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At first blush, MLS owners appear to have adopted a policy of retrenchment. What else would you do if you lost $250 million in five years? Rosters have been reduced to 18 “senior” players. As of two weeks before the start of the season, there were no significant foreign signings. The accent has almost entirely […]

With the CONCACAF qualifying tournament just over two weeks away, the U.S. under-17 national team continued its preparations with a week of training and matches in North Carolina. The U.S. played two games, falling to Wake Forest 2-1 on March 26 before coming back with a 2-2 draw against an older, more experienced Duke team […]

Bay Area drops Pells, Wilson The Bay Area CyberRays, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit and Boston Breakers have announced their final, 20-player rosters, with the other four teams expected to announce their rosters soon. CyberRays coach Ian Sawyers cut goalkeeper Laurie Pells, a former Philadelphia player whom the team acquired in the waiver draft, and […]

Soccer America‘s editors surfed the Web in search of a list of 100 countries with quality soccer sites or general sites providing good soccer coverage. This list of the best sites in 100 countries appeared in Soccer America Magazine‘s first Internet Soccer Guide (July 3, 2000). Soccer America‘s list was the subject of a feature […]

March 28 in Alajuela Costa Rica 3 Trinidad & Tobago 0. Goals: Bryce 46, Wanchope 81, 89. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Drummond, Parks, Martinez, Wallace, Castro, Cordero, Bryce (Solis, 76), Lopez, Medford (Wanchope, 60), Fonseca (Sumsing, 71). Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, M.Andrews, Cox, Carrington (Rahim, 64), Rougier, Mauge, L.Andrews, Eve, Latapy (Wise, 79), Pierre […]

Dartmouth has named Jeff Cook, a former assistant for the Big Green (1994-95), as its new head coach, replacing Fran O’Leary, who left to take the George Mason job. Cook spent five years as the head coach at Cincinnati, leading the Beacats to their first NCAA tournament berth in 1998. He had a 43-42-13 record […]

A summary of MLS transactions for March 2001: March 29 D.C. United — Selected forward Ben Stafford in waiver draft. New England Revolution — Selected midfielder Andy Williams (Jamaica) in waiver draft. San Jose Earthquakes — Allocated forward Landon Donovan. Waived forward Corey Woolfolk. March 27 Chicago Fire — Traded goalkeeper Chris Snitko to Dallas […]

The Charlotte Eagles have traveled to Australia, Europe, Asia and now Africa to spread goodwill. They will now test their mettle at home in the A-League after winning the 2000 D3 title. Preseason training in Rwanda and Ethiopia is unusual, but the Charlotte Eagles aren’t your typical soccer team. Owned by Missionary Athletes International, a […]

The San Jose Earthquakes have acquired forward Landon Donovan, San Jose Earthquakes General Manager Tom Neale announced March 29 in a press conference at the Compaq Center in San Jose. Donovan, 19, signed a four-year contract with Major League Soccer as part of an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga, and was allocated […]

March 28 in Durham, N.C. Duke 2 U.S. under-17 national team 2. Goals: Cila (pen.) 5, Lewkowitz 73; Quaranta (pen.) 27, 28. Duke — Maslin; Sakuda, Antoniou, Mattern, Borman; Russell, Noble (Guren, 57), McIntosh, Sanchez (McClendon, 72); Cila, Wymer (Lewkowitz, 61). U.S. U-17s — Williams; Chun, Griffin, Marshall, Harvey; Stone, Lancos (D.Johnson, 72), Quaranta, Simo […]

BRUCE ARENA On the victory: “We expected them to come at us with everything they had. Therefore, we were not surprised at the kind of pressure we saw. The game was a good one for us to sit back and try to counterattack.” On the team’s strong first-place standing: “To have six points after two […]

Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P USA 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 Mexico 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 Jamaica 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 Honduras 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 Trinid & Tobago 2 0 […]

Telemundo will air the Honduras-USA World Cup qualifier on Saturday, March 31 at 1 pm ET/PT and noon CT/MT. The game was only available live on pay-per-view.

Here are the results from the March 28 matches of the WUSA Spring Training tournament at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.: Atlanta 2 San Diego 0. Goals: Mary Pitera (17), Kerry Gragg, (90). Atlanta — Melanie Wilson, Mary Pitera, Sharolta Nonen-capt., Kylie Bivens (Nikki Serlenga, 46), Lisa Krzykowski, Marci Miller (Nancy […]

Honduras (3-5-2) — Noel Valladares; Ninrod Medinas, Samuel Caballero, Reynaldo Clavasquin; Milton Reyes, Ivan Guerrero, Amado Guevara, Jose Luis Pineda,Christian Santamaria; Milton Nunez, Carlos Pavon. USA (4-4-2) — Brad Friedel; Steve Cherundolo, Carlos Llamosa, Jeff Agoos, David Regis; Tony Sanneh, Chris Armas, Clint Mathis, Earnie Stewart; Josh Wolff, Ante Razov. USA subs — Kasey Keller, […]

Earnie Stewart scored for the United States in the 33rd minute when his long blast deflected off Honduran Reynaldo Clavasquin and beat goalie Noel Valladares. Halftime: Honduras 0 USA 1.

By his own admission, Nelson Akwari could be more vocal. But when the U.S. U-20 captain speaks out, people listen. His commanding presence makes him one of the country’s brightest young defenders. Nelson Akwari needn’t shout to be heard. He doesn’t even have to speak. He’s the actions-louder-than-words brand of leader, all business on the […]

Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla reports from San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Coach Bruce Arena trained his team at Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano on the eve of its World Cup qualifier and was generally impressed with the facility. A running track — and 50-foot fences — separate the stands from the playing field, which seems to […]

The USA meets in Honduras in San Pedro Sula Wednesday evening at the 50,000-seat Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano (8:30 pm ET; TV: pay-per-view; Radio: Radio Unica; Online Radio: internetsoccer.com). The USA goes into its second game of the final round of World Cup qualifying with three points from its 2-0 win over Mexico in Columbus Feb. […]

Clint Mathis’ free-kick goal with four minutes left gave the Unhited States a 2-1 win over Honduras. Earnie Stewart scored for the United States in the 33rd minute when his long blast deflected off Honduran Reynaldo Clavasquin and beat goalie Noel Valladares. Julio Cesar “Rambo” De Leon equalized for Honduras in the second half with […]

A summary of MLS transactions for March 2001: March 27 Chicago Fire — Traded goalkeeper Chris Snitko to Dallas for third-round pick in 2003 draft. Re-signed defender C.J. Brown to a multi-year contract. Dallas Burn — Traded a third-round pick in 2003 draft to Chicago for goalkeeper Chris Snitko. March 26 Chicago Fire — Waived […]

Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla reports from San Pedro Sula, where the USA meets Honduras in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday. INTERVIEW WITH U.S. COACH BRUCE ARENA: On Kasey Keller vs. Brad Friedel: ôIÆll be very honest with you. This whole situation is just a plus over the long haul. I just see it […]

Clint Mathis brought the competitive fire he learned in his suburban Atlanta backyard to the forefront of the U.S. national team when it was needed most. Clint Mathis’ first soccer coaches were his older brothers. Andrew and Phil are eight and 10 years older than Clint, and with-out any local professional soccer team to watch, […]

A summary of MLS transactions for March 2001: March 26 Chicago Fire — Waived midfielder Yuri Lavrinenko. Colorado Rapids — Signed forward Gus Kartes. Waived defender John Carroll and midfielders Ryan Lee, Eric Lukin, Ryan Trout and Carlos Parra. Dallas Burn — Waived midfielder Roberto Najarro and Angel Rivillo and forward Esmundo Rodriguez. Kansas City […]

March 25 in Chula Vista, Calif. Boston 1 U.S. Under-19 national team 0. Goal: Dagny Mellgren (Tina August) 23. Boston — Karina LeBlanc, Lindsay Massengale, Heather Aldama (Sarah Powell, 63), Josha Krueger, Kate Sobrero, Angela Hucles, Elie Foster (Chrisy McCann), Tina August, Dagny Mellgren, Jen Tissue (Robin Confer, 63), Lindsay Eddleman (Meotis Erikson, 63). U-19s: […]