8/19 then I guarantee you'll see a sailboat, an ocean, and maybe even some mermaids

[kpaulson]

Metro
Metros focused on MLS Cup - Newsday (http://www.newsday.com/sports/soccer/ny-splocal153935229aug19,0,4628946.story?coll=ny-soccer-headlines)

MetroStars' Bradley leaves strong ties in Mercer County - Lawrence Ledger (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1091&dept_id=425644&newsid=12722874&PAG=461&rfi=9)

Fire
Fire, Boucicot come to terms - Daily Southtown (http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/183sd6.htm)

Fire signs midfielder Boucicaut - Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/fire.asp)

Gals
Sampson Is Part of the Galaxy - LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-galaxy19aug19,1,6771065.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-soccer)

Galaxy hires ex-U.S. National coach - Daily Breeze (http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/sports/nmwebgalaxyab.html)

Fate of the Galaxy - Press-Enterprise (http://www.pe.com/sports/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_galaxy_19.a1110.html)

Sampson 'a quick study' - LA Daily News (http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~29583~2343522,00.html)

Burn
Soccer Insider - Star-Telegram (http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/9430599.htm)

Rapids
Defenseman's dose of medicine kicking in - Denver Post (http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~94~2343793,00.html)

Revs
Injury sidelines Franchino - Boston Herald (http://sports.bostonherald.com/soccer/view.bg?articleid=40463)

SJ
Earthquakes may be sold this week - Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/soccer/9430185.htm)

Crew-KC
Wizards fall against Crew - KC Star (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/9436845.htm?ERIGHTS=-3205041364997258634kansascity::bigsoccer@bigsoccer.com&KRD_RM=0hmjgkhkoipggggggggggghohg|Karl|Y)

[http://www.1460thefan.com/tf.php?story=dispatch/2004/08/18/20040818-F1-03.html&msg=1&regtype=1]Crew rookie getting noticed - Cbus Dispatch

Jamaica-US
U.S. wings it in Caribbean - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307528&cc=5901)

Last-gasp goal helps U.S. net tie in Jamaica - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/soc/2745976)

Painful draw - Historic victory ripped from Ja's grasp - Jamaica Gleaner (http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040819/sports/sports1.html)

Boot Room: At The Office - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307527&cc=5901)

Ching saves best for last - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307526&cc=5901)

Ching's Late Goal Rescues U.S. in Soccer World Cup Qualifier - NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/sports/soccer/19cup.html)

Jinxed again! - Jamaica Observer (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20040818T220000-0500_64792_OBS_JINXED_AGAIN_.asp)

Ayes toward Germany - San Diego Union Tribune (http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20040818-9999-lz1x18goal.html)

Keller still main man for Arena - NJ Herald News (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY1NzExMzcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2)

Canada-Guatemala
Canada loses to Guatemala 2-0 in World Cup soccer qualifying - Canada.com (http://www.canada.com/sports/story.html?id=84FBA8E2-4B7B-4856-A078-4F17FF6A01B0)

Other soccer
Mexican League starts with ejections, upsets - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/soc/2745833)

Brazil Brings Haiti A Joyful Respite - Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13326-2004Aug18.html)

Italy Survives, but Portugal Is Ousted - LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-olysoccer19aug19,1,6256086.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-soccer)

Iraq Advances Without Making Too Much of It - Ny times (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/sports/olympics/19soccer.html)

[kpaulson]

Just a quick note-- I'm flying to the States tomorrow and probably won't be able to do much news, if at all, until next Thursday, so please feel free to start the thread if you feel like it.

A few articles in Spanish:
MLS
Sampson, el pacificador - La Opinion (http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol/?rkey=00040818180307444114)

Columbus derribó a los Kansas Wizars - Univision (http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=4&schid=368&secid=381&cid=95784)

Steve Sampson técnico del Galaxy - Univision (http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=4&schid=368&secid=381&cid=101036)

Olympic Soccer
Dedican victoria al pueblo tico - La opinion (http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol/?rkey=00040818211507883643)

Triste regreso - La Opinion (http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol_mexicano/?rkey=00040818211501728554)

'Seguimos en la mediocridad’ - La Opinion (http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol_mexicano/?rkey=00040818203600662204) (We continue to be mediocre-- Rafa Marquez)

Hm. This "La Opinion" seems to take a pretty harsh view of the Mexican team too. Maybe that's just the editorial style of the paper. Maybe they don't hate the US after all.

[babytiger2001]

Jamaica-US
U.S. wings it in Caribbean - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307528&cc=5901)

Last-gasp goal helps U.S. net tie in Jamaica - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/soc/2745976)

Painful draw - Historic victory ripped from Ja's grasp - Jamaica Gleaner (http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040819/sports/sports1.html)

Boot Room: At The Office - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307527&cc=5901)

Ching saves best for last - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307526&cc=5901)

Ching's Late Goal Rescues U.S. in Soccer World Cup Qualifier - NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/sports/soccer/19cup.html)

Jinxed again! - Jamaica Observer (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20040818T220000-0500_64792_OBS_JINXED_AGAIN_.asp)

Ayes toward Germany - San Diego Union Tribune (http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20040818-9999-lz1x18goal.html)

Keller still main man for Arena - NJ Herald News (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY1NzExMzcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2)

The Australian press has picked up on the match as well...

2006 - U.S., Jamaica share points -- foxsports.news.com.au (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,10498327-23215,00.html)

Fox Sports' Aussie site is running this through the A.P. syndication.

[purojogo]

Just a quick note-- I'm flying to the States tomorrow and probably won't be able to do much news, if at all, until next Thursday, so please feel free to start the thread if you feel like it.

'Seguimos en la mediocridad’ - La Opinion (http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol_mexicano/?rkey=00040818203600662204) (We continue to be mediocre-- Rafa Marquez)

Hm. This "La Opinion" seems to take a pretty harsh view of the Mexican team too. Maybe that's just the editorial style of the paper. Maybe they don't hate the US after all.


Actually, in this particular article, the players themselves are very critical of their own team's performance

And on this article, that you also posted:
http://www.canada.com/sports/story.html?id=84FBA8E2-4B7B-4856-A078-4F17FF6A01B0
""We had bits and pieces of chances in the game but all in all it was the correct result," said Yallop. "We looked disjointed. We looked like we hadn't played together for awhile. We looked unsure of ourselves until maybe in the second half when we started to get into it a little bit."

Maybe it's the not being used to a coach/players that are that self-critical? [cough] Bruce [cough] ;)

[MightyMouse]

From Mark Connolly's Soccernet article:

"Cobi is still a good player," said Arena, noting that Klein was pegged to get the start as the right midfielder before his injury, which would have had Earnie Stewart come in off the bench rather than start as he did on Wednesday. "We still want to monitor the transition. Obviously, the goal is to qualify. If you don't qualify, the results don't mean crap. Cobi and Earnie are guys who can help us in this stage, there's no question about."


"Can they help us in 2006? I don't know. Hopefully we get there. I know they can make us better to help us try to get there"


"Overall, I think it was a really, really good performance by our team on the road against a team that's going to be fighting to get into the World Cup," said Arena.

"That's a good result."

I can handle Cobi being a role player late in a game to help us qualify, but Stewart? After that super stinky game Arena still thinks Stew can help us? I need oxygen...

[subbuteo]

another usa-jam match report http://www.goal.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=17364&idSez=19

[subbuteo]

from soccertimes: http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2004/games/aug18.htm

[Colin Grabow]

Metro
Boot Room: At The Office - ESPN (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=307527&cc=5901)

"For the fourth time in as many World Cup qualifying games played between the United States and Jamaica, both teams walked away with a point."

Erm, I seem to recall that the last time the two teams met in WC qualification, in Oct. 2001 in Foxboro that the US walked away with all the points in a 2-1 win.

[subbuteo]

"For the fourth time in as many World Cup qualifying games played between the United States and Jamaica, both teams walked away with a point. The only difference between this contest and the first three is that Wednesday night's game featured some goals. "The Office," as Jamaica's National Stadium is affectionately known, has always been a tough place for attacking soccer. The combination of wind, heat and a field that's probably less than 70 yards wide, has always seemed to favor defenders. "

I believe he meant of WCQs between USA and Jamaica at the Office.
But he could have done a better job clarifying.