Monthly Archives: September 2003

GOALKEEPER Kenna Healy (Wake Forest), Jr. (1) Leads Demon Deacons to a pair of wins over Top 25 teams, recording six saves in wins over Cal (2-1) and Pepperdine (1-0). DEFENDERS Ginny Graczyk (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Fr. (1) Scores first goal of her career in 3-2 upset win over Marquette and assists on all three Panther goals […]

Sept. 27 in Carson, Calif. Los Angeles 1 Kansas City 2. Goals: Moreno (Serna) 5; Klein 40, Klein (Preki) 81. Los Angeles – Hartman, Suarez (Lewis, 58), Lalas, Marshall, Jones, Cienfuegos (Gonzalez, 86), Elliott, Vagenas, Albright, Serna (Torres, 77), Moreno. Kansas City – Meola, Conrad, Gutierrez, Garcia, Klein, Talley (Gomez, 74), Zavagnin, Zotinca (Graham, 89), […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (8-0-0) 1 2 UCLA (6-1-0) 2 3 Old Dominion (8-0-0) 4 4 Notre Dame (6-1-2) 8 5 SMU (7-1-1) 9 6 North Carolina (7-1-1) 11 7 Saint Louis (6-1-1) 3 8 UAB (6-0-2) 12 9 Akron (6-2-1) 14 10 Wake Forest (4-3-0) 10 11 St. John's (5-3-1) 5 […]

1. North Carolina (11-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (8-0-1) 3 3. UCLA (5-1-2) 4 4. Virginia (7-1-1) 6 5. West Virginia (9-1-0) 7 6. Portland (8-2-0) 8 7. Texas A&M (8-1-0) 9 8. Florida (8-1-0) 2 9. Wake Forest (7-1-1) NR 10. Pepperdine (8-2-0) 5 11. Penn State (8-2-2) 10 12. Connecticut (5-2-2) 12 13. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (8-0-0) 1 9/24 — George Mason (5-1); 9/27 — Wake Forest (1-0) 2 UCLA (6-1-0) 2 9/27 — Loyola Marymount (2-0) 3 Saint Louis (6-1-1) 3 9/24 — Western Illinois (4-4); 9/27 — at Louisville (0-2) 4 Old Dominion (8-0-0) 5 9/24 — UMBC (2-0); 9/27 at Campbell […]

In another week that illustrated the parity in men's college soccer, Maryland and Old Dominion maintained their unblemished records, but Saint Louis suffered its first loss of the season. Five Top 10 teams lost at least once. Maryland held on to beat No. 10 Wake Forest, 1-0, and Old Dominion breezed past UMBC and Campbell, […]

ENGLAND * Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL) vs. Tottenham, 0-0. Entered as sub, for Steve McManaman in 85th minute. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 3. Coach Kevin Keegan said City's failure to get maximum points, thanks much to the goalkeeping of Kasey Keller, was ''travesty of justice.'' A stadium record crowd of 46,842 […]

1. North Carolina (11-0-0) 1 9/26 — at Navy (1-0); 9/28 — Villanova (3-0). 2. Florida (8-1-0) 4 9/26 — at BYU (3-2, OT); 9/28 — at Utah (0-1). 3. Notre Dame (8-0-1) 2 9/28 — North Texas (8-1). 4. UCLA (5-1-2) 3 no games. 5. Pepperdine (8-2-0) 5 9/26 — at Colorado College (3-0); […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Columbus, Ohio All that talk about the United States' immense depth was confirmed Sunday as April Heinrichs left Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Cindy Parlow and Shannon Boxx on the bench for the Americans' 3-0 triumph over North Korea. Foudy came on for the second half, but the U.S. stars […]

1. Prinz (Germany), Katia (Brazil) 4 goals. 3. Sawa (Japan), Otani (Japan), Latham (Canada), Mellgren (Norway) 3. 7. 17 players with 2.

QUARTERFINALS Wed., Oct. 1 4:30 pm ET in Foxboro Brazil-Sweden TV: ESPN2, Galavision Wed., Oct. 1 7:30 pm ET in Foxboro USA-Norway TV: ESPN2, Telefutura Thurs., Oct. 2 4:30 pm PT/7:30 pm ET in Portland Germany-Russia TV: ESPN2, Telefutura Thurs., Oct. 2 7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET in Portland China-Canada TV: ESPN2, Telefutura SEMIFINALS Sun., […]

GROUP A Final Standings: TEAM W-T-L GF-GA P *USA 3-0-0 11-1 9 *Sweden 2-0-1 5-3 6 North Korea 1-0-2 3-4 3 Nigeria 0-0-3 0-11 0 *Advances to the quarterfinals. GROUP B Final Standings TEAM W-T-L GF-GA P *Brazil 2-1-0 8-2 7 *Norway 2-0-1 10-5 6 France 1-1-1 2-3 4 South Korea 0-0-3 1-11 0 *Advances […]

Group A Sept. 28 in Columbus, Ohio USA 3 North Korea 0. Goals: Wambach pen. 17, Reddick 48, 66. USA — Scurry, Sobrero (Slaton, 73), Fawcett, Bivens, Reddick, Pearce, Roberts, Wagner, Lilly (Foudy, 46), Wambach (MacMillan, 56) Milbrett. North Korea — Ri Jong Hui, Yun In Sil, Sin (Jon, 26), Ra, Jang, Yun Yong Hui […]

IT'S NOT LIKELY THE BIG, BLOND KID IN THE center of Colorado's defense triggers even the faintest glimmers of deja vu among devotees of the American soccer scene. He didn't dazzle at a big college or tear it up in the A-League. Never has he played for a U.S. team at any age level. Most […]

Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 0 DC United 2. Goals: Olsen (Petke, Stewart) 12, Cerritos (Stewart) 67. MetroStars û Walker, Pope, Addo, Jolley, Clark, Guevara, Lisi (Juskowiak, 57), Williams, DiGiamarino (Bartolomeu, 63), Magee (Wolyniec, 46), Mathis. DC United û Rimando (Warren, 78), Prideaux, Namoff, Petke, Ivanov, Convey, Kovalenko, Stewart, Olsen, Cerritos (Alegria, 96+), […]

Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 0 DC United 2. Goals: Olsen (Petke, Stewart) 12, Cerritos (Stewart) 67. MetroStars û Walker, Pope, Addo, Jolley, Clark, Guevara, Lisi (Juskowiak, 57), Williams, DiGiamarino (Bartolomeu, 63), Magee (Wolyniec, 46), Mathis. DC United û Rimando (Warren, 78), Prideaux, Namoff, Petke, Ivanov, Convey, Kovalenko, Stewart, Olsen, Cerritos (Alegria, 96+), […]

It's true. An American played a major role in the Spanish League last season. Dimitri Piterman had a bought a quarter share of debt-ridden Racing Santander, making him majority owner and president of the First Division newcomer. But Piterman, a graduate of Cal Berkeley, wasn't planning on a luxury-box view of his new team. He […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (7-0-0) 1 9/24 — George Mason (5-1); 9/27 — Wake Forest 2 UCLA (5-1-0) 2 9/27 — Loyola Marymount 3 Saint Louis (6-0-1) 3 9/24 — Western Illinois (4-4); 9/27 — at Louisville 4 Old Dominion (7-0-0) 5 9/24 — UMBC (2-0); 9/27 at Campbell 5 St. John's […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Philadelphia The U.S. women moved to the verge of a quarterfinal showdown with Norway after destroying disorganized Nigeria, 5-0, Thursday night to extend their Women's World Cup winning streak to nine games. Mia Hamm, playing what U.S. coach April Heinrichs called the best soccer of her storied career, dominated […]

Sept. 25 in Philadelphia USA 5 Nigeria 0. Goals: Hamm pen. 6, 12, Parlow 47, Wambach 65, Foudy pen. 89. USA — Scurry, Bivens, Sobrero, Fawcett, Reddick, Boxx (Roberts, 71), Wagner (Wambach, 46), Foudy, Lilly, Parlow (Milbrett, 57), Hamm. Nigeria — Dede, Kayode, Ajayi, Chiejine, Omagbemi, Nkwocha, Mbachu, Okosieme, Mmadu, Avre, Akide. Referee: Florencia Romano […]

Ben Olsen and Ronaldo Cerritos scored to give D.C. United a 2-0 win over the MetroStars Sept. 25 at Giants Stadiums. The teams meet again Sunday in Washington, D.C. They also meet Oct. 1 in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals. Clint Mathis hit the post on a penalty kick in the 36th minute. D.C. UNITED […]

1. North Carolina (9-0-0) 1 9/26 — at Navy; 9/28 — Villanova (at Navy). 2. Florida (7-0-0) 4 9/26 — at BYU; 9/28 — at Utah. 3. Notre Dame (7-0-1) 2 9/28 — North Texas. 4. UCLA (5-1-2) 3 no games. 5. Pepperdine (7-1-0) 5 9/26 — at Colorado College; 9/28 — Wake Forest (at […]

Navy will try to set a national attendance record when it hosts No. 1 North Carolina Friday night. UNC is 9-0-0. Unranked Navy is 7-0-1 with a 34-game regular-season unbeaten streak dating back to 2001. The Midshipmen will be playing at the 34,000-seat Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the first time in the program's history. […]

Brazil pulled the first upset of the 2003 Women's World Cup when it crushed 2000 Olympic champion Norway, 4-1, Wednesday at RFK Stadium. Germany became the first team to clinch a berth in the second round when it beat Japan, 3-0. Japan will clinch a berth in the quarterfinals with a win or tie against […]

Pleas for patience in the Adu case For a brief period at least, the Freddy Furor has subsided. America's teenage wunderkind has gained his first experience at a world championship, during which agents and scouts from around the world observed him and met with his representative, Richard Motzkin. Motzkin proclaimed a deal should be done […]