Monthly Archives: October 1997

Note: Through games of Oct. 5 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 11-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 11-0-1 2 3. Texas A&M 11-1-0 3 4. Portland 7-3-0 4 5. Virginia 9-1-1 5 6. Santa Clara 9-0-1 6 7. Connecticut 10-1-0 7 8. Duke 9-2-0 8 9. Clemson 8-2-0 9 10. Florida 8-2-1 11 11. […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 5 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 11-0-0 1 2. SMU 7-1-0 3 3. UCLA 9-1-0 5 4. N.C. State 7-1-0 6 5. FIU 9-2-1 15 6. South Carolina 6-1-1 7 7. Maryland 7-1-1 8 8. St. John’s 9-1-1 2 9. Duke 8-2-0 10 10. Washington 8-1-2 11 11. Virginia […]

Eastern Conference Oct. 5 in Tampa Tampa Bay 1 Columbus 2 (Columbus leads series 1-0; Game 2 is Oct. 8 in Columbus.) Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 4 New England 1 (D.C. United leads series 1-0; Game 2 is Oct. 8 in Foxboro, Mass.) Western Conference Oct. 4 in Kansas City Kansas City […]

Oct. 5 in Mexico City Mexico 5 (Galindo 30, pen. 38, Garcia Aspe 35, Zague 47, Garcia 82) El Salvador 0. Half: 3-0. Att.: 120,000. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 6 4 2 0 18 2 14 Jamaica 8 3 3 2 5 10 12 USA 7 2 4 1 […]

Group A — Burkina Faso (host), Cameroon, Algeria, Guinea. Group B — Ghana, Tunisia, Togo, Democratic Congo. Group C — South Africa (defending champion), Angola, Ivory Coast, Namibia. Group D — Zambia, Morocco, Egypt, Mozambique. Ç The 1998 African Nations Cup will be held Feb. 7-28 in Ougoudougou and Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Western Conference Semfinals, Game 1 Oct. 4 in Kansas City Kansas City 0 Colorado 3. Schedule Oct. 5 — Columbus at Tampa Bay (3:00 p.m. ET), New England at D.C. United (8:00 p.m. ET), Dallas at Los Angeles (8:00 p.m. ET).

Group B Oct. 4 in Almaty Kazakhstan 1 (Zubarev 90) Japan 1 (Akita 22). Half: 0-1. Att.: 7,000. Oct. 4 in Seoul South Korea 3 (Ha Seok-ju 7, Yoo Sang-chul 72, Lee Sang-yoon 84) UAE. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P So. Korea 4 4 0 0 10 3 […]

Congratulations to Minh Phan who won the Soccer America Online Challenge Player Ranking Contest sponsored by SoftSport Inc. Complete results will be posted in a few days. The final player ranking points, as determined by SoftSport Inc., are as follows: Player Performance Ranking Rank Name Jersey No. Points 1 Keller 18 66 2 Wynalda 11 […]

The U.S. Women’s national team defeated the University of Hartford 2-0 in an exhibition match played before a capacity crowd at Al-Marzook Stadium in Hartford Oct. 2. The U.S. outshot Hartford 22-0, but was unable to crack the tight Hawk defense until the second half, when forward Mia Hamm, frustrated by rough defense for the […]

The following are the starting lineups for the USA vs. Jamaica World Cup Qualifying match at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. USA — Keller, Pope, Dooley, Balboa, Jones, Sorber, Reyna, Ramos, Harkes, Stewart, Wynalda. Reserves: Friedel, Burns, Moore, Agoos, Radosavljevic, Lassiter, Lalas. Jamaica — Barrett, Brown, Goodison, Dixon, Gardner, Malcolm, Cargill, Simpson, Whitmore, Burton, Hall. […]

Group A Oct. 3 in Beijing China 1 (Zhang Enhua 69) Saudi Arabia 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Oct. 3 in Tehran Iran 3 (Daei 34, Bagheri 45, 58) Qatar 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 80,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 4 2 2 0 9 4 8 Kuwait 3 1 1 […]

UEFA Cup Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. Udinese (Italy) Braga (Portugal) vs. Dynamo Tbilisi (Georgia) Metz (France) vs. Karlsruhe Germany) Strasbourg (France) vs. Liverpool (England) Inter Milan (Italy) vs. Lyon (France) Rapid Vienna (Austria) vs. 1860 Munich (Germany) MTK Budapest (Hungary) vs. Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) Spartak Moscow (Russia) or Sion (Switzerland) vs. Valladolid (Spain) Schalke 04 […]

Jamaica is the surprise team of CONCACAF qualifying, having knocked off the likes of Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada and El Salvador at home. Can the Reggae Boyz keep their nerve against the United States at RFK Stadium on Oct. 3? A large portion of the crowd will be behind them. More than a week prior […]

MLS Television Schedule for Oct. 4-5 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Channel Oct. 4 Colorado at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Rocky Mtn. Oct. 5 Columbus at Tampa Bay 3:00 p.m. Univision Oct. 5 New England at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Oct. 5 Dallas at Los Angeles 8:00 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest Suspended Players […]

Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. USA 1 Jamaica 1. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 49; Burton 51. USA — Keller, Pope (Burns, 78), Dooley, Balboa, Jones (Preki, 57), Sorber (Agoos, 37), Reyna, Ramos, Harkes, Stewart, Wynalda. Jamaica — Barrett, Brown, Goodison, Dixon, Gardner, Malcolm (Sewell, 63), Cargill (Dawes, 89), Simpson, Whitmore, Burton, Hall. Yellow cards: USA — […]

Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. USA 1 Jamaica 1. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 49; Burton 51. Att.: 51,528. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Jamaica 8 3 3 2 5 10 12 Mexico 5 3 2 0 13 2 11 USA 7 2 4 1 10 7 10 El Salvador 7 2 3 […]

The USA and Jamaica are tied 1-1 in their World Cup Qualifying match. Eric Wynalda scored on a penalty kick in the 49th minute to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Jamaica. Jamaica’s Ian Goodison was called for a handball in the box (although replays seemed to show that he was outside the area), […]

The USA and Jamaica are tied 0-0 at halftime of their World Cup Qualifier in Washington, D.C. The Reggae Boyz had much of the possession and more scoring opportunities in the first half. Forward Deon Burton made several dangerous runs, and the U.S. was lucky to escape a goalmouth scramble off of a corner kick […]

The following are the results of the September SA Online Poll, in which 455 fans voted for the 1997 MLS MVP: Name (Team) Votes Preki (Kansas City) 112 Carlos Valderrama (Tampa Bay) 58 Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United) 55 Thomas Dooley (Columbus) 29 Walter Zenga (New England) 29 Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) 24 Roberto Donadoni (MetroStars) […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 28 Rank/School Record Points 1. Lindsey Wilson 8-0-1 446 2. William Carey 7-0-0 435 3. Rockhurst 6-2-0 398 4. Ill.-Springfield 8-3-0 379 5. Seattle 7-1-0 362 6. Azusa Pacific 6-2-0 352 7. Birmingham-So. 8-1-0 335 8. Aub.-Montgomery 5-3-1 330 9. Mobile) 6-3-0 311 10. Geneva 8-0-0 306 11. Incarnate Word […]

Scoring Player (School) GP G A P Jeff McAllister (Gonzaga) 10 13 5 31 John Wolyniec (Fordham) 9 13 3 29 Richie Moller (Towson State) 9 11 4 26 Dema Kovalenko (Indiana) 9 12 1 25 Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 9 12 1 25 Jeff Cunningham (So. Florida) 9 10 5 25 Eirik Frederiksen (N. Illinois) […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 28 Rank/School Record Points 1. Mobile 7-0-0 449 2. Westmont 6-2-0 410 3. Simon Fraser 7-3-1 387 4. Rockhurst 9-2-0 373 5. St. Mary 11-0-0 374 6. Lindsey Wilson 7-1-1 368 7. Brewton-Parker 5-2-1 336 8. Oklahoma City 9-0-0 303 9. Willamette 6-2-1 302 10. Findlay 7-3-0 298 11. Georgian […]

Scoring Player (School) GP G A P Christy Johnson (N. Texas) 10 17 4 38 Abigail Allen (Fairfield) 11 14 3 31 Angela Hucles (Virginia) 10 13 5 31 Jen Carlson (Connecticut) 10 13 3 29 Amber Berendowsky (Michigan) 10 9 9 27 Cheryl Moore (Wagner) 10 11 5 27 Kelly Moran (Radford) 10 12 […]

Oct. 2 in Yerevan Ararat Yerevan (Armenia) 0 FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 2 (Nielsen 87, Sesta 89). Half: 0-0. Att.: 700. (Copenhagen wins 5-0 on aggregate.) Oct. 2 in Ajdovscina Primorje Ajdovscina (Slovenia) 1 (Rudonja 110) AIK Stockholm (Sweden) 1 (Novakovic 77). Half: 0-0. Att.: 3,000. (Primorje Ajdovscina wins 2-1 on aggregate.) Oct. 2 in Moscow […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Indiana 9-0-0 459 2 St. John’s 8-0-1 436 3 UCLA 8-1-0 396 4 Virginia 6-1-2 372 4 So Methodist 6-1-0 372 6 Duke 7-2-0 348 7 Maryland 6-1-1 319 8 Washington 6-1-2 298 9 FIU 7-2-1 257 10 Boston Univ. 5-2-2 227 11 Stanford 8-0-0 223 12 […]