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The Tampa Bay Mutiny ended a six-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday night. It marked the first Tampa win under new head coach Perry Van Der Beck. The Columbus Crew remains MLS’s hottest team. It beat Kansas City, 3-1, at Arrowhead Stadium for its fourth straight win. The […]

The Bay Area CyberRays took over first place in the WUSA for the first time this season — and clinched the first playoff berth in the process — with a 3-2 win over visiting Philadelphia. New York eliminated the Carolina Courage from playoff contention with a 1-0 win on the road. Aug. 2 in Chapel […]

Andrew Barnes of Baton Rouge, La., is one of nine American FIFA refs in MLS’s Referee Pool. He is the focus of this edition of Socceramerica.comÆs series, ôView from the Middle.ö INTERVIEW BY BRYAN ALVAREZ SOCCER AMERICA: What makes refereeing worthwhile for you? ANDREW BARNES: Each game poses a challenge to get all the calls […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Assistant Editor Bryan AlvarezÆs predictions for the Aug. 4-6 games: Washington 0 Atlanta 1 Boston 2 San Diego 2 New York 2 Bay Area 1 Philadelphia 2 Carolina 0 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, Aug. 4 (1:30 pm) Atlanta at Washington (TV: TNT). Did you know? Atlanta goalkeeper, Briana Scurry […]

U.S. international Ante Razov is returning to MLS’s Chicago Fire less than a year after leaving as a free agent to sign with Spanish Second Division club Racing Ferrol. Razov, who was acquired by Chicago in March 1998 as a discovery player, joins the Fire this season as a replacement for injured marquee player Josh […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor Goalkeeper D.J. Countess, brilliant at the World Youth Championship earlier this summer in Argentina, has rejected offers from three European suitors to sign a Project-40 contract with Major League Soccer. The 19-year-old Fair Oaks, Calif., native, also the starting netminder for the U.S. U-17 team that finished fourth at its […]

Boston stayed alive for a playoff berth with a 1-0 win over Atlanta on the road. The loss was the third straight for the Beat, tied for first place with Bay Area. San Diego and Washington played to a 2-2 tie before a sellout crowd at the Spirit’s Torero Stadium, but the result did neither […]

MLS’s Kansas City Wizards fell to Sporting Cristal of Peru, 2-1, in the first match an American team has played in the Merconorte Cup. Jamaican Onandi Lowe gave the Wizards the early lead at Arrowhead Stadium, but Cristal responded with a pair of deflected goals to take the three points. The Wizards travel to Torreon, […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Executive Editor Mike WoitallaÆs predictions for the games on Aug. 4: Colorado 1 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 1 San Jose 3 New England 2 Dallas 1 MetroStars 3 Miami 2 Kansas City 1 Columbus 2 Previews All times ET Saturday, August 4 (4:00 p.m.) Chicago Fire at Colorado Rapids (Telemundo) […]

Scoring a great goal requires ambition, confidence, skill and fortune, according to MLS players. Then euphoria takes care of the celebration. ôHave you seen It?ö ôSeen what?ö ôThe Goal.ö ôWhat goal?ö ôThe Goal. You have to see It.ö This conversation repeats itself among soccer fans whenever a great goal is scored. The goal is so […]

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Germany will host the USA for a friendly game on March 27, according to German press reports. U.S. Soccer is expected to confirm the match within days. The game is likely to be televised in the United States. The game could be canceled if Germany and the USA end up in the same World Cup […]

Here are Soccer America’s predictions for the Aug. 1-2 games: San Diego 2 Washington 1 Atlanta 2 Boston 1 Carolina 2 New York 3 Bay Area 2 Philadelphia 0 Previews (all times ET) Wednesday, August 1 (10:00 pm) Washington at San Diego (TV: COX4). Did you know? Washington has lost three in a row and […]

Here are the results of the July poll in which 2,307 fans picked their U.S. national team MVP over the first six games of the final round of World Cup 2002 qualifying: Kasey Keller – 722 – 31.3% Clint Mathis – 470 – 20.4% Earnie Stewart – 349 – 15.1% Jeff Agoos – 302 – […]

Here are Soccer America’s predictions for the Aug. 1 games: D.C. United 1 Miami 3 Columbus 1 Chicago 2 Preview Wednesday, August 1 (8:00 p.m. ET) Miami Fusion at D.C. United Did you know? Miami begins the final stretch of the season with a four-game road trip. … Six Miami players were starters in Saturday’s […]

Columbus hands Chicago its first shutout of the season in a 3-0 win that also breaks the CrewÆs 7-game run of futility against its Midwest rival. … Abdul Thompson Conteh scores twice in the first half for D.C. United, but Diego Serna and Alex Pineda Chacon hit one each for a 2-2 D.C. United-Miami tie. […]

Glasgow Rangers beat NK Maribor of Slovenia, 3-1, in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The win gave Rangers a 6-1 aggregrate win and set up meeting with Turkey’s Fenerbahce later this month. The winner of that clash earns passage into the group phase. American Claudio Reyna, who played […]

The U.S. U-21 women’s national team scored three goals in the first 16 minutes en route to a 6-1 destruction of Sweden to win its third consecutive title at the Nordic Cup, the top U-21 women’s tournament. North Carolina-bound forward Anne Morrell, making her first start of the tournament, scored three goals, all off far […]

Our midterm honor roll has lots of surprises. Who would have figured the MVP award would be a Miami multiple-choice question and San Jose would be in line for four of the six MLS awards? Many players must prove they can perform down the stretch as the playoffs draw near. Here are Soccer AmericaÆs choices […]

U.S. international Steve Cherundolo started and played the whole 90 minutes in Hannover’s first game of the 2001-2002 German Second Division season July 30. Cherundolo lined up as a right back against newly promoted Union Berlin, which went ahead in the 76th minute but gave up a late own goal for a 1-1 tie before […]

The United States needed a goal from 17-year-old Jill Oakes (West Hills, Calif.) to tie Germany, 1-1, and win its group at the Under-21 Nordic Cup. The American women will play Sweden for the championship on Tuesday at Gjovik Stadium. The U.S. and Germany finished group play with seven points each, but the Jerry Smith’s […]

Laurie Schwoy’s stoppage-time goal gave Philadelphia a 2-1 win over New York and moved the Charge into third place past the Power. July 30 in Villanova, Pa. Philadelphia 2 New York 1. Goals: Clemens (Smith) 56, Schwoy (Benson) 90+; Milbrett (Fair) 34. New York — Gao, R.Fair, Fettig, Pearce, Janss (Connors, 80), Lalor (Pearman, 46), […]

Jeff Agoos wasnÆt too happy when he got the news he was traded from three-time MLS champion D.C. United to feeble San Jose, but his inspired play has helped make the Quakes one of MLSÆs top teams. By Scott French in San Jose, Calif. Jeff Agoos isnÆt about to trumpet his importance to the remarkable […]

The following are the results of the finals at the Snickers U.S. Youth National Championships: Under-19 Boys FC Delco Black (West Chester, Pa.) 1, River City Rush (Sacramento, Calif.) 0. Goal: Chris Wingert, 8th. Under-18 Boys Texans 82/83 (Houston) 3, Colorado Rush Nike (Lakewood) 0. Goals: Mira Mupier, 17th, 74th; Luke Williams, 41st. Under-17 Boys […]

The San Diego Spirit won back-to-back games for the first time this season, beating Atlanta, 3-1, three days after it upset Bay Area, 2-0. Bay Area’s 2-1 win over Carolina moved the CyberRays into a tie for first place with Atlanta. The Spirit moved into fifth place and Boston moved into sixth place ahead of […]