Monthly Archives: December 2002

Long Beach City College's women's soccer team rallied from an early deficit to win an unprecedented third successive California state JC title, beating archrival Cypress College, 2-1, Sunday at the COA Championships in Lemoore, Calif. Santa Rosa Junior College netted three goals in eight minutes to overcome a two-goal deficit and top Fresno City College, […]

CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON ATHLETICS JUNIOR COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Oliveira Soccer Complex (Lemoore, Calif.) MEN Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 7 Fresno City 3 Mount San Antonio 2 Santa Rosa 2 Pasadena City 1 Final Sunday, Dec. 8 Santa Rosa 3 (Howard 62, Briceno 67, Hulme 70) Fresno City 2 (McKinney 2, 39) WOMEN Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 7 […]

Missy Gregg closed a storied college career with a championship Sunday, scoring one goal and setting up the winner as Christian Brothers claimed the NCAA Division II women's soccer title with a 2-1 victory over Nebraska-Omaha at the Virginia Beach (Va.) Sportsplex. Gregg headed home Margaret Saurin's third-minute corner kick to give the Lady Bucs […]

NCAA DIVISION I Final Sunday, Dec. 8, at Austin, Texas Portland 2 (Sinclair 61, 104) Santa Clara 1 (Hawkins 53), OT NCAA DIVISION II Final Sunday, Dec. 8, at Virginia Beach, Va. Christian Brothers 2 (Gregg 3, A. Rask 66) Nebraska-Omaha 1 (Kruse 19)

Creighton moved into the NCAA Division I men's final four with a 6-2 win over Boston College Sunday in Brookline, Mass. JC transfer Damien Westfield set the tone with two goals in the first 12 minutes for the Bluejays. BC cut the deficit to 2-1 at halftime, but Creighton put the game away with two […]

Boston College 2 (Schmidt 43, Krause 61) Creighton 6 (Westfield 5, 12, Tranchilla 46, Jewett 49, Ballouchy 64, 76). Maryland 3 (Mediate 60, 89, own goal 82) Connecticut 0. UCLA 7 (Gregorio pen. 26, Pierce 52, 57, Taylor 76, 81, Frazelle 86, Taylor 88) Penn State 1 (Walters 7). Stanford 2 (Levesque 23, Maliza 32) […]

FRANCE (League Cup) Oguchi Onyewu (Metz, D2), at Martigues (D3), 1-0. DNP. David Regis (Troyes, D1), at Marseille (D1), 1-5. DNP. Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1) at Lyon (D1), 0-2. Started: 90 minutes.

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor in Austin, Texas The promise of Sunday's all-West Coast Conference showdown in the NCAA Women's College Cup final is intoxicating: Santa Clara and Portland are spirited practitioners of the beautiful game — they're the Holland and Brazil of college women's soccer — and their meetings have a mythic quality to […]

NCAA DIVISION I Final Sunday, Dec. 8, at Austin, Texas Portland (18-4-3) vs. Santa Clara (20-4-1), 2 p.m. CST NCAA DIVISION II Final Sunday, Dec. 8, at Virginia Beach, Va. Nebraska-Omaha (22-0-0) vs. Christian Brothers (24-1-0), 3 p.m. EST

Southern New Hampshire 2 (Kagan 45, 66) Mercyhurst 1 (Jungeberg 44). Sonoma State 2 (Doran 62, Boone 104) Central Arkansas 1 (Bell 38) (OT).

Brandon Boone's golden goal gave Sonoma State a 2-1 win over Central Arkansas Friday night and move the Seawolves into the NCAA Division II final Sunday in Virginia Beach, Va. Matt Kagan came off the bench to score twice to lead Southern New Hampshire to a 2-1 comeback win over Mercyhurst in the other semifinal. […]

Maryland 3 (Mediate 60, 89, own goal 82) Connecticut 0. UCLA 7 (Gregorio pen. 26, Pierce 52, 57, Taylor 76, 81, Frazelle 86, Taylor 88) Penn State 1 (Walters 7). Stanford 2 (Levesque 23, Maliza 32) Clemson 0.

UCLA scored six times in 36 minutes in the second half to blow open its NCAA Division I men's quarterfinal match with Penn State and advance to the semifinals with a 7-1 win. The Nittany Lions led, 1-0, until the 26th minute when Adolfo Gregorio converted a penalty kick after Penn State keeper Ryan Sickman […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor in Austin, Texas It'll be an all-West Coast Conference final at the NCAA Division I women's soccer championships after No. 4 Santa Clara and No. 7 Portland scored early goals Friday en route to semifinal victories at the University of Texas. The Broncos (20-4-1), the reigning Division I champions, got […]

NCAA DIVISION I Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Austin, Texas Portland 2 (Sinclair 3, Rozwadowska 58) Penn State 0 Santa Clara 2 (Zepeda 10, 72) North Carolina 1 (Tarpley 79) Final Sunday, Dec. 8, at Austin, Texas Portland (18-4-3) vs. Santa Clara (20-4-1), 2 p.m. CST NCAA DIVISION II Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Virginia […]

Margaret Saurin's overtime goal Friday carried Christian Brothers past Metropolitan State, Colo., into its second successive NCAA Division II women's soccer final, in which it will meet Nebraska-Omaha, a 4-year-old program that knocked off five-time champion Franklin Pierce. Stephanie Kruse scored two second-half goals as Nebraska-Omaha (22-0-0), making its first NCAA Tournament appearance, pulled away […]

The Rochester Rhinos and the city of Rochester announced on Friday that construction on 13,000- to 15,000-seat Paetec Stadium on a 15-acre downtown site will begin in the spring. It is expected to be ready for the Rhinos in time for the 2004 season. Costs are estimated between $23 million and $27 million. The state […]

By Ridge Mahoney For the second time in the past year, an MLS stadium project has run afoul of local politics. New Jersey lawmakers decided Wednesday to delay passage of a bill that authorizes use of state funds for the MetroStars stadium project in Harrison. Earlier this year, the McKinney (Texas) City Council pulled back […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor in Austin, Texas If the NCAA Division I women's soccer College Cup seems to have a familiar look, it's because it does. No. 2 North Carolina, No. 4 Santa Clara and No. 7 Portland — teams ranked 1-3-2 in the Soccer America Preseason Top 25 — are three-quarters of the […]

MLS MVP Carlos Ruiz won't be suiting up for Municipal in the playoffs of Guatemala's Torneo Apertura. The Guatemalan soccer federation decided against Municipal in its claim to utilize the services of the Galaxy star, who has been training with the Reds for the last two weeks in anticipation of playing in the playoff series […]

Dec. 7 in Los Angeles, 7 pm PT PENN STATE (16-7-0) at UCLA (15-3-3) Internet Broadcast: http://www.uclabruins.com With seven goals in two playoff games, UCLA has scored more goals than any other team in the tournament. The Bruins, winners over Loyola Marymount (4-2) and Cal (3-2), have also allowed more goals (four) than any other […]

By Mike Woitalla Bolivia's Tahuichi Academy, whose founder Roly Aguilera died last week of Lou Gehrig's disease, has close ties with American soccer. MLS stars Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno and Joselito Vaca were products of the Santa Cruz soccer school that Aguilera founded in 1978. Six other Tahuichis played in MLS, including Mauricio Ramos (1998-2000), […]

NCAA DIVISION I Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Austin, Texas Penn State (19-3-1) vs. Portland (17-4-3), 4 p.m. CST North Carolina (21-1-4) vs. Santa Clara (19-4-1), 6:30 p.m. CST Final: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 p.m. CST NCAA DIVISION II Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Virginia Beach, Va. Franklin Pierce (18-0-2) vs. Nebraska-Omaha (21-0-0), 5 p.m. […]

ENGLAND (League Cup) * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), vs. Rotherham (D1), 4-0. DNP. * Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL), vs. Chelsea (PL), 1-4. DNP: ineligible. * Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1), at Aston Villa (PL), 0-5. Started: 90 minutes. FRANCE (Division I) * David Regis (Troyes), vs. Lens, 0-0. DNP. * Greg Vanney (Bastia), vs. […]

Goalkeeper Jonny Walker posted a shutout in the first leg of the Chilean League quarterfinals Tuesday. His team, Universidad Catolica, defeated Santiago Wanderers, 4-0. The return leg is at Catolica, so Wanderers would have to win that game by five goals to advance. Walker diffused a breakaway in the fifth minute and Catolica got on […]