Monthly Archives: September 2002

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

Can you imagine if every MLS head coach was a woman except for one. You can't, can you? When the Women's United Soccer Association kicked off in 2001, every head coach was a man but for one. Remember the uproar? You don't, do you? Somehow it remains acceptable to hire males for jobs that, if […]

Goalkeeper Kristin Weegar (Tulane), Fr. (1) Earns shutouts against Nicholls State and Louisville, makes 11 saves as Green Wave halts Cincinnati's 15-game Conference USA winning streak in 1-1 tie Defenders Daniella Bosio (Pepperdine), Fr. (1) Scores tying goal in 89th minute of 2-2 draw at William & Mary, leads defensive effort as Waves limit George […]

GOALKEEPER Matt Smith (Boston University), Sr. (1) Makes nine saves in a 1-0 shutout of No. 4 Connecticut to lead the Terriers into the Top 25. DEFENDERS Nick Gannon (Saint Louis), Jr. (1) Anchors a Billiken defense that holds UAB to just four shots — and Blazers' top two threats without a shot on goal […]

9/23 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/16 Ranking 1 Stanford (7-0-0) 1 2 St. John's (5-1-1) 3 3 Wake Forest (4-0-2) 5 4 Indiana (5-1-2) 8 5 South Carolina (7-0-1) 6 6 Clemson (4-1-1) 10 7 UCLA (4-1-0) 2 8 San Diego (7-1-0) 11 9 Connecticut (4-2-0) 4 10 Maryland (7-1-0) 15 11 Portland (6-2-0) […]

QUARTERFINALS, GAME 1 (5) Colorado at (4) Dallas, Wednesday, September 25, 8:30 p.m. ET (6) Columbus at (3) San Jose, Wednesday, September 25, 10:00 p.m. ET (8) Kansas City at (1) Los Angeles, Wednesday, September 25, 10:30 p.m. ET (7) Chicago at (2) New England, Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) QUARTERFINALS, GAME 2 […]

Wake Forest and West Virginia continue their climbs through Soccer America's Top 25 this week, winning crucial conference matches and settling among the best 11. The Demon Deacons, off to an extraordinary 8-0-0 start, jumps from 15th to ninth after an impressive 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference triumph over Maryland. Wake Forest entered the Top 25, […]

Sept. 20 in Denver Colorado 1 Kansas City 1 (OT). Goals: Chung (Valderrama, Kingsley) 26; Klein (Preki, Zavagnin) 34. Colorado – Kramer, Herdsman (Stewart, 91), Titus (Hart, 72), Fraser, Mastroeni, Kingsley (Trembly, 93+), Chung, Valderrama, Henderson, Carrieri, Spencer. Kansas City – Meola, Garcia, Talley, Vermes, Klein, Zavagnin, Armstrong, Quill, Preki (McKeon, 99), Fabbro (Brown, 46), […]

9/16 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/9 Ranking 1 Stanford (7-0-0) 1 9/21 — Richmond (6-0); 9/22 — at Dartmouth (2-0). 2 UCLA (4-1-0) 3 9/22 — Loyola Marymount (0-2). 3 St. John's (5-1-1) 4 9/18 — at Villanova (2-0); 9/21 — Wake Forest (1-1). 4 Connecticut (4-2-0) 5 9/17 — at Boston University (0-1); […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor FINALLY! Chicago's victory — which broke a four-game losing streak — not only clinched a playoff spot, it moved Coach Bob Bradley into a tie with Dave Dir atop the all-time coaching list with 82 wins. It also enabled Bradley to tie Dir's record of making the playoffs five times […]

Jovan Kirovski made his English Premier League debut for Birmingham while Earnie Stewart and Tony Sanneh scored goal in wins for their respective clubs this weekend in Europe. In Chile, play resumed as a players' strike ended and American goalkeeper Jonny Walker was back in the win column with Universidad Catolica. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel […]

No. 2 UCLA was dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten and untied when the Bruins fell to Loyola Marymount, 2-0, Sunday in Los Angeles. Yugi Teranishi and Michael Erush scored for LMU (6-0-2), which dominated much of the action. The Bruins' loss leaves only No. 1 Stanford (7-0-0) and No. 20 Yale (4-0-0) as […]

OUT WEST: No. 2 Stanford put on a clinic in capturing its Nike Invitational, notching impressive 4-0 victories over previously unbeaten Oklahoma and No. 24 Florida. The Cardinal got two goals from Marcia Wallis in its opener and a dominant performance from central midfielder Callie Withers in the rout of the Gators. Stanford's defense, with […]

EASTERN GP W L T P GF GA *New England 28 12 14 2 38 49 49 *Columbus 28 11 12 5 38 44 43 *Chicago 28 11 13 4 37 43 38 MetroStars 28 11 15 2 35 41 47 D.C. United 28 9 14 5 32 < td>31 40 WESTERN GP W L […]

Marinette Pichon started the first official WUSA All-Star Game with a brilliant piece of work to fire the North All-Stars ahead, but the South All-Stars answered with a half-dozen for a 6-1 triumph Sunday before 14,208 at PGE Park in Portand, Ore. All-Star MVP Abby Wambach, the WUSA's Rookie of the Year in 2002, scored […]

Friday, Sept. 20 (9:00 pm ET) KANSAS CITY (9-10-8, 35 points) at COLORADO (13-11-3, 42 points) (TV: MetroSports/DIRECTV: 794/DISHNET: na/iNDemand TBD) Key Players Out: Kansas City – D Diego Gutierrez (21 caution points), D Jose Burciaga (torn ACL-L); Colorado – GK Scott Garlick (fractured thumb-L). Referee: Gus St. Silva. Saturday, Sept. 21 (7:30 pm ET […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor WHAT A SHOW: A riveting Act I of the four-part weekend series that will conclude the MLS season played out Thursday night at RFK Stadium. Dallas thwarted D.C.'s desperate surge toward the postseason by beating United, 4-3, in an overtime match of excruciating drama and seesawing momentum. D.C. trailed 1-0, […]

Sept. 19 in Richmond, Va. Richmond 1 Rochester 1. Goals: Henderson (Goodlett) 49; Steenkamp (Lavrinenko) 28. Richmond — Pascale, Stockton, Luzak, Knight, Fox, Hayes (McKay, 88), Goodlett, Ferruzzi (Dotsenko, 77), Williams (Strawbridge, 89), Henderson (Burke, 79), Jeffrey (Lekics, 71). Rochester — Onstad, Demmin, Walton, Bankov, Sedgewick, Lavrinenko, Mladenov, Nash (J.Tanner, 55), Steenkamp, Amani-Dove, Wilson (Suarez, […]

Three Soccer America Men's Top 25 teams lost to unranked teams in midweek action. Sophomore midfielder Federico Bianchi scored in the 66th minute to give Boston University a 1-0 victory over No. 4 Connecticut in Boston. Ryan Glynn and Tim Regan scored late goals to give Bradley a 3-2 win over No. 7 Notre Dame […]

Thursday, September 19 (7:30 pm ET) DALLAS (11-9-7, 40 points) at D.C. UNITED (9-13-5, 32 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: Dallas – M Paul Broome (red card suspension), D Ryan Suarez (red card suspension), F Ronald Cerritos (knee surgery-R), GK D.J. Countess (shoulder surgery-R), D Chris Gbandi (knee surgery-R); D.C. United – D Brandon […]

1962 Guadalajara (Mexico) 1963 Racing Club (Haiti) 1964-66 no champion 1967 Alianza (El Salvador) 1968 Toluca (Mexico) 1969 Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1970 Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1971 Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1972 Olimpia (Honduras) 1973 Transvaal (Suriname) 1974 Municipal (Guatemala) 1975 Atletico Espanol (Mexico) 1976 Aguila (El Salvador) 1977 Club America (Mexico) 1978 Universidad Guadalajara (Mexico), Comunicaciones […]

Pachuca, Mexico's oldest club, won the FC Champions Cup for the first time when it beat Mexican rival Morelia, 1-0, in the final played Wednesday night in Mexico City. Argentine Walter Silvani scored in the 47th minute and Pachuca held on to win despite finishing with 10 players. The match drew 25,000 fans, mostly Pachuca […]

ENGLAND * Marcus Hahnemann, Reading (D1) vs. Norwich, 0-2. Started: 90 minutes. Third-place Norwich was the third team in a row to shut out Reading, which fell to 3-5-1, smack in the middle of the standings. GERMANY * Mike Duhaney, Mainz (D2) vs. Eintracht Trier, 2-0. DNP. * Grover Gibson, Mainz (D2) vs. Eintracht Trier, […]

9/16 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/9 Ranking 1 Stanford (5-0-0) 1 9/20 — Richmond (at Dartmouth); 9/22 — at Dartmouth. 2 UCLA (4-0-0) 3 9/22 — Loyola Marymount. 3 St. John's (5-1-0) 4 9/18 — at Villanova (2-0); 9/21 — Wake Forest. 4 Connecticut (3-2-0) 5 9/17 — at Boston University (0-1); 9/21 — […]

San Jose midfielder Richard Mulrooney will miss the remainder of the Earthquakes' MLS title defense because of a broken ankle suffered in last Saturday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy. Mulrooney played 90 minutes against Los Angeles despite the injury. He felt discomfort after the game and X-rays revealed surgery would be required to […]