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Chicago became the second team to clinch a playoff berth with a 1-0 win over San Jose at Spartan Stadium in a battle of division leaders. Miami, the first team to clinch a playoff berth, extended its unbeaten streak at Lockhart Stadium to 13 games with a 4-2 win over Dallas. Los Angeles took over […]

RESULTS Aug. 16 in Bogota Colombia 0 Peru 1 (Solano 47). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 14 11 2 1 35 11 35 Paraguay 14 8 2 4 21 13 26 Ecuador 14 8 1 5 17 18 25 Brazil 14 7 3 4 24 12 24 Uruguay 14 6 […]

Columbus Crew forward Brian McBride will miss the remainder of the MLS season due to a reformation of a blood clot in his upper right arm. Doctors at Riverside Methodist Hospital performed a vascular procedure to open up the vein on Wednesday. McBride is on blood thinner medication that will force him to miss the […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: New England 2 D.C. United 1 Miami 2 Dallas 2 San Jose 1 Chicago 1 Los Angeles 3 Tampa Bay 1 MetroStars 2 Columbus 1 Kansas City 0 Colorado 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, August 18, (4:00 p.m.) D.C. United at New England Revolution (Telemundo) Did you know? United […]

RESULTS Aug. 15 in Porto Alegre Brazil 2 (Marcelinho 4, Rivaldo 70) Paraguay 0. Aug. 15 in Quito Ecuador 0 Argentina 2 (Veron 19, Crespo pen. 31). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 14 11 2 1 35 11 35 Paraguay 14 8 2 4 21 13 26 Ecuador 14 8 […]

Assistant Editor Bryan Alvarez predicts: Bay Area 2 New York 1 Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 0 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, August 18 (4:30 pm) New York at Bay Area (TV: TNT). Did you know? The Beat led the WUSA in goal differential (+10) and was second in scoring with 31 goals. They allowed the fewest […]

Will the restocked Gunners have enough firepower? Can Liverpool parlay its cup magic into league supremacy? All Premier League questions should be referred to Manchester United, which is aiming for a fourth straight title. FAVORITES Sir Alex’s farewell 1. MANCHESTER UNITED. In the final season of Manager Alex Ferguson’s reign, perhaps the burden of winning […]

RESULTS Group 1 Aug. 15 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 2 (Mihajlovic 23, Djukic 85) Faeroe Islands 0. Group 2 Aug. 15 in Tallinn Estonia 2 (Lemsalu 53, Novikov 90) Cyprus 2 (Constantinou pen. 39, 70). GROUP 1 RESULTS Aug. 15 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 2 (Mihajlovic 23, Djukic 85) Faeroe Islands 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T […]

The New England Revolution, desperate shore up its leaky defense, acquired Miami Fusion defender Leo Cullen in a trade for Johnny Torres and midfielder Shaker Asad. The Fusion and Revs also traded back draft picks. The Fusion acquired a second-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for a first-round choice in the 2002 […]

Group A STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCHEDULE Aug. 17 […]

With a few setbacks sprinkled among numerous successes, the Project-40 program is maturing – much like the players in it. Even though Carlos Parra plays for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the A-League and has no sense of whether he will get back up to MLS, he has no regrets about signing a Project-40 contract instead […]

RESULTS Aug. 14 in Santiago Chile 2 (Salas pen. 35, 77) Bolivia 2 (Baldivieso pen. 11, Coimbra 73). Aug. 14 in Maracaibo Venezuela 2 (Moran 53, Rondon 90) Uruguay 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 13 10 2 1 33 11 32 Paraguay 13 8 2 3 21 11 26 […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: Columbus 2 Dallas 2 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 1 Chicago 3 Miami 2 Kansas City 0 Los Angeles 1 Previews (All times ET) Wednesday, August 15, (7:30 p.m.) Dallas Burn at Columbus Crew (KSTR) Did you know? Dallas has conceded 36 goals this season in only 13 games. Their other […]

On a goal and two assists by John Wilmar Perez, Columbus extends its unbeaten streak to eight with a 3-0 win over Dallas. … Rodrigo Faria and Mark Chung shoot the MetroStars past D.C. United, 2-1. … League leading scorers Alex Pineda Chacon and Diego Serna each strike in MiamiÆs 2-1 win over Chicago. … […]

U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller is returning to England, where he started his professional career a decade ago. He has signed with Premier Division club Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer from SpainÆs Rayo Vallecano. Keller will try to wrest the starting spot from Neil Sullivan, who started in 35 games for Tottenham as it finished […]

ôBob [Bradley] called me and we had a nice conversation over the phone and he had one question for me. He said ‘Do you still love to play?’ I said ‘Yeah.’ and he said, ‘Good, because I just traded for you.’ “The national team has been functioning very well on its own. I don’t think […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played Aug. 8, 11 and 12. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Aug. 8 New England 1 San Jose 5. Cate (pen.) 44; Donovan (Russell) 35, Donovan (pen.) 44, Agogo (Donovan) 68, Lagos (Donovan, Mulrooney) 71, Agogo (Corrales, Russell) 80. New England (4-3-1-2) — Jeff […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played Aug. 8, 11 and 12. GOALKEEPER Kevin Hartman (2) Los Angeles DEFENDERS Ezra Hendrickson (5) Los Angeles Ritchie Kotschau (2) Colorado Pablo Mastroeni (5) Miami MIDFIELDERS Chris Armas (2) Chicago Peter Nowak (3) Chicago Alex Pineda Chacon (5) Miami Jim Rooney (5) […]

As teams round the final turn in the MLS season, it’s shaping up to be quite a finish. Four teams look equally capable of winning it all: Miami, San Jose, Chicago and Los Angeles. Seven others will dogfight for four playoff spots, and all have enough weaponry to pull off an upset in a three-game […]

Already playoff-bound Philadelphia ended its regular-season campaign with a 2-1 loss to Boston, which finishes the season at 8-10-3 and in sixth place. With the loss, Philadelphia remains in fourth place with a record of 9-8-4. The Charge will take on the first-place Atlanta Beat next Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium in the second WUSA […]

David Regis (Metz/France), Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg/Germany) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover/Germany) played the whole 90 minutes for their clubs. Only Cherundolo, whose Second Division club remains undefeated after tying Unterhaching, didn’t come out on the losing end. FRANCE David Regis, Metz (D1) Started (90 min.) vs. Montpellier (0-3). Metz played a man short for the final […]

The New York Power clinched the fourth and final WUSA playoff berth Saturday by beating the Washington Freedom, 2-0, in the final regular-season match for both teams. New York joins Atlanta, Bay Area and Philadelphia in the playoffs. Philadelphia’s Aug. 12 result against Boston will determine the matchups. Aug. 11 in Annapolis, Md. WASHINGTON 0 […]

Aug. 12 in San Diego SAN DIEGO 2 CAROLINA 2 Scoring Summary: CAR– Burt 2 (Riise 8, Burtini 2) 2 CAR– Burtini 4 (Fotopoulos 5, Burt 4) 8 SD– MacMillan 11 (Foudy 7, Koleski 3) 57 SD– MacMillan 12 (Wen Lirong 1, Boxx 4) 90+ SAN DIEGO — Jaime Pagliarulo, Fan Yunjie (Sherill Kester, 83), […]

Diego Serna and Preki each score once and assist twice in MiamiÆs 4-1 win at New England. … Two strikes from Eric Eynalda and another from Peter Nowak take Chicago past Tampa Bay, 3-1. … Antonio Martinez notches three assists in DallasÆ 3-0 win over the MetroStars, whose Mike Petke gets tossed in the first […]

U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna — who made a bit of history by wearing the captainÆs band in Glasgow RangersÆ first game of the season — is nursing a groin injury. But he expects to return in time for RangersÆ Champions League match Aug. 22 and the Sept. 1 World Cup qualifier against Honduras. INTERVIEW BY […]