Monthly Archives: November 2001

A few of the league’s biggest names slipped out of the top slots as their teams faltered in 2001. The dilemma faced annually by Soccer America is how to rank players by position when many of them play different roles in different systems. This task is not only complicated by what form of 3-5-2 or […]

11/5 ranking … team (current record) … 10/29 ranking 1 SMU (17-0-0) 1 Missouri Valley tournament: 11/9 Vanderbilt (2-1, OT). 2 Virginia (16-0-1) 2 11/9 James Madison (2-1). 3 Saint Louis (15-1-0) 4 11/7 at Charlotte (3-1). 4 Stanford (14-1-1) 3 11/11 at California (2-0). 5 Connecticut (14-3-2) 6 11/6 St. John’s (2-1), Big East […]

11/5 ranking … team (current record) … 10/29 ranking 1 North Carolina (19-0-0) 1 ACC Tournament: 11/8 N.C. State (1-0), 11/9 Wake Forest (3-0), 11/11 Florida State (4-0). 2 Santa Clara (17-2-0) 3 11/10 Colorado College (4-0). 3 Portland (16-3-0) 2 11/9 at Pepperdine (3-1), 11/11 at Loyola Marymount (2-1). 4 UCLA (17-2-0) 6 11/9 […]

*Host institution for first and second rounds. FIRST ROUND 1 *North Carolina (19-0-0) vs. UNC Greensboro (15-7) Duke (8-9-0) vs. Tennessee (11-6-0) Boston U. (14-5-1) vs. Rutgers (12-7-1) Loyola (Maryland) vs. (9-8-2) vs. *Princeton (13-2-2) *Penn State (18-3-1) vs. Bucknell (12-6-0) Villanova (12-5-3) vs. Pennsylvania (13-1-3) Harvard (10-5-0) vs. Hartford (15-5) Sacred Heart (10-9-0) vs. […]

RESULTS Nov. 11 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 0. Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, M.Andrews, Elcock (Daniel, 75), Mason, Sancho (Belfon, 73), Dwarika, Eve, Saunders, Rougier, S.John, Pierre (McFarlane, 83). USA — Thornton, Cherundolo, Pope, Jeff Agoos, Vanney, O’Brien, D.Beasley (Jones, 46), Stewar, Kirovski, Donovan (Wolff, 67), Moore (Marsch, 82). Referee: […]

11/12 RANKING … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 11/5 RANKING 1 SMU (17-0-0) 1 2 Virginia (16-0-1) 2 3 Saint Louis (15-1-0) 3 4 Stanford (14-1-1) 4 5 Connecticut (14-3-2) 5 6 North Carolina (15-3-0) 7 7 Indiana (14-3-1) 9 8 Clemson (14-4-0) 10 9 Wake Forest (13-4-1) 6 10 St. John’s (12-2-3) 8 11 Penn […]

11/12 … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 11/5 1 North Carolina (19-0-0) 1 2 Santa Clara (17-2-0) 2 3 Portland (16-3-0) 3 4 UCLA (17-2-0) 4 5 Texas A&M (13-3-1) 5 6 Florida (17-3-1) 6 7 Notre Dame (17-2-1) 7 8 Penn State (18-3-1) 9 9 Stanford (13-3-2) 8 10 Texas (14-5-0) 11 11 Virginia (14-3-2) […]

Nov. 11 in Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 0 T&T — Shaka Hislop; Marvin Andrews, Ansil Elcock (Nigel Daniel, 75), Stokely Mason, Brent Sancho (Addison Belfon, 73); Arnold Dwarika, Angus Eve, Dale Saunders, Anthony Rougier; Stern John, Nigel Pierre (Errol McFarlane, 83). USA — Zach Thornton; Steve Cherundolo, Eddie Pope, Jeff […]

The USA wrapped up its qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup with a scoreless tie Nov. 11 in Trinidad & Tobago — a team that had managed only four points in its previous nine Hexagonal games. The game had no implications for either team. The USA had already qualified for the World Cup in […]

No. 1 North Carolina survived a scare in the quarterfinals of the ACC women’s tournament when Maggie Tomecka’s goal was all the Tar Heel attack could muster in a 1-0 win over N.C. State. It was only the third time this season that the Tar Heels were held to a one-goal margin of victory. It […]

11/5 ranking … team (current record) … 10/29 ranking 1 SMU (16-0-0) 1 Missouri Valley tournament: 11/9 Vanderbilt. 2 Virginia (15-0-1) 2 11/9 James Madison. 3 Saint Louis (14-1-0) 4 11/7 at Charlotte (3-1) 4 Stanford (13-1-1) 3 11/11 at California. 5 Connecticut (13-3-2) 6 11/6 St. John’s (2-1), Big East tournament: 11/10 West Virginia. […]

Ecuador (30 points) qualified for the World Cup for the first time when it clinched one of South America’s four automatic berths with a 1-1 tie with fifth-place Uruguay (26). Ivan Kaviedes’ second-half goal set off wild celebrations in Quito. With the result, Paraguay (30) also clinched a berth in the finals. Argentina, which hosts […]

WORLD CUP 2002: Finalists (24) DEFENDING CHAMPION France CO-HOSTS Japan South Korea CONCACAF Costa Rica USA EUROPE Poland Sweden Spain Russia England Croatia Portugal Denmark Italy SOUTH AMERICA Argentina Paraguay Ecuador AFRICA South Africa Cameroon Tunisia Senegal Nigeria ASIA China Saudi Arabia WORLD CUP 2002: Contenders (16) 25. CONCACAF 3 (Mexico OR Honduras: TBD Nov. […]

RESULTS Nov. 7 in La Paz Bolivia (Paz 43, Baldivieso 70, pen. 88) Brazil 1 (Edilson 25). Nov. 7 in Quito Ecuador 1 (Kaviedes 73) Uruguay 1 (Olivera pen. 44). Nov. 7 in Bogota Colombia 3 (Grisales 19, Angel 67, Gonzalez 68) Chile 1 (Riveros 38). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P […]

RESULTS Nov. 7 in La Paz Bolivia 3 (Paz 43, Baldivieso 70, pen. 88) Brazil 1 (Edilson 25). Nov. 7 in Quito Ecuador 1 (Kaviedes 73) Uruguay 1 (Olivera pen. 44). Nov. 7 in Bogota Colombia 3 (Grisales 19, Angel 67, Gonzalez 68) Chile 1 (Riveros 38). Nov. 8 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Samuel […]

Goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who would likely have started against Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday because rival Brad Friedel is not on the roster, wonÆt be joining the USA on its trip to Port of Spain. According to U.S. Soccer, Keller aggravated an injury to his left ankle in training with the national team this week. […]

Having already clinched a spot for the USA at the 2002 World Cup, Coach Bruce Arena has the luxury of using the game against Trinidad & Tobago (Sunday, 2 pm ET, ABC), as the first step in preparations for the finals. On Wednesday he discussed his approach to the T&T game and general team issues. […]

G ZACK WELLS (UCLA) (1) Shuts out Stanford (0-0) and Cal (1-0) to keep Bruins in hunt for Pac-10 title D BRENDAN HANKARD (New Hampshire) (1) Scores first goal in 3-2 comeback win over Drexel and adds two more in 5-4 win over Hofstra D REGGIE RIVERS (James Madison) (1) Assists on both goals in […]

Rosters for the final games (Nov. 11) of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2002 World Cup: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO-USA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Goalkeepers: Shaka HISLOP (West Ham United/England), Kelvin JACK (San Juan Jabloteh), Daurance WILLIAMS (San Juan Jabloteh). Defenders: Marvin ANDREWS (Livingston/Scotland), Ansil ELCOCK (Columbus Crew/USA), Stokely MASON (Joe Public), Cyd GRAY (Joe Public), Addison BELFON […]

The U.S. U-17s ended a three-game tour of Mexico on Friday with a 2-1 over Chivas of Guadalajara’s U-19 team. The Americans’ trip began with a 2-2 draw with Chivas’ U-17 team. In between, they lost, 3-1, to Tecos’ U-19s The U.S. team is comprised of players still training in Bradenton, Fla., from this year’s […]

For its must-win clash at Mexico on Sunday, Honduras has called in Olimpia outside back Geovanni Avila to replace suspended Nimrod Medina. Avila is the only newcomer to the squad that hurt its World Cup hopes with a shocking 1-0 home loss to Trinidad & Tobago Oct. 7. Honduras would join Costa Rica and the […]

Imagine the U.S. national team that just clinched passage to the World Cup next summer. How would it fare in Korea and Japan against other nations that survived the arduous campaign of qualifying? Based on its roller-coaster Hexagonal performance against the likes of Jamaica, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica, low expectations might be justified. It […]

Santa Clara won one showdown, Texas lost another, and Stanford was upset in Arizona as most of the Soccer America Top 20 — everyone below No. 1 North Carolina — is rearranged following Week 10’s results. The Tar Heels (16-0-0) are one week from being the No. 1-ranked team in every SA Top 20 from […]

11/5 RANKING … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 10/29 RANKING 1 SMU (16-0-0) 1 2 Virginia (15-0-1) 2 3 Saint Louis (13-1-0) 4 4 Stanford (13-1-1) 3 5 Connecticut (12-3-2) 6 6 Wake Forest (12-3-1) 7 7 North Carolina (14-3-0) 10 8 St. John’s (11-1-3) 8 9 Indiana (12-3-1) 9 10 Clemson (12-4-0) 5 11 Penn […]

U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna, originally on the roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Trinidad & Tobago, will remain with his club, Rangers, in Scotland. Coach Bruce Arena said he had not planned to bring in Reyna for this match until Rangers requested he be called in. Rangers Coach Dick Advocaat changed his mind […]