Monthly Archives: November 2002

By Scott French, Senior Editor Notre Dame (13-7-0) at Stanford (20-1-0), Saturday, 7 p.m. PST: The Fighting Irish struggled with injuries to its back line and midfield, but time off — they missed the Big East tournament — has helped, and they've won six of seven. Amanda Guertin (11 goals-11 assists) and Amy Warner (9-8) […]

The NJCAA Division I men's national tournament begins Thursday in Tyler, Texas. The No. 1 ranked Yavapai (Ariz.) heads the eight-team field. The Roughriders, runners-up at in last year's tournament, are shooting for their fourth title. The No. 2 seed is Mercer County (N.J.), featuring Canadian U-20 national team Andres Arango. This year's darkhorse is […]

Host Lindsey Wilson goes for its fifth straight NAIA men's title — and seventh in eight years — at the national championships that begin Thursday and Friday in Bowling Green, Ky., with first-round action. Sophomore Boyzzz Khumalo from South Africa leads the Blue Raiders with 23 goals and 14 assists in 20 games. Ray Wells' […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor National teams made up of MLS players will likely be the norm in 2003. Coach Bruce Arena doesn't foresee calling many of his European-based players in the first half of next year even if matches can be arranged during the FIFA international dates. ''It's not going to happen,'' says Arena. […]

A 23-man Project-40 squad, under Coach Glenn Myernick, will tour Germany and the Netherlands Nov. 22-Dec. 6 for games against professional reserve teams. SCHEDULE: Nov. 26 — Borussia Monchengladbach (reserves) Nov. 27 — Borussia Dortmund (reserves) 3 p.m. Nov. 28 — PSV Eindhoven (reserves) 2 p.m. Dec. 3 — Utrecht (reserves) 3 p.m. Dec. 4 […]

For 2003, MLS is lengthening its regular season and revamping its playoff system. The regular season kicks off April 5 (as opposed to March 23 in 2002) and MLS Cup 2003 on Nov. 23 takes place a month later than in 2002. Also, for the first time league history, MLS will use an aggregate-goal system […]

GOALKEEPER Andrew Nucifora (Fairleigh Dickinson), Jr. (1) Makes eight saves to help send the Northeast final against LIU (0-0) to penalty kicks and stops David Ledet's attempt to give Knights their third straight conference title. DEFENDERS Milorad Djordjevic (VCU), Sr. (1) Scores first career goal in the 69th minute to give top-seeded Rams a 2-1 […]

Defender Cory Gibbs made his seventh league appearance of the year in St. Pauli's 3-2 home loss against first-place FC Cologne on Monday. He came close to scoring in the first half for St. Pauli, which is second-to-last in the 18-team Second Division. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Third Division. St. […]

Nov. 13/First Round Messiah 1 Johns Hopkins 0 Merchant Marine 2 Johnson & Wales 1 Babson 3 Medgar Evers 0 Williams 3 Salve Regina 1 Ithaca 2 Worcester State 0 Otterbein 2 Westminster (Pa.) 0 Hope 4 Dominican (Ill.) 0 Concordia (Wisc.) 1 St. Norbert 0 (OT) Wisc.-Whitewater 2 Marian 0 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 Westminster […]

Nov. 16-17/First Round West Chester 1 East Stroudsburg 1 (East Stroudsburg wins 4-2 on penalties.) So. New Hampshire 1 So. Connecticut State 0 Mercyhurst 6 District of Columbia 0 Rockhurst 2 Lewis 1 Cal State Dom. Hills 2 Sonoma State 3 Incarnate Word 2 Midwestern State 3 USC-Spartanburg 1 Queens 0 Barry 1 Central Arkansas […]

by Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla Ups and downs. That's the life of the professional soccer player, says Claudio Reyna, two days after learning that a knee injury suffered Oct. 28 would sideline him for the rest of the season. ''Injuries happen to soccer players, no matter where they play,'' says Reyna, who left […]

11/18 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/11 Ranking 1 Maryland (17-4-0) 10 2 Wake Forest (14-1-4) 1 3 St. John's (12-2-5) 2 4 Indiana (14-3-2) 4 5 Boston College (16-4-0) 15 6 UCLA (13-3-3) 6 7 SMU (15-2-3) 3 8 Furman (17-2-1) 7 9 Connecticut (15-5-0) 8 10 Stanford (14-4-2) 9 11 Virginia (15-6-0) 11 […]

11/18 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/11 Ranking 1 Maryland (17-4-0) 10 2 Wake Forest (14-1-4) 1 3 St. John's (12-2-5) 2 4 Indiana (14-3-2) 4 5 Boston College (16-4-0) 15 6 UCLA (13-3-3) 6 7 SMU (15-2-3) 3 8 Furman (17-2-1) 7 9 Connecticut (15-5-0) 8 10 Stanford (14-4-2) 9 11 Virginia (15-6-0) 11 […]

DRAW: Richmond (10-7-3) at Old Dominion (9-8-1) Winner at Wake Forest (14-1-4) Coastal Carolina (18-2-2) at South Carolina (11-7-1) Winner at Clemson (12-4-3) Oregon St. (13-7) at Portland (12-5-1) Winner at Stanford (14-4-2) Loyola (Md.) (13-4-3) at Furman (17-2-1) Winner at Va. Commonwealth (15-4-1) Northeastern (11-7-2) at Lehigh (11-7-2) Winner at Boston College (16-4) UCF […]

The U.S. U-20 men's national team, which had earned a berth in the 2003 World Youth Championship, fell to Canada, 3-2, on the final day of Group B play in Charleston, S.C. Canada joined the United States and Panama and Mexico from Group A as the CONCACAF representatives at UAE '03. The Americans trailed 3-0 […]

ACC Regular-season champion: Wake Forest. Conference tournament Quarterfinals: Nov. 14 in Cary, N.C. Virginia 4 Duke 1 Maryland 4 NC State 0 North Carolina 2 Clemson 3 Semifinals Nov. 15 in Cary, N.C. Wake Forest 0 Virginia 1 Maryland 4 Clemson 3 (OT) Final Nov. 17 in Cary, N.C. Maryland 3 Virginia 0 AMERICA EAST […]

ACC — Maryland. America East — Northeastern. Atlantic Soccer — Florida International. Atlantic Sun — UCF. Atlantic 10 — George Washington. Big East — Boston College. Big South — Winthrop. Big Ten — Penn State. CAA — Virginia Commonwealth. Conference USA — Saint Louis. Horizon — Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Ivy League — Penn. MAAC — Loyola (Md.). […]

Following a rash of upsets on Friday night — the top five teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 all lost — the men's regular season concluded with 20 conference champions. (The NCAA Men's Division I draw will be announced at 4:30 pm ET on ESPN News.) Sunday saw two conference tournaments end with […]

11/11 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/4 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (14-1-4) 1 Nov. 15 — Virginia (0-1, ACC semifinals). 2 St. John's (12-2-5) 2 Nov. 15 — Connecticut (2-2, 5-6 on penalties, Big East semifinals). 3 SMU (15-2-3) 3 Nov. 15 — Bradley (0-0, 1-3 on penalties, Missouri Valley semifinals). 4 Indiana (14-3-2) 4 […]

NCAA TOURNAMENTS DIVISION I Third round Saturday, Nov. 23 Notre Dame (13-7-0) at Stanford (20-1-0), 7 p.m. PST Pepperdine (18-1-2) at Michigan (15-5-2), noon EST Nebraska (16-5-3) at Santa Clara (17-4-1), 11:30 a.m. PST Texas A&M (18-4-2) at UCLA (18-3-0), 7 p.m. PST Tennessee (18-5-1) at North Carolina (19-1-4), 5 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 24 […]

No. 24 Virginia used a Sarah Lane goal in the closing seconds of the first half and a superb defensive effort in the second half to upset No. 8 West Virginia, 1-0, Sunday afternoon in an NCAA Division I third-round clash at Morgantown, W.Va. Goalkeeper Anne Abernethy's solid play was critical for the Cavaliers (13-6-2), […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Sunday, Nov. 17 DIVISION I Second round Stanford 1 California 0 Notre Dame 3 Purdue 1 Richmond 1 James Madison 0 Virginia 1 West Virginia 0 Penn State 2 Maryland 1 Florida State 2 Auburn 1 Connecticut 2 Rhode Island 1 (OT) Pepperdine 2 Wisconsin 1 (OT) Michigan 4 Miami, Ohio 0 Nebraska […]

In its first international game since the 2002 World Cup, the USA defeated El Salvador, 2-0, in a friendly in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Ben Olsen and Sasha Victorine provided the goals either side of halftime — Olsen heading home a Chris Klein cross and Victorine slotting from close range after Mathis found him unmarked […]

NCAA DIVISION I CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARIES America East Conference Hartford 4 (Engman 29, Mucha 35, Akerlund 58, 70) Stony Brook 0. Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 6 (Bush 8, Reddick 20, 76, White 42, Murphy 65, Gervais 82) Clemson 0. Atlantic Sun Conference Central Florida 3 (Blagriff 8, own goal 51, Baines 79) Jacksonville […]

GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Hamburg SV, 1-3. Started: 70 minutes. Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 5.5. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. Arminia Bielefeld, 2-1. Entered as a sub in the 43rd minute, with Cottbus leading, 1-0. Last-place Cottbus celebrated its first win in nine games and its first goal after […]