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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 […]

It will be former NASL player Javier Aguirre’s job to lead Mexico back from the depths of the Hexagonal, beginning with a match against the United States July 1 in Mexico City. Aguirre was named Mexico’s new national team coach after Wednesday’s resignation of Enrique Meza following Mexico’s 3-1 loss to Honduras that left it […]

The following is a summary of NCAA Division I women’s head coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason: Key: recent moves in bold. School Old Coach New Coach Arizona State Terri Patraw Ray Leone Arkansas-Little Rock Chris Pratt Greg Hess Cal Riverside new program Veronica O’Brien Cal State Fullerton Al Mistri Ali Khosroshahin Canisius Carlos Obiano […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH in Mendoza, Argentina The U.S. under-20 team, buoyed by an impressive victory over Chile in its second World Youth Championship encounter, takes on Ukraine Saturday afternoon with a second-round berth on the line. The Americans likely will advance to the Round of 16 even with a loss, but they need a tie […]

The San Diego Spirit scored three goals in the first 26 minutes, but then withstood a second half barrage from the Washington Freedom before holding on for a 3-2 victory and the first road win in club history in front of 10,742 fans at RFK Stadium. In a bizarre twist to the match, the Freedom […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 12 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery-R & L); QUESTIONABLE: F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery-R), M Brian Kamler (partially torn hamstring-R) METROSTARS – IR: F Martin Klinger (strained hamstring-L), F Clint Mathis (torn ACL-R), […]

New York star Tiffeny Milbrett scored three goals to give New York a 3-1 victory over the Boston Breakers Thursday night at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y. New York takes over sole possession of first place with 22 points from a 6-1-4 record. The Breakers drop to 3-5-3 on the season (12 pts.) and […]

WUSA: Fined the Atlanta Beat an undisclosed amount for violating WUSA policy on the reporting of injuries. Atlanta Beat: Activated F Charmaine Hooper (Canada), D Sharolta Nonen (Canada) and M Amy Walsh (Canada) from the National Team Duty List. Boston Breakers: Placed F Robin Confer on the Cap Relief List. Activated G Karina LeBlanc (Canada) […]

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, Rodrfguez 69, 71) Egypt 1 (El Yamany 6). Finland 1 (Vayrynen 43) Jamaica 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T […]

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 10 4 4 2 14 12 14 Bay Area 10 4 4 2 14 13 11 Boston 10 3 4 […]

Costa Rican coach Alexandre Guimaraes feared an emotional letdown after the Tico’s historic win over Mexico four days earlier, but Costa Rica held off Jamaica, 2-1, to stay on the heels of the United States with 10 points at the halfway point in the Hexagonal. MLS CONNECTION: Four MLS players saw action in the Costa […]

Paul Bravo’s late-game tally put the Colorado Rapids even with the New England Revolution, as the two teams fought to a 3-3 draw at Foxboro Stadium Wednesday night. Colorado midfielder Ross Paule notched an assist on all three Rapids goals, while forwards Chris Carrieri and Shaker Asad each earned their first MLS goals. N.E. REVOLUTION […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 13 10 1 2 32 31 12 MetroStars 13 6 4 3 21 19 16 D.C. United 12 5 7 0 15 22 21 New England 13 4 7 2 14 16 22 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Mexican national team coach Enrique Meza quit after the Tri fell to Honduras, 3-1, before 50,000 fans in San Pedro Sula. The loss left Mexico in fifth place in the Hexagonal, nine points behind the first-place United States and, more important, four points behind third-place Honduras. The top three teams in the Hexagonal qualify for […]

RESULTS June 20 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0. Goals: Reyna 2, Stewart 20. USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Agoos, Pope, Regis, Sanneh, Armas, Reyna, Stewart, Razov (Moore, 71; O’Brien, 88), Kirovski. Trinidad & Tobago — Ince, Lawrence, M.Andrews, Carrington (A.John, 46), Elcock, Saunders, Rahim (Dwarika, 55), Eve, Latapy, S.John (Trotman, 74), Yorke. […]

Prediction Here is Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for the June 21 game: Washington 2 San Diego 1 Preview (all times ET) Thursday, June 21 – (7:00 pm) – San Diego (2-5-2, 7th place, 8 pts) at Washington (4-4-2, tied for 4th place, 14 pts) (Cox Ch. 4, WJAL). Season series: San Diego […]

Julie Foudy debuted for the United States at 17 and has been a big reason behind her country’s rise to glory. The midfield maestro should earn her 200th cap this summer when the Americans face Canada in a two-game series. The Facts Julie Foudy Born: Jan. 23, 1971, in San Diego. Hometown: Mission Viejo, Calif. […]

U.S. under-20 national team starting right back Oguchi Onyewu, a star on the U.S. team that finished fourth at the 1999 Under-17 World Cup and a freshman at Clemson University, checks in from Mendoza, Argentina, where the United States faces a crucial World Youth Championship match with Ukraine on Saturday. A win will ensure that […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for the June 22-24 games: New York 2 Boston 0 Carolina 1 Atlanta 3 San Diego 1 Bay Area 1 Previews (all times ET) Friday, June 22 – (7:00 pm) – Boston (3-4-3, 6th place, 12 pts) at New York (5-1-4, tied for 1st place, […]

USA 2, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0 By Ridge Mahoney in Foxboro, Mass. Thirteen points in the bag, three more to go. That was the assessment by Coach Bruce Arena after the U.S. national team duly dispatched Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, at Foxboro Stadium Wednesday night. Goals by Ante Razov and Earnie Stewart brought the U.S. […]

Julie Murray laid waste to Philadelphia as LaKeysia Beene picked up yet another shutout in the Bay Area’s 3-0 win over the depleted Charge on a hot June 20 night in San Jose, Calif. At the other end of the field, Beene needed just two saves to set the record for the WUSA’s longest scoreless […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for the games on June 23: Los Angeles 2 MetroStars 1 Tampa Bay 1 D.C. United 3 Dallas 4 Columbus 2 Chicago 1 New England 0 San Jose 2 Kansas City 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, June 23 (4:00 p.m.) – MetroStars at Los […]

COSTA RICA-JAMAICA June 20 in Alajuela TV: ISM (closed-circuit), live, 10 pm ET. Referee: John Toro Rendon (Colombia). STANDINGS: Costa Rica, 2nd in Hexagonal (2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie, 7 goals for, 4 goals against, 7 points); Jamaica, 4th in the Hexagonal on goal difference (1 win, 1 loss, 2 ties, 2 goals for, […]

The U.S. recovered from a dreadful outing against China in its opening game to beat Chile, 4-1, in the second game at the World Youth Championship in Argentina. DaMarcus Beasley led the way with two goals, scoring in the fifth minute and again in the 39th after Chile had tied the score. Brad Davis, who […]

The United States finished the first half of the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF zone, with 13 of a possible 15 points after beating Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, in Foxboro, Mass. The first-place Americans (four wins and one tie in five games) got early goals from Ante Razov (2nd […]