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Kirovski: ‘We fought really hard’ Jovan Kirovski’s welcomed a national-team return after an unhappy season in Germany’s Second Division. SOCCER AMERICA: What are your thoughts on the team’s performance today? JOVAN KIROVSKI: It was a great result. I thought we fought really hard as a team, we played well and created some good chances. Honestly, […]

Mexico reached the World Cup finals for the first time thanks in part to the arrival of U.S. college products with Mexican roots. The American contingent has grown to 12 players. Since receiving reinforcements in the form of Mexican-Americans with U.S. college experience, homegrown Mexican players like Maribel Dominguez have been able to see more […]

The USL’s Super Y-League kicked off June 19 and 20 with six games played in the northeast and west. The league features competition for under-14 and under-15 boys in its first inception, with a 200-plus game slate. The new national circuit conceived by USL Commissioner Francisco Marcos starts out with 34 teams in three divisions […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 10 9 1 20 8 38 Long Island 11 8 3 23 14 35 Staten Island 10 6 4 17 9 28 Boston 12 6 6 20 15 28 Pittsburgh 10 5 5 20 14 23 Connecticut 12 4 8 12 23 18 Lehigh […]

Norwegian star Linda Medalen’s outspokenness sometimes rankles opponents, but she’s a legend back home after leading Norway to one world championship and two European titles. If Linda Medalen had been cut out to be a soldier, Norway might never have won a world championship. Instead of serving her country in the military, she has brought […]

DALLAS 3 D.C. UNITED 0 June 16 Att.: 8,817. Goals Dallas: Washington (Alvarez, Kreis) 69, Deering (Rodriguez) 75, Washington (Deering) 79. SA Report Card Dallas: Dodd 6, Dade 5, Pollard 6, Farrer 6, Rodriguez 6, Santel 6, Alvarez 7 (Haynes, 78th, 5), Deering 6, Eck 6, Kreis 6 (Rhine, 69th, 5), Trellez 4 (Washington, 58th, […]

The following are quotes from the June 22 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, Colorado coach Glenn Myernick, Chicago coach Bob Bradley and New England forward Joe-Max Moore Doug Logan Opening Remarks “MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis is currently representing MLS at the Mexican draft in Ixtapa, so he will not […]

æWe deserve to win’ D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno has been recalled to the Bolivian national team along with Marco Etcheverry for the Copa America. SOCCER AMERICA: Are there any major differences between playing for Bruce Arena and playing for Thomas Rongen? JAIME MORENO: They are different persons, but both are coaches that like to […]

USA STARTERS: Keller (8) Penalty save changed game. Brown (4) Exposed in first half. Fraser (5) Cramped up. Agoos (5) Held his own. Sanneh (5) Had to work very hard. Armas (7) Where would U.S. be without him? Lewis (5) Not his best game. Reyna (8) Worked tirelessly as captain. Kirovski (5) In and out […]

U.S. women’s national team head coach Tony DiCicco watched closely last night as Nigeria defeated North Korea in a tough 2-1 match in Los Angeles. The U.S. plays Nigeria in their second group match on June 24 in Chicago, then travels to Boston to take on North Korea on June 27. Here are Coach DiCicco’s […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny will travel to Guatemala June 22 in preparation for a friendly match the following evening against a team comprised of all-stars from four Guatemalan First Division teams. “Once again, the Mutiny will serve as good will ambassadors to Central America,” Mutiny GM Nick Sakiewicz said. “The match will be an opportunity […]

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First Round June 20 in High Point, N.C. Carolina Dynamo (D3) 1 Milwaukee Bavarian Leinenkugel (USASA) 0. Goal: Haupt (Dudley) 86. Carolina — Powell, Ronemus, Freeman, Atta, Collins, Haupt, Duff (Fedor, 68), Dudley, Breslin (Rice, 46), Espindola, Hamid (Upchurch, 89). Leinenkugel — Howard, Passelt, Pearson, Eichman, Gansler, Hospel, Schweinert, Kreitmer, Zaiss, Stempinski (Troskey, 85), Votja […]

Times and matchups for the inaugural Gotham Cup, scheduled to take place at Giants Stadium on July 23 and 25, have been set. On Friday night, July 23, Ajax (Netherlands) will meet Aston Villa (England) in the first match at 7:00 p.m., ET. Fiorentina (Italy) will then face Panathinaikos (Greece) at 9:30 p.m., ET in […]

Group C June 20 in Foxboro, Mass. Norway 2 Russia 1. Goals: Sundaune 28, Pettersen 68; Komarova 78. Norway — Nordby, Jorgensen, Kringen, Medalen, Nymark Andersen, Sandaune, Knudsen (Rapp, 86), R.Gulbrandsen (Mellgren, 74), Riise, Lehn (Frustol, 61), Pettersen. Russia — Petko, Bourakova, N.Karasseva, Tcheverda, Filippova, Egorova, Svetlitzkaia (Fomina, 84), O.Karasseva (Komarova, 46), Grigorieva, Letuchova (Savina, […]

Group A June 20 in Pasadena, Calif. Nigeria 2 North Korea 1. Goals: Akide 50, Nwadike 79; Jo Song Ok 74. Nigeria — A.Chiejine, Kudaisi (Nwaneri, 86), Opara, Ajayi, Emeafu, Okosieme, Omagbemi, I.Chiejene (Egbe, 70), Avre, Akide, Nwadike. North Korea — Kye Yong Sun, Yun In Sil, Kim Sun Hui (Jo Jong Ran, 61), Kim […]

Group D June 20 in Foxboro, Mass. Australia 1 Ghana 1. Goals: Murray 74; Gyamfua 75. Australia — Wheeler, Starr, Alagich, Bartlett, Cooper, Black, Peters (Golebiowski, 89), Forman, Iannotta (Casagrande, 60), Murray, Salisbury. Ghana — Sulemana, Yeboah, Baidu, Ansah, P.Sackey, Bayor (Quartery, 79), Clottey, Tettey-Quao, Dzangmah (Okai, 32; Gyamfua, 65), V.Mensah, A.Sackey. Yellow cards: Australia […]

Group B June 20 in Pasadena, Calif. Germany 1 Italy 1. Goals: Wiegmann (pen.) 61; Panico 36. Germany — Rottenberg, Stegemann, Hingst, Jones, Fitschen, Meinert (Meyer, 83), Wiegmann, P.Wunderlich, Smisek (Lingor, 86), Grings, Prinz. Italy — Brenzan, Marchio, Stefanelli, Tavalazzi, Duo’, Tesse (Deiana, 68), Carta, D’Astolfo, Frollani (Zanni, 71), Guarino (Fiorini, 90), Panico. Yellow card: […]

1. Pretinha (Brazil), Sissi (Brazil) 3 goals. 3. Foudy (USA), Hamm (USA), Lilly (USA), Katia (Brazil), Dominguez (Mexico), Jin Yan (China), Liu Ailing (China), Bengtsson (Sweden), Burtini (Canada), Otake (Japan), Murray (Australia), Gyamfua (Ghana), Pettersen (Norway), Sandaune (Norway), Komarova (Russia), Wiegmann (Germany), Panico (Italy), Akide (Nigeria), Nwadike (Nigeria), Jo Song Ok (North Korea) 1 goal.

Group A June 19 in East Rutherford, N.J. USA 3 Denmark 0. Goals: Hamm 17, Foudy 73, Lilly 89. USA — Scurry, Chastain, Overbeck, Sobrero, Fawcett, Akers, Foudy, Lilly, Hamm (Fair, 88), Parlow, Milbrett (MacMillan, 82). Denmark — Larsen, K.Christensen, Terp, C.Petersen (Sondergaard, 83), K.Pedersen, Axelsen, M.Pedersen, Rasmussen, M.Hansen (Johansen, 64), Krogh, L.Jensen (L.Hansen, 78). […]

Group C June 19 in San Jose, Calif. Canada 1 Japan 1. Goals: Burtini 32; Otake 64. Canada — Wright, Helland, Nonen, Morneau, Franck, A.Walsh, Donnelly, Hooper, Harvey, Rosenow, Burtini (Neil, 56). Japan — Yamago, Nishina, Tomei, Sakai, Mitsui, Isozaki, Hara, Isaka (Kobayashi, 52), Sawa, Otake, Uchiyama. Yellow card: Canada — Hooper 5. Referee: Maria […]

The U.S. women’s national team opened the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup on a sparkling day at Giants Stadium, defeating Denmark 3-0 in front of the largest crowd ever to watch a women’s team sporting event. World all-time lead scorer Mia Hamm scored in the first half and Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly added goals […]

Group D June 19 in San Jose, Calif. China 2 Sweden 1. Goals: Jin Yan 17, Liu Ailing 69; Bengtsson 2. China — Gao Hong, Xie Huilin (Zhang Ouying, 58), Wen Lirong, Fan Yunjie, Bai Jie, Wang Liping, Liu Ying, Liu Ailing, Zhao Lihong, Jin Yan, Sun Wen (Pu Wei, 75). Sweden — Karlsson, Westberg, […]

Group B June 19 in East Rutherford, N.J. Brazil 7 Mexico 1. Goals: Pretinha 3, 12, 90, Sissi 29, 42, 50, Katia (pen.) 35; Dominguez 10. Brazil — Maravilha, Nene, Elane, Suzana, Fanta (Juliana, 82), Marisa, Sissi, Raquel, Cidinha (Maicon, 46), Pretinha, Katia (Formiga, 72). Mexico — Quinones, S.Mora, Oceguera, Moore (Perez, 73), Nanez, Leyva […]

After I lauded, in our May 31 issue, FIFA’s plans to experiment with a two-referee system that maintains the two linesmen, I wasn’t too surprised that most objections to the plan came from referees. They reminded me of an interview with a German referee from long ago. Asked why he would undergo endless abuse, week […]