Soccer America Archives

In Ronald Koeman’s debut as Ajax coach, John O’Brien entered as a second-half substitute during a 4-0 victory over Fortuna Sittard, which sits at the bottom of the Dutch Honor Divsion. O’Brien entered in the 64th minute with his team already leading by two goals. Koeman, the former Dutch national team defender, replaced Co Adriaanse, […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena trimmed his 27-player training camp roster to 19 players for the Dec. 9 friendly against South Korea in Seogwipo. (Tape delay on ESPN on Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. ET.) All 19 players are MLS players, including seven players from the Chicago Fire and four from champion San Jose Earthquakes. GOALKEEPERS: […]

Ante Razov, Landon Donovan and Carlos Llamosa offer their views on the USA being drawn into Group D with Portugal, South Korea and Poland. ANTE RAZOV, forward On his initial thoughts on the draw: “I think overall, it’s a good draw for us. I think it certainly could have been worse. It’s positive for us. […]

It’s the time of the season for scouting. Many MLS coaches base their draft-day decisions largely on the games they see during college playoffs. Players, meanwhile, try to avoid glancing at who is in the stands. The clocks are set back, the leaves drop from trees and the Halloween candy disappears, but one of the […]

Kareem Escayg was again the hero for the University of Tampa, scoring the decisive goal in the 87th minute as the Spartans overcame defending champion Cal State Dominguez Hills, 2-1, in the NCAA Division II men’s final. Escayg, a sophomore forward from Israel whose overtime goal beat SIU Edwardsville in the semifinals, gave Tampa (19-0-2) […]

Jennifer Harencame’s goal in the 107th minute lifted Long Beach City College past arch-rival Cypress College, 3-2, and to its second successive California Community College women’s soccer championship. Santa Rosa Junior College used a 78th-minute goal by Hugo Canela to upset Santa Ana College, 1-0, in the men’s final. Both games were contested Sunday at […]

A deflection enabled Florida to stun UCLA in double overtime and Portland’s big second half finished off Texas A&M on Sunday as the field for next weekend’s NCAA Women’s College Cup soccer championships was set. Monica Hoyles’ 120th-minute strike, only her second goal of the season, bounced the Gators (21-3-1) past third-seeded UCLA, 1-0, at […]

UC San Diego, college women’s soccer’s other dynasty, claimed another championship on Sunday, knocking off previously unbeaten Christian Brothers, 2-0, in the NCAA Division II title game on the Tritons’ field in La Jolla, Calif. Elizabeth Hughes and Kristin Jones scored second-half goals and UCSD’s defense bottled up the Lady Bucs’ NCAA record-setting attack as […]

Fairleigh Dickinson’s stunning run continued Sunday with a 1-0 victory at Seton Hall that sent the Knights to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I men’s soccer championships. Fifth-seeded Clemson and seventh-seeded North Carolina needed overtime goals to capture third-round matches and advance to the elite eight, and fourth-seeded Indiana cruised into the quarters with […]

By Paul Kennedy Managing Editor in Pusan, South Korea The United States opens against European power Portugal June 5 in Suwon in Group D at the 2002 World Cup. It also faces co-host South Korea, considered the weakest of the eight seeds, June 10 in Daegu and Poland, the first European team to clinch a […]

GROUP A 5/31 Seoul FRANCE-SENEGAL 6/1 Ulsan URUGUAY-DENMARK 6/6 Pusan FRANCE-URUGUAY 6/6 Taegu SENEGAL-DENMARK 6/11 Incheon FRANCE-DENMARK 6/11 Suwon SENEGAL-URUGUAY GROUP B 6/2 Pusan PARAGUAY-SOUTH AFRICA 6/2 Kwangju SPAIN-SLOVENIA 6/7 Chonjo SPAIN-PARAGUAY 6/8 Taegu SLOVENIA-SOUTH AFRICA 6/12 Taejeon SOUTH AFRICA-SPAIN 6/12 Sogwipo SLOVENIA-PARAGUAY GROUP C 6/3 Ulsan BRAZIL-TURKEY 6/4 Kwangju CHINA-COSTA RICA 6/8 Sogwipo BRAZIL-CHINA […]

WORLD CUP DRAW Saturday in Busan, South Korea Group A (Korea): France, Senegal, Uruguay, Denmark. Group B (Korea): Spain, Slovenia, Paraguay, South Africa. Group C (Korea): Brazil, Turkey, China, Costa Rica. Group D (Korea): South Korea, Poland, United States, Portugal. Group E (Japan): Germany, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon. Group F (Japan): Argentina, Nigeria, England, Sweden. […]

Aly Wagner played roles in all three goals and Danielle Slaton had a goal and an assist as Santa Clara dominated visiting Virginia through the first hour Saturday, then held on for a 3-2 triumph in the rain a Buck Shaw Stadium to advance to the NCAA Division I women’s soccer semifinals. The second-seeded Broncos […]

Conor Casey came on as a substitute for Hannover 96 in the 80th minute and drew the penalty kick that gave his Second Division club a 4-4 tie against Arminia Bielefeld. Hannover was trailing 3-2 when Casey entered the game. Fellow American Steve Cherundolo played the whole 90 on the backline. Hannover is five points […]

Here are the reactions from U.S. coach Bruce Arena, forward Brian McBride and midfielder Cobi Jones on their Group D draw with Portugal, South Korea and Poland. BRUCE ARENA, U.S. coach OPENING COMMENTS ON THE DRAW AND GROUP D: “I think any group would have been fine with us. We are certainly pleased to be […]

No. 1 SMU ground out a difficult victory and No. 2 Saint Louis turned a tight game into a romp on Saturday to advance to the NCAA Division I men’s soccer quarterfinals. SMU (21-0) claimed a 1-0 triumph over visiting UCLA on Mohamed Fahim’s late goal. Saint Louis (18-1) scored three second-half goals — two […]

By Paul Kennedy Managing Editor in Pusan, South Korea The 2002 World Cup will take place Saturday, Dec. 1, in Pusan, South Korea, in ceremonies to begin at 5 am ET (live radio coverage on Futbol de Primera Spanish-language network; live online at www.ussoccer.com and on television with taped coverage on Univision — East feed: […]

Top-ranked North Carolina needed a lucky bounce or two to return to the NCAA Division I women’s soccer final four for the 20th successive year, edging Penn State, 2-1, in Friday’s quarterfinal at Chapel Hill, N.C. An attempted clearance by Penn State goalkeeper Emily Oleksiuk in the 80th minute slammed off Tar Heels striker Alyssa […]

Roger Levesque scored two goals Friday night, the latter a knockout punch that secured Stanford a spot among the elite eight in the NCAA Division I men’s soccer championship with a 3-1 victory over visiting Portland. The third-seeded Cardinal (18-1-1) also got a goal from Matt Janusz, who netted three in Stanford’s second-round victory over […]

Interview with Marc Nicholls, director of coaching ò Location: New Orleans. ò History: Formed as FVB in 1990 by Franz Van Balkom, Louisiana’s first director of coaching. Became NOSA in 1994. ò Championships: 2001: 6 state championships; 5 USYSA Region III bronze medalists; U-17 boys Region III runners-up. ò Most famous players: “Ask me in […]

Defending champion Cal State Dominguez Hills and final-four host Tampa pulled out overtime victories in Friday’s NCAA Division II men’s soccer semifinals. Rick Cobb finished off Scott White’s through ball in the 101st minute to send Dominguez Hills (20-2-1) into Sunday’s final with a 1-0 triumph over Dowling, N.Y. (15-1-3). Luis Morales made five saves […]

Christian Brothers lost Missy Gregg but not its No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown with five-time champion Franklin Pierce and advanced Friday to the NCAA Division II women’s soccer final. Final-four host UC San Diego also reached Sunday’s title game, pulling out a tight win against Northern Kentucky in a rematch of last season’s final. […]

The date: Dec. 1. The place: Pusan, South Korea. The master of ceremonies: FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen. Soccer’s greatest show is the World Cup draw ceremony at which the 32 finalists will be divided into eight groups of four. American fans will wake up on the morning of Dec. 1 to learn the fate […]

FRANCE WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 41 21 6 14 86 58 Final Fours 1958 — Third place. 1982 — Fourth place. 1986 — Third place. 1998 — Champion. U.S. RIVALRY 1979 — France 6-0. 1979 — France 3-0. TEAM Barthez, Thuram, Desailly, Leboeuf, Lizarazu, Vieira, Petit, Pires, Zidane, Henry, […]

RUSSIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 34 16 6 12 60 40 Final Fours 1966 — Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY 1979 — Soviet Union 3-1. 1979 — Soviet Union 4-1. 1990 — Tie 1-1. 1990 — Tie 0-0. 1992 — CIS 1-0. 1992 — USA 2-1. 1993 — Russia 1-0. […]