The Kansas City Wiz and the New England Revolution scored the most goals of any spring training match to date when they drew 3-3 March 18 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Rob Ukrop tallied once and Argentine midfielder Alberto Naveda twice for the Revolution, while Frank Klopas notched a pair for the Wiz, and Vitalis “Digital” Takawira rounded out the scoring.
March 18 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Kansas City 3, New England 3. Goals: Klopas (2), Takawira; Ukrop, Naveda (2).
Kansas City — Lagerwey, Okafor, Sebwe, Woodberry, Uderitz, Klopas, Isaacs, Guttierrez, Wright, Takawira, Prampin. Subs: Baumhoff, Moxom.
New England — St. Andre, Lalas, Chronopolous, Aunger, Ibsen, Naveda, Sawatsky, Woodring, Ukrop, DeBrito, White. Subs: Keegan, Superbia, Dos Santos, Olamendi, Weiszmann, Droze.
Pete Marino’s unassisted goal with 10 minutes to play gave Columbus a 3-2 victory over Kansas City March 19.
Michael Clark had a big game for the Crew. He rebounded Adrian Paz’s free kick to open the scoring, and headed in a Janusz Michallik free kick for a 61st-minute equalizer after Cameroon’s Samuel Ekeme and former Indiana star Ken Snow had given Kansas City a 2-1 lead.
The Wiz became the first team to play all 11 starters for the full 90 minutes.
March 20 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Kansas City 2, Columbus 3. Goals: Ekeme (Preki) 37, Snow (Reasoner) 51; Clark (Paz) 21, Clark (Michallik) 61, Marino 80.
Kansas City — Lagerwey, Ekeme, Sebwe, Bowers, Reasoner, Preki, Eichmann, Chung, Guttierrez, Snow, Peters. Subs: none.
Columbus — Oshoniyi, Yeagley, Michallik, Clark, Khumalo, Haskins, Ward, Robles, Paz, Young, McBride. Subs: Watson, Marino, Greenwood, Cozier, Pitturo.
It was a family reunion of sorts when New England drew 2-2 with Tampa Bay March 20.
National team defender Alexi Lalas of the Revolution squared off against his brother Greg, who plays for the Mutiny.
Rob Ukrop and Alberto Naveda staked New England to an early 2-0 lead, but Nigerian Boniface Okafor and Uruguayan Diego Viera rallied Tampa Bay to its fourth draw in four scrimmages.
Tampa Bay’s Colombian star Carlos Valderrama was sent off in the 85th minute for a serious foul against Revolution forward Bojan Vukovic, who was making his New England debut.
March 20 in Boca Raton, Fla.
New England 2 Tampa Bay 2. Goals: Ukrop (Sawatsky) 10, Naveda 20; Okafor (Ferri) 40, Viera 48.
New England — St. Andre, A. Lalas, Ibsen, DeBrito, Welton, Weiszmann, Chronopoulos, Woodring, Naveda, Sawatsky, Ukrop. Subs: Galderisi, Keegan, Dos Santos, Aunger, Olamendi, Vukovic.
Tampa Bay — Dougherty, G. Lalas, Luzniak, Ianni, Daligcon, Guthrie, Sweeney, Backman, Viera, Okafor, Ferri. Subs: Diffley, Kooiman, Hattrup, Yallop, McKinley, Wise, M. Vasquez, Valderrama, Lassiter.
Columbus remained unbeaten with a 2-1 victory over the MetroStars March 20.
Todd Miller (a graduate of Westminster College in Utah) opened the scoring for the Crew in the 15th minute, and Uruguayan Adrian Paz added another goal in the second half. Venezuelan Giovanni Savarrese pulled one back for New York/New Jersey after a fine pass from Mickey Kydes
Nicola Caricola, the Italian defender taken by the MetroStars with the first pick of the supplemental draft, was sent off in the 81st minute after receiving a red card for abusive language.
March 20 in Boca Raton, Fla.
New York/New Jersey 1 Columbus 2. Goals: Savarrese (Kydes) 73; Miller (Catano, McBride) 15, Paz (Batelle) 67.
New York/New Jersey — Meola, Hesse, Restrepo, Caricola, Harty, Barber, Vermes, DaSilva, Stockton, Savarrese, Rodriguez. Subs: Acosta, Tulio, Soto, Olson, Kydes.
Columbus — Oshoniyi, Watson, Ward, Miller, Clark, Cozier, Greenwood, Batelle, Catano, Paz, McBride. Subs: Marino, Robles, Young, Haskins, Pitturo, Michallik.
U.S. U-23 midfielder Frankie Hejduk scored in the 79th minute to lead the Olympians to a 1-0 victory over the L.A. Galaxy in a scrimmage March 20 in Del Mar, Calif.
Hejduk took a pass from teammate Matt McKeon and nailed a low shot past Galaxy keeper David Kramer for the winning goal.
Galaxy stars Eduardo Hurtado, Mauricio Cienfuegos, and Cobi Jones sat out L.A.’s previous scrimmage against Dallas, but all of them played against the U-23s. Galaxy coach Lothar Osiander used numerous second-half substitutes, including “Melrose Place” actor Andrew Shue, who spent much of the final half on the left flank.
March 20 in Del Mar, Calif.
Los Angeles 0, U.S. U-23 Team 1. Goal: Hejduk (79).
Los Angeles — Kramer, Fraser, Calichmann, Motajo, Semioli, J. Vasquez, Cienfuegos, Noamouz, Shaw, Jones, Hurtado. Subs: Adair, Armas, Beall, Jara, Leonetti, O’Brien, Shue, Vanney, Wilson.
U.S. U-23 Team — Snitko, McKeon, Pope, Peay, Pollard, Walsh, Silvera, Fisher, Hejduk, Vargas, Friends. Subs: Maisonneuve, Baba, Joseph.
Dallas downed San Jose 2-0 March 20 in Del Mar, despite being outshot 16-6 by the Clash.
The Burn survived several early chances for San Jose forward Eric Wynalda with the help of fine net-minding by Mark Dodd and Jay Fitzgerald, and took a 1-0 lead through Colombian international Leonel Alvarez, whose shot from outside the penalty area beat Clash keeper Tom Liner to the far post. A second-half own goal completed the scoring.
March 20 in Del Mar, Calif.
San Jose 0 Dallas 2. Goals: Alvarez 41, own goal 71.
San Jose — Liner, Doyle, Emenalo, Dayak, Iroha, Grimes, Martin, Holocher, Bravo, Baicher, Wynalda. Subs: Amaya, Betts, Brownell, Gonzales, Woolridge, Corrales.
Dallas — Dodd, Farrer, Vagner, Keller, Lozzano, Alvarez, Flores, Kreis, Santel, Kerr, Rodriguez. Subs: Cavitt, Gentile, Fitzgerald.
After playing to a scoreless draw, Colorado edged Washington D.C. 3-2 in a shootout March 20.
The Rapids were without their four allocated players: Dominic Kinnear (sick), Shaun Bartlett (sprained ankle), Roy Wegerle (still rehabbing an injured knee), and Marcelo Balboa (still with Leon in the Mexican First Division), but created several chances for Richard Sharpe and Jean Harbor. United’s Salvadoran striker, Raul Diaz Arce, was denied twice in the first half by Colorado keeper Dusty Hudock.
March 20 in Del Mar, Calif.
Washington 0 Colorado 0 (Colorado wins shootout 3-2).
Shootout — Washington: Etcheverry (goal), Diaz Arce (saved), Agoos (goal), Marsch (saved), Crawley (missed); Colorado: Henderson (goal), Harbor (goal), Trittschuh (saved), Benedetti (goal).
Washington D.C. — Causey, Agoos, Lee, Gori, Fazlagic, De Oliveira, Etcheverry, Williams, Crawley, Suarez, Diaz Arce. Subs: Imler, Marsch, Huwiler, Kelderman.
Colorado — Hudock, Butterworth, Trittschuh, Hamlett, Edwards, Sharpe, Henderson, Rodriguez, Gentile, Harbor, Benedetti. Subs: Hill, McKay.
NOTES
Hundreds of fans hoping for autographs or photos awaited Alexi Lalas and Carlos Valderrama after New England’s match with Tampa Bay March 20… Bruce Arena pulled double duty March 20, coaching the U-23s against Los Angeles, and then switching fields to lead Washington against Colorado. Neither of Arena’s teams allowed a regulation goal… U.S. head coach Steve Sampson attended all three Wednesday scrimmages in Del Mar… Galaxy coach Lothar Osiander on the quality of play this season: “The fans will see some exciting games, definitely. They’ll see some big-timers from other countries, but they’ll also see our American boys and how much they’ve grown as professional players.”… After each scrimmage, the teams are holding a “practice shootout,” and the goalies have had the upper hand so far… San Jose coach Laurie Calloway on shootouts: “On a penalty kick, the shooter has the advantage, but I’ve always thought it’s the opposite in the shootout. I think once teams start to work on the theory of the shootout —
where you start, what angles to take, and so on — the finishing will improve, but it’ll always be in the favor of the goalkeepers.”