Monthly Archives: September 2002

Goalkeeper Laura Snell (Auburn), Fr. Stepped in for U-19 backup Megan Rivera, stopped 2 breakaways and surrendered just one goal — a PK — in Tigers' wins over West Virginia, Evansville. Defenders Breanna Boyd (Nebraska), Sr. Canadian national-teamer sparked Cornhusker defense in 1-1 tie with North Carolina, shutout over Wisconsin. Heather Forsyth (Illinois State), So. […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Middlesborough, 0-1 Started: 90 minutes. Friedel was beaten on a gamewinner by Joseph Desire Job from six yards out. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Southampton, 2-1 Started: 90 minutes. Keller was hailed for a 24th minute save of a Paul Telfer shot and a 75th minute stop […]

9/3 Ranking … Team (Record) … 8/27 Ranking 1. Virginia (2-0-0) 2 2. North Carolina (2-0-0) 3 3. Stanford (1-0-0) 4 4. Indiana (0-0-2) 1 5. Clemson (1-0-1) 8 6. UCLA (2-0-0) 12 7. Portland (2-0-0) 15 8. Connecticut (0-1-0) 5 9. St. John's (0-1-0) 6 10. Furman (1-0-0) 13 11. San Diego (2-0-0) 20 […]

Losses by West Coast College powers Portland and Santa Clara, the Nos. 2 and 3 teams in Soccer America's College Women's Preseason Top 25, led to a revamping of the rankings after the first weekend of the season, with Stanford vaulting into the Top 5 and four schools — including Utah — jumping into the […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor BEST GOAL: Landon Donovan stormed past four opponents to polish off a one-two with Manny Lagos and score San Jose's second goal in its 4-2 loss to D.C. United. A close second is Carlos Ruiz's second goal in the Galaxy's 3-0 defeat of New York. A clever chip from Cobi […]

Five of the eight Soccer America Top 25 matchups on the first weekend of the men's college season ended in stalemates. No. 1 Indiana tied No. 9 Rutgers, 0-0, and No. 8 Clemson, 1-1. No. 11 Saint Louis and No. 21 Wake Forest tied, 1-1, at North Carolina. No. 16 SMU and No. 17 Wisconsin-Milwaukee […]

OPENING NIGHTMARE: A strange first day to the college season saw the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 teams fail to win. Top-ranked North Carolina needed a 73rd-minute Alyssa Ramsey goal to gain a 1-1 tie at No. 11 Nebraska on Friday. No. 2 Portland was upset at BYU, 2-1, on two Jeni Willardson-Viernes strikes, the […]

GERMAN CUP, First Round * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Eintracht Trier (2-0) Started: 90 minutes. Sanneh, playing in the central defense, was NurembergÆs highest rated player according to Kicker Magazine, which gave him a B rating. * Greg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) at Burghausen (2-0) DNP. * Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) at Aalen […]

MLS Playoff Race Standings (8 teams qualify) 1. x*San Jose (25 games) 42 points (+11 goal difference) 2. *Columbus (25) 35 (+1) 3. x Los Angeles (25) 42 (+8) 4. x Dallas (25) 40 (+3) 5. x Colorado (26) 39 (-6) 6. Kansas City (26) 35 (-7) 7. Chicago (25) 34 (+7) 8. MetroStars (24) […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Middlesborough, 0-1 Started: 90 minutes. Friedel was beaten on a gamewinner by Joseph Desire Job from six yards out. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Southampton, 2-1 Started: 90 minutes. Keller was hailed for a 24th minute save of a Paul Telfer shot and a 75th minute stop […]

Sept. 1 in Denver Colorado 3 Dallas 2. Goals: Henderson pen. 12, Kingsley (Valderrama, Chung) 21, Carrieri (Valderrama) 87; Johnson (O'Brien, Bussey) 34, Martinez (Rhine, Rodriguez) 67. Colorado — Kramer, Titus, Fraser, Herdsman, Hart (Spencer, 69), Mastroeni, Chung, Kingsley, Valderrama, Henderson, Carrieri. Dallas — Jordan, Morrison, Bonseu, Olivares (Martinez, 54), Bussey, Rodriguez, Behncke, Stone (Deering, […]

University of North Carolina forward Lindsay Tarpley's golden goal 19 minutes into overtime Sunday lifted the United States to the title at the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with a thrilling 1-0 victory over host Canada. Tarpley deposited a rebound of her own shot to end the stalemate and deliver the trophy to the […]

Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard SCHEDULE and RESULTS (Aug. 30-Sept. 2) Ties were the order of the day as three of the four Soccer America Top 25 matchups on the first two days of the men's college season ended in stalemates. The No. 1 Indiana tied No. 8 Rutgers, 0-0, and No. Clemson, 1-1. […]