Monthly Archives: November 2002

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Everton, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Friedel, who was schedule to undergo knee surgery after the game, was scored on by Kevin Campbell in the 19th minute. * Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL) at Blackburn, 1-0. DNP. Not on bench. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Arsenal, 0-3. Started: 90 […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Everton, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Friedel, who was schedule to undergo knee surgery after the game, was scored on by Kevin Campbell in the 19th minute. * Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL) at Blackburn, 1-0. DNP. Not on bench. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Arsenal, 0-3. Started: 90 […]

NAIA REGIONAL FINALS Saturday, Nov. 9 III: Mary, N.D. 3 St. Scholastica, Minn. 0 Saturday, Nov. 16 I: Concordia, Ore. 4 Western Baptist, Ore. 1 II: Westmont, Calif. 1 Azusa Pacific, Calif. 0 IV: Park, Mo. 3 St. Mary, Neb. 0 V: Lindenwood, Mo. 2 Missouri Baptist 0 VI: Oklahoma Christian 0 Oklahoma City 0 […]

St. John's got a last-minute goal to force overtime, then triumphed on penalty kicks Sunday to capture the East Coast Athletic Conference Division I women's soccer title. Goalkeeper Tina Fogg stopped three penalties as the host Red Storm (10-6-5), the top seed in the four-team invitational tournament, outfired Cornell, 3-1, in the shootout following a […]

Corinne Diacre scored nine minutes into the second half and France outclassed England, 1-0, Saturday in Saint-Etienne to claim its place in next year's Women's World Cup in China. The French finished off a 2-0 aggregate victory before more than 23,000 at Geoffroy Guichard Stadium, a national attendance record for women's soccer. WUSA MVP Marinette […]

Christine Sinclair scored her third and fourth postseason goals — and her 19th and 20th of the season — to lead No. 7 Portland past Utah, 3-0, Saturday in an NCAA Division I women's soccer third-round match at Provo, Utah. Sinclair, who has scored an additional 17 goals for Canada's U-19 and full national teams […]

Erin McCallum scored one goal and set up another as SMU upset No. 11 Texas in an NCAA Division I women's soccer first-round match for the second successive year, edging the Longhorns, 2-1, Friday at College Station, Texas. Kim Harvey finished McCallum's deflected shot in the 27th minute, her 16th goal of the season, and […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Saturday, Nov. 16 DIVISION I Second round Portland 3 Utah 0 DIVISION II Second round Franklin Pierce 2 Merrimack 1 (OT) Nebraska-Omaha 3 Truman State 0 Northern Kentucky 2 Ashland 1 (OT) North Florida 1 Kennesaw State 1 (North Florida advances on penalties, 5-4) Christian Brothers 2 Barry 1 DIVISION III Second round […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Friday, Nov. 15 DIVISION I First round Stanford 4 Cal Poly 0 California 2 Denver 0 Notre Dame 3 Ohio State 1 Purdue 1 Eastern Illinois 1 (Purdue advances on penalties, 3-1) James Madison 1 Charlotte 0 Richmond 1 Clemson 0 West Virginia 3 Loyola, Md. 0 Virginia 3 Dayton 2 Penn State […]

No. 5 Cal lost at Washington, 2-1, on junior Sean Giudice's golden goal at the final horn of the first overtime period to cap a miserable day for the top five teams in Soccer America's Men's Top 25. No. 1 Wake Forest lost for the first time this season when the Demon Deacons fell to […]

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 […]

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 […]

The top four teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 were all knocked off in conference tournament semifinal action Friday night. No. 1 Wake Forest lost for the first time this season when the Demon Deacons fell to No. 11 Virginia, 1-0, on an own goal in the ACC semifinals. No. 2 St. John's […]

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 vs. Virginia TV: Live, 1 […]

The United States qualified for the World Youth Championship for the ninth time when it beat El Salvador, 1-0, Friday night in Charleston, S.C., to clinch one of the two berths from CONCACAF's qualifying group. Once again, the U.S. performance wasn't pretty. Santino Quaranta was red carded in the 19th minute for a nasty foul, […]

Marcia McDermott, who last season engineered a worst-to-championship turnaround at the helm of the Carolina Courage, abruptly resigned on Friday, citing a desire to pursue other interests. McDermott declined the WUSA's offer to exercise the option year of her contract. ''It was an extremely hard decision,'' McDermott said in a statement. ''I really enjoyed coaching […]

Tournament action in the ACC with No. 12 Clemson knocking off No. 14 North Carolina, 3-2, in Cary, N.C. Dimelon Westfield scored two goals and Steven Rhyne had the game-winner in leading sixth-seeded the Tigers past Carolina. They meet No. 10 Maryland, a 4-0 winner over N.C. State, in the semifinals Friday night. In the […]

11/11 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/4 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (14-0-4) 1 Nov. 15 — Virginia (ACC semifinals); Nov. 17 — ACC final. 2 St. John's (12-1-5) 2 Nov. 15 — Connecticut (Big East semifinals); Nov. 17 — Big East final. 3 SMU (15-1-3) 3 Nov. 15 — Bradley (Missouri Valley semifinals); Nov. 17 […]

With many of MLS's American stars on World Cup duty, other players were given a chance to shine in MLS this season. Here's your pick for the 2002 MLS MVP. Results are based on 181 votes. 1% – Alexi Lalas (Los Angeles) 2% – Ante Razov (Chicago) 2% – Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago) 29% – Carlos […]

With many of MLS's American stars on World Cup duty, other players were given a chance to shine in MLS this season. Here's your pick for the 2002 MLS MVP. Results are biased on 181 votes. 1% – Alexi Lalas (Los Angeles) 2% – Ante Razov (Chicago) 2% – Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago) 29% – Carlos […]

Utah stunned No. 17 Brigham Young in overtime on Thursday to set up a rematch with No. 7 Portland as the NCAA women's college soccer tournament kicked off in Provo, Utah. Megan Maxwell's 25-yard blast from a short feed on free kick ended the suspense nine minutes into the extra period, sending the Utes (13-3-3) […]

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 vs. Virginia Maryland vs. Clemson Final Nov. 17 in Cary, N.C. TV: Live, 1 p.m., Fox Sports Net South, Comcast […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Thursday, Nov. 14 DIVISION I First round Utah 3 Brigham Young 2 (OT) Portland 3 Idaho State 0 DIVISION III First round Bridgewater State 0 Western New England 0 (Bridgewater State advances on penalties, 1-0)

COLLEGE WOMEN: NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT Seeds 1. Stanford (18-1-1), Pacific-10 Conference 2. North Carolina (17-1-4), Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Pepperdine (16-1-2), West Coast Conference 4. Connecticut (18-2-1), Big East Conference 5. West Virginia (17-2-1), Big East Conference 6. Santa Clara (15-4-1), West Coast Conference 7. UCLA (16-3-0), Pacific-10 Conference 8. Portland (14-4-2), West Coast […]

U.S. keeper Brad Friedel's UEFA Cup run has come to end following Blackburn's 2-0 loss yesterday to Glasgow Celtic in Blackburn. Celtic prevailed, 3-0, on aggregate. Friedel was rarely tested in the game and had little chance on the goals by Henrik Larsson and Chris Sutton. John O'Brien remains the only American whose team remains […]