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The MetroStars and Kansas City Wizards have been drawn in Groups B and C, respectively, for the Merconorte Cup, the Latin American club competition. The MetroStars will face Deportivo Italchacao of Venezuela, Millonarios of Colombia and Guadalajara of Mexico, and Kansas City was drawn with Sporting Cristal of Peru, Barcelona of Ecuador and Mexican champion […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 5-8-0 (15 points)/T-3rd D.C. United will play the New Jersey Stallions (D3-Pro League) in a U.S. Open Cup second round match on Wednesday, June 27 at the Maryland Soccer-Plex in Germantown, MD … D.C. will host the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, June 30 at RFK Stadium … Midfielder Ben […]

San Diego has elevated defender Joy Fawcett from the maternity leave list to the 20-player active roster. The Spirit waived Mexico defender Gina Oceguera to make room for the three-time world champion who helped the USA to WomenÆs World Cup titles in 1991 and 1999 and won an Olympic gold medal in 1996. Fawcett, who […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 13 10 1 2 32 31 12 MetroStars 14 6 5 3 21 19 18 D.C. United 13 5 8 0 15 24 24 New England 14 4 7 3 15 17 23 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

SCHEDULE SECOND ROUND June 26 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) @ Connecticut Wolves (A-League) Veterans Memorial Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET June 27 Chico Rooks (D3) @ El Paso Patriots (A-League) Socorro Student Activities Complex 7:35 p.m. MT Colorado Rapids (MLS) @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) Bethel Park High School 7:35 p.m. ET Seattle Sounders (A-League) @ Kansas […]

U.S. under-19 women’s national team coach Tracey Leone named her 18-player roster for two matches vs. the Canadian U-19 national Team. The two youth national teams will meet on June 30 in Toronto at 4:30 p.m. ET in a preliminary to the Independence Day Series clash between the full national teams of the USA and […]

Here is Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French’s All-Group C team following the end of play in Mendoza: Goalkeeper D.J. Countess, United States Defenders Du Wei, China Oguchi Onyewu, United States Bogdan Shershun, Ukraine Midfielders DaMarcus Beasley, United States Landon Donovan, United States Ming Gao, China Sun Xiang, China Yan Song, China Forwards Jaime Valdes, […]

The following is Soccer AmericaÆs MLS Team of the Week from games played June 20 and June 23. GOALKEEPER Scott Garlick (2) Tampa Bay DEFENDERS Jeff Agoos (2) San Jose Danny Califf (2) Los Angeles Mike Lapper (1) Columbus MIDFIELDERS Cate (2) New England Eric Quill (1) Tampa Bay Cobi Jones (2) Los Angeles Steve […]

The big surprise on the U.S. roster for the Mexico-USA World Cup qualifier July 1 is the absence of Brad Friedel. Friedel was expected to start after Kasey Keller started the last three qualifiers. With Tony Meola injured, Keller’s backups will be Tom Presthus (Columbus Crew) and Nick Rimando (Miami Fusion). Three other European-based players […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY U.S. coach Bruce Arena says goalkeeper Brad Friedel asked not to be included on the team’s roster for the upcoming qualifier against Mexico and will be considered for future games. Friedel, who played the first two games of the Hexagonal against Mexico and Honduras but sat out three subsequent qualifiers, was not […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played June 20 and June 23. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) June 20 New England 3 Colorado 3. Goals: Torres 26, Chronopoulos (Asad, Torres) 71, Asad (Cate, Alvarez) 88; Carrieri (Diaz Arce, Paule) 9, Spencer (Paule) 20, Bravo (Paule, Balboa) 92. Colorado (3-5-2) — […]

Boston Breakers Maren Meinert and Dagny Mellgren each scored as their respective teams — Germany and Norway — took the early lead at the European Championship in Germany. Host Germany spotted Sweden a 1-0 lead on June 23 before roaring back for three straight strikes. Meinert, who played the whole match up front, scored the […]

The U.S. tied the Ukraine, 1-1, to advance to the second-round of the under-20 World Youth Championship in Argentina. Afterwards U.S. head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz and goalkeeper D.J. Countess met the press. U.S. Head Coach Wolfgang Suhnholz “I think today overall we played an good game. I think technically and tactically we played a very […]

U.S. Soccer is not your typical business. It has no profit motive. There are no shareholders to report to. Its president is a volunteer. American soccer’s governing body exists by statute. Its mission? Serve its members. The goals? They are entirely left up to the membership to decide. U.S. Soccer was founded as the U.S. […]

In a hard-fought, bruising game, the Carolina Courage held the Atlanta Beat to a 1-1 tie in front of 4,858 fans at Fetzer Field on Sunday. The defenses dictated the pace of play for both teams, stifling the depleted offenses. Both teams were missing players due to international duty, injury or card accumulation. The tie […]

Group A RESULTS June 17 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 39, D’Alessandro 64) Finland 0. Egypt 0 Jamaica 0. June 20 in Buenos Aires Argentina 7 (Saviola 8, 16, pen. 44, Coloccini 20, Romagnoli 58, Rodriguez 69, 71) Egypt 1 (El Yamany 6). Finland 1 (Vayrynen 43) Jamaica 0. June 23 in Buenos Aires […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 Atlanta 11 5 1 5 20 12 8 Philadelphia 11 5 4 2 17 17 15 Bay Area 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 Washington 11 4 5 2 14 14 17 San Diego 11 3 […]

San Jose extended its club record unbeaten streak to 11 games with a 2-0 win over Kansas City at Spartan Stadium. The Wizards have now lost four in a row (by a margin of 14-1) and had Nick Garcia red carded for his second straight game. Tampa Bay’s 3-2 win over D.C. United ended the […]

Australia won the Oceania World Cup qualifying group by beating New Zealand, 4-1, to take the final, 6-1, on aggregate. The Socceroos will face the South America No. 5 team in a playoff in November. FINAL, FIRST LEG June 20 in Wellington New Zealand 0 Australia 2 (Emerton 5, 82). FINAL, SECOND LEG June 24 […]

Denis Stoyan’s 90th-minute goal on a bad error by goalie D.J. Countess gave Ukraine a 1-1 tie with the United States at the World Youth Championship in Mendoza, Argentina, but the Americans clinched a berth in the second round against Egypt. Kenny Arena, son of U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena, had given the Americans […]

June 23 in Mendoza USA 1 Ukraine 1. Goals: Arena 38; Stoyan 90. USA — Countess, Onyewu, Akwari, Lewis, Gray, Davis (Eskandarian, 58), Donovan, Convey, Arena, Beasley, Buddle (Casey, 65). Ukraine — Rudenko, Passichnichenko, Shershun, Simonenko, Khistyev, Danylovskyy (Stoyan, 80), Nakonechnyi, Komarnitskyy, Gay (Bondarenko, 70), Byelik, Valeev (Gerasimenko,46). Yellow cards: USA — Gray 38, Onyewu […]

Mexico’s new coach, Javier Aguirre, has recalled veteran midfielder Alberto Garcia Aspe for the Mexico-USA game July 1 in Mexico City. Garcia Aspe played for Aguirre at Pachuca, and the Mexican media has been calling for his recall for months. Out are Jorge Campos and Luis Hernandez, who both had dreadful evenings in the 3-1 […]

Soccer America’s player ratings for the U.S. under-20 team in the Americans’ 1-1 tie with Ukraine in their World Youth Championship Group C finale Saturday, June 23 at Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, Argentina: The draw, coupled with Chile’s 1-0 victory over China in the second game of the doubleheader, left the U.S. squad second in […]

Group A RESULTS June 17 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 39, D’Alessandro 64) Finland 0. Egypt 0 Jamaica 0. June 20 in Buenos Aires Argentina 7 (Saviola 8, 16, pen. 44, Coloccini 20, Romagnoli 58, Rodriguez 69, 71) Egypt 1 (El Yamany 6). Finland 1 (Vayrynen 43) Jamaica 0. June 23 in Buenos Aires […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 10 5 1 4 19 16 10 Atlanta 10 5 1 4 19 11 7 Philadelphia 11 5 4 2 17 17 15 Washington 11 4 5 2 14 14 17 Bay Area 10 4 4 2 14 13 11 Boston 10 3 4 […]