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Taylor Twellman awarded 2005 GOLDEN BOOT
for his 17 goals during regular season...

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It is the second scoring championship for Twellman, who becomes just
the second player to win the award more than once, having also taken
the prize in his first MLS season in 2002, when it also included
assists.
"It means a lot," Twellman said of capturing the Golden Boot. "The
last year and a half has been pretty difficult, including this year.
At the end of the day, if we don't win the championship it (doesn't
mean much) to me."
The Revolution have put themselves in a great position to claim
their first MLS Cup, thanks in no small part to Twellman's
consistent contributions. New England finished atop the Eastern
Conference with 59 points from a 17-7-8 record. On several occasions
this season Twellman struck late to win or tie games for the
Revolution, including in the season opener.
The Revs, the Eastern Conference's best team, will meet the Chicago
Fire in the Conference Final this weekend to see who goes on to the
MLS Cup on Nov. 13th.

--- In nerevs@yahoogroups.com, "soccerislife03"
<soccerislife03@y...> wrote:
>
> MLS playoffs report - Conference Semifinals - First Leg
> http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mls2infinity2005
>
> DC United 0 - 0 Chicago Fire
>
> FC Dallas 0 - 0 Colorado Rapids
>
> New England Revolution 0 - 1 NY/NJ Metrostars...
>
> Amado Guevara scored in the first half and Tony Meola made three
saves
> for the shutout, leading the MetroStars to a 1-0 victory over the
New
> England Revolution in the first game of the Eastern Conference
> semifinal series on Saturday night.
>
> The victory gives the MetroStars the upper hand in the home-and-
home
> aggregate goal series, which continues next Saturday at Gillette
> Stadium. The MLS playoffs air on Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN 2, and
> others, with November 13's MLS Cup Championship in Dallas on ABC.
>

--- In nerevs@yahoogroups.com, "soccerislife03" <soccerislife03@y...>
wrote:
>
> Read the results here:
> http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=10292005_METNE
>

Read the results here:
http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=10292005_METNE

MLS playoffs report - Conference Semifinals - First Leg
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mls2infinity2005

DC United 0 - 0 Chicago Fire

FC Dallas 0 - 0 Colorado Rapids

New England Revolution 0 - 1 NY/NJ Metrostars...

Amado Guevara scored in the first half and Tony Meola made three saves
for the shutout, leading the MetroStars to a 1-0 victory over the New
England Revolution in the first game of the Eastern Conference
semifinal series on Saturday night.

The victory gives the MetroStars the upper hand in the home-and-home
aggregate goal series, which continues next Saturday at Gillette
Stadium. The MLS playoffs air on Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN 2, and
others, with November 13's MLS Cup Championship in Dallas on ABC.

Live: MLS Playoffs Conference Semifinals (1st leg)
National telecasts here, also regional in all teams' cities...

SATURDAY 22
FoxSoccerChannel -
MetroStars VS New England Revolution
4:00 p.m. PT
Colorado Rapids VS FC Dallas
6:00 p.m. PT

SUNDAY 23
ESPN-2
Los Angeles Galaxy VS San Jose Earthquakes
Noon PT

Taylor Twellman wins MLS 2005 GOLDEN BOOT

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With the conclusion of the MLS regular season on Sunday, New England
Revolution forward Taylor Twellman claimed the Budweiser Golden
Boot, awarded to the leading goal scorer during the MLS regular
season.

With 17 goals on the campaign (including none on penalty kicks),
Twellman finished one goal ahead of D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno
(16 goals) and four goals ahead of forwards Landon Donovan (12
goals) of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Jeff Cunningham (12 goals) of
the Colorado Rapids.


Since coming to MLS at the start of the 2002 season, the 25-year old
Twellman has scored more goals than any other player in the League
during that span, tallying 64 goals in 98 career regular season
games. The native of St. Louis, Missouri is the third consecutive
Revolution player to lead or tie for the league-lead in goals
scored. Teammate Pat Noonan tied Eddie Johnson (Dallas) with 12
goals in 2004 and Twellman tied Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles Galaxy)
with 15 goals in 2003.


Twellman, the Honda Most Valuable Player of the 2005 Sierra Mist MLS
All-Star Game, has re-emerged on the international scene with the
U.S. national team. He scored his first goal for the U.S. on
Wednesday in a 2-0 World Cup Qualifying win over Panama at Gillette
Stadium, home of the Revolution.


The 2005 Budweiser Golden Boot winner and his Revolution teammates
face the MetroStars in the Eastern Conference Semifinals home-and-
home series beginning on Saturday, October 22 at Giants Stadium.
Three players have led the League in goals scored and gone on to win
the MLS Cup title in the same year: Carlos Ruiz (LA - 2002), Roy
Lassiter (D.C. United - 1999) and Jaime Moreno (D.C. United - 1997).

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Pre-Game Notes:
  USA vs. Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
06 September 2005
live nationwide on ESPN-2, 10 pm EDT kickoff time.
Many more stories and video, http://www.ussoccer.com

USA roster v. Guatemala
Goalkeepers (2) – Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Matt
Reis (New England Revolution)
Defenders (6) – Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy),
Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Nick Garcia
(Kansas City Wizards), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew),
Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Greg Vanney (FC Dallas)
Midfielders (6) – Chris Armas (Chicago Fire), Bobby
Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (New England
Revolution),  Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids),
Santino Quaranta (D.C. United), Steve Ralston (New
England Revolution)
Forwards (4) – Jeff Cunningham (Colorado Rapids),
Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (FC
Dallas), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)



ON THE GROUND IN GUATEMALA: The U.S. Men's National
Team headed South yesterday afternoon, traveling by
charter from Columbus to Guatemala City and arriving
at approximately 5 p.m. local time.  Met by a large
contingent of reporters and photographers at the team
hotel, the team settled into its temporary home in the
heart of Guatemala City.  The 18-man contingent will
hold its only training session in country later this
afternoon at the Estadio Mateo Flores, just over 24
hours in advance of their World Cup qualifying matchup
with Guatemala.  Kickoff for MatchDay 8 of final round
qualifying is set for 10 p.m. ET, and the match will
be broadcast live on ESPN2. As always, fans can also
follow along on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker, presented
by Philips Electronics. The U.S. starting lineup
against Guatemala will be posted at ussoccer.com
approximately one hour before kickoff.

PRESSURE IS ON THE NEW CREW:  After the 2-0 victory
against Mexico guaranteed a spot in the 2006 FIFA
World Cup, U.S. Manager Bruce Arena set about
adjusting the travel roster for the upcoming qualifier
against Guatemala to give players the chance to show
themselves under challenging circumstances, to say the
least.  "This is a fantastic opportunity for this
group to demonstrate they can perform in this type of
environment," said Arena.  "Can they win a game where
the home team is desperate, the crowd is against them,
and the conditions are difficult?  Players that can do
that are the kind of players that can possibly help
your team in a World Cup.  It's a great chance for
them to prove that."














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USA slam Mexico to reach Germany

4 September 2005
by AP

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Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup is sweet. Doing it against your archrival is nirvana. The United States is headed to next year's finals in Germany after beating Mexico 2-0 Saturday night thanks to goals by Steve Ralston and DaMarcus Beasley five minutes apart in the second half.

The quick strikes, after a sloppy and chippy first half, lifted the Americans into the 32-team tournament with three games to spare. It was the first time since 1934 that the Americans were the first team into the FIFA World Cup from the North, Central American and the Caribbean zone.

It's also the fifth straight finals appearance for the Americans, who are ranked sixth in the world, one spot behind Mexico.

The win avenged a 2-1 loss in Mexico City in March and gave American goalkeeper Kasey Keller his 50th career victory for the national team. The United States has not lost to Mexico on American soil since 1999, and has not yielded any goals in that span, either.

On both U.S. goals, Mexico seemed confused who should be where on set plays. Eddie Lewis' floating free kick was headed by Oguchi Onyewu, whose 6-foot-4 height came in handy as he soared over the smallish, befuddled defense. His shot hit the goalpost and bounded into the air directly to the unmarked Ralston for his second career international goal.

That woke up the flag-waving, red-white-and-blue clad American fans, who began pounding the bleachers with their feet. The noise seemed to further unnerve the visitors, and they were out of position on a short U.S. corner kick.

The ball came to Claudio Reyna and the unmarked U.S. captain fed an equally wide-open Beasley. His twisting left-footed kick soared over goalie Oswaldo Sanchez, who had no chance.

From there, it was a matter of getting another shutout for Keller, who now has blanked five straight opponents in qualifying and has a scoreless streak of 507 minutes in all. The Americans are 6-1 in the final qualifying round and play at Guatemala on Wednesday, when most of the regulars will be excused.

Mexico (5-1-1) still need another point in its final three games to make Germany 2006.

At the final whistle, most of the 24,685 fans chanted "U-S-A! U-S-A!" as several players ran off the bench wrapped in American flags. All of the Americans were handed flags, which they then draped on their shoulders or waved to the crowd as fireworks lit the sky.

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NIKE and U.S. Soccer have released the 4 new
videoclips today on the U.S. Soccer website, as well
as a brand new interview clip with Oguchi Onyewu, on
his first career start vs. Mexico in the teams' last
meeting on March 27.  Also, you can see other players'
thoughts on this big rivalry, the Power Shower video,
and more.  Here are the links.  Enjoy!

Oguchi Onyewu linked from front page today,
http://www.ussoccer.com

All Access Archive Page (permanent bookmark),
includes all 4 new Nike clips, new USMNT interviews.
http://www.ussoccer.com/editorial/content.sps?iType=9943

New Nike "anti-soccer" spot
featuring 'outed' radio sports talk guy,
http://www.nike.com/nikesoccer/justdoit/spot/video.html








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MLS Match tonight was first part of the doubleheader at Soldier Field,
preceding the friendly between MEXICO and POLAND...

Fire couldn't find the goals tonight, losing to Revs 0-3. MLS Stats:

Scoring:
NE - Clint Dempsey 3 (Shalrie Joseph 1, Taylor Twellman 2) 32
NE - Pat Noonan 3 (James Riley 3, Clint Dempsey 3) 43
NE - Taylor Twellman 3 (unassisted) 90+
Discipline:
CHI - Samuel Caballero (caution; Professional Foul) 14
CHI - Jesse Marsch (caution; Reckless Foul) 28
NE - Jay Heaps (caution; Professional Foul) 48
NE - Shalrie Joseph (caution; Tackle from Behind) 70
CHI - C.J. Brown (caution; Game Disrepute) 72

By Omar Garriott / for http://www.MLSNet.com /
Saturday 23 April --

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The last time D.C. United and the
New England Revolution met, it was an epic battle that
went down as one of the best games in MLS history.

This time around, the two clubs picked up right where
they left off as the Revolution held on to claim a 4-3
victory on Saturday night at RFK Stadium.

The visitors scored three goals in a first-half
onslaught before Jaime Moreno scored the first of his
two penalty kicks to pull United closer before the
halftime break. But a pair of United goals in the
second half sandwiched a Clint Dempsey header that was
the match-winner for the Revs and kept them unbeaten
on the season.

On a very wet field that had players routinely
slipping and sliding, United put the Revs on their
heels early on, aggressively pushing forward using
accurate long balls and springing players with balls
to the corners. D.C. nearly connected on an Alecko
Eskandarian one-time volley in the opening minute, and
on another good chance from Eskandarian in the 13th
minute that Matt Reis blocked away with relative ease.

But it wasn't long before the Revolution found their
stride offensively as well. Revs striker Taylor
Twellman, involved throughout the first half as he
regularly collected balls and applied pressure on the
United defense, found himself one-on-one with United
'keeper Nick Rimando in the seventh minute, but didn't
connect cleanly on the shot attempt.

Twellman's doggedness finally paid off in the 26th
minute, when he received a perfectly placed ball from
Dempsey on the right flank, turned and tucked a low
shot into the left corner of the goal past an
outstretched Rimando for his second goal of the young
season.

Less than two minutes later, the Revolution found the
back of the net again and put United in a deep hole.
Twellman drew a foul on United defender Bobby Boswell
on a high ball in front of the six-yard box on a 28th
minute. Referee Mark Geiger gave a penalty kick and
midfielder Shalrie Joseph left no doubt as he
confidently connected from the spot.

Then, only three minutes later, rookie outside
midfielder James Riley, making his second MLS start,
carried the ball brilliantly through the center of the
United defense, and found his midfield mate Marshall
Leonard all alone inside the box. Leonard collected
the pass from Riley, and silenced the usually raucous
D.C. crowd with a fierce left-footed finish from 12
yards out into the right corner of the goal.

But Riley helped give one back to the home team as the
first half entered extra time and United went into
attack mode to try to cut into the lead going into the
locker room.

A late sliding tackle inside the box from Riley on
United's Santino Quaranta, who replaced defender David
Stokes after he suffered a concussion in the 30th
minute, led to a second penalty kick call from Geiger.
Moreno left no doubt, putting a line drive shot to the
left of a diving Reis.

The second half saw more open play, with both teams
looking for opportunities to convert, but D.C. had the
bulk of the chances. As the rain began pounding down
on the players, United nearly connected in the 51st
minute when Moreno carried the ball deep into the box
and played a low cross behind the Revolution defense
that rolled inches in front of the goal mouth, but a
streaking Quaranta couldn't quite get his foot on the
ball to put it away.

Quaranta didn't wait long to make amends, though. In
the 57th minute, United midfielder Steve Guppy
received a ball from second half substitute Freddy
Adu, and played it across to Quaranta, who put a
clever one-time ball past a stunned Reis from the near
post.

United nearly knotted the score on a Mike Petke header
in the 65th minute, which bounced off the crossbar and
out for a goal kick -- mere moments after a Moreno
diving header was deflected just wide of the goal by
Revs defender Avery John.

But in the 77th minute, the Revolution attempted to
quiet any thoughts of United getting a point when
Dempsey found the right corner of the goal on a diving
header off a beautiful freekick swung from the right
flank by substitute Andy Dorman, who came on for Jose
Cancela in the 65th minute.

But the Black-and-Red wouldn't go away. An unfortunate
handball in the 82nd minute was whistled on Leonard,
who was all alone on the left side of the box on the
back end of a Clyde Simms cross. Geiger again gave
United a penalty kick -- which Moreno again
effortlessly converted.

Stoppage time saw a few more good United chances fail
to find the back of the net, and New England escaped
with the victory to remain unbeaten on the 2005
campaign.

MLSnet.com Man of the Match: Taylor Twellman (New
England Revolution)

Omar Garriott is a contributor to MSLnet.com. This
story was not subject to the approval of Major League
Soccer or its clubs.

New England Revolution (2-0-1) vs. D.C. United (1-2-1)
April 23, 2005 -- RFK Stadium

Scoring Summary:
NE -- Taylor Twellman 2 (Clint Dempsey 2) 26
NE -- Shalrie Joseph 1 (penalty kick) 28
NE -- Marshall Leonard 1 (James Riley 2) 31
DC -- Jaime Moreno 1 (penalty kick) 50+
DC -- Santino Quaranta 1 (Steve Guppy 1, Freddy Adu 1)
57
NE -- Clint Dempsey 2 (Andy Dorman 1) 77
DC -- Jaime Moreno 2 (penalty kick) 82

New England Revolution -- Matt Reis, Jay Heaps, James
Riley, Michael Parkhurst, Avery John, Marshall
Leonard, Jose Cancela (Andy Dorman 66), Clint Dempsey,
Shalrie Joseph, Pat Noonan, Taylor Twellman.

Substitutes Not Used: Connally Edozien, Ryan Latham,
Luke Vercollone, Doug Warren.

TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Taylor Twellman 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 7
(Taylor Twellman 3); FOULS: 18 (Marshall Leonard 4);
OFFSIDES: 2 (Pat Noonan 1, Taylor Twellman 1); CORNER
KICKS: 3 (Jose Cancela 3); SAVES: 3 (Matt Reis 3)

D.C. United -- Nick Rimando, David Stokes (Santino
Quaranta 30), Bobby Boswell, Mike Petke, Joshua Gros,
Brian Carroll, Christian Gomez, Ben Olsen, Steve Guppy
(Clyde Simms 64), Alecko Eskandarian (Freddy Adu 46),
Jaime Moreno.

Substitutes Not Used: Kenny Arena, Troy Perkins,
Eliseo Quintanilla, Jason Thompson, Nick Van Sicklen,
Jamil Walker.

TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Jaime Moreno 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6
(Jaime Moreno 3); FOULS: 18 (Ben Olsen 5); OFFSIDES: 4
(Steve Guppy 3); CORNER KICKS: 7 (Christian Gomez 4);
SAVES: 3 (Nick Rimando 3)

Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Brian Carroll (caution; Reckless Foul) 24
NE -- James Riley (caution; Reckless Foul) 34
NE -- Pat Noonan (caution; Dissent) 50+
DC -- Ben Olsen (caution; Reckless Foul) 79
NE -- Clint Dempsey (caution; Reckless Foul) 86


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ESPN TAKES USA V. MEXICO OUTSIDE THE LINES:  The U.S.
Men's National Team's rivalry with Mexico will be the
featured topic this Sunday morning on ESPN's acclaimed
series "Outside the Lines" at 9:30 a.m. ET. Hosted by
Bob Ley, the show will examine the intense, sometimes
intimidating and volcanic atmosphere that exists in
games played in Mexico. "Outside the Lines" will also
take a historical look at past games played between
the two countries and will offer viewers a unique,
behind the scenes look at the U.S. team as they
prepare for their World Cup qualifying match against
their biggest rival. Two former U.S. National Team
standouts will preview the latest installment of the
rivalry during the show: Marcelo Balboa (the SDSU
All-American, 5-time MLS All-Star, and current color
analyst for U.S. MNT matches on ESPN) and Alexi Lalas
(currently the general manager of Major League
Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes). A second version of
the show, recapping Sunday's result, will also air on
"Outside the Lines" daily episode at 11:58 p.m. ET on
Monday evening (March 28).






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