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U.S. coach Bruce Arena “It wasn’t a pretty game today, for sure. Korea is a very difficult team to play against, they are very physical and very aggressive. I’m happy that there weren’t any rule requirements that you couldn’t play teenagers today, because we’d be in trouble if that were the case. It’s been such […]

EL SALVADOR Goalkeepers: 22 Juan Jose GOMEZ (19/0) (21, Aguila); 1 Santos RIVERA (28/0) (27, Municipal Lime±o) Defenders: 4 Marvin BENITEZ (5/0) (27, Atletico Balboa); 6 Jaime Bladimir CUBIAS (24/0) (27, Isidro Metapan); 20 Guillermo GARCIA (32/1) (32, Luis Angel Firpo); 19 Elmer MARTINEZ (20/0) (26, Municipal Lime±o); 2 William OSORIO (41/0) (30, FAS); 17 […]

GROUP A Results Jan. 19 in Pasadena, Calif. Mexico 1 El Salvador 0. Goal: J.Garcia 31. Mexico — Adrian Martinez, A.Garcia, Balderas, De Anda, Sosa, Gutierrez, T.Campos, Reyes, Espinosa (Garces, 53), J.Garcfa (Bautista, 65), Ochoa. El Salvador — Rivera, Benitez, Velasquez, Cubias, Cabrera (Canjura, 46), Galdamez (G.Garcia, 46), Adonay Martinez, Rodriguez, Navarro, E.Martinez, Cerritos. Referee: […]

DaMarcus Beasley’s goal in the third minute of stoppage time gave the United States a 2-1 win over South Korea in the Gold Cup Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl. Beasley scored with a left-footed rocket to the near post after Jeff Cunningham found the Fire midfielder free on the left side. Both American goals […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY in Pasadena, Calif. USA-SOUTH KOREA (Saturday, 3 pm PT, 6 pm ET, TV: Pay-per-view). Projected U.S. lineup (4-4-2): Keller; Hejduk, Califf, Agoos, Bocanegra; Donovan, Armas, Lewis, Lagos; McBride, Razov. A closed-door practice the day before the game, the coach dismissing talk of systems and formations, an undisclosed lineup. Even as he ridicules […]

Portugal: Best Shot for Title Portugal will present a unique challenge to the United States because of the presence of Luis Figo, arguably the best right-sided midfielder in the world, and Rui Costa, one of Europe’s best playmakers. How Bruce Arena comes up with a scheme to handle Rui Costa and Figo will be one […]

Guus Hiddink named his 18-player roster for the Gold Cup. It includes one army member, three college players and five Japanese-based stars. Hwang Sun Hong (Kashiwa Reysol), Yoo Sang Chul (Kashiwa Reysol) and Choi Yong Soo (JEF United) must return after the first round, so Hiddink will call up reserves if South Korea gets past […]

Goalkeepers — 18 Kasey Keller (Tottenham, 50 caps/0 goals), 1 Tony Meola (Kansas City Wizards, 97/0). Defenders — 12 Jeff Agoos (San Jose Earthquakes, 117/3), 17 Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago Fire, 1/0), 26 Dan Califf (Los Angeles Galaxy, 0/0), 2 Frankie Hejduk (Bayer Leverkusen, 30/5), 25 Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids, 2/0), Midfielders — 14 Chris Armas […]

Here’s a breakdown of the eight World Cup groups with percentage chances of advancing to the second round. GROUP A. The 2002 World Cup opens with an intriguing matchup: France vs. Senegal, or France vs. France, as the French are calling it. Almost all the Senegalese players live in France. Senefs El Hadji Diouf (Lens) […]

The African Nations Cup will be a major challenge for its World Cup finalists. In particular, the coaches of the five teams face the possibility that they may be fired if they don’t get results in Mali. The countdown to the World Cup begins in earnest in January. For the five African finalists, it begins […]

Defending champion Canada and Costa Rica opened up play in the Gold Cup with 2-0 wins over Caribbean opposition. The Ticos beat Martinique, 2-0, in the tournament opener Friday night, and Canada downed Haiti, 2-0, in the second game of the Orange Bowl doubleheader. GROUP A Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P […]

University of Maryland sophomore midfielder Philip Salyer has signed with German First Division club Werder Bremen. Salyer, who will join Werder’s amateur team, signed a contract through the 2002-03 season. The Texas product had six goals in 40 games for the Terrapins. He played on the U.S. U-20 team at the 2001 World Youth Championship.

Bruce Arena spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon. He did not reveal his roster for the Gold Cup but talked about the many question marks in the U.S. squad looking ahead to the World Cup. Here’s what Arena had to say: On his emphasis for the team as the team gets underway … “We think […]

The sixth Gold Cup kicks off Friday with two games — Costa Rica-Martinique and Canada-Haiti — at Miami’s Orange Bowl. On the eve of the tournament, here’s how the field shapes up: 1. COSTA RICA. The Ticos, runaway winners of last year’s Hexagonal, are the only World Cup finalist to call up all their top […]

Key: SI=senior international; YI=youth international; P40=Project-40. Chicago Goalkeepers Henry Ring Zach Thornton Defenders Carlos Bocanegra C.J. Brown Jim Curtin Evan Whitfield Midfielders Chris Armas DaMarcus Beasley Sergi Daniv (SI) Diego Gutierrez Dema Kovalenko Jesse Marsch Peter Nowak Miguel Saavedra (P40) Forwards Aleksey Korol (SI) Ante Razov Hristo Stoitchkov (SI) Josh Wolff Colorado Goalkeepers Scott Garlick […]

French First Division club Metz hopes to sign Oguchi Onyewu, Salyer’s former U-20 teammate, before the end of the French winter mercato on Jan. 31. Onyewu, a sophomore at Clemson, has been training with the U.S. U-23 team in California.

The top two U.S. national team goalies, Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller, were both on the bench for third-round matches in the English FA Cup. Friedel’s Blackburn Rovers won its replay against Barnsley, 3-1, with Irishman Alan Kelly in goal, and Keller’s Tottenham beat Coventry, 2-0, on the road with Scottish international Neil Sullivan in […]

DATE MATCH LOCAL KICKOFF LIVE TV Jan. 18 Costa Rica vs. Martinique 7 p.m. ET Fox Sports World/Galavision Jan. 18 Canada vs. Haiti 9 p.m. ET FSW/Galavision Jan. 19 Mexico vs. El Salvador 1 p.m. PT Univision Jan. 19 USA vs. South Korea 3 p.m. PT ISM PPV Jan. 20 Costa Rica vs. Trinidad & […]

North Carolina assistant OLIVER WEISS is the new men’s head coach at Virginia Tech. Weiss, who came to the United States from Germany as a high school exchange student and starred at Richmond, replaces JERRY CHEYNET, who retired after 28 years (238-213-35 record). The Hokies plan to upgrade their program to compete in the Big […]

AMY WINSLOW, the only coach in the seven-year history of Utah’s women’s program, resigned to pursue other interests. Winslow, whose Utes were Mountain West co-champions in 1999, compiled a 77-53-5 record. SCOTT GINN resigned after two years as women’s coach at Middle Tennessee (18-20-0 record). UAB assistant TODD YELTON replaces BARRY SPITZER (38-45-8 in five […]

Veteran keeper Kasey Keller will join the U.S. national team Thursday, two days before its opening game at the Gold Cup against South Korea (pay-per-view, 6 pm ET). Keller, whose greatest exploit was leading the United States past Brazil, 1-0, in the 1998 Gold Cup semifinals, was supposed to join the U.S. training camp in […]

Two of the big stars in the history of the U.S. national team are looking for work. Eric Wynalda, the all-time U.S. leading scorer, was among four Chicago Fire players waived Tuesday. The Columbus Crew made John Harkes, a key member of the 1990 and 1994 World Cup teams, an unassigned free agent. New England […]

Former Colorado Rapids head coach Glenn Myernick has been reunited with Bruce Arena. Myernick, who served as an assistant to Arena when the latter served as head coach of the U.S. Olympic team in 1996, will assist the U.S. head coach in the team’s preparation for the 2002 World Cup. The 47-year-old Myernick, who oversaw […]

The Dallas Burn acquired defender Tenywa Bonseu from the Columbus Crew as well as a fifth round selection in the fourth round of the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. In exchange, the Crew received the Burn’s 11th pick in the second round of the 2002 SuperDraft. Bonseu, 25, started 24 games for the Crew last season, registering […]

U.S. women’s head coach April Heinrichs made one change to her 18-player roster for the trip to China from the team that hammered Mexico, 7-0, on Jan. 12. Atlanta Beat defender Klylie Bivens, the only uncapped player on the roster, replaces forward Danielle Fotopoulos. Five of the players played college soccer last fall. The rest […]