Monthly Archives: August 2001

The USA hosts Honduras Saturday morning in Washington, D.C. in front of a soldout RFK Stadium crowd. Honduras is in a must-win situation — because of its poor home record — while the Americans try to cope with an injury plight and a sputtering offense. Costa Rica, tied for first with the Yanks on points […]

The NCAA Division I women’s season opens Labor Day weekend with a matchup between No. 2 Portland and No. 3 UCLA Saturday at the Cal State Fullerton Fila Classic. Penn State travels to Notre Dame to face the Irish Friday and Connecticut Sunday at the Key Bank Classic. 1. North Carolina (21-3-0) 8/31 at Texas, […]

The top four teams in the Soccer America Men’s College Top 20 are in action Labor Day weekend against Top 20 foes. No. 1 Connecticut hosts No. 11 Washington Saturday in the second day of the Huskies’ tournament. No. 2 SMU meets No. 17 James Madison Sunday at the George Mason Classic. No. 3 Virginia […]

Two days before the USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier Sept. 1, U.S. coach Bruce Arena met the press. On injuries and players not available: “I never would have anticipated having the number of injuries we’ve had. Injuries are still part of the game in every sport and we see that. It has changed how we’ve moved […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: D.C. United 3 Tampa Bay 2 MetroStars 2 Chicago 1 Columbus 0 New England 2 San Jose 1 Kansas City 1 Los Angeles 4 Colorado 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, September 1 (12:30 p.m.) Tampa Bay Mutiny at D.C. United (Sunshine Network) Did you know? Abdul Thompson Conteh has […]

The Women’s United Soccer Association has reshuffled its front office, leading to the removal of CEO Barbara Allen and moving its offices from New York. The WUSA Board of Governors approved a management structure needed to implement the new five-year business plan from a base of operations from Cox Enterprises’ headquarters in Atlanta. WUSA named […]

With no clear-cut favorite, the 2001 Rookie of the Year vote could be just as tight as Carlos BocanegraÆs two-point edge over Nick Garcia last year. From the ranks of attackers, teen-ager Santino Quaranta (D.C. United) and Rodrigo Faria (MetroStars) have the best numbers. Defenders Ryan Suarez (Dallas) and Jim Curtin (Chicago) have racked up […]

ItÆs been 19 years since Honduras became the first Central American nation to win a point in the World Cup. That it did so by tying host Spain, which got a generous penalty kick, in their opener made it all the more impressive. Then Honduras tied Northern Ireland and lost on a late penalty kick […]

Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been chosen to finish first in the Horizon League in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. The Panthers received two first-place votes and 31 total points. UWM coach Michael Moynihan, who received 2000 Co-Coach of the Year honors, led his team to an undefeated record in the league last year (5-0) to […]

Marquette has been chosen to repeat as the Conference USA regular-season champion in a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Golden Eagles won last year’s regular season title with an unbeaten 10-0-1 mark and represented C-USA in the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row, winning its first round match for the […]

Evansville, which has earned four regular-season titles and four postseason tournament crowns, is still the team to beat in the Missouri Valley. The Purple Aces, directed by head coach Mick Lyon, top the 2001 poll with three-of-seven first-place votes and 45 points. No coach in the league predicts UE to finish lower than second, and […]

Loyola (Md.), which captured the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship last year, has been picked to win the conference crown this season in a preseason poll voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches. Loyola finished with 97 points in the poll, just five points ahead of than second-place Fairfield. Marist was picked […]

Northwestern State, which last year became the first team in league history to win both the regular-season and tournament championships, has been picked by the Southland Conference women’s soccer head coaches and sports information directors as the preseason favorite to win again. The Demons dominated the voting with 11 first-place nods, followed by two for […]

The Southern Conference womenÆs soccer coaches have selected Furman to win the 2001 regular season title, edging last yearÆs tournament champion, UNC Greensboro, by one vote. Two-time defending regular-season champion Furman placed six players on the team. Emily Turgeon, the 2000 Freshman and Player-of-the-Year, highlights the Paladins picks. She is joined by her frontcourt teammates […]

Oakland has been the team to beat in the Mid-Continent Conference since the league began sponsoring the sport in 1999. The Golden Grizzlies have nabbed a pair of Mid-Con regular-season crowns, and last year, they won their first-ever tournament championship. Mid-Con women’s soccer coaches don’t expect a new look to the league this season, as […]

NCAA runner-up UCLA has been tabbed as the favorite to win the Pacific-10 Conference women’s soccer title in a preseason vote of the head coaches. The Bruins received eight of 10 first-place votes, with California (1) and Washington (1) also picking up first-place support. Just six points separate the second- through fifth-place teams, as Stanford […]

Tennessee Tech, which won the 2000 Ohio Valley Conference tournament title, is the favorite to capture the regular-season crown in 2001, according to a poll of the leagueÆs head soccer coaches. The Golden Eagles received three first-place votes and 22 total points in the balloting, edging out two-time defending regular-season champion Eastern Illinois, which earned […]

BYU was selected as the favorite to capture its third straight Mountain West Conference title in a vote by the league’s coaches. The Cougars received five first-place votes and collected 36 points to capture the top spot in the poll. Utah was picked to place second with 31 points and one first place vote, followed […]

Finishing with 160 of 169 possible points, Miami (Ohio) was picked to win its first regular-season Mid-American Conference title by the league coaches in the 2001 preseason poll, receiving nine first-place votes. The Red Hawks, who return All-MAC first-team member Andrea Cunningham, finished tied for third in the 2000 regular-season with a mark of 7-4. […]

The Sun Belt coaches expect defending champion Florida International to repeat as league champions with Denver placing second. Third was North Texas followed by South Alabama, Middle Tennessee, Arkansas State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Lafayette. FIU received six first place votes and 71 points in the balloting, while Denver received one first place vote […]

Colgate is favored to take the Patriot League title. No surprise here: The Raiders have won the Patriot League regular-season women’s soccer title four times in the last five years and seven times in the 11-year history of the Patriot League and also captured top honors in the post-season championship tournament nine times in 11 […]

Newcomer American and defending champion Lehigh each picked up 82 points and shared 12 of the 16 first-place votes in the preseason poll of coaches and sports information directors. American joins the Patriot League this season after posting a 7-9-2 overall record last season, including a 5-2-1 mark for a third-place finish in the Colonial […]

Titans were selected to win the 2001 Big West title in a vote by the conferenceÆs coaches. CSF received three first-place votes and 32 points to claim the top spot. The Titans are coming off a 15-win season and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They return only four starters, but two were All-MPSF picks […]

Florida has been selected as the favorite to claim the 2001 title in the Southeastern Conference by the league’s 12 head coaches. This marks the seventh consecutive year that the Gators have been tabbed by the coaches to win the title. Coming off their fifth straight SEC title in 2000, the Gators earned nine first-place […]

The 2000 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels were selected preseason favorites for the 2001 ACC season in a poll by the eight league coaches. The Tar Heels received 63 of a possible 64 points, and all but one of the first place votes. North Carolina, holder of 17 national championships and the last 12 […]