Soccer America Archives

Denilson Costa hat trick leads Hondurans to stunning win Jan. 19 in Los Angeles Olimpia (Honduras) 4 Pachuca (Mexico) 0. Goals: Denilson Costa 35, 58, 78, A.Pineda 49. Olimpia — Gonzalez, Santamaria (Marin, 90), Membreno, Cruz, J.L. Pineda, A.Pineda (Paes, 74), Lima, J.Cabellero, Vasquez, Tosello, Denilson Costa (Cabrera, 87). Pachuca — Calero, Rodriguez, De Anda […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy won its second straight game on penalties to reach the final of the TFC Champions Cup Sunday against Olimpia of Honduras and clinch a berth in this summer’s Club World Championship. Kevin Hartman made the decisive stop, blocking Ben Olsen’s penalty kick to give Los Angeles a 4-2 win over MLS […]

By all accounts, San Jose should be one of MLSÆs strongest markets. MLS had such confidence in San Jose as a soccer market that it was picked to host the MLS inaugural match in 1996. A resounding success. Northern California was at the center of the youth soccer boom in the 1970s. It also has […]

Men’s NCAA Division I: Ali Curtis (Duke). Men’s NCAA Division II: Juan Carlos Bolanos (Cali State Dominguez Hills) Men’s NCAA Division III: Scott Deopere (Wisconsin-Oshkosh). Men’s NAIA: Pablo Nassar (Life University). Men’s Junior College Division I: Andrew McLeod (Meridian). Men’s Junior College Division III: Ricky Quest (Herkimer County). Women’s NCAA Division I: Anne Makinen (Notre […]

Kickoff: Friday, Jan. 19 at 7 pm, Pacific time. Venue: Los Angeles Coliseum. Television: Galavision (live), Friday, Jan. 19, 9:45 pm (Eastern time — East Coast feed) (tape), Friday, Jan. 19, 8:45 pm (Western time — West Coast feed). Fox Sports World (tape), Sunday, Jan. 21, 5 pm & Monday, Jan. 22, 2 am, Eastern […]

Discovery Communications founder and CEO John Hendricks fell in love with womenÆs soccer at the 1996 Olympics. His latest creation ù the WUSA ù may give the sport a true national, and international, presence. SOCCER AMERICA: How did you get into soccer? JOHN HENDRICKS: It was with my kids, my daughter [Beth] and son [Andrew] […]

Brandi Chastain’s Bay Area CyberRays will battle Mia Hamm’s Washington Freedom on April 14 in the opening match of the WUSA’s inaugural season. The Freedom will host the opener at RFK Stadium. The game will be nationally televised live at 2 p.m. ET, but the league has yet to announce which television network will carry […]

This article is an expanded version of the one found on page 12 of the Jan. 29, 2001, issue of Soccer America Magazine. A IS FOR ALMOST … The Los Angeles Galaxy has three Western Division titles and more regular-season wins than any other MLS club, but it’s still looking for a championship. Here’s L.A.’s […]

The follow is a summary of NCAA Division I men’s coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason: School Old Coach New Coach George Mason Gordon Bradley TBD Liberty Bill Bell Jeff Alder Notre Dame Chris Apple Bobby Clark San Francisco Stephen Negoesco Erik Visser Stanford Bobby Clark TBD

A summary of MLS transactions for January 2001: Jan. 19 Colorado Rapids — Re-signed forward Paul Bravo to a multi-year contract. Tampa Bay Mutiny — Re-signed midfielder Carlos Valderrama (Colombia) to a multi-year contract. Jan. 16 L.A. Galaxy — Signed defender Alexi Lalas as a Discovery Player. New England Revolution — Re-signed midfielder Leonel Alvarez […]

The follow is a summary of NCAA Division I women’s coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason: School Old Coach New Coach Arizona State Terri Patraw Ray Leone Cal Riverside new program Veronica O’Brien Clemson Ray Leone TBD Drury Ann Cook TBD Hartford Mark Krikorian Ewa Bergsten Long Beach State Julie Cochran TBD Memphis *Brooks Monoghan […]

More than 5,000 tickets for the U.S. World Cup qualifier against Mexico at Columbus Crew Stadium on Feb. 28 sold out in just over six hours today. The 5,000 tickets went on sale to the public for the first time after a successful mail order pre-sale within the U.S. Soccer community sold nearly 19,000 tickets. […]

Chicago Fire forward Josh Wolff underwent surgery in his right hernia Jan. 19, to remove a pin that was causing him pain from a previous hernia repair. Dr. Richard Cattey performed the surgery at Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis. The pin, which held the mesh covering over his muscle, became loose during Wolff’s training period […]

Soccer America senior editor Ridge Mahoney is in Los Angeles, where he looks at the D.C.-Galaxy showdown with a berth in the FIFA Club World Championship at stake. A game that doesn’t count in the MLS standings could redeem a string of disappointments for the Los Angeles Galaxy against its toughest league rival. The Galaxy […]

Jan. 19 in Tampa Tampa Bay (MLS) 2 Glasgow Celtic (Scottish Premier League) 2. Goals: Ralston (Valderrama, Quill) 15, Lagos (Valderrama), 31; Johnson (Sutton, Agathe) 53; Thompson (Petta) 60. Tampa Bay: Scott Garlick, Steve Trittschuh (Chris Houser 63), Chad McCarty (Lawrence Piturro 71), Ritchie Kotschau, Joseph Addo (Kalin Bankov 46), Steve Armas (Matias Ortiz 46), […]

A limited number of tickets for the U.S. men’s national team’s first final-round World Cup qualifier against Mexico at Columbus Crew Stadium on Feb. 28 will go on sale to the public Friday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. ET. Approximately 5,000 tickets remain for the highly-anticipated match between the two border rivals after a successful […]

D.C. United head coach Thomas Rongen on Ben Olsen’s winning goal: “That wasn’t scripted. Anything Ben touches isn’t scripted. His resilience and popping up in the right place is just great — just pure heart and desire.” Rongen on close game: “I was a little disappointed not going in 2-0 or 3-0 up at halftime. […]

Foxboro Stadium has been selected to host two crucial World Cup qualifying matches for the U.S. men’s national team, against Trinidad & Tobago June 20 and against Jamaica Oct. 7. The U.S. men have never lost at Foxboro Stadium, posting a 5-0-3 all-time record in the Boston borough. ôBoston has been a great home for […]

Jan. 17 in Fullerton, Calif. D.C. United (USA) 2 Alajuela (Costa Rica) 1. Goals: Talley 15, Olsen 90; Arnaez (pen.) 74. D.C. United — Simpson, Talley, Pope, Agoos, Llamosa, Williams, Convey, Etcheverry, Olsen, Moreno (Simmonds, 62), Albright. Alajeula — Mesen, Delgado (Valente, 59), Marin, Arnaez, Lopez, A.Castro, Izaguirre, C.Castro (Alfaro, 80), Bryce, Chinchilla, Jimenez (Quiros, […]

Bruce Arena didnÆt have to search hard to find a compatible assistant coach. He picked Dave Sarachan, a fellow Cornell alum who worked with him at Virginia and D.C. United. By all accounts, theyÆre a perfect match. As he embarks on his second year as U.S. assistant coach, Dave Sarachan once again ponders the dynamics […]

Jan. 17 in Fullerton, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) 0 Real Espana (Honduras) 0 (Galaxy wins 5-3 on penalties). Los Angeles Galaxy — Hartman, Frye (Victorine, 71), Hendrickson, Lalas, Caligiuri, Vanney, Ibsen (Kelly, 74), Vagenas, Cienfuegos, Elliott, Jones, Real Espana — Morales (Flores, 63), Hererra Clother, Lopez, Orta (Ramirez, 70), Hernandez, Delgado, Garcia, Oliva (Gutierrez, […]

D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy will face off Friday in the semifinals of the TFC Champions Cup at the Los Angeles Coliseum after winning quarterfinal games Wednesday night in Fullerton, Calif. Ben Olsen scored on a header into an empty net in the last minute of regulation to give United a 2-1 win […]

National champion Connecticut could not have gone the distance without the trio of defender Chris Gbandi, midfielder Brent Rahim and striker Darin Lewis. They join eight others as the 2000 Soccer America MVPs. G Henry Ring (South Carolina ò senior) Kept Gamecocks in the tight games D Chris Gbandi (Connecticut ò junior) SA Player of […]

North Carolina won its 16th NCAA championship thanks to a collection of fine players, two of whom grace the MVP list. UCLA was the runner-up in large part because of Stephanie Rigamat, who wowed us and U.S. coach April Heinrichs in San Jose. G Hope Solo (Washington ò sophomore) Best player for Pac-10 champions D […]

CHICAGO FIRE Forward Hristo Stoitchkov underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee (Jan. 9) in a procedure the team’s physician, Dr. Preston Wolin, described as “extremely successful.” Stoitchkov, who turns 35 next month, is expected to be out three to four weeks and is scheduled to participate in the Fire’s first training session of 2001 […]