Monthly Archives: September 1998

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Connecticut 8-0-0 465 2 Indiana 8-1-0 448 3 San Jose State 8-0-0 418 4 Virginia 6-0-2 406 5 Duke 8-1-0 388 6 Creighton 7-1-0 354 7 Washington 7-1-0 321 8 Clemson 7-1-0 292 9 St. John’s 5-1-2 273 10 UCLA 6-1-0 254 11 Maryland 6-2-0 238 12 […]

D.C. United of MLS will face Vasco da Gama of Brazil in the Interamerican Cup on Nov. 14 and Dec. 5. The Interamerican Cup is contested annually by the winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the Libertadores Cup. D.C. United downed Mexico’s Toluca in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, while Vasco da Gama defeated […]

European Champions League: Results and Standings (Sept. 30) GROUP A Sept. 30 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 2 (Alexandris 22, Gogic 81) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 34,000. Sept. 30 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2 (Rudy 57, Litmanen pen. 86) Porto (Portugal) 1 (Zahovic 69). Half: 0-0. Att.: 40,000. TEAM GP W […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 U of Charleston 7-1-1 DA Concord 2-1, DH Gannon 2-1, LH Mercyhurst 1-4 1 Rockhurst 6-0-0 3 Wheeling 7-0-0 DA Westminster 5-1 4 Ashland 7-1-0 DH Saginaw Valley 4-0 4 Truman State 4-1-1 6 Mercyhurst 5-1-1 DA WV Wesleyan 2-1 (OT), DA Charleston 4-1 7 Gannon 6-3-0 LA […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 8-0-0 300 2 Notre Dame 8-1-0 278 2 Santa Clara 8-0-1 278 4 Connecticut 9-0-0 270 5 Florida 8-0-0 252 6 Portland 7-0-1 238 7 Penn State 8-0-1 232 8 William & Mary 7-0-1 216 9 Northwestern 8-0-1 190 10 San Diego State 7-1-0 172 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 7-1-1 DA Montclair 5-0, DA Moravian 2-1 2 Richard Stockton 5-2-1 DA Rowan 2-1 (OT), TA NC Wesleyan 0-0 (OT) 3 Gettysburg 7-2-0 DA Elizabethtown 1-0 (OT), DA Bryn Mawr 5-0 4 Haverford 6-2-1 DH Bryn Mawr 7-0, DH Franklin & Marshall 4-1 5 Elizabethtown 5-5-0 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 10-0-0 DH Humboldt State 1-0, DA Central Washington 2-1, DA Western Washington 1-0 (OT) 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 6-2-1 TH Cal State Bakersfield 1-1 (OT), DA Cal State Bakersfield 4-1 3 UC Davis 6-2-1 LA Chico State 0-1 (OT), DA Chico State 2-1 3 Chico […]

Here is the television schedule for the first two games of the first round of the MLS playoffs, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 30 MetroStars at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New York Sept. 30 Miami at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN Oct. 1 Colorado at Chicago 8:00 […]

First Round Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. MIAMI Sept. 30 — D.C. United 2 Miami 1 Oct. 4 — D.C. United at Miami Oct. 7 — Miami at D.C. United (if nec.) COLUMBUS VS. METROSTARS Sept. 30 — Columbus 5 MetroStars 3 Oct. 3 — Columbus at MetroStars Oct. 7 — MetroStars at Columbus (if […]

FEATURES Rating the MLS Playoff Field By Ridge Mahoney The Highs And Lows Of John Harkes’ Season Interview by Duncan Irving Octavio Zambrano: No Need For Bunker Mentality Interview by Mike Woitalla Those College Players Who Didn’t Depart For MLS By Dan Woog Real Madrid Lefties Put Their Best Foot Forward Parma’s Dino Baggio Gains […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 9-0-0 DH North Park 8-2, DA Augustana 1-0 (OT) 2 Rhodes 8-0-1 DH Hendricks 7-0, DA Univ. South 2-1 (OT), DA Centre 1-0 3 Wash. (Mo) 6-2-0 DH Principia 1-0, DH Marian 1-0 4 Sewanee 7-1-0 LH Rhodes 0-1, DH Franklin 6-0, DH Hendricks 4-0 […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 8-1-0 50 DA Michigan State 3-0, DH Louisville 3-0 2 Notre Dame 4-1-2 44 TH St. JohnÆs 1-1 (OT) 3 Butler 7-1-0 41 DH Oakland 5-1, DA Evansville 1-0 4 Akron 6-2-1 34 LN Fla International 2-3 (OT), DA Navy 2-0 5 Cincinnati 4-2-1 29 LH […]

Colorado Rapids reserve goalkeeper Paul Grafer broke his left wrist in practice Tuesday and will miss the entire 1998 playoffs. With Grafer out, the Rapids have signed goalkeeper Randy Dedini from the A-League’s Nashville Metros to back up starting goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann through the postseason. Grafer, who started four games for the Rapids in 1998 […]

Chicago Fire — F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) and F Josh Wolff (strained groin) are probable; D Andrew Lewis (strained groin), MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) and F Roman Kosecki (pulled hamstring) are on injured reserve. Colorado Rapids — F Paul Bravo (sprained ankle) is probable. Columbus Crew — MF Andrew Gregor (heart condition) […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 N. Carolina 8-0-0 50 DN San Francisco 6-0, DN Baylor 5-0 2 Florida 8-0-0 45 DA Vanderbilt 2-1, DA Kentucky 4-0 3 Clemson 5-3-0 40 DH Charleston Southern 9-0, DA Florida St. 2-0 4 Georgia 6-2-0 35 DH Louisiana St. 2-1, DH Arkansas 5-0 5 Wake Forest 5-3-1 […]

The following are comments from today’s’ teleconference with MLS Commissioner Doug Logan and Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati: Logan on attendance during MLS’ third season: “Last Sunday we finished the first season where the playoff participants were determined a week early, and despite that we had some interesting games and decent attendances on the final weekend […]

G Carly Smolak (Stanford) (1) 5 saves to shut out Santa Clara 0-0 D Emily Janss (Maryland) (1) PKs beat Texas and Colorado D Kristen Palmer (Northwestern) (2) PK beats Minnesota, assist vs. Iowa M Signe Anderson (Hartford) (1) Hits gamewinner vs. Texas A&M in win M Colleen Joyce (Montana) (1) 2 goals, including gamewinner, […]

G Nick Rimando (UCLA) (1) Blanking of USD ran shutout streak to 445 minutes D Anders Ronnevig (South Carolina) (1) Scored on direct free kick to beat Furman 1-0 D David Wright (Creighton) (1) Solid defense and winner against Coll. of Charleston M Maurizio Rocha (Connecticut) (2) 2 goals and 2 assists, PK goal beat […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (6) MetroStars Defenders Mike Burns (1) New England Steve Jolley (2) Los Angeles Lubos Kubik (8) Chicago Frank Yallop (2) Tampa Bay Midfielders Marcelo Balboa (4) Colorado Braeden Cloutier (1) San Jose Mauricio Ramos (4) Tampa Bay Andrew Williams (3) Columbus Forwards Stern John (9) Columbus Josh Wolff (2) Chicago Note: In […]

Mexican national team goalkeeper Jorge Campos is returning to Mexico to play for his off-season club team UNAM Pumas. Campos will leave immediately and will not appear in the playoffs for the Chicago Fire. Campos, whom Chicago acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy, missed much of the first half of the MLS season due to […]

Rochester vs. Hershey GAME 1 Sept. 26 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 3 Hershey 1. Goals: Glenn 3, Tilley (Glenn, Daligcon) 61, Tilley (Zavala) 89; Tschantret (Orben) 84. Rochester — Onstad, Hardy, Demmin, Schweitzer, Walton, Allnutt, McKay (Zavala, 73), Daligcon (Kirmse, 68), Steenkamp, Glenn, Tilley. Hershey — Azmi, Penny, Williams, Oudin, Regis (Orben, 77), Kelly, Sawatzky, […]

Sept. 29 in Athens AEK Athens (Greece) 3 (Nikolaidis 14, 76, Kopitsis 68) Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands) 3 (Machlas 11, 17, Reuser 51). Half: 1-2. Att.: 23,000. (Vitesse wins 6-3 on aggregate.) Sept. 29 in Belgrade Obilic (Yugoslavia) 0 Atletico Madrid (Spain) 1 (Kiko 55). Half: 0-0. Att.: 11,000. (Atletico Madrid win 3-0 on aggregate.) Sept. […]

CHICAGO 3 NEW ENGLAND 2 Sept. 23 in Chicago Chicago 3 New England 2. Goals: Kubik (pen.) 34, Klopas (Wolff) 74, Wolff (Armas) 89; Gorter 43, Burns (Moore, Gorter) 68. Chicago — Campos (6), Kubik (6), Brown (5), Okaroh (5), Armas (6), Keller (4), Kotschau (5), Podbrozny (4), Nowak (6), Kosecki (6), Razov (4). Subs: […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 27. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 8-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 8-1-0 3 3. Santa Clara 8-0-1 2 4. Florida 8-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 9-0-0 5 6. Penn State 8-0-1 6 7. Portland 7-0-1 7 8. William & Mary […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 27: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 8-1-0 2 2. UCLA 6-1-0 3 3. Duke 8-1-0 1 4. Clemson 7-1-0 4 5. South Carolina 7-1-0 5 6. Virginia 6-0-2 6 7. San Jose State 8-0-0 8 8. Connecticut 8-0-0 9 9. […]