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United States 1, Denmark 1
by Ken Peters (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - January 18)
Landon Donovan made sure the U.S. national soccer team had something to show for its first game in almost six months. more details | go to article

McBride leaves Columbus for English club
by Rusty Miller (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - January 20)
U.S. World Cup player Brian McBride signed with Fulham of England's Premier League on Tuesday after a career in which he was a mainstay of Major League Soccer. The Columbus Crew star also had been sought by another English club, Blackburn. He played on loan for Everton of the Premier League a year ago. His signing means MLS will receive a transfer fee of more than $1 million and the Crew will be allocated a player. more details | go to article

Investor and pro sports team owner Anschutz to buy San Francisco Examiner
by Ron Harris (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - February 19)
Billionaire investor and Qwest Communications founder Phil Anschutz has purchased the San Francisco Examiner from the Fang family, and intends to rebuild the once-mighty daily, the parties announced Thursday. more details | go to article

New owner is reclusive, conservative Christian
by George Raine (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - February 19)
The new billionaire owner of the San Francisco Examiner hasn't given a substantive interview since 1974 and thoroughly protects his privacy. But it's clear that Philip Anschutz is a dealmaker of the first order. more details | go to article

Denver tycoon purchases S.F. Examiner
by Dan Levy (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - February 20)
Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz is buying the San Francisco Examiner from the Fang family, bringing deep pockets and promises of a journalism revival to a storied name in American newspapers. more details | go to article

Quakes need goals to stay alive in CONCACAF
by Dwight Chapin (Preview | San Francisco Chronicle - March 24)
The Major League Soccer season won't start for another 10 days, but the Earthquakes already are facing a steep hurdle. The Quakes will meet Central American power LD Alajuelense of Costa Rica in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals tonight at Spartan Stadium, and to advance to the semifinals, they'll quickly have to turn into a scoring machine. more details | go to article

Ready for Freddy: Adu takes spotlight as MLS opens season
by Joseph White (Preview | San Francisco Chronicle - March 31)
Amid the din of excitement over America's latest teenage phenom, D.C. United coach Peter Nowak has valiantly tried to preach a team-first mantra. "It's not all about Freddy," the coach said this week. Oh, but it is. more details | go to article

Earthquakes will get first chance to say Adu
by Dwight Chapin (Preview | San Francisco Chronicle - April 1)
It's a little weird to think of Landon Donovan as the grand old man of Major League Soccer. But, heading into the 2004 season the 22-year-old is playing the sage veteran to the teenager everyone is talking about even before he has logged a minute of professional soccer, 14-year-old Freddy Adu of D.C. United. more details | go to article

Quakes gear up for title defense
by Dwight Chapin (Preview | San Francisco Chronicle - April 2)
The Earthquakes apparently have survived the most turbulent offseason in team history. Now comes the really hard part, trying to defend their second Major League Soccer championship in three seasons. more details | go to article

Adu kicks off his pro career
by Steve Kroner (Preview | San Francisco Chronicle - April 2)
Eric Wynalda scored the first goal in Major League Soccer history when he led San Jose to a 1-0 victory over D.C. United in 1996. At 1 p.m. Saturday, he'll work as the analyst on the ABC telecast of what has to rank as the league's most anticipated opener since '96. more details | go to article

Lalas suits up for new duty
by Dwight Chapin (Profile/Interview | San Francisco Chronicle - April 9)
His hair is still red but Alexi Lalas is dressed in a charcoal- colored suit and matching tie these days, rather than garbed in shorts and cleats and getting ready for action in the trenches of Major League Soccer. At just 33, Lalas has become a front-office guy, the president and general manager of the Earthquakes, who open their MLS home season Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium against the Chicago Fire. more details | go to article

Quakes, Fire play for naught: Goalies shine in scoreless draw
by Dwight Chapin (Result | San Francisco Chronicle - April 11)
It would have been fair to expect an offensive showdown Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, considering that the Earthquakes and the Chicago Fire had scored six combined goals the last time they met, in the Major League Soccer championship game in November. more details | go to article

German Soccer Movie Is A Reel Kick
by G. Allen Johnson (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - April 14)
What are the two most significant events since the end of World War II? Ask most Germans of a certain age and they'll tell you: the fall of the Berlin Wall (naturally) and the West German national soccer team's surprising victory in the 1954 World Cup. more details | go to article

Girl In Freak Airplane Accident Eager To Play Again
by Jim Herron Zamora (Article | San Francisco Chronicle - April 18)
Arianna Jimenez wiggled her toes, stretched her left ankle and bent her knee on Saturday. Then she smiled and said: "I'm definitely going to play soccer again. ... Oh, I want (to score) some more goals. I'll be back.'' more details | go to article

San Jose Fans To Get First View Of Adu
by Dwight Chapin (Profile/Interview | San Francisco Chronicle - April 30)
The Freddy Adu traveling road show arrives in San Jose on Saturday. That might be stretching the point a little, but Major League Soccer is doing everything it can to feature the 14-year-old rookie who is being paid, and promoted, as if he already were the star of American soccer. more details | go to article

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