Winners:
Los Angeles attacker LANDON DONOVAN received the most votes — by fans, media, players and MLS coaches and GMs — in MLS All-Star Game balloting. The selection of Real Salt Lake's EDDIE POPE ties him with Jeff Agoos at a record nine nominations. The MLS squad faces Fulham, which finished 13th in the 2004-05 English Premier League season, July 30 in Columbus.
MILWAUKEE Professional Soccer LLC is naming former Chicago Fire general manager Peter Wilt chief executive officer to spearhead efforts to build a 20,000-seat downtown soccer stadium and land a MLS franchise.
Losers:
FRANKIE HEJDUK's yellow card for diving in the 87th minute of the USA's 0-0 tie with Costa Rica means he's suspended for the Gold Cup quarterfinals for accumulated cautions. Said U.S. coach Bruce Arena, "Frankie needs to be a little bit smarter. He's got to learn from that. I don't know how much he's going to learn at this point in his career. …He knew going into the game that he had a card. We've lost him to, in my opinion, two foolish yellow cards."
Unless Jamaica beats Mexico by six goals, CANADA, which beat Cuba, 2-1, but needed to win by three goals for a realistic chance to advance in the Gold Cup, will make a first-round exit for the second straight time. Canada, which won the 2000 Gold Cup and finished third in 2002, has scored three goals in the last two Gold Cups.