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Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for this weekend: Boston 1 Atlanta 1 San Diego 1 Washington 2 Philadelphia 1 Bay Area 0 New York 2 Carolina 0 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, May 5 – (7:30 pm) – Atlanta Beat at Boston Breakers. Season series: First Meeting; All-time regular-season series: […]

The WUSA has debuted, offering MLS competition on the American professional soccer front. Here's your chance to say which league is stronger.

Brad Friedel notched his 17th shutout of the season as Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday gained promotion to the English Premier Division with a 1-0 triumph at Preston North End. Blackburn, which picked up Friedel on a free transfer from Liverpool last November, clinched second place in the First Division, opening a four-point lead on third-place […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy added to its international resume with a 2-1 victory over 10-time Mexican First Division Champion Chivas de Guadalajara in front of an estimated 30,000 fans at the Estadio de Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. Galaxy rookie Brian Ching was the difference scoring the game-winning goal with two minutes left in the […]

EnglandÆs Leeds and SpainÆs Valencia battled to a goalless draw in the first-leg of their European Champions League semifinal at Elland Road. May 2 in Leeds, England Leeds 0 Valencia 0.

Michelle Akers’ early WUSA contributions have been restricted to spokeswoman service because of injury. Where the 35-year-old star will land once healthy has yet to be determined. Also, attendance and TV rating updates: BY DEAN CAPARAZ WHITHER MICHELLE?: Despite what her first column says on WUSA.com, Michelle Akers is not the property of the Carolina […]

The following are the results of the socceramerica.com poll in which 1,390 fans picked the best and worst MLS stadiums and fans. The best stadium? Overwhelmingly Columbus Crew Stadium. D.C. United edged Chcago for the best fans. The worst: Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium and Miami Fusion fans. 1. Which MLS team has the best stadium? […]

By Ridge Mahoney According to a source, Chicago and New England are close to finalizing a trade that would send striker Eric Wynalda to the Fire for draft picks. Chicago coach Bob Bradley would only confirm that discussions were ongoing and said he would not comment on ramifications of the deal until it is completed. […]

U.S. under-20 national team head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz has called in three new players to camp as the team prepares for an appearance at the Toulon Festival youth tournament in France later this month, and subsequently the FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina next month. UNC forward Logan Pause, Tampa Bay Mutiny forward Gus Kartes […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 2-1-0 (6 points)/3rd D.C. United travels to battle the MetroStars this Saturday at Giants Stadium marking the first time United ‘keeper Mike Amman and Metros midfielder Richie Williams face their former teammates … A pre-draft trade on Feb. 4 sent the popular Ammann to United in exchange for the […]

Wednesday, May 2 (8:00 p.m. ET) – Kansas City Wizards at MetroStars (Metro Sports) Season series: First Meeting; All-time regular season series: Kansas City leads 8-5-1 (Kansas City leads 23-14 in aggregate goals). Leading scorers: Kansas City: F Chris Brown (3g, 1a = 7pts); MetroStars: F Clint Mathis (2g, 2a = 6pts) Did you know? […]

Giovanni Elber scored on a volley in the 55th minute to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the first-leg of their semifinal in the European Champions League. May 1 in Madrid, Spain Real Madrid 0 Bayern Munich 1. Goal: Elber 55.

The following is a summary of NCAA Division I women’s 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 Meagan […]

Hylton Dayes is the fifth head coach in the 28-year history of the Cincinnati men’s program, replacing Jeff Cook, who took the Dartmouth men’s job. Dayes spent the last four years as the men’s head coach at alma mater Wright State, where he had a 32-37-8 record. School Old Coach New Coach Appalachian State Aidan […]

Today’s guests: MLS Deputy Commissioner – Ivan Gazidis Los Angeles Galaxy/ U.S. national team midfielder – Cobi Jones Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments: “Congratulations to Cobi for becoming our MLS Player of the Week with his two-goal performance this weekend. Cobi has put in more than five years of service to the league and is a […]

Left-winger Eddie Lewis left MLS for London, but his tenure with Fulham hasn’t turned out as he’d hoped. Though he celebrated the First Division crown and promotion to the Premier League, Lewis faces an unsure future in England. INTERVIEW BY SCOTT FRENCH SOCCER AMERICA: What is your situation at Fulham these days? EDDIE LEWIS: I’m […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 5 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle fracture-R); QUESTIONABLE: M Marco Etcheverry (hip flexor strain-R, partial shoulder separation-R), F Jamie Moreno (knee surgery-R), D Eddie Pope (big toe sprain-L); PROBABLE: M Brian Kamler (groin strain-R) […]

World Cup 2002 Qualifying: Asia Standings, complete results and schedule RESULTS Group 7 April 27 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 2 (Maminov pen. 53, Shirshov 65) Jordan 2 (Al-Shaqran 13, Abu Touk 24). Turkmenistan 5 (Gochkuliyev pen. 5, Meredov 44, Gogoladze 53, 62, Bordolimov 72) Taiwan 0. Group 8 April 26 in Al Ain UAE 1 (Khater […]

RESULTS April 30 in Muscat Oman 12 (Dhabit 5, pen. 23, 40, 45, 90, Mubarak 21, Juma 39, 44, Said pen. 61, Basheer 81, 85, Khamis 84). April 30 in Aleppo Syria 12 (Bayazid 14, 16, 54, 77, 80 Jabban 25, Sourour pen. 29, Mustafa 45, Shaade 47, Boushi 60, Afash pen. 75, Melki 89) […]

Gregg Berhalter saw action for Crystal Palace for the first time since February, but his coach Alan Smith, saw a pink slip after his team’s loss to Wolverhampton put them perilously close to relegation. Brad Friedel helped Blackburn, meanwhile, get one step closer to promotion to the English Premier League. Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) […]

The third week of WUSA action produced only five goals in four games. Two teams, Atlanta and New York, were involved in their second straight 0-0 tie. Carolina 1 Washington 2. Goals: Burtini (Riise) 8; Pretinha (Hamm) 82, Hamm 90. Carolina — Nordby, Burt, Overbeck, Roberts, Lirong, Riise, Yankowski, Burtini (Keller, 78), Baxter, Fotopoulos (Stone, […]

Cobi Jones had the standout performance of Week 4, scoring twice to lead the Los Angeles Galaxy past Colorado. The following are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for MLS Week 4 — games played on April 28. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Tampa Bay 0 Chicago 1. Goal: Wolff 11. Tampa Bay (3-5-2) […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played April 28. GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando (2) Miami DEFENDERS Richard Farrer (1) Dallas Ezra Hendrickson (2) Los Angeles Pablo Mastroeni (2) Miami MIDFIELDERS DaMarcus Beasley (1) Chicago Mark Chung (1) MetroStars Cobi Jones (1) Los Angeles John Spencer (2) Colorado Peter Vagenas (1) […]

Standings TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Washington 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 Philadelphia 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 Boston 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 Atlanta 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 New York 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 San Diego 2 0 1 […]

Key: GP=games played; GS=games started; MIN=minutes played; G=goals; A=assists; P=points; SHT=shots; SOG=shots on goal; FC=fouls committed; FS=fouls suffered; OF=offsides; CK=corner kicks; C=yellow cards; E=red cards; CP=caution points. CHICAGO FIRE PLAYER GP GS MIN G A P SHT SOG FC FS OF CK C E CP Wolff 3 3 244 2 0 4 12 4 8 […]