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New York moved into a first-place tie with Atlanta after a 2-1 win over Philadelphia on Sunday in Uniondale, N.Y. Tiffeny Milbrett added two more goals to her league-leading 16 points. Both New York and Atlanta, which beat San Diego, 3-2, on Sunday, have 5-1-4 records with 19 points. Elsewhere, Boston defeated Washington, 1-0, for […]

Soccer America’s player ratings for the U.S. under-20 team in the Americans’ 1-0 loss to China in their World Youth Championship Group C opener Sunday, June 17 at Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, Argentina: Goalkeeper D.J. Countess: 6. Huge saves — leaping to tip Gao Ming’s blast over the crossbar in the 38th minute, diving to […]

The United States lost, 1-0, to China on the opening day of the World Youth Championship. June 17 in Mendoza, Argentina China 1 USA 0: Goal: Qu Bo 50. China — An Qi, Du Wei, Zhou Lin, Wang Sheng, Hu Zhaojun, Gao Ming, Yan Song (Wang Xinxin, 65), Xu Liang, Yaokun Zhang, Qu Bo (Ma […]

Trinidad & Tobago 2 Honduras 4 Goals: Latapy 55, John 92; Pavon 12 (pen.), Turcios 21, Morales 54, Guevara 89 (pen.). Trinidad & Tobago — Clayford Ince, Marvin Andrews, Raymond Carrinton (Russel Latapy), Denis Laurence, Arnold Guarica, Brent Rahim, Amcil Elcock, Stern John, Michael Brokman, Anthony Rougier (Dale Saunders), Dwight Yorke. Honduras — Noel Valladares, […]

The USA remained the only unbeaten team in the final round of World Cup qualifying after tying Jamaica, 0-0, in Kingston. Costa Rica beat Mexico, 2-1, to become the first team in World Cup qualifying history to beat the Tri at Azteca Stadium.

Columbus and Dallas each score six goals in their respective wins. … Carlos Valderrama sees red in the 12th minute of Tampa BayÆs 6-1 loss to the Crew and Dante Washington gets a hat trick. … Raul Diaz Arce scores twice in his Colorado debut but the RapidsÆ fall 6-3 to the Burn. … 16-year-old […]

June 16 in Mexico City Mexico 1 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Abundis 6; Fonseca 71, Medford 86. Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Suarez, Davino, Carmona, Marco Antonio Ruiz, Vfctor Ruiz, del Olmo (Palencia, 74), Luis Hernandez, Zepeda (Victorino, 50), Abundis (Osorno, 67). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Marin, Drummond, Castro (Sunsing, 58), Parks, Bryce, Solis, Lopez, […]

The USA tied Jamaica, 0-0, to remain undefeated after four games of the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup qualifying play from which three of six CONCACAF teams will qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The tie marked the first Hexagonal game in which the first-place USA failed to garner the full three points. […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, senior editor In Kingston, Jamaica Four years ago, the U.S. national team started on the Hexagonal round to the 1998 World Cup by tying Jamaica 0-0 in Kingston. On Saturday, the U.S. and Jamaica met again at the National Stadium, where the Jamaicans had not lost in their last 50 games. Again, […]

On the fourth Hexagonal game day, Costa Rica beat Mexico, 2-1, in Mexico City, the USA and Jamaica tied, 0-0, in Kingston, and Honduras downed Trinidad & Tobago, 4-2, in Port of Spain. Here are the standings of CONCACAF’s final round of World Cup qualifying with six games to play for each team. STANDINGS TEAM […]

The USA is making its eighth appearance at the U-20 World Youth Championship. HereÆs a look at the tournament, By the Numbers By PAUL KENNEDY 2 The United States has advanced as far as the quarterfinals twice. In 1989, it beat Iraq, 2-1. In 1993, it fell to Brazil 3-0. 3 Brazil and Argentina have […]

The United States plays its fourth game of the Hexagonal, the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, Saturday, June 16 in Kingston, Jamaica. HereÆs a look at the matchup: JAMAICA-USA TV: ABC (live), 2:00 pm ET; tape 2:00 pm PT. (Times vary on West Coast; check local listings) Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR) STANDINGS: Jamaica, […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 11 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery-R & L), M Brian Kamler (partially torn hamstring-R); PROBABLE: F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery-R) METROSTARS – OUT: M Clint Mathis (torn ACL-R); PROBABLE: D/M Steve Shak (Sprained […]

The U.S. U-20 national team is hoping to become the second U.S. team in history to reach the final four of the World Youth Championship. The best performance so far by a U.S. team came with its fourth-place finish in 1989. BY SCOTT FRENCH Here are the keys to U.S. success: 1. Solidify the defense. […]

Conference call with U.S. national team head coach Bruce Arena. Arena on the close proximity of the two qualifiers and if that determines what players to use: “A little bit, but to be honest with you, our focus is on the first game and to get the three points. Then we can make the adjustments […]

MEXICO-COSTA RICA TV: Telemundo (live), 12:30 pm ET. Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA). STANDINGS: Mexico, tied for 2nd in Hexagonal on goal difference (1 win, 1 loss, 1 tie, 5 goals for, 3 goals against, 4 points); Costa Rica, tied for 2nd in Hexagonal on goal difference (1 win, 1 loss, 1 tie, 5 goals for, […]

STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P USA 3 3 0 0 5 1 9 Mexico 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Jamaica 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 Honduras 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 Trin. & Tob. 3 0 […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for the June 16-17 games: Boston 0 Washington 2 Atlanta 1 San Diego 1 Bay Area 3 Carolina 2 New York 2 Philadelphia 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, June 16 – (7:30 pm) – Washington (4-3-2, 4th place, 14pts) at Boston (2-4-3, 5th place, […]

RESULTS First Round June 9 Seattle Sounders Select (PDL) 4 (Burcar 35, Foisie 60, 64, Kingsley 85) Stamford (Conn.) Olympia (USASA) 1 (Segovia pen. 41). Central Coast Roadrunners (PDL) 1 (Clark 50) Selma (Calif.) SC (USASA) 1 (goalscorer n/a). (Central Coast Runners win 5-4 on penalties.) June 13 Miami Breakers (PDL) 2 (Asorey 32, Khalil […]

U.S. women’s national team coach April Heinrichs announced her 18-woman roster for the two-game Independence Day Series vs. Canada on June 30 in Toronto, Ontario, and July 3 in Blaine, Minn., naming 15 WUSA players and three under-21 national team regulars, all of whom are still in college. The clash in Blaine at the National […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 12 10 1 1 31 28 9 MetroStars 12 6 4 2 20 19 16 New England 12 4 7 1 13 13 19 D.C. United 11 4 7 0 12 19 21 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Sebastian Zurita scored two goals and added an assist to lead Davie (Fla.) Uruguay SC to a 3-2 win over the PDLÆs Miami Strike Force in first-round action and set up a second-round date with MLS’s Miami Fusion. The win marked the second straight year Uruguay has advanced to the round of 32. The PDL’s […]

By Will Kuhns in Washington, D.C. Seeing fans call for his coach’s dismissal did not seem fair to D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno. The perennial all-star feels there are too many other factors to blame for the team’s five-game losing streak, which ended Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory over the MetroStars. “At the end […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for the games on June 16: Kansas City 1 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 1 San Jose 2 Columbus 0 Tampa Bay 2 Miami 3 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 1 Dallas 2 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, June 16 (4:00 p.m.) – D.C. United at Kansas […]

MLS Conference Call Guests: MLS Deputy Commissioner – Ivan Gazidis Chicago Fire midfielder – Chris Armas Kansas City Wizards forward – Onandi Lowe Ivan Gazidis’ opening comments: “Thanks to Chris Armas for making the effort to be on the call. Chris is a great example of a player who came up through the United Soccer […]