Monthly Archives: September 1996

Pairings for the U.S. Open Cup semifinals were announced today by U.S. Soccer Secretary General Hank Steinbrecher. The Colorado Rapids of MLS will travel to Rochester to face the A-League’s Rhinos, who stunned the Tampa Bay Mutiny in the quarterfinals. In the other semifinal, D.C. United will meet the Dallas Burn in Texas. Dates and […]

Soccer America Silver XI Features It’s our 25th anniversary and we want you to help us celebrate! Part of our Silver Anniversary celebration will honor the 11 players and one coach from the past 25 years who’ve had the most positive impact on U.S. soccer. By following some of the links below, you can: Take […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Men’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Duke (23) 4-0-0 479 2 Creighton 6-0-0 443 3 Fresno St. (1) 4-0-0 426 4 Virginia 3-0-2 400 5 Rutgers 4-0-0 371 6 St. John’s 4-0-1 366 7 CS Fullerton 4-0-1 329 8 Wisconsin 4-1-1 304 9 NC-Charlotte 5-0-0 263 10 UCLA 3-1-0 247 11 […]

Women’s Division I Sept. 9-15 Scores West Region 1 Santa Clara 5-0-0 Hartford 7-0 San Francisco 2-1 2 Portland 4-0-0 Minnesota 3-2 NC State 4-0 3 San Diego State 6-0-0 Cal St. Fullerton 3-1 San Diego 1-0 4 Stanford 3-2-0 North Carolina 1-6 Duke 1-3 4 San Diego 3-1-0 Cal Irvine 2-0 San Diego St. […]

Features Playoffs Strike A Familiar Chord To U.S. fans By Ridge Mahoney Life At The New ArenA Is Less Than Smooth By Jaap De Groot Job Vacancy At The Meadowlands By Jerry Hawkins British Isles Still Stock College Coaching Ranks By Dan Woog Ben Hickey’s Wanderlust Boosts St. John’s By Bob D’Aprile Other Jennifer Is […]

Women’s Division III Sept. 9-15 Scores New England Region 1 Bowdoin 2-0-0 Babson 4-0 2 Amherst 0-0-1 Trinity 0-0 3 Williams 0-0-1 Plymouth State 1-1 4 Plymouth State 2-1-1 Williams 1-1 5 Tufts 1-0-0 Conn Coll. 1-0 6 Colby 2-0-0 Norwich 5-0 Middlebury 7 Western Conn. 2-1-0 Richard Stockton 1-0 8 Conn. Coll. 0-1-0 Tufts […]

Women’s Division II Sept. 9-15 Scores New England Region 1 Fr. Pierce 3-1-0 (30) Assumption 6-2 Bridgeport 6-0 2 New Hamp. 3-0-1 (27) Notre Dame (NH) 3-0 Temple 2-0 (OT) 3 Merrimack 5-0-0 (24) St. Anselm 1-0 Concordia 8-0 LeMoyne 5-0 4 Keene State 4-0-0 (21) New Haven 2-0 5 Stonehill 4-0-0 (18) MA-Lowell 5-0 […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 N. Carolina (15) 4-0-0 447 2 Notre Dame (3) 6-0-0 435 3 Santa Clara 5-0-0 410 4 Connecticut 6-0-0 394 5 Portland 4-0-0 378 6 Maryland 7-0-0 365 7 Texas A&M 6-0-0 365 8 Clemson 5-1-0 312 9 Massachusetts 5-0-0 301 10 Minnesota 5-1-0 275 11 Florida […]

Sept. 18 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 1 Columbus 0. Goal: De Avila 9. MetroStars — Meola, Zaun, Vermes, Harty, Caricola, Joseph, Da Silva, Donadoni, Wood, Ramos, De Avila. Subs: Knowles for Caricola in 39th minute, Silvera for Da Silva in 79th, Johnson for Wood in 85th. Columbus — Friedel, Clark, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Michallik, Smith, […]

Men’s Leading Scorers Player (Team) G A P Wolyniec (Fordham) 6 5 17 Sells (New Mexico) 8 0 16 Yenzer (Clemson) 7 1 15 Miles (Rider) 7 1 15 Kelly (Georgetown) 5 5 15 Wright (Cen. Conn.) 7 0 14 Sawal (TCU) 6 2 14 Van Saun (St. John’s) 6 2 14 Rodgriguez (Geo. Wash.) […]

G Suzanne Putnam (Clemson) (1) Backup keeper is MVP of UVa tourney D Melanie Freeman (Florida) (1) Shuts down Kentucky, Vandy strikers D Jamie Dobbs (SW Missouri) (1) MVC Defensive Player of the Week M Danica Baker (UNC Greensboro) (1) Sings anthem, scores gamewinner against Duke M Tammy Barnes (Connecticut) (1) Senior is MVP of […]

Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 New England 2. Goals: Pope (Etcheverry) 58, Diaz Arce (Moreno) 62, Diaz Arce (Moreno, Etcheverry) 89; Moore (pen.) 39, Moore 76. D.C. United — Causey, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes, Sanneh, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Moreno. Subs: Maessner for Sanneh in 46th minute, Medved for Moreno in […]

Women’s Leading Scorers Player (Team) G A P Blalack (Texas A&M) 13 5 31 Rohbock (BYU) 9 4 22 Streiffer (Notre Dame) 5 12 22 Franz (Texas Tech) 9 2 20 Sarver (Maryland) 7 5 19 Peterson (Pepperdine) 7 5 19 Greenman (FIU) 9 0 18 Strother (E. Illinois) 6 6 18 Ellis (James Madison) […]

Sept. 15 in Kingstown St. Vincent & Gren. 0 Mexico 3. Goals: Pelaez 14, 48, Alvarez 89. St. Vincent & Gren. — Andrews, Dexter, Fords, Hendizon, Williams, Huggins, Nero (Franklyn, 53), Quafhie (Harris, 82), Velox, Vallantine (Ezequiel, 59), Jack. Mexico — Campos, Gutierrez, Suarez, Villa, Pardo, Garcia Aspe, Coyote, Blanco (Alvarez, 82), Ramirez (Del Olmo, […]

Sept. 16 in Dallas Dallas 3 Seattle (A-League) 2. Goals: Lozzano (Elliott) 58, Elliott (Santel) 70, Eck (Elliott) 79; Leonetti (Crook) 3, Hoggan (pen.) 90. Dallas — Dodd (Cassar, 84), Farrer, Pollard, Puskarich, Lozzano (Soehn, 84), Santel, Flores, Ashton (Washington, 79), Alvarez (Ibsen, 59), Eck, Elliott (Glenn, 86). Seattle — Hahnemann, Webber, Morrill (Bialek, 79), […]

Goalkeeper Brad Friedel (2) Columbus Defenders Frank Yallop (3) Tampa Bay Paul Caligiuri (2) Columbus Nicola Caricola (2) MetroStars Midfielders Martin Vasquez (2) Tampa Bay Chris Armas (1) Los Angeles Frankie Hejduk (1) Tampa Bay Imad Baba (3) New England Carlos Valderrama (6) Tampa Bay Forwards Eduardo Hurtado (4) Los Angeles Eric Wynalda (3) San […]

G Jon Busch (UNC Charlotte) (1) Four shutouts in five games (0.20 GAA) D Marc Madeley (Creighton) (1) Two saves off line in win over SLU D Evan Whitfield (Duke) (1) MVP of Duke’s MetLife-adidas Classic M Ian Checcio (Rutgers) (1) Two goals erased Georgetown lead in 3-1 win M Luke Jamroz (UNC Greensboro) (1) […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Kasey Keller Comments: An American that made it at the highest level. Field Players: April Heinrichs Comments: Captain: The driving force behind the 1991 Women's World Championships. ''Player of the Decade.'' Michelle Akers Comments: She put women's soccer on the world map. Carin Jennings-Gabarra Comments: MVP 1991 Women's […]

Final Standings Team GP W L GF GA P *Montreal 27 21 6 40 18 55 *Colorado 27 16 11 55 33 44 *Seattle 27 16 11 35 25 40 *Rochester 27 14 13 44 42 36 Vancouver 27 13 14 38 38 33 New York 27 9 18 30 40 21 Atlanta 22 3 […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Duke 4-0-0 1 2. Cal State Fullerton 4-0-1 4 3. Virginia 3-0-2 2 4. Creighton 6-0-0 6 5. St. John’s 4-0-1 9 6. Washington 4-1-0 10 7. Fresno State 4-0-0 17 8. UCLA 3-1-0 3 9. SMU 3-2-0 11 10. Florida International 4-0-0 12 11. Indiana 1-1-1 7 12. Santa […]

Sept. 15 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 Colorado 3. Goals: Bowers (Johnston, Sorber) 36, Takawira 62; C. Henderson 10, own goal (Bowers) 45, C. Henderson (Kmosko) 85. Kansas City — Snitko, McKeon, Okafor, Bowers, Gutierrez, Klopas, Sorber, Preki, Chung, Takawira, Johnston. Subs: Prampin for Klopas in 41st minute, Ammann for Snitko in 46th, Koetters […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 4-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 6-0-0 2 3. Santa Clara 5-0-0 3 4. Portland 4-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 6-0-0 5 6. Texas A&M 6-0-0 7 7. Maryland 7-0-0 8 8. Florida 4-0-0 9 9. Clemson 5-1-0 11 10. William & Mary 5-1-0 13 11. Virginia 4-2-0 12 12. […]

MetroStars head coach Carlos Queiroz will resign after the MLS season to become the coach of Nagoya Grampus Eight in the J-League. Queiroz, the former Portuguese national team coach who replaced Eddie Firmani at the helm of the Metros earlier this season, will reportedly be paid $2 million a year. Grampus Eight reportedly pressured Queiroz […]

Sept. 15 in Columbus Columbus 2 MetroStars 0. Goals: McBride (Miller) 3, Carrera (Smith) 14. Columbus — Friedel, Michallik, Caligiuri, Iribarren, Smith, Yeagley, Carrera, Miller, Maisonneuve, McBride. Subs: Marino for McBride in 14th minute, Battelle for Miller in 67th, Paz for Marino in 74th. MetroStars — Meola, Vermes, Zaun, Harty, Unger, Joseph, Caricola, Da Silva, […]

Note: All times are eastern. MLS Date Time Event Channel Sept. 17 7:30 p.m. New England at D.C. United ESPN Sept. 19 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas ESPN2 Sept. 24 7:30 p.m. Conference Semifinal ESPN Sept. 26 10:30 p.m. Conference Semifinal ESPN2 Sept. 27 7:30 p.m. Conference Semifinal ESPN Sept. 29 8:30 p.m. Conference […]