Monthly Archives: November 2001

American Earnie Stewart finished tied for 23 among the players in the world with eight goals in World Cup qualifying — an American record for a qualifying competition. Leading Scorers: 1. Archie Thompson (Australia) 16; 2. Carlos Pavon (Honduras) 15; 3. David Zdrilic (Australia) 14; 4. Golman Pierre (Haiti), Sayed Bayazid (Syria) 12; 6. Ali […]

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Seton Hall stunned second-seeded Virginia, Rutgers ended Connecticut’s hopes of repeating, and Portland pulled out a tight victory at Washington on Sunday as the NCAA Division I men’s soccer championships field was trimmed to 16 teams. Six teams ranked in the Soccer America Top 20 were beaten, with No. 10 Wake Forest, No. 12 South […]

Florida and UCLA joined college women’s soccer’s final eight Sunday with emphatic home victories in the NCAA Division I Championships and will battle for a berth in the College Cup next weekend in Los Angeles.. Keisha Bell and Crystal Frimpong scored goals in the first 25 minutes to start the sixth-seeded Gators (20-3-1) toward a […]

North Carolina had to rally, Penn State and Portland captured showdowns, and Cincinnati’s Cinderella campaign crashed to a Lindsay Gusick hat trick Saturday during third-round action in the NCAA Division I women’s soccer championship. Rutgers (14-8-1) threatened to pull off one of the most significant upsets in NCAA history, grabbing an early lead on 17-time […]

Liam Connors’ goal with three minutes to play in overtime lifted Redlands past No. 1-ranked Messiah and into the title game of the NCAA Division III men’s soccer championships. Connors scored from an Adam Acosta feed to give the Bulldogs (20-3) a 2-1 triumph over the defending champion on Messiah’s field in Grantham, Pa. Redlands […]

Cory Gibbs, the 21-year-old Florida product who played college ball at Brown, scored his first German First Division goal. But his struggling St. Pauli lost to Cologne in a bottom-of-the-standings clash. Tony Sanneh’s Nuremberg, like Gibbs’ St. Pauli a newly promoted team, tied Bayern Munich on the road. In England, only Brad Friedel and Jovan […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS SECOND ROUND Sunday’s games New Mexico (7-11-2) at SMU (19-0), 1 p.m. CST UCLA (11-6-4) at San Diego (12-3-1), 1 p.m. PST South Florida (15-6) at Penn State (13-4-1), 1 p.m. EST St. John’s (14-2-3) vs. Massachusetts (15-5-1) at Adelphi, noon EST Kentucky (14-5-1) at Clemson (17-4), 1 p.m. EST […]

Richard Stockton claimed its first NCAA men’s soccer title Saturday night when Redlands, which twice fought back from deficits, couldn’t answer Mike McAlamen’s 59th-minute goal in the Division III final. McAlamen headed home Jeff Moore’s corner as the Ospreys (25-1-1), from Pomona, N.J., scored a 3-2 triumph in a constant drizzle at Messiah College in […]

Adrienne Dillard headed home a corner kick in the 62nd minute Friday night and Texas A&M advanced to the NCAA Division I women’s soccer quarterfinals for the first time in its program’s nine-year history with a 1-0 victory over fifth-seeded Stanford at the Cardinal’s Maloney Field. Dillard’s third goal of the season came off an […]

Three-time NCAA champion UCLA rallied from a late deficit, scoring in the 90th minute to force overtime, then pulled out a wild 3-2 triumph Friday over Loyola Marymount in the first round of the Division I men’s soccer championships at the University of San Diego. Tim Pierce’s second goal of the game, after Jimmy Frazelle […]

The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has acquired operating rights to MLS’s MetroStars from John Kluge and Stuart Subotnick, who have served as the New Jersey team’s investor-operators since 1995, a year before the league’s inaugural season. Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, one of the league’s six original operator-investors, now operates five of the 12 MLS teams. […]

G GRANT BURRIE (Butler) (1) Has 11 saves to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-0 win over top-seeded Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Horizon championship D BOB BRENNAN (American) (1) Outstanding on Eagles’ backline in Patriot tournament en route to title in first year in league D ILKKA JANTTI (Kentucky) (1) MAC Player of the Year gives Wildcats […]

Australia beat Uruguay, 1-0, in the first leg of their South America/Oceania playoff series for the final berth in the 2002 World Cup. Kevin Muscat’s penalty in the 79th minute gave the Socceroos the win in Melbourne. The second leg is Sunday, Nov. 25, in Montevideo.

Janel Kaden was the hero for the second successive night, carrying Westmont to its second NAIA women’s soccer title in three years with a second-half strike Tuesday to beat Oklahoma City, 1-0, at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. Kristi Peich beat two defenders and dished to the right for Kaden’s first-time blast, which beat […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena picked 11 uncapped players among 28 MLS players called in for the U.S. national team camp beginning Nov. 25 in Chula Vista, Calif., to prepare for the friendly against South Korea Dec. 9 in Seogwipo (ESPN, delay, Dec. 10, 1 pm ET). Arena called in striker Brian McBride for […]

Lindsey Wilson (23-2-0) is shooting for its fourth straight NAIA men’s title when it hosts Auburn-Montgomery (20-2-3) Tuesday night. Sophomore forward Daniel Chteinberg’s goal with nine minutes remaining lifted the top-seeded Blue Raiders to a 2-1 win over Rio Grande in the semifinals. UAM edged William Carey, 5-3, on penalties after their semifinal game ended […]

Daniel Chteinberg netted his eighth goal of the NAIA men’s championship tournament and dished off for two more Tuesday as Lindsey Wilson captured its fourth straight title — and sixth in seven years — with a 4-0 romp over visiting Auburn Montgomery at Bowling Green, Ky. Chteinberg, a junior forward, teamed with Adrian Llewellyn to […]

NCAA DIVISION I Third round (all times local) Friday’s game Texas A&M (16-3-1) at Stanford (15-3-2), 7:30 p.m. (PST) Saturday’s games Rutgers (14-7-1) at North Carolina (21-0), 2 p.m. (EST) Penn State (20-3-1) at Connecticut (18-5), noon (EST) Nebraska (17-4-1) at Portland (17-3), 1 p.m. (PST) Dayton (16-5) at UCLA (19-2), 1 p.m. (PST) Cincinnati […]

NCAA DIVISION I First-second rounds (all times local) At Dallas Friday: New Mexico (6-11-2) vs. Florida International (10-7), 7:30 p.m. CST. Sunday: Winner at SMU (19-0), 1 p.m. CST. At San Diego Friday: Loyola Marymount (9-6-2) vs. UCLA (10-6-4), 7 p.m. PST Sunday: Winner at San Diego (12-3-1), 1 p.m. PST At State College, Pa. […]

11/19 … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 11/12 1 SMU (19-0-0) 1 2 Saint Louis (16-1-0) 3 3 Stanford (16-1-1) 4 4 Clemson (17-4-0) 8 5 Virginia (17-1-1) 2 6 St. John’s (14-2-3) 10 7 Indiana (14-3-1) 7 8 Connecticut (16-4-2) 5 9 North Carolina (16-4-0) 6 10 Wake Forest (13-5-2) 9 11 Penn State (13-4-1) […]

First- and Second-Round Pairings First-round matches in bold. Florida International (10-7-0) vs. New Mexico (6-11-2) Winner vs. #1 SMU* (19-0-0) Loyola Marymount (9-6-2) vs. UCLA (10-6-4) Winner vs. San Diego* (12-3-1) South Florida (14-6-0) vs. Akron (10-6-1) Winner vs. Penn State* (13-4-1) Massachusetts (14-5-1) vs. Creighton (11-8-1) Winner vs. #8 St. John’s* (14-2-3) Kentucky (13-5-1) […]

U.S. national team veterans Jeff Agoos, Claudio Reyna and Earnie Stewart are the three finalists for the 2001 Honda Player of the Year award. Reyna (Glasgow Rangers) is attempting to become the first back-to-back winner and second two-time winner. Agoos (San Jose Earthquakes) and Stewart (NAC Breda) are first-time finalists. The winner will be announced […]

Luchi Gonzalez’s goal in the 140th minute gave No. 1 SMU a 2-1 win over Creighton to take the Missouri Valley title and conclude the regular season with a 19-0-0 record. The Mustangs are the only unbeaten team left following No. 2 Virginia’s 1-0 loss to host Clemson in the ACC final. Ian Fuller’s first-half […]

The following are the October poll results in which 1,289 fans picked their 2001 MLS MVP. Landon Donovan (San Jose) – 318 – 24.7% Alex Pineda Chacon (Miami) – 175 – 13.6% Peter Nowak (Chicago) – 158 – 12.3% Jeff Agoos (San Jose) – 157 – 12.2% Clint Mathis (MetroStars) – 83 – 6.4% Preki […]