 13 (Wednesday) game against the USA in Catania, Sicily (ESPN, live, 2:30 pm ET). Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Francesco Toldo (Inter Milan). Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Parma), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Mark Iuliano (Juventus), Paolo Negro (Lazio), Daniele Bonera (Brescia), Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus), Francesco Coco […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, Senior Editor What U.S. coach Bruce Arena calls the “weeding-out” process has begun but it's not strictly talent by which he'll decide who goes to the World Cup and who doesn't. A two-week training camp preceding the Gold Cup forged a team that made up in grit and cohesion what it may […]

2001 MLS champ San Jose has acquired Dallas forward Ariel Graziani in exchange for forward Ronald Cerritos and a second round draft pick (No. 17 overall) in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. Graziani led the Dallas Burn in goals scored the past two seasons, netting 15 in 2000 and 11 in 2001. The Argentine native has […]

The U.S. under-23 national team finished second at the sixth annual Madeira International Tournament in Funchal on the island of Madeira when it tied host Portugal, 1-1. The USA went undefeated (one win and two ties). “We put ourselves in position to win the game, and we had a very good chance with about five […]

By Will Kuhns, Senior Editor Four days before it is held, the MLS SuperDraft is still largely a mystery. A few key additions have been confirmed among the draftable prospects — chief among them are Connecticut defender Chris Gbandi and former Maryland striker Taylor Twellman, who spent the past two seasons playing with the reserves […]

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The three U.S. opponents in Group D are in the process of finalizing their preparations. Here’s what Portugal, South Korea and Poland have in store through June: PORTUGAL. The Group D favorites have scheduled only three pre-World Cup friendlies. The Portuguese travel to Barcelona to face neighboring Spain Feb. 13. They have a tentative match […]

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Boavista), Quim (Braga). Defenders: Nuno Frechaut (Boavista), Jorge Costa (Charlton/ENG), Jorge Andrade (Porto), Rui Jorge (Sporting), Fernando Couto (Lazio/ITA), Dimas Teixeira (Marseille/FRA), Beto Severo (Sporting). Midfielders: Sergio Conceicao (Inter Milan/ITA), Nuno Capucho (Porto), Jose Vidigal (Napoli/ITA), Paulo Bento (Sporting), Pedro Barbosa (Sporting), Hugo Viana (Sporting), Luis Figo (Real Madrid/SPA). Forwards: Nuno Gomes […]

POLAND SQUAD (for Faeroe Islands): Goalkeepers: Jakub Wierzchowski (Werder Bremen/GER), Mariusz Liberda (Groclin-Dyskobolia). Defenders: Jacek Zielinski (Legia Warsaw), Maciej Murawski (Legia Warsaw), Arkadiusz Glowacki (Wisla Krakow), Bartosz Bosacki (Amika Wronki), Tomasz Ciesielski (Polonia Warsaw), Maciej Stolarczyk (Pogon Szczecin). Midfielders: Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Tomasz Kielbowicz (Legia Warsaw), Mariusz Piekarski (Legia Warsaw), Pawel Sibik (Odra Wodzislaw), […]