Soccer America Archives

Two of the big stars in the history of the U.S. national team are looking for work. Eric Wynalda, the all-time U.S. leading scorer, was among four Chicago Fire players waived Tuesday. The Columbus Crew made John Harkes, a key member of the 1990 and 1994 World Cup teams, an unassigned free agent. New England […]

Veteran keeper Kasey Keller will join the U.S. national team Thursday, two days before its opening game at the Gold Cup against South Korea (pay-per-view, 6 pm ET). Keller, whose greatest exploit was leading the United States past Brazil, 1-0, in the 1998 Gold Cup semifinals, was supposed to join the U.S. training camp in […]

U.S. women’s head coach April Heinrichs made one change to her 18-player roster for the trip to China from the team that hammered Mexico, 7-0, on Jan. 12. Atlanta Beat defender Klylie Bivens, the only uncapped player on the roster, replaces forward Danielle Fotopoulos. Five of the players played college soccer last fall. The rest […]

There was no dispersal draft for the office staffs of the defunct Miami Fusion or Tampa Bay Mutiny, but Miami general manager Doug Hamilton has been picked up by the Los Angeles Galaxy. Hamilton was named the GalaxyÆs vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy. Prior to the Fusion, Hamilton worked for […]

The German press has reported that Chicago attacker Dema Kovalenko will be loaned to the German First Division’s last place team, St. Pauli. St. Pauli will reportedly pay MLS a $26,000 loan fee and has until April 30 to decide whether to sign Kovalenko for a $534,000 transfer fee. Kovalenko, who joined Chicago as a […]

MLS has re-signed D.C. United captain and midfielder Marco Etcheverry to a multi-year agreement with Major League Soccer, the club announced today. MLS did not disclose the terms of the deal. However, it had been reported that MLS had not exercised its option on EtcheverryÆs previous contract because it wanted to decrease his salary. Etcheverry […]

Brad Friedel performed well as Blackburn ended its recent slide with a victory over Charlton and Jovan Kirovski set up the lone goal in Crystal Palace’s win against Stockport on his first touch after coming on as a substitute. England ò Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Charlton, 4-1. Started (90 minutes). Friedel made a big […]

The road to the World Cup began with unexpected success in the Hexagonal, but three straight losses set the stage for a dramatic climax. Just as U.S. coach Bruce Arena had predicted. The first time someone suggested to Lamar Hunt that the U.S. national team’s first game of the final round of World Cup 2002 […]

As it had hoped, the United States landed in South Korea. Better yet, the Americans were drawn with South Korea, the weakest of the eight seeds at the 2002 World Cup. Busan is a testament to the economic miracle that is South Korea. The first thing you notice in this port city is the cargo […]

Shannon MacMillan had a hat trick — the first of her national team career — and added an assist to lead the United States to a 7-0 win over Mexico in its first women’s international of the 2002 season. The game was played before a sell-out crowd of of 5,634 fans at Blackbaud Stadium. Chilly […]

As part of its preparations for the 2002 World Cup, the USA will play Honduras in Seattle March 2 (1 pm PT). Honduras, which split games with the USA in qualifying, finished fourth behind the third-place Americans, thereby missing its chance to return to the World Cup for the first time since 1982. Ticket information […]

D.C. United continued its wheeling and dealing, just like it did last winter, making two trades before and after the MLS Allocation and Dispersal Drafts in New York. United dealt midfielder Stephen Armstrong to Kansas City for defender Brandon Prideaux and sent U.S. international striker Chris Albright and the No. 24 overall pick in 2002 […]

Colorado — D Pablo Mastroeni (A1, Miami), M Mark Chung (in trade with MetroStars for A4 pick in SuperDraft), M Chris Henderson (D1, Miami), M Kyle Beckerman (D11, Miami). Draft picks: No. 16 and No. 29 overall picks in 2002 SuperDraft (Mark Chung trade with MetroStars for A4 pick in SuperDraft), No. 26 overall pick […]

New England’s Fernando Clavijo: “We have some duplication of positions that we need to solve but it is easy when you have the players.” “With these 10 teams, clubs are going to be level and more competitive, not only during the season but in practice and within the team fighting for roster spots.” On picking […]

Five college players are among the 18 U.S. players picked for Saturday’s friendly with Mexico in Charleston, S.C. (live at 7 pm ET on ESPN2). Danielle Slaton, who was also on the 2000 Olympic Team, and midfielder Aly Wagner of NCAA Division I champion Santa Clara head the list. The other youngsters named were North […]

MLS conducted its Allocation and Dispersal Draft of players from the Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny, which folded on Tuesday. New England picked up the last two MLS scoring champions in selecting Mamadou Diallo and Alex Pineda Chacon. The Revolution picked up Diallo, the 2000 champion, with the No. 2 pick in the Allocation […]

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown Club Hahn, Adam G 5-10 140 01/05/86 Irvine, Calif. Irvine Strikers Marfuggi, Phil G 5-11 165 01/15/86 West Windsor, N.J. PDA United Harrison, Drew D 5-8 160 02/17/86 Roanoke, Va. Roanoke Star Premier Helton, Kyle D 5-7 155 05/20/86 Alpharetta, Ga. IAYMCA Eagles Lewis, Cameron D 6-0 155 01/02/86 […]

Five young players, all attacking midfielders have signed contracts with Project-40, the player development venture created by MLS and U.S. Soccer in 1997. The quintet includes Craig Capano, 16, and Justin Mapp, 17, in addition to three former U.S. U-20 selections — Virginia’s Kyle Martino, Portland’s Kelly Gray, and Brad Davis of St. Louis — […]

1999 Under-17 Residency Roster (20 players): Nelson Akwari*, DaMarcus Beasley*, Kyle Beckerman*, Danny Bolin, Filippo Chillemi, Jordan Cila*, Bobby Convey*, D.J. Countess*, Steve Cronin*, Kenny Cutler*, Landon Donovan*, Adolfo Gregorio*, Bryan Jackson*, Kellen Kalso*, Greg Martin*, Oguchi Onyewu*, Raul Rivera, Matt Roberts, Seth Trembly*, Alexander Yi* 2000 Under-17 Residency Roster (18 players): Craig Capano*, David […]

A third U.S. U-17 men’s national team has entered U.S. Soccer’s full-time residency program in Bradenton, Fla. The 20 U-17s have enrolled in private school and will train daily under the guidance of U.S. U-17 head coach John Ellinger. The players have been placed in a professional setting where they attend classes at nearby Bradenton […]

Jan. 10, 2001 in Chula Vista, Calif. USA 1 Canada 0. Goal: Magee (Grabavoy) 3. USA — Steve Cronin (Schuerman, 90), Hartman (Harvey, 62), Marshall, Cochrane, Klaas (Dinnal, 46; Chun, 88), Clark, Stone (Saavedra, 46; Dempsey, 88), Grabavoy, Magee (Enfield, 62), Johnson (Wiesner, 62; Capano, 88), Ambersley (Mapp, 76). Canada — Rayner, Matthews, Akingbohungbe (Eustache, […]

Players from the defunct Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny will discover their futures during FridayÆs Dispersal Draft. HereÆs how it works: ò All former Fusion and Mutiny players will be placed into a pool for Friday’s Allocation and subsequent Dispersal Drafts, along with all first round picks in the 2002 SuperDraft held by […]

Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 2-1 away loss to Chelsea a first-leg semifinal League (Worthington) Cup encounter. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored on TottenhamÆs American keeper Kasey Keller in the 10th and 77th minutes. Les Ferdinand notched TottenhamÆs goal in the 65th minute. HasselbainkÆs second goal came on a 30-yard free kick that Keller did not react […]

Striker Luchi Gonzalez, who carried Southern Methodist through difficult times early in the season and led the Mustangs through a perfect regular season, has been selected the College Men’s Player of the Year by Soccer America magazine. Gonzalez, a senior from Miami who scored 21 goals and 12 assists to lead SMU to the NCAA […]

The dizzying spin spun by U.S. soccer officials since the qualifying process began in July 2000 turned more than a few heads. From shrouding the list of players called up for the first Hexagonal match in Columbus to puffing up U.S. chances in Group D at the 2002 World Cup, U.S. Soccer has stretched the […]