Soccer America Archives

Canada beat the USA, 3-1, in the Americans’ first “Glory Tour” game, Nov. 11 in Columbus, Ohio. Canada’s goals came from Christine Sinclair (18th minute), Charmaine Hooper (21st) and Silvana Burtini (82nd). The USA’s goal came on a Tiffeny Millbrett penalty kick in 35th minute.

Ken Horowitz, owner of MLS’s Miami Fusion, was identified by the Associated Press as one of three people who filed suit in a Florida court in the presidential election controversy over vote in the Palm Beach County. Horowitz alleges poll workers told voters they only had five minutes to cast their ballots, and anyone who […]

Friday, November 10, 2000 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.: With two training sessions scheduled, Friday will prove to be the most physically demanding day of training for the United States as it prepares for the crucial World Cup qualifying match against Barbados next Wednesday, November 15 (airing live on espn2 at 2:00 PM ET and rebroadcast […]

Billy Lewinsky Wilmington, Del. Our whole varsity soccer team is wondering where the soccer term ônutmeg,ö which is when you kick the ball between someoneÆs legs, comes from. Mike Woitalla: Billy, thatÆs a great question that I have thought about a lot myself, especially after the 1999 WomenÆs Cup mascot was unveiled as a soccer-playing […]

Former Lehigh University standout is climbing the ladder in the Superligaen with tiny Viborg Will Orben never was on the fast track to a soccer career abroad. His preferred sport in high school was hockey. Studies meant as much as soccer, often more, at Lehigh University, where his chief honor was an engineering degree. His […]

U.S. Pro-40 scored twice in the first 20 minute and dominated much of the first half on the way to downing a reserve team from Argentine power River Plate, 3-1. The Dallas Burn’s Esmundo Rodriguez converted a pass from the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Marvin Quijano four minutes into the game. The team of young Americans […]

Here are the scores from the first round of the NCAA women’s Division I tournament, followed by the schedule of second-round games: First Round — Nov. 8 Michigan 4, Miami (Ohio) 3 (OT). Goals: Beitel (Spaccarotella) 15:23, Peterson (Kayal) 62:40, Chavez (Wilson) 76:57, Chavez (Beitel) 108:42; Grosso (Julian) 48:47, Altiero 68:58, Berkemeier 87:57. Harvard 2, […]

(Through Nov. 5) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Lara Brown, Centenary (La.) So. 18 23 8 54 3.00 2 Emily Turgeon, Furman Fr. 22 22 17 61 2.77 3 Abby Wambach, Florida Jr. 20 23 8 54 2.70 4 Meredith Florance, North Carolina Sr. 19 22 7 51 […]

These stats supplement information found in Soccer America’s College Top 20 on page 16 of the November 20, 2000 issue of Soccer America Magazine. College: Men’s NCAA Division I Leaders (Through Nov. 5) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Chris Carrieri, North Carolina JR 19 24 12 60 3.16 […]

Dallas president and general manager Andy Swift has dismissed head coach Dave Dir, ending the tenure of the last man to have coached one team since MLS began play in 1996. SOCCER AMERICA: Why did you feel the need to make this change at this time? ANDY SWIFT: I don’t want to minimize what Dave […]

Seventeen of the 19 players invited by head coach Bruce Arena were in attendance as training camp opened at Florida Atlantic University Thursday for the USA-Barbados game Nov. 15. Seventeen of the 19 players were in camp with the other two, European-based attackers Earnie Stewart and Joe-Max Moore, expected shortly after fulfilling club obligations. Arena […]

(Through Nov. 5) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Chris Carrieri, North Carolina JR 19 24 12 60 3.16 2 Jason Thompson, Eastern Ill. FR 19 21 7 49 2.58 3 Ryan Coiner, San Diego SO 16 17 7 41 2.56 4 Mark Lisi, Clemson SR 14 13 8 […]

These stats supplement information found in Soccer America’s College Top 20 on page 18 of the November 20, 2000 issue of Soccer America Magazine. (Through Nov. 5) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Lara Brown, Centenary (La.) So. 18 23 8 54 3.00 2 Emily Turgeon, Furman Fr. 22 […]

William Fisher Palo Alto, Calif. Why were the U.S. players wearing black armbands during the recent USA-Mexico match? Ridge Mahoney: William, I spoke to Jeff Agoos, who was the U.S. captain for that match, and he said the players voted to wear black armbands in memory of 17 U.S. sailors on the USS Cole who […]

This article supplements information found in Americans Abroad: John OÆBrien on page 10 of the Nov. 20, 2000 issue of Soccer America Magazine. John O’Brien left his Southern California home at 16 for a chance to train at Ajax Amsterdam’s legendary youth academy. Six and a half years later, the Dutch capital has become his […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Armando Femia (IUPUI) (1) 1 goal allowed in 653 min. for M-Con champ D Cory Gibbs (Brown) (2) Winner vs. Yale clinched tie for Ivy title D Bryn Ritchie (Washington) (3) Scored header off corner against UCLA M Scott Leber (Stanford) (2) Scored winner in OT against Indiana M Jorge Martinez (San Jose […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Thora Helgadottir (Duke) (2) 8 saves to shut out UVa and Clemson D Tracy Kennedy (Xavier) (1) Winner stuns A-10 top seed Dayton D Jackie Ostdiek (San Jose State) (1) Senior nets gamewinner vs. UTEP, 2-0 M Makaela Gibson (Liberty) (1) Goal vs. Tennessee Tech wins NCAA play-in M Kristina Jacob (San Jose […]

U.S. forward Landon Donovan hopes his spectacular debut against Mexico will further his cause with German club Bayer Leverkusen. SOCCER AMERICA: What was the reaction from your Leverkusen teammates and coaches about your game against Mexico? LANDON DONOVAN: They were happy for me. They all said ‘Congratulations’ and stuff like that. Everybody knew about it. […]

The U.S. women’s national team will play Japan on Dec. 17 in Phoenix, Ariz., in the final match of U.S. Soccer’s three-game Glory Tour. The match will be played at Bank One Ballpark. ESPN will broadcast USA-Japan live at 5 p.m. ET. The match will be the last for long-time U.S. defender Carla Overbeck, who […]

The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Men’s Top 20 covering games through Nov. 5. Team Record Last Week 1. Stanford 15-1-1 1 2. North Carolina 17-2-0 2 3. Connecticut 15-2-2 3 4. San Jose State 18-0-1 5 5. Clemson 13-3-1 6 6. Duke 13-4-0 7 7. San Diego 13-1-2 8 8. SMU 17-3-0 9 9. […]

Teen-age star Landon Donovan sparks impressive win over Mexico with goal and assist. Long before Landon Donovan lit up the night there were hints this USA-Mexico encounter was going to be different. The Oct. 25 match was officially labelled a friendly, but as keeper Tony Meola said with a chuckle, “Maybe they should come up […]

The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Women’s Top 20 covering games through Nov. 5, which marked the end of the regular season. This is the last Top 20 of this season. Team Record Last Week 1. Notre Dame 20-0-1 1 2. Penn State 20-2-1 4 3. Nebraska 21-1-0 6 4. California 17-2-1 7 5. Washington […]

Highlights: Goals for Olsen and Stewart; another win for Sanneh’s Hertha Berlin; start for Hejduk in Bayer Leverkusen win; Kirovski’s debut at Sporting Lisbon; Akin’s debut at Kilkenny City. Update on Americans in Europe Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) came on as sub (45 min.) vs. Osijek (0-1) Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) DNP vs. […]

It was in 1998, roughly the same point in the history of the J-League that MLS is at today, that the Japanese pro league started to show signs of trouble. The J-League started with much fanfare in 1993, like MLS would three years later. But by 1998, attendance was on the decline, and owners, tired […]

D.C United finished 2-1-0 on its tour of El Salvador, falling to Luis Angel Firpo, 2-1, after beating host Aguila, 2-1, in the Copa Taca in San Miguel, and defeating Alianza, 1-0, before 10,000 fans in San Salvador to round out the five-day tour. Luis Angel Firpo-D.C. United (2-1) Playing with 10 men for the […]