Winners:
DaMARCUS BEASLEY came on as a 67th minute sub and scored PSV Eindhoven's second goal in a 2-0 win over at Monaco, which gave the Dutch club a 3-0 aggregate win in the round of 16 encounter. It marked Beasley's fourth goal in nine Champions League appearances.
The U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM beat France, 1-0, to open play at the 2005 Algarve Cup in Portugal. Christie Welsh, who has been playing in France for Lyon, scored the only goal in the 20th minute. The game was the first for interim head coach Greg Ryan.
D.C. UNITED beat Jamaica's Harbour View, 2-1, in a CONCACAF first-leg, quarterfinal clash in Germantown, Md., in front of 3,825 fans. Freddy Adu set up Alecko Eskandrian for United's first goal and Christian Gomez provided the cross for Josh Gros' headed goal. A blunder by keeper Nick Rimando gifted Luton Shelton Habour View's goal.
Losers:
LANDON DONOVAN made his first Champions League start on Wednesday but BAYER LEVERKUSEN fell, 3-1, to Liverpool to exit the UEFA Champions League 6-2 on aggregate. Donovan, who played 53 minutes, was one of the two lowest rated Leverkusen players by Kicker Magazine, which gave him a 5.5 (1=highest; 6 lowest).
TIM HOWARD returned a starting role with MANCHESTER UNITED but couldn't prevent Hernan Crespo from heading AC Milan to a 1-0 Champions League win on Tuesday. AC Milan won, 2-0, on aggregate.
FIFA ordered COSTA RICA to play its March 26 World Cup qualifier against Panama behind closed doors following trouble at the February 9 qualifier against Mexico. According to FIFA's reports, Tico fans threw objects, including coins, bags and bottles of water, batteries, oranges and lemons at the Mexican players and the match officials. They needed a police escort to leave the field.
On home turf, KANSAS CITY could muster only a 0-0 tie in its CONCACAF first-leg, quarterfinal encounter with Costa Rica's Saprissa in front of 1,207 fans at Arrowhead Stadium.
Forward TAYLOR TWELLMAN, looking for his U.S. first goal in nine appearances, instead got his first red card, for a tackle from behind. The USA, playing the a man down the final 14 minutes, held on to its 3-0 lead in Wednesday's friendly win over Colombia.