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HereÆs what Coach Bruce Arena had to say after the USA beat Costa Rica, 1-0, to secure the full nine points after its first three Hexagonal games. ON THE VICTORY: “We are obviously happy with the three points. We did a good job defensively and had a lot of numbers behind the ball. They were […]

The United States and Costa Rica were tied, 0-0, at halftime of their World Cup 2002 qualifier in Kansas City. The best chance came to the United States in the 16th minute when Josh Wolff’s flick header was cleared off the line by Tico defender Reynaldo Parks. Clint Mathis also had two good chances for […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: D.C. UNITED 2-1-0 (6 points)/2nd D.C. United has the weekend of April 28 off, a rare occurrence during an MLS season … The Black-and-Red were originally set to travel to Miami for a league fixture, but that match was rescheduled to accommodate United’s participation in the CONCACAF Giants Cup … Defender […]

April 25 in Kingston Jamaica 1 Honduras 1. Goals: Gardner 55; Caballero 78. Jamaica — Ricketts, Goodison, Thomas, McDonald, Gardner, Davis (Fuller, 81), Lawrence, Williams (Hyde, 73), Whitmore, Burton (Harris, 86), Lowe. Honduras — Valladares, Rosales, Clavasquin, Medina, Caballero, Morales, Mejia (D.Suazo, 61), M.Suazo, Guevara, Nunez (Garcia, 88), Pavon (De Leon, 63). Att.: 40,000.

Iraq clinched a berth in the final round of Asian qualifying when it tied host Kazakhstan, 1-1, in Almaty and edge the former Soviet Republic on goal difference for the Group 6 title. RESULTS Group 6 April 25 in Almaty Nepal 6 (Rayamajhi 38, 49, 56, Maharjan 52, Lama 67, Thapa 90) Macao 1 (Leong […]

The U.S. under-17 national team will face off against the Haitian under-17 national team on Saturday, April 28 immediately following the Miami Fusion’s home match against the New England Revolution. The United States comes into the match fresh off its recent qualification for the 2001 FIFA Under-17 World Championship taking place this summer in Trinidad […]

Josh Wolff’s goal in the 70th minute gave the United States a 1-0 win over Costa Rica for its third straight win in World Cup qualifying. Wolff scored on a tap-in after receiving the ball via Clint Mathis’ arm after his air duel with Tico defender Reynaldo Parks for Jeff Agoos’ cross into the box. […]

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. & Tobago 3 0 1 […]

BY DEAN CAPARAZ FOUNDING PLAYER SITS: Philadelphia’s Saskia Webber was the league’s first founding player — besides injured Michelle Akers (Carolina) and pregnant Joy Fawcett (San Diego) — to start the season on the bench. Charge coach Mark Krikorian started Melissa Moore over Webber in Philadelphia’s season-opening win over San Diego on April 22. Moore […]

April 25 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 1 Mexico 1. Goals: Andrews 13; Pardo 60. Trinidad & Tobago — Ince, M.Andrews, Elcock, Rougier, Rahim (L.Andrews, 83), Lawrence, Mauge (Sanders, 68), Eve, Latapy, Yorke S.John (Dwarika, 79). Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Suarez, Marquez, Davino, M.A. Ruiz, Villa (Arellano, 45), V.Ruiz, Palencia (Borgetti, 54), De […]

After the third game day of the final round of CONCACAF qualifying, the USA took a commanding lead of the Hexagonal. In other games, Mexico tied, 1-1, in Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras tied, 1-1, in Jamaica. The USA is on top of the standings with 9 points, followed by Costa Rica (4), Mexico (4), […]

Ecuador remained on course for its first appearance in the World Cup finals when it came from behind to beat Paraguay, 2-1. Ecuador, which finished with nine players, has now won six games and tied one in seven games in Quito. It is in third place in the 10-team South American competition. The top four […]

USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Llamosa, Agoos, Regis, Sanneh, Armas, Reyna, Stewart, Mathis, Wolff. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Parks, Martinez, Drummond, Wallace, Castro, Cordero, Fonseca, Bryce, Medford, Wanchope.

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 4 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) […]

RESULTS April 23 in Tashkent Turkmenistan 2 (Meredov 52, Agabayev 81) Jordan 0. Uzbekistan 7 (Irismetov 3, 23, 68, 74, Dionisiyev 21, Maminov 35, Georgiyev 43) Taiwan 0. GROUP 1 STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]

MLS Conference Call guests: MLS Deputy Commissioner — Ivan Gazidis MetroStars/ U.S. national team forward — Clint Mathis Clint Mathis’ opening comments: “I think the (U.S. national) team as a whole is very excited about this game. Right now we’ve played two games and earned two good wins. It’s been great here in Kansas City. […]

Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French reports from Kansas City, Mo. Seven months remain in the Hexagonal from which three CONCACAF nations will advance to the 2002 World Cup, but the U.S. national team knows it can all but assure a berth with a rare qualifying victory over nemesis Costa Rica on Wednesday evening. The […]

When it came to enthusiasm, it was hard to tell the players from their young fans at the WUSA opener. Just before women’s professional soccer kicked off for the first time in the United States, players from the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup team gathered in the lobby of RFK Stadium’s press box. In the […]

SCHEDULE April 24 Ecuador-Paraguay Chile-Uruguay Venezuela-Colombia April 25 Brazil-Peru Bolivia-Argentina STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 11 9 1 1 27 8 28 Paraguay 11 7 2 2 19 9 23 Brazil 11 6 2 3 21 10 20 Ecuador 11 6 1 4 13 14 19 Colombia 11 5 3 […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played April 18 & 21. Goalkeeper Scott Garlick (1) Tampa Bay Defenders Carlos Bocanegra (1) Chicago Ryan Suarez (1) Dallas Ezra Hendrickson (1) Los Angeles Midfielders Ian Bishop (1) Miami Chris Brown (1) Kansas City Brian Kamler (1) D.C. United Bobby Rhine (1) […]

Team GP W L T P GF GA Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 Boston 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 Washington 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 Atlanta 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 New York 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Bay Area 1 0 1 0 […]

Left-winger Eddie Lewis left MLS for London, but his tenure with Fulham hasn’t turned out as he’d hoped. His national team career stalled, too, but he’s back and ready to demonstrate he can be a pivotal player on the Americans’ road to the 2002 World Cup. SA senior editor Scott French caught up with Lewis […]

Trinidad & Tobago (0 points) vs. Mexico (3 points) April 25 in Port of Spain Kickoff: 4 pm ET. TV: Live: CCN (closed-circuit); delay: Univision, (Pacific feed) 2 pm PT; (Eastern feed) 11:59 p.m. ET; 11 p.m. CT; (Mountain feed) 11 pm MT. Radio: Radio Unica (live) Referee: Saad Kameel MANE (KUW). Trinidad & Tobago, […]

The following are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for MLS Week 3 — games played on April 18 and April 21. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) April 18 Kansas City Wizards 2 Miami Fusion 1 MIA — Pineda Chacon (Preki, Rooney) 72 KC — Brown (Klein, Zavagnin) 73 KC — Johnston (Glasgow, Zavagnin) […]

Eastern Division Team GP W L T Pts GF GA Miami 4 3 1 0 9 6 4 D.C. United 3 2 1 0 6 5 5 MetroStars 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 New England 3 0 3 0 0 2 5 Central Division Team GP W L T Pts GF GA Tampa […]