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The Chicago Fire tied Toluca, the top-ranked team entering the Mexican league Torneo Verano playoffs, 3-3, in front of 13,257 fans in Chicago May 10. U.S. under-23 stars Josh Wolff and Damarcus Beasley combined for all three Fire goals. Wolff scored twice to give Chicago a 2-1 lead, and Beasley hit a rocket in stoppage […]

MLS’s Disciplinary Committee has suspended Dallas Burn forward Ariel Graziani for three games and fined the player $7,500 for major game misconduct during the club’s 3-1 loss at Tampa Bay on Saturday, May 6. Graziani will sit out the following matches: May 13 Los Angeles May 20 at Columbus May 24 at Chicago The three […]

Soccer America’s Team of the Week from games played May 3-7. Goalkeeper Tony Meola (1) Kansas City Defenders Chad McCarty (1) Tampa Bay Carey Talley (1) D.C. United Lubos Kubik (2) Chicago Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (3) Tampa Bay Lothar Matthaeus (1) MetroStars Marco Etcheverry (2) D.C. United Forwards Ante Razov (3) Chicago Jaime Moreno (1) […]

Overage players will alter U.S. complexion in Australia HERSHEY, Pa. The hardest part of the job awaits Clive Charles sometime around the first of June. He plans then to determine the 18 players he’ll take to Australia in September, and there is only one certainty: It won’t be the same 18 who qualified at Hersheypark. […]

Opening Comments by MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis “I’ll start off with the quest for Mexican players. Again, just to say pretty much what I said last week, things are progressing positively. I feel good about the direction that we are headed. There are two or three different things we are talking about, and […]

“It was a great win for us. Wait…we tied. I am so tired – you try marking Cobi Jones for 100 minutes.” — Kansas City D Brandon Prideaux in the locker room minutes after the Wizards played to a 0-0 draw on May 6 against unbeaten rival Los Angeles. “Five months ago D.C. United won […]

Young American pros take care of business Much has been made of how the squad Clive Charles assembled for 2000 Olympics qualifying was “more professional” than any that had come before it. If the meaning wasn’t clear, witness what occurred in the town that calls itself – and this is trademarked – “The Sweetest Place […]

Wednesday, May 10 (7:30 p.m.) D.C. United at Miami Fusion Season series: First meeting. All-time regular season series: United leads 6-2 (D.C. leads 20-13 in aggregate goals) Key players out: United — D Eddie Pope (knee surgery); Miami — G Jeff Cassar (groin strain), F Eric Wynalda (Achilles tendon). Referee: Alex Prus (2 Games, 7 […]

Trinidad & Tobago 3 Haiti 1 Dwight Yorke and Stern John make their World Cup 2002 qualifying debuts for Trinidad & Tobago, and their presence was the difference in a 3-1 win over Haiti at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The return leg will be May 19 in Port-au-Prince. John created one goal when he was […]

U.S. Pro-40 signee Mario Longo has been claimed by the Columbus Crew using the league’s new lottery process instituted prior to the 2000 season. “Mario is a big, strong player, and we’re happy the lottery system has run its course and that he’ll be able to continue his development with the Crew,” said Columbus Head […]

The Miami Fusion announced Ray Hudson as interim head coach today. Following are quotes from today’s news conference plus additional quotes from Fusion players. Fusion VP and General Manager Doug Hamilton “I’m real excited to announce that Ray Hudson is joining us, and expanding his role to be the interim coach of the Fusion. Ray […]

The Miami Fusion has named former Fort Lauderdale Strikers captain Ray Hudson interim head coach, replacing Ivo Wortmann, who was relieved from his duties earlier today. According to Fusion Vice President and General Manager Doug Hamilton, the search for a permanent replacement will begin immediately. “We have not been pleased with the team’s efforts and […]

The U.S. women’s national team exploded for four second half goals to defeat Canada, 4-0, and win its seventh consecutive NIKE U.S. Women’s Cup at Civic Stadium on May 7. The day was highlighted by U.S. midfielder Kristine Lilly appearing in her 200th game for the United States as she was carried off the field […]

The U.S. women’s national team crushed Mexico, 8-0, and will face Canada for the title of the NIKE U.S. Women’s Cup on Sunday, May 7, at Civic Stadium. Kickoff is 11:30 a.m. PT (Live on ESPN2). Canada defeated South Korea, 1-0, on a goal from Andrea Neil in the other semifinal match to earn a […]

MLS’s Disciplinary Committee has fined New England head coach Fernando Clavijo $2,000 for prolonged, excessive dissent after the Revolution’s 1-1 draw with the Miami Fusion on April 29. New England midfielder Leonel Alvarez also was fined $250 for prolonged, excessive dissent after the match. Defender/midfielder Carlos Parra was charged $100 for prolonged dissent, as well. […]

The U.S. men have never reached the second round of the Olympics. So what? The two areas of the game that matter most in American men’s soccer are MLS and the senior national team. U.S. youth teams are crucial for developing players for both. The Olympic team is one of those youth squads. Since 1992, […]

Conteh: ‘It’s good to be back’ Abdul Thompson Conteh registered his first MLS goals with two spectacular strikes in a 5-0 rout of Dallas. The native of Sierra Leone attended the University of the District of Columbia before playing pro ball in El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala. SOCCER AMERICA: You have a home in Virginia, […]

Kristine Lilly will become the first person to earn 200 caps when she plays in the Nike U.S. Cup in Portland, Ore., May 5-7. She was just 15 when Anson Dorrance discovered her playing for a youth team at a tournament in Minnesota. Dorrance, who would coach Lilly on the U.S. national team and at […]

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Crew trades for Joseph; Smith retires Columbus traded its second-round draft pick in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft to the MetroStars in exchange for midfielder/forward Miles Joseph. Joseph played the last few minutes of the Crew’s 2-1 win over D.C. United on May 3. “Miles is a very versatile player who gives us a lot of […]

After 14 years, 40 games and 110 minutes, United Soccer Leagues ended a game without a winner. Since ousting the shootout as a way to resolve games that were tied after regulation and overtime in the offseason, no games through the first three weeks of the schedule in any of the three USL menÆs leagues […]

1. Should U.S. Soccer approve only one women’s Division I pro league? Yes 559 (87.9%) No 72 (11.3%) 2. Should MLS launch a women’s pro league? Yes 198 (31.1%) No 430 (67.6%) 3. Do you believe U.S. Soccer has a bias in favor of MLS and against WUSA? Yes 336 (52.8%) No 285 (44.8%) 4. […]

Opening Comments by MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis “I have a couple of player announcements I want to make, but before I go into that I’ll give my weekly update on Mexican player discussions. We are still continuing to work on a number of different fronts that I can’t comment on further at this […]

Player of the Week Ignace Moleka scored twice in a two-minute span late in the Atlanta Silverbacks 3-0 victory over Raleigh to earn A-League Player of the Week honors. Having taken a 1-0 lead in the 61st minute, Moleka gave the Silverbacks some breathing room with his 80th-minute strike, then gave the team a valuable […]

The U.S. women’s national team will embark on perhaps the most challenging road trip in its history outside of a world championship event when it spends almost three weeks in Europe from July 12-31. The defending Women’s World Cup and Olympic champions will travel to Germany on July 12 to compete in a tournament that […]