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MLS Commissioner Don Garber added D.C. United teen star Santino Quaranta and Mexican international Luis Hernandez of the Los Angeles Galaxy to the East and West squads, respectively, for the 2001 MLS All-Star Game in San Jose on Saturday, July 28 (ABC, 3:30 pm ET). Quaranta becomes the youngest All-Star in MLS history, while the […]

Atlanta held on to first place in the WUSA with a 1-1 tie with surging Bay Area. The CyberRays, who remain three points behind the Beat, extended their unbeaten streak to nine games. Dagny Mellgren’s two goals propelled visiting Boston past Philadelphia, 2-1, in other Thursday night action. July 19 in Villanova, Pa. Philadelphia 1 […]

Here are Executive Editor Mike WoitallaÆs predictions for the July 21 games: MetroStars 3 D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0 Colorado 1 Miami 3 New England 2 Columbus 2 San Jose 2 Chicago 2 Dallas 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, July 21, (4:00 p.m.) D.C. United at MetroStars (ESPN). Did you know? The MetroStars […]

Here are Soccer America assistant editor Bryan Alvarez’s predictions for the July 19 games: Philadelphia 2 Boston 1 Atlanta 2 Bay Area 3 Previews (all times ET) Thursday, July 19 (7:00 p.m.) Boston at Philadelphia (TV: CN8/ATT 3) Did you know? Five of the Charge’s last seven games are against teams currently lower than it […]

INTERVIEW BY SCOTT FRENCH The U.S. under-20 squad failed to advance beyond the second round of the World Youth Championship in Argentina, falling to a gifted Egypt team after going 1-1-1 in group play against China, Chile and Ukraine. It was a disappointing, although reasonable, conclusion to the Americans’ tournament, in which there was much […]

RESULTS Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Chile 4 (Navia 29, Montecinos 74, 90, Corrales 86) Ecuador 1 (Chala 47). Colombia 2 (Grisales 16, Aristizabal pen. 60) Venezuela 0. July 14 in Barranquilla Chile 1 (Montecinos 79) Venezuela 0. Colombia 1 (Aristizabal 30) Ecuador 0. July 14 in Barranquilla Ecuador 4 (Delgado 19, 63, Fernandez […]

Miami snaps ChicagoÆs 7-game unbeaten streak with 2-1 win in which Diego Serna gets a goal and an assist — his 12th and 10th, respectively, of the season. … Zeros settle it for Colorado and Kansas City. … Jason Kreis opens the scoring of a 3-0 Dallas win over Tampa Bay on a close-range free […]

RESULTS Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Chile 4 (Navia 29, Montecinos 74, 90, Corrales 86) Ecuador 1 (Chala 47). Colombia 2 (Grisales 16, Aristizabal pen. 60) Venezuela 0. July 14 in Barranquilla Chile 1 (Montecinos 79) Venezuela 0. Colombia 1 (Aristizabal 30) Ecuador 0. Group B July 12 in Cali Paraguay 3 (Ferreira 23, […]

Luis Hernandez twice equalized for the visiting Galaxy but Andy WilliamsÆ 51st minute goal ultimately gave the Revolution a 3-2 win in Tuesday night MLS action. July 17 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3, Los Angeles 2 Scoring Summary: NE –Harris 7 LA –Hernandez (Cienfuegos) 28 NE –Sunsing (Williams) 32 LA –Hernandez (Lalas, Elliott) 40 […]

Prediction Here is Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs prediction for the game on July 17: New England 1 Los Angeles 2 Preview (all times ET) Tuesday, July 17, (7:30 p.m.) – Los Angeles Galaxy at New England Revolution (KCAL, FOX New England) Season series: Los Angeles leads 1-0-0 (Los Angeles leads 2-0 in aggregate […]

Here are Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla’s predictions for the MLS games on July 18: Miami 2 Chicago 1 Columbus 1 MetroStars 2 Dallas 2 Tampa Bay 1 Colorado 0 Kansas City 0 San Jose 1 D.C. United 2 Previews (all times ET) Wednesday, July 18 (7:30 p.m.) Chicago at Miami (TV: WCIU). Did […]

The Bay Area CyberRays (7-4-3, 24 pts.) moved within three points of first-place Atlanta (7-1-6, 27 pts.) in the WUSA with a 2-0 win at Boston (4-7-3, 15 pts.). Washington (6-7-2, 20 pts.) stayed in the hunt for the fourth and final playoff berth thanks to its 2-1 win over New York (6-4-5, 23 pts.). […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 17 11 3 3 36 36 22 MetroStars 17 8 6 3 27 25 22 D.C. United 17 6 10 1 19 29 32 New England 17 4 9 4 16 20 29 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Standings TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Atlanta Beat 14 7 1 6 27 19 11 Bay Area CyberRays 14 7 4 3 24 19 13 New York Power 15 6 4 5 23 21 18 Philadelphia Charge 14 6 5 3 21 21 18 Washington Freedom 15 6 7 2 20 22 […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played July 14. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) July 14 San Jose 2 Tampa Bay 1. Goals: Lagos (DeRosario) 4, Lagos (Donovan) 92+; Diallo (pen.) 71. San Jose (4-4-2) — Joe Cannon (6); Wade Barrett (5), Troy Dayak (6), Jimmy Conrad (5), Zak Ibsen […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played July 14. GOALKEEPER Adin Brown (1) Tampa Bay DEFENDERS Troy Dayak (4) San Jose Diego Gutierrez (1) Chicago Ezra Hendrickson (4) Los Angeles MIDFIELDERS Landon Donovan (3) San Jose Manny Lagos (4) San Jose Jesse Marsch (1) Chicago FORWARDS Onandi Lowe (2) […]

RESULTS Group A July 15 in Lusaka Zambia 2 (Mwenwa 60, Nsofwa 66) Cameroon 2 (Foe 52, Ndiefi 64). July 15 in Lome Togo 2 (Koffi 30,45) Libya 0. Group B July 14 in Freetown Sierra Leone 0 Liberia 1 (Weah 73). July 15 in Accra Ghana 1 (Kuffour 44) Sudan 0. Group C July […]

MLS overall leader Miami fell to the Los Angeles Galaxy, 3-0, at the Rose Bowl. The loss was Miami’s second straight 3-0 loss. The Galaxy remained tied with San Jose, a 2-1 winner over Tampa Bay, for the Western Conference lead. Santino Quaranta, at 16 the youngest player in MLS, had his second two-goal game […]

RESULTS Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Chile 4 (Navia 29, Montecinos 74, 90, Corrales 86) Ecuador 1 (Chala 47). Colombia 2 (Grisales 16, Aristizabal pen. 60) Venezuela 0. July 14 in Barranquilla Chile 1 (Montecinos 79) Venezuela 0. Colombia 1 (Aristizabal 30) Ecuador 0. Group B July 12 in Cali Paraguay 3 (Ferreira 23, […]

Perhaps the most recognizable face among American referees, FIFA ref Brian Hall has handled games at major competitions around the world — including last yearÆs Asia Cup — and has an MLS Cup under his belt. The Redwood City, Calif., resident is the focus of this edition of Socceramerica.comÆs referee series, ôView from the Middle.ö […]

Atlanta opened up a four-point lead on New York at the top of the WUSA standings with a 3-0 win over the Power in Uniondale, N.Y. Canadian Charmaine Hooper led the Beat with a pair of goals. Mia Hamm had two goals for Washington — both on free kicks — in a losing effort against […]

RESULTS Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Chile 4 (Navia 29, Montecinos 74, 90, Corrales 86) Ecuador 1 (Chala 47). Colombia 2 (Grisales 16, Aristizabal pen. 60) Venezuela 0. Group B July 12 in Cali Paraguay 3 (Ferreira 23, 65, Garay 90) Peru 3 (Lobaton 17, Pajuelo 58, Del Solar 78). Mexico 1 (Borgetti 5) […]

Argentina, Colombia, England, Honduras, Jamaica, South Africa, Yugoslavia and the United States. From those countries hail the starters of the Miami Fusion, the most successful and entertaining MLS team of 2001. Three of the foreign-born players are U.S. citizens. Preki grew up in Yugoslavia and Carlos Llamosa in Colombia. Pablo Mastroeni immigrated at age 4 […]

April Estelle of Renton, Wash., asks: Does size or height have any real importance in how successful a soccer player is? My son, who loves soccer and is very talented, is small for his age. His coach recently admitted that he had recommended our son for a select team but told the coach how small […]

Three teen-agers — Bobby Convey, Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley — garnered enough votes to earn starting spots in the MLS All-Star Game July 28 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose Earthquakes defender Jeff Agoos led fan balloting with a total of 34,711 votes. East coach Ray Hudson and West coach Bob Bradley will pick […]