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05/26/00 |
7:00 |
Atlanta 2 |
Raleigh 4 |
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Atlanta (3-4-0)- Raleigh (1-2-3)
An outstanding
performance from Capital Express forward Ihor Dotsenko with a hat
trick in Friday night's match against Atlanta's Silverbacks led to
the first Raleigh win of the 2000 season. It didn't take long for
Dotsenko to start his scoring, notching his first goal in the fifth
minute. Nine minutes later he struck again off an assist from
midfielder Randy Merkel. Rookie Peter Byarahunga scored the third
Raleigh goal from a Carson White pass in the 35th minute. White
would earn another assist while aiding Dotsenko with his third and
the team's fourth goal of the evening in the 39th minute. The
Silverbacks started out strong in the second half with a 45th minute
goal by Moleka and soon thereafter in the 49th a penalty kick goal
against Raleigh goalkeeper Chris Lewis. Although the Silverbacks
outshot the Capital Express, 14-10, they couldn't muster up the
goals to defeat Raleigh. |
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05/26/00 |
7:30 |
Boston 0 |
Connecticut 0 |
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Boston (2-5-1)- Connecticut (0-6-2)
After 110
minutes of entertaining soccer, the Wolves and Bulldogs played to a
scoreless draw Friday night at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium in New
Britain. In the second half, Boston built some momentum, and the run
of play was even throughout. Bulldog goalkeeper Anthony Latronica
made a crucial save by tipping a free kick blast by Carlos Parra (on
loan to the Wolves from their MLS affiliate New England). Both
10-minute overtimes saw Boston with some scoring chances, but
goalkeeper Juergen Sommer (also on loan from the Revs to the Wolves)
used his 6-foot-6 frame to intercept numerous crossing passes and
cornerkicks. After Wolves defender Sean Nealis picked up his second
yellow card in the 104th minute, the Wolves’ defense clamped down
and preserved the 0-0 score. |
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05/26/00 |
10:30 |
Bay Area 3 |
Vancouver 2 |
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Bay Area (3-3-1) - Vancouver (1-3-1)
Just a week
after pounding Bay Area 7-0, Vancouver gave up an own goal to give
the Seals a victory. The 86ers Paul Dailly netted the first goal in
the fifth minute with an assist from Jeff Skinner. Bay area
countered in the 15th minute when Ryan Edwards assisted on a goal by
Kevin Jeffrey. The 20th minute was dangerous for the 86ers, but
defender George Lyall made a save from the goal line from a blast
off the foot of Jeff Baicher. The second half favored Bay Area,
which outshot Vancouver, 12-4. Jason Clark netted the second goal
for the Seals in the 69th , but after Alfredo Valente tied the game
at 2-2 in the 74th minute, the Vancouver defense broke down and let
in an own goal in the 85th minute earning the Seals their third win
of the season. |
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05/27/00 |
7:00 |
US Pro-40 0 |
Richmond 2 |
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Project 40 (3-4-1) - Richmond (6-3-0) Scoring
Summary RIC Kwaku (Alvero) 29 RIC Luzak (Knight)
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05/27/00 |
7:30 |
Pittsburgh 1 |
Long Island 2 |
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Rough Riders (2-1-1, 9 pts) - Riverhounds (3-1-1,
14 pts)- Despite a loss to Long Island, Pittsburg managed to qualify
for the U.S. Open Cup Tournament. This is the first loss of the
season for the Riverhounds who were coming off a three game winning
streak. Pittsburg broke out early in the game with the first goal of
the night scored by Nick Terlecky off the corner kick of Jair
Vasquez in the 21st minute. It was Terlecky’s second goal of the
season, as well as, Vasquez’s second assist. Long Island was quick
to counter, though, with a goal of their own in the 26th minute by
Ben Diallo off a throw in by Edson Buddle. At the end of the first
half, the game was tied 1-1. The second half saw the Rough Riders
coming out strong with a goal from ten yards out by Dahir Mohammed
in the 50th minute off a corner kick by Gerry Lucey. This put the
Rough Riders up 2-1, where they would then stay for the remainder of
the game. |
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05/27/00 |
7:30 |
Raleigh 2 |
Charleston 3 |
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Doubles as U.S. Open Cup qualifier Raleigh (1-4-3)
- Charleston (5-1-2) Charleston's Jon Akin's goal in the 90th minute
sealed the envelope on the 3-2 Battery's win over the Express
Saturday night at Blackbaud Stadium. Raleigh started the scoring
late in the first half (32nd min.) when David Obua netted the team's
first. The Express made another in the 57th when Peter Byarahunga
assisted on the Carson White goal. The tide soon changed when Mac
Cozier scored off of an assist from Temoc Suarez in the 66th minute.
Three minutes later Suarez would place another, but this time for
Dean Sewell to bury in the back of the Express net. Just as things
seemed over Akin nailed the game-winning goal in the 90th.
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05/27/00 |
7:35 |
Hampton Roads 2 |
Hershey 1 |
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Doubles as U.S. Open Cup qualifier Hampton Roads
(6-1-1) - Hershey (2-5-0) The Chris Donnelley and Jaymi Bailey
combination for the Mariners earns the win over Hershey on Saturday
night. Donnelley scored and Bailey assisted, that was the case,
twice on Saturday night when they played the Wildcats at Hersheypark
Stadium. The first goal came in the 38th minute and the second in
the 48th minute. A late goal from Ze Roberto off of an assist from
Matthew Ford in the 92nd minute finalized the evening's score.
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05/27/00 |
8:30 |
Orange County 3 |
Tennessee 0 |
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Orange County (8-5-0) - Tennessee (3-5-0) Orange
County forward Jason Boyce almost single-handedly destroyed the
Tennessee Rhythm on Friday night, getting two goals and an assist to
pace his Pacific Division-leading Waves to a 3-0 victory at soggy
Battle Ground Academy Stadium. The standing water in front of the
Rhythm goal led directly to Boyce's first score. A Rhythm defender
grabbed an 18-yard Orange County free kick in the box and attempted
a low clearing pass that hit a puddle and stopped dead just a few
feet away. Boyce alertly jumped on the ball and buried it in the net
for a 1-0 lead. Boyce struck again in the 31st minute matched
one-on-one against Rhythm defender Benji Djeukeng about 40-yards
from the Rhythm goal when he nudged the ball ahead, turned on
Djeukeng and burned the Rhythm defense. Boyce started the play that
closed out the scoring in the 38th minute, when he picked up a loose
ball in the midfield and drove up the middle throughseveral
Tennessee defenders. When a Rhythm defender finally came up to stop
him 25 yards from the goal, Boyce sent the ball forward to Polowski,
who drove in the final goal of the night. |
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05/27/00 |
8:35 |
Indiana 0 |
Minnesota 4 |
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Doubles as U.S. Open Cup qualifier Indiana (0-7-0)
- Minnesota (6-0-2) Indiana continues it struggles with a scoreless
match against undefeated Thunder. Stoian Mladenov got started quick
in the second minute of the match by burying a pass from Don Gramenz
in the Blast's net. Ten minutes later the same duo would terrorize
Blast goalkeeper Fred Denton's net again for their second goal of
the night. John Menyongar with a pass from Eric Otto notched his
goal in the 29th and Gerald Lagos sneaked his goal in, from Brian
Winters, at the very end of the half. The first time in A-League
history four goals were scored in one half. The Thunder now leads
the U.S. Open Cup qualifying group. |
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05/27/00 |
9:35 |
San Diego 3 |
El Paso 0 |
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San Diego (7-2-0) - El Paso (3-4-0)The defending
Pacific Division champion San Diego Flash (7-2-0, 31) used Mark
Baena's first-ever Flash hat-trick to defeat the El Paso Patriots in
front of 4,583 Socorro Stadium spectators in 95 degree heat. The
victory enabled the Flash to win the three-team group and claim a
berth in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament. Mark Baena, the
League's leading scorer with seven goals and one assist,tallied in
the 21st minute on a 20-yard rocket that beat Patriots goalkeeper
Dimitar Popov to the left side. The play began when Carlos Farias
collected a bad clearing pass by a Patriot defender Michael Griego;
Farias then lofted a pass to Baena at the top of the box. Baena
one-touched the ball around defender Dimitar Vasev and first-timed a
shot that hit the post and bounced in. The second half did not lack
for action as both teams played end-to-end soccer. El Paso created
several solid scoring opportunities, however Flash goalkeeper Tom
Tate came up big for his fourth shutout of the season. Tate, who is
second in the league with a 0.33 GAA and a record of 6-0-0, made two
point blank saves on shots by Kirk Wilson in the 72nd minute. He has
four shutouts in his six wins. After the teams traded scoring
chances, the Flash used the counter-attack to go up 2-0 in the 55th
minute. Nate Hetherington found an open Mark Baena inside the box
with a cross from the right side, Baena then dribbled around Popov
and finished the play with a goal. For Baena, it was his third
two-goal match of the season; but he was not finished. In the 65th
minute, Baena knocked in his third tally of the contest, tapping in
a crossing pass from Farias at the back post. The win puts San Diego
into the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament for the second
consecutive year. |
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05/27/00 |
10:00 |
Bay Area 0 |
Seattle 3 |
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Bay Area (3-5-1) - Seattle (4-1-1)Forward Darren
Sawatzky scored two goals, both assisted by Viet Nguyen, leading the
Seattle Sounders to a 3-0 win over the Bay Area Seals Saturday
evening before 2,294 at Seattle Memorial Stadium in Seattle, WA.
Sounders goalkeeper Preston Burpo made four saves to earn his second
shutout of the season for the Sounders. Sawatzky, who was this
week's A-League Player of the Week, scored his first goal, which was
the game-winner in the 14th minute. Sawatzky combined with Nguyen
again for the second goal in the 39th minute. Second half Sounders
substitute Howes scored a late second half goal in the 83rd minute,
increasing the Sounders lead to 3-0. Seattle has won eight straight
games over Bay Area dating back to 1998. Howes' goal was his first
as a Sounders player. |
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05/28/00 |
4:05 |
Connecticut 0 |
Montreal 1 |
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Connecticut(0-8-2) Montreal (2-2-0) The Montreal
Impact edged out the Coonecticut Wolves 1-0, at home, in Claude
Robillard Stadium on Sunday evening. A well played first half by
both teams, it was the players’ tempers that took center stage.
Canadian Referee Johnny Jerome tried to take control of the
situation, handing out six yellow cards in the first half. The most
costly of cards came in the 25th minute when Connecticut midfielder
Gustavo Villagra was called for his second yellow (for dissention).
Villagra’s ejection forced the Wolves to play minus a man. In the
31st minute, Montreal pitalized on the man-advantage. Midfielder
Mauro Biello sped down the right flank to prevent the ball from
going over the end line. Biello slid feet first and managed to hook
an airborne pass towards the far post, where forward Dejan Gluscevic
headed it home past Wolves rookie goalkeeper Matt Chavlovich (6
saves) for the goal. Sunday’s match was the first career start for
UConn’s all-time win leader. The Impact nearly made it 2-0 in the
68th minute off a scramble in front of the net. The ball squirted
free towards the goal, but Wolves’ defender Sean Nealis was able to
clear the ball when it was just inches from going over the line.
Connecticut’s last real chance to tie the game came in the 77th
minute, when Pedro-Paulo Oliveira’s 20-yard shot from the right
corner of the penalty area was thwarted by Montreal goalkeeper Peter
Zaratin (6 saves). |
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05/28/00 |
6:00 |
Indiana 0 |
Milwaukee 3 |
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Doubles as U.S. Open Cup qualifier Indiana (0-8-0)
- Milwaukee (3-2-0) Three different players scored goals as the
Milwaukee Rampage handed the Indiana Blast its seventh straight loss
to open the season. Milwaukee improves to 3-2 on the season, and can
earn the wild card in the 2000 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup next
Saturday, with a win at Minnesota. Rampage's Digital Takawira scored
his team-leading third goal of the season in the 14th minute, after
midfielder Brian Loftin sent in a nice crossing pass from the right
side. The two-time MLS All-Star player made a nice sliding effort to
score from six yards away. Milwaukee defender Alen Soso then scored
off a corner kick from Hrvoje Galovic in the 41st minute. Galovic
curled in a left-footed corner that deflected to Soso. Soso juked a
defender and beat Blast goalkeeper Chuck Browder to the near post
from 6 yards away. Loftin then closed out the scoring in the 83rd
minute. Takawira received the ball 30 yards away at the top left
corner of the box. With his back to the Rampage goal, he back-heeled
the ball to second half sub Mirsad Dzilic. The 18-year-old Dzilic,
playing in his first game, then one-touched a left-footed pass
across the middle of the box to a streaking Loftin. Loftin buried it
to the far post from 12 yards away. Rampage ‘keeper Dan Popik earned
his first shutout of the year, making four saves.
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05/28/00 |
7:45 |
Boston 0 |
Toronto 1 |
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Boston (2-6-1) - Toronto (4-0-1) Toronto extends
their undefeated streak to four games in a row. After an 88 minute
scoreless battle, Lynx midfielder Nikola Vignjevic hit the first and
only goal of the evening unassisted in Toronto's Varsity Stadium.
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05/29/00 |
1:30 |
Atlanta 1 |
Hershey 1 |
(OT) |
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Atlanta (3-4-1) - Hershey (2-5-1) Scoring Summary:
ATL Patrick Beech (Henderson) 73; HER Jamel Mitchell (Ford)
83. |
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05/29/00 |
1:35 |
Rochester 0 |
Pittsburgh 1 |
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Rochester (2-3-0) - Pittsburg (4-1-1)
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