2006 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States
Season	2006
Men's soccer
Supporters' Shield	D.C. United
USL First Division	Vancouver Whitecaps
USL Second Division	Richmond Kickers
NPSL	Sacramento Knights
PDL	Michigan Bucks
US Open Cup	Chicago Fire Soccer Club
MLS Cup	Houston Dynamo

The 2006 season was the 94th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team[edit]

Men[edit]

Senior[edit]

Wins	Losses	Draws
6	4	3

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

Win Draw Loss

January 22 International Friendly	United States	0 – 0	Canada	San Diego
17:00 UTC−08		(Report)		Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 6,077 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

January 29 International Friendly	United States	5 – 0	Norway	Carson, California
14:00 UTC−08	Twellman 5' 17' 76' Pope 67' Chris Klein 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,366 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

February 10 International Friendly	United States	3 – 2	Japan	San Francisco
20:00 UTC−08	Pope 24' Dempsey 39' Twellman 50'	(Report)	Maki 60' Nakazawa 90'	Stadium: SBC Park Attendance: 37,365 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

February 19 International Friendly	United States	4 – 0	Guatemala	Frisco, Texas
13:00 UTC−06	Olsen 38' Ching 45' Johnson 47' Klein 71'	(Report)		Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 14,453 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

March 1 International Friendly	Poland	0 – 1	United States	Kaiserslautern, Germany
20:00 UTC+01		(Report)	Dempsey 49'	Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion Attendance: 13,395 Referee: Thorsten Kinhofer (Germany)

March 22 International Friendly	Germany	4 – 1	United States	Dortmund, Germany
20:30 UTC+01	Schweinsteiger 46' Neuville 73' Klose 75' Ballack 79'	(Report)	Cherundolo 85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 64,500 Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden)

April 11 International Friendly	United States	1 – 1	Jamaica	Cary, North Carolina
15:00 UTC−04	Olsen 27'	(Report)	Bennett 4'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 8,093 Referee: Jorge Gasso Flores (Mexico)

May 23 International Friendly	United States	0 – 1	Morocco	Nashville, Tennessee
18:00 UTC−06		(Report)	Madihi 90+1'	Stadium: Nashville Coliseum Attendance: 26,141 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

May 26 International Friendly	United States	2 – 0	Venezuela	Cleveland, Ohio
19:00 UTC−05	Ching 36' Dempsey 69'	(Report)		Stadium: Cleveland Browns Stadium Attendance: 29,745 Referee: Mauricio Morales Valle (Mexico)

May 28 International Friendly	United States	1 – 0	Latvia	East Hartford, Connecticut
19:00 UTC−05	McBride 43'	(Report)		Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 24,636 Referee: Steven Dipiero (Canada)

June 12 World Cup Group Stage	United States	0 – 3	Czech Republic	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 UTC+02		(Report)	Koller 5' Rosický 36', 76'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

June 17 World Cup Group Stage	Italy	1 – 1	United States	Kaiserslautern, Germany
21:00 UTC+02	Gilardino 22'	(Report)	Zaccardo 27' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

June 22 World Cup Group Stage	Ghana	2 – 1	United States	Nuremberg, Germany
16:00 UTC+02	Dramani 22' Appiah 45+2'	(Report)	Dempsey 43'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Women[edit]

Senior[edit]

Wins	Losses	Draws
18	0	4

Four Nations Tournament[edit]

January 18	United States	3–1	Norway	Guangzhou, China
	Lilly 72' Boxx 77' Wambach 85'	(Report)	Rønning 81' (pen.)

January 20	United States	0–0	France	Guangzhou, China
		(Report)

January 22	China	0–2	United States	Guangzhou, China
		(Report)	Lilly 24' (pen.), 41'

Algarve Cup[edit]

March 9 Group B	United States	0–0	China	Faro, Portugal
		(Report)

March 11 Group B	United States	5–0	Denmark	Quarteira, Portugal
	Wambach 16' O'Reilly 29', 31' Lilly 42' Kai 72'	(Report)

March 13 Group B	United States	4–1	France	Faro, Portugal
	Lilly 1' Wagner 49' Tarpley 50' Kai 76'	(Report)	Hoda 64'

March 15 Final	Germany	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	United States	Faro, Portugal
		(Report)		Stadium: Estádio do Algarve
	Penalties
	Behringer Pohlers Prinz Da Mbabi Wimbersky		Wagner Boxx Whitehill Wambach Lilly

International Friendlies[edit]

May 7	Japan	1–3	United States	Kumamoto, Japan
		(Report)

May 9	Japan	0-1	United States	Osaka, Japan
		(Report)

July 15	United States	3–2	Sweden	Blaine, Minnesota
	Wambach 38' Whitehill 89' Lilly 90+2'	(Report)	Unknown 46-88' Ekblom 90+1'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 4,996

July 23	United States	5–0	Republic of Ireland	San Diego, California
		(Report)

July 30	United States	2–0	Canada	Cary, North Carolina
		(Report)

August 27	United States	4–1	China	Bridgeview, Illinois
		(Report)

September 13	United States	3–1	Mexico	Rochester, New York
		(Report)

October 1	United States	10–0	Chinese Taipei	Carson, California
4:00 p.m. UTC−04	Osborne 8' Wambach 13', 51', 62' Tarpley 22', 27' Lilly 49' Lloyd 76' Rapinoe 79', 82'	(Report)		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 5,479 Referee: Jennifer Bennett Assistant referees: Veronica Perez Margaret Domka Fourth official: Marlene Duffy

October 8	United States	2–1	Iceland	Richmond, Virginia
		(Report)

Peace Queen Cup[edit]

October 29 Group B	United States	1–1	Denmark	Kimhae, South Korea
3:00 a.m. UTC−05	Lilly 73'	(Report)	Andersen 12'	Stadium: Gimhae Stadium Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Shin Hwa Yeon (KOR) Assistant referees: Lee Seul Gi (KOR) Choi Mi Kyeong (KOR) Fourth official: Kim Mi Ok (KOR)

October 31 Group B	Australia	0–2	United States	Cheonan, South Korea
16:00		(Report)	Lilly 20' Kai 35'	Stadium: Cheonan Stadium

November 2 Group B	Netherlands	0–2	United States	Suwon, South Korea
14:30		(Report)	Tarpley 27' Whitehill 45+1'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium

November 2 Final	Canada	0–1	United States	Seoul, South Korea
14:30		(Report)	Lilly 69'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium

Gold Cup[edit]

November 22 Semifinals	United States	2–0	Mexico	Carson, California
19:00	Wambach 10', 64'	(Report)		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

November 26 Final	Canada	1–2 (aet)	United States	Carson, California
17:30	Hermuss 44'	(Report)	Osborne 6' Lilly 120' (pen.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 6,749

Major League Soccer[edit]

Tables[edit]

Purple indicates Supporters' Shield clinched
Yellow indicates Regular Season Runners-up clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Eastern Conference[edit]

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	D.C. United	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55
2	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
3	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
4	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	-2	38
6	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	-12	33

Western Conference[edit]

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	FC Dallas	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52
2	Houston Dynamo	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46
3	C.D. Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
4	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	-13	41
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39
6	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	-4	39

Playoffs[edit]

Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals			MLS Cup 2006

1	D.C. United	1	1	2

4	New York Red Bulls	0	1	1
					1	D.C. United	0
Eastern Conference
					2	New England Revolution	1
3	Chicago Fire	1	1	2

2	New England Revolution (a.e.t., p.s.o.)	0	2	2
								E	New England Revolution	1

								W	Houston Dynamo (a.e.t., p.s.o.)	1
1	FC Dallas	2	2	4

4	Colorado Rapids (a.e.t., p.s.o.)	1	3	4
					4	Colorado Rapids	1
Western Conference
					2	Houston Dynamo	3
3	Chivas USA	2	0	2

2	Houston Dynamo	1	2	3

MLS Cup[edit]

November 12

13:30 UTC−06

Houston Dynamo	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution
Ching 114'	(Report)	Twellman 113'
Penalties
Gray Holden De Rosario Davis Ching	4–3	Joseph Reis Noonan Twellman Heaps

Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 22,427

Referee: Jair Marrufo

USL Division 1[edit]

Table[edit]

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	H2H Pts
1	Montreal Impact	51	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	50	28	13	4	11	34	21	+13
3	Charleston Battery	46	28	13	8	7	33	25	+8	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	46	28	12	6	10	40	28	+12	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
5	Miami FC	39	28	11	11	6	47	44	+3
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	38	36	+2
7	Seattle Sounders	37	28	11	13	4	42	48	−6
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	35	28	10	13	5	36	42	−6
9	Virginia Beach Mariners	32	28	8	12	8	26	37	−11	VAB: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
10	Toronto Lynx	32	28	8	12	8	30	36	−6	VAB: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
11	Portland Timbers	27	28	7	15	6	25	39	−14	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts
12	Minnesota Thunder	27	28	7	15	6	34	45	−11	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals and Semifinals 2-game aggregate
Higher seeded team hosted first game

Exception: Montreal hosted second game vs Vancouver

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1
3	Charleston Battery	2	1	3	3	Charleston Battery	0	0	0
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	0	2						2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	0
										4	Vancouver Whitecaps	3
					4	Vancouver Whitecaps (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	4	2	6	1	Montreal Impact	0	0	0
5	Miami FC	1	0	1

Final[edit]

September 29

Rochester Raging Rhinos	0 – 3	Vancouver Whitecaps
	(Report)	Craft 45' (o.g.) Donatelli 54' Matondo 86'

PAETEC Park, Rochester, New York

USL Second Division[edit]

Table[edit]

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Richmond Kickers	20	13	3	4	50	20	+30	43
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	8	4	8	29	27	+2	32
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	8	6	6	27	20	+7	30
4	Cincinnati Kings	20	9	8	3	28	27	+1	30
5	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	9	10	1	27	43	-16	27¹
6	Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	9	3	31	28	+3	27
7	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	8	9	3	34	35	-1	27
8	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	4	9	7	30	31	-1	19
9	Long Island Rough Riders	20	3	12	5	15	40	-25	14

¹New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals					Finals

1	Richmond Kickers	2	0	2

4	Cincinnati Kings	1	0	1
					1	Richmond Kickers	2

					2	Charlotte Eagles	1
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0	1	1

2	Charlotte Eagles	4	2	6

Final[edit]

August 28

Richmond Kickers	2 – 1	Charlotte Eagles
Ssejjemba 9' (pen.) Carrieri 33'	(Report)	Spencer 90'

University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup[edit]

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Third Round
July 12

Fourth Round
August 2

Quarterfinals
August 23

Semifinals
September 6

Finals
September 27

MLS

Chicago

2

MLS

Kansas City

0

MLS

Kansas City

2

PDL

Des Moines

1

MLS

Chicago

2

MLS

New England

1

USL1

Rochester

5

USL2

New Hampshire

1

USL1

Rochester

0 (4)

MLS

New England (AET, PSO)

0 (5)

MLS

Chicago

3

MLS

D.C. United

0

MLS

D.C. United (AET)

2

MLS

Columbus

1

PDL

Michigan

1

MLS

Columbus

4

MLS

D.C. United

3

MLS

New York

1

USL2

Wilmington

2

USL1

Atlanta

1

USL2

Wilmington

1

MLS

New York

2

MLS

Chicago

3

MLS

Los Angeles

1

MLS

Los Angeles

2

USASA

Roma FC

0

MLS

Chivas USA

0 (2)

USASA

Roma FC (AET, PSO)

0 (4)

MLS

Los Angeles (AET)

3

MLS

Colorado

1

MLS

Real Salt Lake (AET)

2

USL1

Virginia Beach

1

MLS

Real Salt Lake

0

MLS

Colorado

1

MLS

Los Angeles

3

MLS

Houston

1

MLS

Houston

4

PDL

Carolina

2

PDL

Carolina (AET)

3

USL1

Seattle

2

MLS

Houston

3

MLS

FC Dallas

0

USL1

Charleston

3

USL1

Portland

1

USL1

Charleston

3 (3)

MLS

FC Dallas (AET, PSO)

3 (5)

Final[edit]

September 27

20:00 UTC−05

Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 3	Chicago Fire
Gordon 51'	(Report)	Jaqua 10' Herron 16' Thiago 88'

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 8,185

Referee: Terry Vaughn

American clubs in international competitions[edit]

Club	Competition	Final round
Los Angeles Galaxy	2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
New England Revolution	2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals

Los Angeles Galaxy[edit]

February 23 Champions Cup Semifinal	Los Angeles	0 – 0	Deportivo Saprissa	Carson, California
				Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

March 8 Champions Cup Semifinal	Deportivo Saprissa	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Los Angeles	San José, Costa Rica
	Centeno 46' Solis 57' Parks 90+5'		Gardner 21' Donovan 41'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

New England Revolution[edit]

February 22 Champions Cup Semifinal	New England	0 – 0	Alajuelense	Hamilton, Bermuda
				Stadium: Bermuda National Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Hu Liu (Canada)

March 8 Champions Cup Semifinal	Alajuelense	1 – 0	New England	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Hernández 90'			Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

References[edit]

v t e Years in American soccer
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1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–41 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1967 1968 1969
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