Monthly Archives: October 2002

Kevin Terry, who has officiated in MLS since its inaugural season of 1996, has been named 2002 MLS Referee of the Year. The native of London, England has refereed 77 MLS regular-season games since 1996, including 11 in 2002. Paul Tamberino, who took the honor for the past four seasons, retired after the 2001 season […]

Steve Nicol, who guided New England to its first MLS Cup appearance in club history, is MLS's Coach of the Year. Nicol replaced Fernando Clavijo May 23 after the team stumbled to a 2-4-1 start. He guided New England to a 10-10-1 record, which included a six-game unbeaten streak to close out the season. Under […]

Columbus Crew midfielder Kyle Martino has been named the 2002 MLS Rookie of the Year. Martino, a Westport, Conn., native, started 15 of his 22 appearances for the Crew. A Project-40 player out of the University of Virginia, Martino finished the year with 2 goals and 5 assists. Other finalists were Brad Davis of the […]

April Heinrichs has named 15 WUSA players, two collegians and a high school to her 18-player roster for the U.S.-hosted CONCACAF Gold Cup (Oct. 27-Nov. 9), which also serves as the region's qualifying tournament for next year's Women's World Cup. The winner and runner-up will qualify automatically for the 2003 Women's World Cup in China […]

GOALKEEPER Greg Tait, Notre Dame, Sr. (1) Has four saves, filling in for the injured Chris Sawyer, to help Irish beat Boston College (1-0 in overtime). DEFENDERS Taylor Graham (Stanford), Sr. (1) Leads defense in shutout wins over No. 18 Oregon State (1-0 in OT) and Washington (2-0). Michael Parkhurst (Wake Forest), Fr. (1) Key […]

Soccer is everywhere on television. Its possible to watch MLS, the WUSA and the A-League, as well as many foreign leagues, on a regular basis during their seasons. Heres your chance to let us know your TV viewing habits. How much do you watch each of the following? Results are based on 376 votes. MLS […]

Goalkeeper Gretchen Lear (North Carolina State), Sr. (1) Ties ACC record with 19 saves, staring down 45 shots to lead Wolfpack past North Carolina for the first time. Defenders Lana Bowen (Santa Clara), Soph. (1) Left back dishes an assist, leads effort limiting San Diego to two shots on goal in Broncos' 3-0 WCC triumph […]

San Jose's Joe Cannon has been named 2002 Goalkeeper of the Year, Chicago's Carlos Bocanegra has been selected as the 2002 Defender of the Year and Chris Klein was been named the 2002 Comeback Player of the Year. Colorado's Mark Chung, 32, won the individual 2002 MLS Fair Play Award. He finished the season without […]

Soccer America Men's College Top 25 (Oct. 14) 10/14 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/7 Ranking 1 St. John's (9-1-2) 1 2 Wake Forest (9-0-2) 2 3 Indiana (10-1-2) 3 4 Clemson (9-1-1) 4 5 Stanford (11-1-0) 5 6 UCLA (6-1-2) 6 7 Connecticut (10-2-0) 7 8 Loyola Marymount (11-0-2) 9 9 SMU (10-1-2) 8 […]

Stanford is back on top of Soccer America's College Women's Top 25 after opening its Pacific-10 Conference slate with road victories over USC and UCLA. The Cardinal, which occupied the No. 1 spot two weeks ago, before a narrow loss to North Carolina, moves up from No. 2 after the Tar Heels were upset by […]

Good week for top-ranked teams The top seven teams in Soccer America's Top 25 won all their games last week. No. 1 St. John's toppled Rutgers, 3-1, in a Big East battle in which Rutgers' only tally came on an own goal. Andre Schmid, Rich Bradley, and Timothy O'Neill scored for St. John's. No. 2 […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor REVS REDUX: The team of destiny will meet the epitome of ill fortune in MLS Cup 2002. New England's 2-2 tie with Columbus gave the Revs that semifinal series, 5 points to 2, and set up a showdown with three-time final-game loser Los Angeles Sunday at Gillette Stadium. As as […]

It was a week of holding rank in men's college soccer. Just three Top 25 teams lost to opponents ranked below them entering last week. Boston College, North Carolina and Hofstra lost to unranked Notre Dame, Virginia Commonwealth and Towson, respectively. The only other losses by Top 25 teams came against the upper echelon teams. […]

Overseas leagues were idle this week due to qualifying matches for the European championships. American goalkeeper Jonny Walker, playing with Universidad Catolica in the Chilean first division, was knocked unconcious during his team's 1-1 draw with Universidad de Chile. * Jonny Walker (Universidad Catolica, D1) vs. Universidad de Chile, 1-1. Started: 72 minutes. With the […]

FIRST TIME: North Carolina State beat No. 1 North Carolina for the first time on Thursday, pulling out a 2-1 triumph as Adrienne Barnes and Lindsey Underwood scored goals and goalkeeper Gretchen Lear, facing 45 shots, tied an Atlantic Coast Conference record with 19 saves. The Wolfpack had lost 30 games and tied twice — […]

1. North Carolina (10-1-2) 10/10 vs. North Carolina State at Cary, N.C. (1-2), 10/12 at Clemson (2-1 OT) 2. Stanford (11-1-0) 10/11 at USC (2-0), 10/13 at UCLA (1-0) 3. Portland (11-2-1) 10/13 at Gonzaga (4-1) 4. Texas (10-2-1) 10/11 vs. Texas Tech (5-1), 10/13 vs. Baylor (3-1) 5. UCLA (9-3-0) 10/11 vs. California (1-0), […]

The New England Revolution has reached the MLS championship game for the first time in its history thanks to a 2-2 tie with the Columbus Crew in Game 3 of their semifinal series. The tie gave New England a 5 points to 2 points victory. The Revs had beaten the Crew, 1-0, in Game 2 […]

Former U.S. U-17 player Gray Griffin, a freshman at Furman, was killed in a car accident Friday morning when his SUV overturned and was struck by a tractor-trailer on I-85, according to the South Carolina highway patrol. Three of Griffin's Furman classmates were injured in the accident. Chefik Simo of Dallas suffered a fractured pelvis […]

Columbus travels to New England on Saturday for Game 3 of their semifinal series looking for its first goal of the series. In the Game 1 tie (0-0) and in its Game 2 loss (1-0), Columbus failed to score despite playing with a man advantage. Daouda Kante returns to the Crew defense after serving his […]

Tom Sermanni won his New York Power debut Thursday night as Tiffeny Milbrett and Tammy Pearman each had a goal and an assist in a 3-0 exhibition victory over WUSA rival Boston in Wilton, Conn. Sermanni, hired as head coach from the San Jose CyberRays, beat Pia Sundhage, who was debuting as the Breakers' head […]

Adrienne Barnes scored one goal and assisted on the other as North Carolina State stunned No. 1-ranked North Carolina, 2-1, Thursday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference clash at SAS Stadium in Cary, N.C. The Tar Heels (10-1-1) owned a 45-10 advantage on shots, but N.C. State goalkeeper Gretchen Lear made 19 saves and the […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor ''Everyone loves goals but defense wins championships.'' These are words to be expected from a defender — in this case, Robin Fraser of the Rapids — but the MLS semifinals have verified them. New England has pushed Columbus to the brink of elimination by conceding zero goals in 190 minutes […]

No. 1 St. John's extended its unbeaten streak to 11 games with a 3-1 win at Big East rival Rutgers Wednesday. Goals by Andre Schmid and Timothy O'Neill in the first 25 minutes were all the Red Storm needed. The Rutgers goal came on an own goal, the first goal St. John's allowed in 492 […]

Stomping on the thigh of a fallen Jay Heaps will cost ChicagoÆs Ante Razov $2,750 and a three-game suspension. The incident occurred in stoppage time of Game 3 as Chicago was headed toward playoff elimination by New England, which was leading 2-0 in Game 3. In addition to the standard $250 fine and one-game suspension […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy booked a spot in the MLS championship game with a 1-0 win over Colorado on Wednesday night that gave it a 6 points to 0 semifinals series win over Colorado. Carlos Ruiz scored Los AngelesÆ goal while setting the record for playoff goals in one season at seven. The Galaxy has […]