2006 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States

Season	2006
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
← 2005 2007 →

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

National team

Men

Senior

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

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

International Friendly January 29	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)

International Friendly February 10	United States	3 – 2	Japan	San Francisco, California
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)

International Friendly February 19	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)

International Friendly March 1	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)

International Friendly March 22	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)

International Friendly April 11	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)

International Friendly May 23	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)

International Friendly May 26	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)

International Friendly May 28	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)

World Cup Group Stage June 12	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)

World Cup Group Stage June 17	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)

World Cup Group Stage June 22	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

Senior

Wins	Losses	Draws
18	0	4

Four Nations Tournament

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 PR	0 - 2	United States	Guangzhou, China
		(Report)	Lilly  24' (pen.), 41'

Algarve Cup

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

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

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

Final March 15	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

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

May 9	Japan	1 - 0	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 PR	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

Group B October 29	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)

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

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

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

Gold Cup

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

Final November 26	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

Tables

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

Eastern Conference

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

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

	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

USL Division 1

Table

      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
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
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

Playoffs

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

• Exception: Montreal hosted second game vs Vancouver

	First Round							Semifinals							Final
								1	Montreal Impact	0	0	0
	4	Vancouver Whitecaps	4	2	6			4	Vancouver Whitecaps (aet)	0	2	2
	5	Miami FC	1	0	1										2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	0
															4	Vancouver Whitecaps	3
								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

Final

USL Second Division

Table

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

	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

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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

American clubs in international competitions

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

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

Champions Cup Semifinal March 8	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

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

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

References

• American competitions at RSSSF
• American national team matches at RSSSF

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