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Chicago Fire midfielder and U.S. national team veteran Mike Sorber announced his retirement from professional soccer in order to join the coaching staff at his alma-mater Saint Louis University. “It’s a difficult decision, but when you look at the future and the big picture you have to ask yourself ‘What is there to do after […]

Honduras twice took the lead against Costa Rica but ultimately had to settle for a 2-2 tie in San Jose. The Catrachos stunned the crowd of 20,000 at Saprissa Stadium when Jose Luis Pineda scored off a corner in the second minute. After Rolando Fonseca tied the score, Tyson Nunez seemingly won the game for […]

From Columbus Crew Stadium after the 2-0 U.S. win over Mexico: Bruce Arena “That was obviously a great win for the U.S. team, we really wanted to get three points today against a very fine Mexican team. And obviously we’re very happy to walk off the field with three points. We obviously faced a lot […]

Feb. 28 in Columbus, Ohio USA 2 Mexico 0. Goals: Wolff 47, Stewart 87. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna (Mathis, 43), Jones; McBride (Wolff, 15), Moore (Llamosa, 79). Mexico — Campos; Carmona (Zepeda, 56), Marquez (V.Ruiz, 69), Suarez, Macias, M.A. Ruiz; Pardo, Villa, Luna (Arellano, 75); Hernandez, Palencia. Yellow cards: […]

USA-MEXICO Feb. 28, 7:30 pm ET. Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio). TV: Live ESPN2, Telemundo; Tape Telemundo 11:30 ET, March 1 12:30 am PT. Radio: Futbol de Primera. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna, Jones; McBride, Moore. Mexico — Campos; Carmona, Marquez, Suarez, Macias, M.A. Ruiz; Pardo, Villa, Luna; Hernandez, Borgetti. […]

News from the NCAA Division I women’s soccer committee meeting in Santa Fe, N.M.: ò Expansion of the women’s Division I field from 48 to 64 teams is the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet’s highest priority for 2001-02 along with men’s soccer (32 to 48). ò Southern Methodist University in Dallas is hosting the 2001 final, […]

News from the NCAA Division I men’s soccer committee meeting in Key Largo, Fla.: ò The NCAA Division I men’s soccer committee will pick the College Cup sites for 2002, 2003, 2004 and possibly 2005 at its April 17 meeting. Bidders include Berkeley, Calif.; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; and Virginia Beach, Va. Columbus Crew Stadium hosts […]

Update on Americans in Europe Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) started (68 min.) vs. Sibenik (1-0) Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) winter break England Gregg Berhalter, Crystal Palace (D1), started (90 min.) vs. Sheffield United (0-1). Brad Friedel, Blackburn (D1), started (90 min.) vs. Bolton (5-1). Ben Olsen, Nottingham Forest (D1), DNP vs. Grimsby Town […]

Josh Wolff scored one goal and set up another to lead the United States to a 2-0 win over Mexico before a full house in Columbus. Wolff scored to give the United States the lead when Clint Mathis fed him with a long pass and he beat Jorge Canpos to score into the open net. […]

Brian McBride took a blow to the right eye when he collided with Alberto Macias and had to be replaced by Josh Wolff in the 15th minute when his eye shut. Score: 0-0.

USA-MEXICO Feb. 28, 7:30 pm ET. Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio). TV: Live ESPN2, Telemundo; Tape Telemundo 11:30 ET, March 1 12:30 am PT. Radio: Futbol de Primera. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna, Jones; McBride, Moore. Reserves: Meola, Hejduk, Donovan, Mathis, Wolff, Llamosa, Williams. Mexico — Campos; Carmona, Marquez, Suarez, […]

Jamaica claimed the first three points in the Hexagonal with a 1-0 win over Caribbean rival Trinidad & Tobago on a goal by Miami Fusion’s Tyrone Marshall. The Lindsey Wilson and FIU product, called into the Reggae Boyz squad last season, scored the game’s lone goal in the 15th minute.

Quartet of head coaches take over teams with lots of questions Frank Yallop can be forgiven, and he can be believed, when he says, “My head is spinning with all this.” With all of two weeks under his belt as the San Jose Earthquakes’ head coach, Yallop set off Feb. 17 with his team for […]

Halftime Score: 0-0. Suffering from a groin injury, U.S. playmaker Claudio Reyna was forced to leave the game in the 43rd minute. Reyna, who was replaced by Clint Mathis, was the second U.S. player to go off in the first half after Brian McBride. Little action in the first half: Mexico’s Braulio Luna had the […]

USA-MEXICO Feb. 28, 7:30 pm ET. Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio). TV: Live ESPN2, Telemundo; Tape Telemundo 11:30 ET, March 1 12:30 am PT. Radio: Futbol de Primera. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna, Jones; McBride, Moore. Mexico — Campos; Carmona, Marquez, Suarez, Macias, M.A. Ruiz; Pardo, Villa, Luna; Hernandez, Borgetti. […]

Score: USA, 1-0. Josh Wolff scored to give the United States the lead when Clint Mathis fed him with a long pass and he beat Jorge Canpos to score into the open net.

U.S. Soccer named U.S. midfielder Chris Armas its Chevrolet Male Athlete of the Year and named U.S. striker Tiffeny Milbrett its Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year. The Federation handed out its annual awards in Columbus, Ohio, where the U.S. men will compete against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier tomorrow night at Columbus Crew […]

The following are results from MLS preseason games: Feb. 27 in Lisbon, Portugal Sporting Lisbon* 1 Colorado Rapids 0. Goal: na 15. Colorado — Adin Brown, Scott Vermillion, Chris Martinez, Ryan Lee, Lance Key, Ross Paule, Geoff Aunger (Aljosa Asanovic 46), Jason Moore (Paul Bravo 46), Arkadiusz Kubik (Eric Lukin 65, Junior Agogo, Wes Hart […]

D.C. United D.C. United continues to train at RFK Stadium … A scrimmage against Georgetown University scheduled for Feb. 24 was cancelled after a snowstorm rendered the pitch unplayable … United resumed workouts Feb. 27 and have a number of scrimmages scheduled against local college teams and the Richmond Kickers during the next several weeks […]

The U.S. under-21 national team defeated USC, 3-1, on Feb. 24 at its training camp at the ARCO Olympic Training Facility in Chula Vista, Calif. U.S. national team coach April Heinrichs and U.S. U-21 coach Jillian Ellis will choose 20 players from the 24-player camp for an upcoming trip to Europe. The camp ended on […]

Due to technical difficulties with the service providing the programming for our Rate the U.S. National Team Players poll scheduled for the U.S.A. vs. Mexico match, we have had to cancel the poll. We apologize for the inconvenience. We were excited about receiving our readers’ responses and opinions and will bring you more polls when […]

Mexico trained at Crew Stadium Tuesday morning and based on the limited tactical drills they performed, it appears Mexico will be playing in a 5-3-2 alignment. Probable starters: Goalkeeper — Jorge Campos. Defenders (r-l) — Salvador Carmona, Rafael Marquez, Claudio Suarez, Alberto Macias, Marco Antonio “Chima” Ruiz. Midfielders (r-l) — Pavel Pardo, German Villa, Braulio […]

Brian McBride has rebounded from his most serious injury setback and is eager to play against Mexico Feb. 28 in front of his own fans in Columbus. A year ago, Brian McBride had come off an ambiguous showing at the CONCACAF Gold Cup that once again cast into question his durability. He missed the U.S. […]

Notes: Midfielder Ben Olsen trained for the first time Monday since joining the team last week because of soreness in his ankles. Olsen said before training he may suit up if the ankles feel good, but that they caused him a lot of pain in his last match with Nottingham Forest. Forward Clint Mathis said […]

The following are results from MLS preseason games: Feb. 25 in Guapiles, Costa Rica Santos* 2 New England Revolution 1. Goals: Herron 22, Sanchez 53; Jackson (Ramirez) 51. *First Division Feb. 25 in Urawa, Japan Urawa Reds* 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 1. Goals: Tuto (Adoriano) 53, Tuto (Tatsuya Tanaka) 82; Mullan (Cienfuegos, Lalas) 55. Urawa […]