Winners:
PSV Eindhoven kept its grip on first place of the Dutch Eredivisie with a 2-0 win over Vitesse that saw American DaMARCUS BEASLEY score as time ran out. It marked Beasley's third goal in 11 league appearances. He also has two goals in five Champions League appearances.
Florida product LUCHI GONZALEZ scored his first two goals of the Peruvian Torneo Clausura as Sporting Cristal fell, 4-3, to Alianza Atletico. Gonzalez entered the game with 20 minutes left while Cristal was down, 2-0. The 24-year-old, who was the 2001 consensus collegiate player of the year at SMU, spent 2002 with the San Jose Earthquakes. He arrived in Peru in 2004 after a stint Sweden. The loss to Alianza shrinks Sporting Cristal's league lead to one point ahead of Universitario. In 16 Torneo Clausura games, Gonzalez has started three games and come off the bench nine times.
OGUCHI ONYEWU played the full 90 minutes for Standard Liege three days after getting ejected from the USA's 1-1 tie with Jamaica and helped his team down Second Division Patro Maasmechelen, 4-1, to advance to the Belgian Cup round of 16.
SIGI SCHMID celebrated wins in his first two games since taking over as head coach of the U.S. U-20 NATIONAL TEAM, which downed Honduras, 2-0, on Friday on goals by Preston Zimmerman and Freddy Adu and beat Mexico, 2-1, on goals by Will John and Adu. Both Adu goals came on penalty kicks. Mexico had three
players ejected, two for arguing the penalty call by U.S. referee Alex Prus that led to Adu's winning goal. The Americans won prize money of $20,000 for winning the four-team tournament in Florida that also included Brazil, which beat Honduras, 3-0, but lost to Mexico, 3-1.
The U.S. WOMEN'S UNDER-19 NATIONAL TEAM moved into the semifinals of the Under-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand with a 2-0 win over Australia Sunday. Second-half goals from Amy Rodriguez and Megan Rapinoe earned the U.S. team a spot in the semifinals against Germany on Wednesday.
Losers:
For the first time in history, the NORTH CAROLINA won't be going to the NCAA Division I women's final four. Santa Clara ended the Tar Heels' 49-game unbeaten streak on forward Megan Kakadelas' goal 31 seconds into the first overtime period to give the 16th seed Broncos a 1-0 victory over No. 1 North Carolina before 2,129 fans Saturday at Fetzer Field. The Tar Heels' last loss came on Dec. 6, 2002, when they lost in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament to Santa Clara. UNC had made 22 straight appearances in the final four and won 17 national titles.
BASTIA's 1-0 loss at Toulouse, with American defender Greg Vanney playing the full 90 minutes in his 12 appearance of the season, extended its winless streak to 10 games and dropped it into the relegation zone of the French First Division.
BLACKBURN dropped into last place of the English Premier League after a 3-3 tie with Birmingham. Blackburn's American goalkeeper Brad Friedel has now conceded a league-high 29 goals.
REAL MADRID was trounced, 3-0, by archrival Barcelona. Real's David Beckham, coming off a five-week absence with broken ribs, lasted 54 minutes and afterward had to defend himself against accusations that he's getting
playing time to boost replica jersey sales. The Spanish media also declared that the loss marked the end of the "galactico era."
Mexican league leader VERACRUZ forfeited its game on Sunday at Chiapas after the host refused to move the midday kickoff time that promised temperatures in excess of 100 degrees. After waiting 15 minutes for Veracruz to show up, referee Marco Antonio Rodriguez called the game off and Veracruz, which has already clinched a playoff spot, was declared 2-0 loser and was fined
$4,100.