Soccer America Archives

Tle following are the results of the June poll in which 2,415 fans picked the team that they believe will win the 2002 World Cup? Who will win the 2002 World Cup? Argentina 769 (31.8%) France 449 (18.6%) USA 303 (12.5%) England 179 (7.4%) Italy 174 (7.2%) Brazil 112 (4.6%) Netherlands 89 (3.7%) Germany 80 […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND July 2 Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 0 Hershey Wildcats (A-League) 1 (Klein 71). SCHEDULE THIRD ROUND (Hosts, venues and time TBD) July 11 El Paso Patriots (A-League) vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) Kansas City Wizards (MLS) vs. Chicago Fire (MLS) Milwaukee Rampage (A-League) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) vs. Seattle […]

In front of the largest crowd ever to watch a soccer match at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn., the U.S. women’s national team whittled away at the Canadian stockade before finally breaking through in the 77th minute as Tiffeny Milbrett scored her 85th international goal. It was the USA’s first match on American […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played June 30. GOALKEEPER Kevin Hartman (1) Los Angeles DEFENDERS Robin Fraser (3) Colorado Michael Green (1) Kansas City Eddie Pope (1) D.C. United Ryan Suarez (4) Dallas MIDFIELDERS Marco Etcheverry (1) D.C. United Francisco Gomez (2) Kansas City Dema Kovalenko (3) Chicago […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 12 6 1 5 23 20 12 Atlanta 12 5 1 6 21 13 9 Philadelphia 12 5 4 3 18 18 16 Washington 12 5 5 2 17 16 17 Bay Area 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 San Diego 12 3 […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 14 11 1 2 35 35 15 MetroStars 15 6 6 3 21 20 21 D.C. United 14 5 8 1 16 25 25 New England 14 4 7 3 15 17 23 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

RESULTS Group A June 29 in Tripoli Libya 1 (Jourbi 32) Angola 1 (Zico pen. 89). July 1 in Yaounde Cameroon 2 (Eto’o 27, Foe 49) Togo 0. Group B July 1 in Monrovia Liberia 1 (Sebwe 44) Ghana 2 (Amoah 33, Boakye 60). July 1 in Omdurman Sudan 0 Nigeria 4 (Okocha 40, Aiyegbeni […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played June 30. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) June 30 Dallas 0 Los Angeles 0. Dallas (4-3-3) — Matt Jordan (6); Ryan Suarez (6), Eric Dade (5), Richard Farrer (4), Chad Deering (6); Jorge Rodriguez (6), Oscar Pareja (5), Joselito Vaca (6); Jason Kreis […]

Eight WUSA players from Norway, Germany and Sweden reached the semifinals of the European Championship. Denmark, a surprise winner of Group A after shutting out Norway, 1-0, is the fourth semifinalist. The WUSA players in the semis are Germany’s Doris Fitschen (Philadelphia), Maren Meinert (Boston) and Bettina Wiegmann (Boston); Sweden’s Kristin Bengtsson (San Diego) and […]

A summary of MLS transactions for June 2001: June 30 Chicago Fire — Traded midfielder Justin Evans to Dallas for future considerations. Dallas Burn — Waived midfielder John DeBrito. Acquired midfielder Justin Evans from Chicago for future considerations. MetroStars — Waived forward Alex Comas (Colombia). Activated forward Martin Klinger off injured reserve. June 29 Colorado […]

RESULTS July 1 in Montevideo Uruguay 1 (Magallanes pen. 32) Brazil 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 Ecuador 13 8 1 4 17 16 25 Brazil 13 6 3 4 22 12 21 Uruguay 13 […]

The 2002 World Cup is a year away. Here’s an early line on the teams in the best position to reach the finals and how they rank. Ranking the Field 1. France 2. Argentina 3. Italy 4. Brazil 5. Portugal 6. Spain 7. Japan 8. Germany 9. Cameroon 10. Paraguay 11. England 12. Czech Rep. […]

After edging Canada 1-0 in the first match of the two-game series last Saturday, the U.S. under-19 girls national team crushed its northern counterparts by exploding for nine first half goals en route to an 11-1 victory at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough, Canada. The U.S. attack was unstoppable as the Americans built a 5-0 lead […]

Bay Area: Waived D Amber Reynolds by July 1 guaranteed contract deadline. Re-signed Reynolds to reserve squad after she cleared waivers. Activated M Megan Jeidy by July 1 guaranteed contract deadline and made her regular member of active roster.

Cameroon and South Africa became the first teams besides co-hosts South Korea and Japan to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Cameroon’s Lions beat Togo, 2-0, to clinch Africa’s Group A. Hours later, South Africa’s 1-1 tie at Burkina Faso was enough for the Bafana Bafana to clinch Group E.

A goal by Jared Borgetti in the 15th minute gave Mexico a 1-0 win over the United States at Azteca Stadium in Javier Aguirre’s debut as Mexican national team coach. The Americans hardly challenged the Mexican goal. Kasey Keller came up with several excellent saves to keep the match close. July 1 in Mexico City […]

The Miami Fusion beat the Columbus Crew, 4-3, in the first MLS match played at the Orange Bowl. Preki had a goal and three assists to help the Fusion extend its unbeaten streak to 11 games. Kansas City ended its four-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over Tampa Bay. Colorado gained a 1-1 tie […]

RESULTS June 30 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobabo 1 Jamaica 2. Goals: S. John 26; Lowe 30, Burton 68. Trinidad & Tobago — Ince, M.Andrews, Elcock, Rougier, A. John (L. Andrews, 86), Carrington, Saunders, Trotman (Eve, 57), S. John, Pierre (Glasgow, 82), Dwarika. Jamaica — Lawrence, Gardner, Marshall, Dixon, Goodison, Sinclair, Simpson, Powell […]

Quarterfinals RESULTS July 1 in Buenos Aires Argentina 3 (Saviola 4, 44 pen., 84) France 1 (Mexes 43). July 1 in Mendoza Paraguay 1 (Salcedo 31) Czech Republic 0. July 1 in Rosario Egypt 2 (Amin 46, El Yamany 66) Netherlands 1 (Van der Vaart 32). July 1 in Cordoba Ghana 2 (Ibrahim 79, Mensah […]

The home teams held on for a win and two ties over a three-game weekend. Washington was the only host to win a match, blanking Carolina, 2-0, in the first half of a double header with D.C. United. Meanwhile, late goals by Shannon Boxx and Liu Ailing gave San Diego and Philadelphia ties with New […]

RESULTS July 1 in Mexico City Mexico 1 USA 0. Goal: Borgetti 16. Mexico — Perez, Vidrio, Suarez, Brown, T.Campos, J.Rodriguez (Gutierrez, 66), Arellano (J.A. Hernandez, 87), Torrado, Garcia Aspe (Valdez, 74), Borgetti, Palencia. USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Llamosa, Agoos, Regis, Sanneh, Armas, Kirovski (McBride, 61), Stewart, Moore (Jones, 46), Razov (Klein, 82). Yellow cards: […]

U.S. Head Coach BRUCE ARENA Opening Comments: “I congratulate Mexico. They played hard today. I thought the difference in the game was that they played harder in the first half. They won a lot of second balls, and we conceded a foolish goal. It was a poor decision by our back line to try and […]

July 1 in Mexico City TV: Telemundo, live, noon ET (kickoff 1 pm ET); ESPN, tape, 4 pm ET. Referee: Young Joo Kim (KOR). STANDINGS: Mexico, 5th in the Hexagonal (1 win, 1 tie, 3 losses, 7 goals for, 8 goals against, 4 points); USA, 1st in the Hexagonal (4 wins, 1 tie, 0 losses, […]

BY MIKE WOITALLA in Mexico City Teams that venture into Mexico City encounter a slew of infamous obstacles. ThereÆs the 7,800 altitude, the huge fan support, heat and lung-burning air pollution. No doubt about the altitude, and ôair quality is expected to be unsatisfactoryö at game time tomorrow, according to the Metropolitan Commission for Prevention […]

The U.S. under-19 national team took one step closer to the first-ever FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championships, defeating the future hosts, 1-0, on a second half goal from Mary Boland (Hudson, Ohio/Internationals) in the pre-game to the USA vs. Canada full national team clash. The U.S. U-19s will need to qualify for the historic youth […]