Monthly Archives: September 2003

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) 9/1 RANK 1 North Carolina (6-0-0) 1 9/12 — Texas (1-0, OT); 9/14 — Texas A&M (1-0, OT). 2 Notre Dame (6-0-0) 5 9/11 — at St. John's (2-0); 9/13 — Western Kentucky (5-0). 3 Santa Clara (2-1-3) 4 9/12 — at Virginia (1-4); 9/14 — Penn State (2-2. OT). 4 UCLA (4-0-2) […]

Sept. 13 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 1 New England 2. Goals: Jolley (Pope, Magee) 81; Noonan 11, Noonan (Cancela) 72. MetroStars û Walker, Ziadie (Leitch, 80), Jolley, Pope, DiGiamarino, Gaven, Williams, Clark (LeBlanc, 77), Mathis, Guevara, Wolyniec (Magee, 63). New England û Brown, Heaps, Kante, Llamosa, Franchino, Ralston, Cancela, Joseph, Kamler, Fabbro (Cullen, 61), […]

Argentina 1 GK FERRO Romina 2 DF HUBER Clarisa 3 DF RICOTTI Mariela 4 DF GONSEBATE Andrea 5 MF GEREZ Marisa 6 DF LOPEZ Noelia 7 FW ALVARIZA Karina 8 MF GATTI Natalia 9 DF ARRIEN Yesica 10 MF GOMEZ Rosana 11 FW MEDINA Marisol 12 GK CORREA Vanina 13 DF DIAZ Nancy 14 FW […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (5-0-0) 2 9/10 — Loyola (4-0); 9/14 N.C. State. 2 UCLA (3-1-0) 1 9/14 — Cal State Fullerton. 3 Wake Forest (3-0-0) 3 9/13 — at Virginia. 4 Saint Louis (4-0-0) 10 9/13 — FIU. 5 North Carolina (3-0-1) 5 9/12 — Michigan (Nike Carolina Classic); 9/14 — […]

North Carolina puts its No. 1 ranking on the line when it travels to Spring, Texas, to play No. 5 Texas and No. 15 Texas A&M this weekend. At the Virginia Classic, the No. 17 Cavaliers and No. 10 Penn State face No. 4 UCLA and No. 24 USC. No. 7 Pepperdine meets No. 22 […]

In the only midweek contest between two ranked teams, St. John's dispatched Rutgers, 3-1 on its home turf. Maryland upheld its No. 1 ranking by blitzing Loyola (Md.), 4-0. The weekend again features several tournaments with quality inter-conference matchups: No. 5 North Carolina takes on Michigan and No. 17 VCU; Santa Clara tests its newfound […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) 9/1 RANK 1 North Carolina (4-0-0) 1 9/12 — Texas (in Spring, Texas); 9/14 — Texas A&M (in Spring, Texas). 2 Notre Dame (5-0-0) 5 9/11 — at St. John's (2-0); 9/13 — Western Kentucky. 3 Santa Clara (2-0-2) 4 9/12 — at Virginia (Virginia Classic); 9/14 — Penn State (Virginia Classic). 4 […]

MLS has struggled gaining respect in Mexican-American communities. The solution may be playing the Mexican card: drawing Chivas and Club America owners into MLS. The league founded on a business format some equate with socialism is ready to gamble. The American businessmen deemed critical to the growth of American soccer are taking on a Mexican […]

WITH ONLY A LITTLE TREPIDATION, I'm looking forward to the entry of CD Guadalajara owner Jorge Vergara into MLS. Assuming his finances are in order, his bravado will shake up the MLS board rooms and bring more fire to the games played in league stadiums. He's a fresh face and a long-needed new investor for […]

U.S. women's national team coach April Heinrichs and veteran Brandi Chastain talked to the media Wednesday in a conference call 11 days before the Americans' opening game. Here's what they had to say: APRIL HEINRICHS On the similarities between Abby Wambach and Michelle Akers. ''I think as a coach IÆm always reserved to making comparisons […]

MLS: Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Team W-L-T PTS Chicago 11 5 7 40 MetroStars 9 6 7 34 D.C. United 8 8 6 30 Columbus 7 9 7 28 New England 6 9 8 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE Team W-L-T PTS San Jose 12 4 7 43 Colorado 10 9 4 34 Kansas City 7 8 8 […]

WUSA players Unni Lehn, Dagny Mellgren, Anita Rapp and Hege Riise head Norway's World Cup roster. Riise, 34, has made a speedy recovery after suffering a complete tear of the ACL in her right knee on April 19 in her second match of the 2003 WUSA season with Carolina. Also returning to Age Steen's team […]

Eight collegians were named to CanadaÆs 2003 Women's World Cup team. Even Pellerud selected Portland's Christine Sinclair, the 2002 SA Player of the Year, and Nebraska newcomers Sasha Andrews, Tanya Dennis and Brittany Timko, SMU goalie Erin McLeod, Penn State's Carmelina Moscato, TennesseeÆs Rhian Wilkinson and PrincetonÆs Diana Matheson to his 20-player roster. Dennis, Timko […]

China coach Ma Liangxing is bringing 23 players to the United States and won't make a final decision on his 20-player squad until the FIFA deadline. Ma's decision to cut five other players came after the Chinese wrapped up a six-game warmup series with a 13-0 win over South Africa in Dalian. CHINA PRELIMINARY ROSTER: […]

Chile 2 (Pinilla 35, Norambuena 70) Peru 1 (Mendoza 57). Venezuela 0 Argentina 3 (Aimar 7, Crespo 25, C.Delgado 32).

The MetroStars had not played a national team since losing to Colombia 2-0 in 1997. Rookie Mike Magee scored one goal and set up Mike Nugent's game-winner to give MLS's MetroStars a 2-1 win over the touring Chinese national team. The game drew 7,611 at Giants Stadium. China, host of the 2004 Asian Cup, brought […]

GOALKEEPERS Josh Wagenaar (Hartwick) Fr. (1) Extends his shutout streak to 270 minutes in a pair of 1-0 wins against Hofstra and Pittsburgh. DEFENDERS Ryan Cochrane (Santa Clara), Jr. (1) Helps Broncos earn 0-0 tie with Creighton; scored the tying goal in their 3-1 win against SMU. Willis Forko (Connecticut), Soph. (1) Notches a pair […]

GOALKEEPER Ashley Sulprizio (California), Soph. (1) Ties her career high of eight saves, including two in overtime, to help Bears tie Santa Clara, 0-0. DEFENDERS Michelle Biehl (Villanova), Jr. (1) Leads the Wildcats to shutout wins over Old Dominion and N.C. State, giving them four shutouts in four games this season. Jennifer Brewer (Pepperdine), Fr. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) 9/1 RANK 1 North Carolina (4-0-0) 1 2 Notre Dame (4-0-0) 5 3 Santa Clara (2-0-2) 4 4 UCLA (2-0-2) 3 5 Texas (3-1-0) 7 6 Florida (4-0-0) 8 7 Pepperdine (3-1-0) 11 8 West Virginia (3-1-0) 10 9 Portland (3-1-0) 15 10 Penn State (3-1-0) 14 11 Arizona State (3-1-0) 13 12 […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (4-0-0) 2 2 UCLA (3-1-0) 1 3 Wake Forest (3-0-0) 3 4 Saint Louis (4-0-0) 10 5 North Carolina (3-0-1) 5 6 ODU (3-0-0) NR 7 Santa Clara (3-0-1) 15 8 Connecticut (2-2-0) 17 9 St. John's (1-2-0) 13 10 Stanford (1-1-0) 6 11 SMU (2-1-0) 9 12 […]

German Second Division club Energie Cottbus, with Gregg Berhalter marshaling the defense, tied the Iraqi national team, 0-0, in a friendly Sept. 7. The Iraqis, coached by former East German national team coach Bernd Stange, beat Second Division leader Unterhaching, 4-1, on Thursday. The Iraqis' 18-day stay in Germany is part of their preparation for […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The Quakes roll past the Revs, whose playoff hopes took a dent as every Eastern Conference rival picked up points. … Colorado rallies to douse the Burn. … Los Angeles and Kansas City stumble. BEST GOALS: Dema Kovalenko nailed a left-footed, 25-yard blast for the first goal in D.C. United's […]

Sept. 6 in Washington DC DC United 2 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Kovalenko (Quintanilla, Stewart) 3; Olsen (Stewart, Quintanilla) 29; Serna (Lalas, Jones) 51. DC United — Rimando, Ivanov, Nelsen, Prideaux, Petke, Quintanilla, Etcheverry (Eskandarian, 84), Kovalenko, Olsen (Convey, 63), Cerritos, Stewart. Los Angeles — Hartman, Califf, Hong, Lalas, Albright (Moreno, 68), Cienfuegos, Elliott, Vagenas, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PRESEASON RANK 1. North Carolina (4-0-0) 1 9/5 — Kentucky (4-0); 9/7 — Nebraska (6-0). 2. Stanford (1-2-0) 2 9/5 — Portland (0-1); 9/7 — Pepperdine (0-1). 3. UCLA (2-0-2) 3 9/3 — UC Santa Barbara (0-0, OT); 9/5 — St. Mary's (1-0, OT). 4. Santa Clara (2-0-2) 4 9/4 — Pacific (6-1); […]

Another weekend packed with non-conference clashes proved to shake up the Top 25 for the second straight week. No. 2 Maryland squeaked past No. 1 UCLA, 1-0, on a 57th-minute penalty kick by Abe Thompson, helping the Terrapins — playing in front of a record home crowd of 6,143 — ease the sting of their […]