Monthly Archives: September 2002

West Virginia and Wake Forest made the biggest progressions in Soccer America's College Women's Top 25 following impressive victories over the weekend. The Mountaineers jumped from 22nd to 13th after beating Virginia in the Cavaliers' Soccer Classic and whipping James Madison, which had begun the season impressively. Wake Forest moved from 25th to 15th after […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor THE EXORCISTS: Los Angeles scored in stoppage time to down the Quakes, 1-0, and became the first team this season to win three straight. On more than two dozen previous occasions, teams with two consecutive wins had failed to notch No. 3. The weirdest example came on Aug. 31 when […]

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 […]

By Will Kuhns, Senior Editor MetroStars coach Octavio Zambrano is exasperated with Clint Mathis, arguably his top player. Zambrano seemed calm but disheartened Saturday night when he heard that Mathis said he unintentionally stepped on the back of D.C. United's Jose Alegria in the 30th minute — a move that earned him a red card […]

9/16 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/9 Ranking 1 Stanford (5-0-0) 1 2 UCLA (4-0-0) 3 3 St. John's (4-1-0) 4 4 Connecticut (3-1-0) 5 5 Wake Forest (3-0-1) 13 6 South Carolina (6-0-0) 11 7 Notre Dame (3-0-2) 14 8 Indiana (4-1-2) 12 9 Virginia (3-2-0) 6 10 Clemson (2-1-1) 2 11 San Diego […]

Rank. Team: Goals scored per game 1. New England 1.70 2. San Jose 1.67 3. Columbus 1.59 4. Los Angeles 1.59 5. Colorado 1.56 6. MetroStars 1.52 7. Chicago Fire 1.52 8. Dallas Burn 1.48 9. Kansas City 1.33 10. D.C. United 1.04 Overall: 405 goals in 135 games for 3.00 goals per game average.

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), […]

It's the magnitude and variety of her gifts, and how she weaves them into a cohesive whole, that has all drooling over Danielle Slaton. She's as can't-miss as they come, a beguiling blend of grace and fury, athleticism and intellect, strength, skill, fearlessness and leadership qualities that have had her pegged since her mid-teens as […]

The biggest crisis of young Junichi Inamoto's career was convincing his parents to allow him to quit high school and turn pro with his hometown Gamba Osaka. Inamoto hardly looked like pro material when he entered the J-League club's youth system at 12. But his meteoric rise is symbolic of the rapid growth of Japanese […]

In a rare occurrence, every European-based American player who was with his first or second division club this weekend saw action. Nine players played 90 minutes, five others came on as substitutes and one played 61 minutes after starting. Kasey Keller, Frankie Hejduk and Eddie Lewis, who normally do not play for their teams, were […]

Iran opened up a two-point lead in Asia’s Group A with a 2-1 win over archrival Iraq in Baghdad on a Ali Daei goal in the 84th minute. Bahrain fell out of a tie for first with a 1-1 tie at home with Thailand. In Group B, China remained unbeaten with a 1-1 tie at […]

Iran opened up a two-point lead in Asia’s Group A with a 2-1 win over archrival Iraq in Baghdad on a Ali Daei goal in the 84th minute. Bahrain fell out of a tie for first with a 1-1 tie at home with Thailand. In Group B, China remained unbeaten with a 1-1 tie at […]

G Peter Billmeyer (Oregon State), jr. MVP of OSU/Diadora Classic with shutout wins over Gonzaga (3-0) and No. 24 Tulsa (3-0) for Beavers, who are off to best start (4-1-0) in eight years. D Tony Lawson (UCLA), jr. Clears shot by San Diego star Ryan Coiner off the line in unbeaten Bruins' 3-1 victory over […]

Goalkeeper Chrissy Dolan (Villanova), Jr. (1) Made 23 saves in three games, nine of them to earn a 1-1 tie at Connecticut, and claimed shutouts in unbeaten Wildcats' 1-0 win over Towson and 0-0 draw with unbeaten Navy. Defenders Mikel Casey (Charlotte), Sr. (1) Surprising 49ers improve to 5-0 as veteran back scores gamewinner in […]

* About 1,600 South Korean schools were closed, or students were let out early, on June 10 for South Korea's game against the USA. …. Korean airline carriers showed the game live in flight. … About 400,000 fans — twice as many as for South Korea's opener against Poland — gathered in front of Seoul's […]

U.S. OPEN CUP: Quarterfinal schedule * Aug. 7 in Uniondale, N.Y. (Mitchel Athletic Complex) MetroStars (MLS) vs. Columbus (MLS) 9:15 pm ET * TBD in Franklin, Wis. (Rampage Sports Complex) Milwaukee (A-League) vs. Kansas City * Aug. 7 in Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl) Dallas (MLS) vs. Colorado (MLS) 7:30 pm CT * Aug. 7 in […]

Three days before the World Cup began, I attended a high school playoff doubleheader featuring the top two teams in Virginia. The first game had just finished, and as I waited in line at the snack bar, a member of the winning team stood behind me. I offered him a copy of Soccer America, our […]

On the first day of the German First Division 2002-2003 season, American defenders Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) started but came out on the losing side. GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, B1) vs. Bochum, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. In the loss to First Division newcomer Bochum, right back Sanneh and all the Nuremberg […]

Indiana is Soccer America's pick to win the NCAA Division I men's title. The Hoosiers have made the final four each of the last five years and won their fifth national title in 1999. Defending champion North Carolina is ranked third by Soccer America's editors, one spot behind ACC rival Virginia. The Men's College Cup […]

Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]

Friday, May 31 in Seoul (7:30 am ET) Group A: FRANCE (0-0-0, 0 pts.) vs. SENEGAL (0-0-0, 0 pts.) (TV: Live, ESPN2, Univision, 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT, Galavision, 7:30 p.m. ET/PT) First, Robert Pires. Now, Zinedine Zidane. France opens its defense of the World Cup without its two playmakers. Pires was […]

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 […]

REJUVENATED BY TRADES: Mamadou Diallo celebrated his trade to the MetroStars from New England by netting the equalizer in his new team's 1-1 tie with Kansas City. Diallo scored on a short-range left-footed shot set up by a combination from Tab Ramos and Andy Williams, who arrived from New England in the same trade. Diego […]

The Columbus Crew recovered from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Kansas City Wizards, 3-2, in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal on Tuesday night in Columbus. John Wilmar Perez, a 63rd-minute sub, provided the heroics. The Colombian scored on a fierce volley from 14 yards out to provide the equalizer in stoppage time. […]

G Soren Johnson (Davidson), sr. Fourth-year starter returns to his native North Carolina and stopped UNC, leading the Wildcats to a 1-0 win with late crucial saves. D Brent Jacquette (Penn State), sr. Makes seamless conversion from midfield to help Nittany Lions upset Virginia (4-2). D Tom Nolan (Marquette), sr. Makes key stop in Golden […]