Throw-ins

While plans for soccer-only facilities for the Fire and the MetroStars are stuck in the talking stages, crews are scheduled to break ground in mid-November on a 20,000-seat soccer stadium for the Galaxy, part of a $112 million complex in Carson, Calif., set to open in 2003....

Goalkeeper Briana Scurry regained her splendid form of 1999 for the WUSA's Atlanta Beat last season, yet U.S. women's coach April Heinrichs didn't include her among the three keepers she brought in for last month's U.S. Cup—after Scurry declined to play in two friendlies against Canada in July....

U.S. teams will switch to blue jerseys next spring after having worn red since 1998, according to sources at Nike and the U.S. Soccer Federation. Will Yanks fans switch as well? "We're gonna keep plugging away with the red," says Mark Spacone, cofounder of the fan club Sam's Army, which forms a sea of red at U.S. games. "White and blue tend to get lost in the stadium."