Monthly Archives: September 2003

No. 2 Stanford lost twice at home in three days, sending new coach to his first defeats. Both losses were to WCC powers. Once again, No. 15 Portland was victorious at Maloney Field, winning, 1-0, Friday night on Jennifer Tuttle's goal in the 32nd minute. Two days later, it was No. 11 Pepperdine's turn, also […]

Qualifying for the 2006 World Cup began Sept. 6 in South America, where Chile pulled an upset when it came from two goals down after 36 minutes to tie host Argentina, 2-2. Defending champion Brazil won, 2-1, over Colombia in Barranquilla thanks to a second-half goal from its under-23 star, Kaka. Qualifying for Germany '06 […]

Sept. 6-7 Argentina 2 (K.Gonzalez 32, Aimar 36) Chile 2 (Milosevic 60, Navia 77). Ecuador 2 (Espinoza 6, C.Tenorio 67) Venezuela 0. Peru 4 (Solano 34, Mendoza 42, Jorge Soto 83, Farfan 90) Paraguay 1 (Gamarra 24). Uruguay 5 (Forlan 17, Chevanton 40, 60, Abeijon 82, Bueno 87) Bolivia 0. Colombia 1 (Angel 39) Brazil […]

The United States got the first look at its opponent in the second round 2004 Olympic men's qualifying Sunday when Dominica and St. Kitts & Nevis battled in the first leg of their first-round series in Grand Bay, Dominica. Jevon Francis' 30-minute goal gave the visiting team a 1-0 victory to the dismay of 3,000 […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PRESEASON RANK 1 UCLA (3-1-0) 1 9/5 — at Maryland (0-1); 9/7 — Virginia (4-0). 2 Maryland (4-0-0) 2 9/5 — UCLA (1-0); 9/7 — American (2-1). 3 Wake Forest (3-0-0) 4 9/5 — at Virginia Tech (1-0). 4 Notre Dame (1-1-1) 3 9/6 — St. John's (0-3). 5 North Carolina (3-0-1) 16 […]

Quarterfinals, First Leg Sept. 5 Rochester 2 (Mladenov 8, Miller 50) Montreal 1 (Ze Roberto 84). Milwaukee 1 (Howes 14) Minnesota 0. Virginia Beach 1 (Lassiter 18) Charleston 0. Seattle 0 Vancouver 0. Quarterfinals, Second Leg Sept. 7 Montreal 0 Rochester 0. (Rochester wins 2-1 on aggregate) Charleston 4 (Goos 3, Henderson 14, 71, own […]

Shannon Boxx on Sunday made another strong argument for a starting job once the Women's World Cup begins, scoring her second goal in as many games with the U.S. women's team in a 5-0 romp over Mexico in the Americans' final pre-Cup friendly. Abby Wambach scored a beautiful goal and missed, by inches, at least […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PRESEASON RANK 1 UCLA (2-0-0) 1 9/5 — at Maryland (Maryland/adidas Soccer Classic); 9/7 — Virginia (Maryland/adidas Soccer Classic). 2 Maryland (2-0-0) 2 9/5 — UCLA (Maryland/adidas Soccer Classic); 9/7 — American (Maryland/adidas Soccer Classic). 3 Wake Forest (2-0-0) 4 9/5 — at Virginia Tech. 4 Notre Dame (1-0-1) 3 9/6 — St. […]

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

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor U.S. women's national team midfielders Aly Wagner and Angela Hucles swapped WUSA clubs on Wednesday in the biggest trade in the league's brief history. Wagner, considered one of the best, perhaps the best, passers in the women's game, was sent by the San Diego Spirit to the Boston Breakers in […]

GOALKEEPER Melissa Onstad (Oregon State), Fr. (1) Debuts with 4-save shutout in 1-0 victory at SDSU, 12 saves in 0-0 tie at USD. DEFENDERS Danielle Castro (Florida Atlantic), Sr. (1) Scores 45-yard goal in 95th minute to beat Loyola (Md.), 2-1; sweeper leads defense in 1-0 upset of Indiana. Keeley Dowling (Tennessee), Jr. (1) All-American […]

GOALKEEPER Jeff Wiese (Oakland), Sop. (1) Leads Golden Grizzlies to a share of Portland Nike Tournament title with four saves in 2-1 win over Portland and four saves, three in overtime, in 1-1 tie with Washington. DEFENDERS Clay Halite (Pittsburgh), Sr. (1) Panthers captain anchors young defense in 1-0 upset win over then-No. 14 Boston […]

Atlanta Beat midfielder Homare Sawa and Yayoi Kobayashi, who trained with the Beat during the 2003 preseason, head Japan coach Eiji Ueda's 20-woman roster announced Wednesday for the Women's World Cup. Sawa and Kobayashi are among six players returning to the squad from the 1999 World Cup. The others are goalkeeper Nozomi Yamago, defender Hiromi […]

ENGLAND (League) * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Chelsea, 2-2. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) at Southampton, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Man U went down after keeper Howard misjudged Graeme Le Saux's corner kick and James Beattie headed into an open net from […]

As soon as Home Depot Center was enveloped in silence, a pregame tribute to Clive Charles, Shannon MacMillan knew watching from the bench wouldn't be enough. The veteran forward, who played for Charles at the University of Portland and considered him a father figure, on Monday night made her first appearance in a match since […]

By Ridge Mahoney The Quakes lose but clinch a playoff spot when the Burn falls in L.A. … The latest round of the Hunt Cup goes to the Crew. … Colorado wins in San Jose for the second time this season. … Chicago is struck by a Brown-out. BEST GOAL: Mark Chung scored the 50th […]

UP TO CHALLENGE: Lindsay Tarpley's hat trick guided No. 1 North Carolina in a rout over Washington State, and Lori Chalupny scored both goals, the winner in overtime, to lift the Tar Heels past Washington to win the Pac-10/ACC Challenge in Seattle. The unranked Huskies beat Maryland in overtime as Tina Frimpong scored twice. GATORS […]

Record Last week 1. North Carolina (2-0-0) 1 2. Stanford (1-0-0) 2 3. UCLA (1-0-1) 3 4. Santa Clara (1-0-1) 4 5. Notre Dame (2-0-0) 6 6. Virginia (1-0-0) 9 7. Texas (1-1-0) 5 8. Florida (2-0-0) NR 9. Tennessee (2-0-0) 12 10. West Virginia (0-1-0) 11 11. Pepperdine (1-1-0) 10 12. Duke (2-0-0) 24 […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PRESEASON RANK 1 UCLA (2-0-0) 1 2 Maryland (2-0-0) 2 3 Wake Forest (2-0-0) 4 4 Notre Dame (1-0-1) 3 5 North Carolina (2-0-0) 16 6 Stanford (0-0-0) 6 7 Creighton (1-0-1) 9 8 Indiana (1-0-1) 10 9 SMU (1-0-0) 12 10 Saint Louis (2-0-0) 13 11 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2-0-0) 15 12 VCU (2-0-0) […]

WUSA stars Maren Meinert and Steffi Jones, who had retired from the German women's national team following its home triumph two years ago at the European Championship, have returned to the team for the upcoming Women's World Cup. Meinert, the 2003 WUSA MVP with the Boston Breakers, and Jones, a critical component of the Washington […]

UCLA, the top-ranked team in the Soccer America Men' College Preseason Top 25, opened the defense of its NCAA Division I title with a 5-2 win over Penn State at the Cal State Fullerton Soccer Town Classic and followed that victory up with a 1-0 win over Ohio State. Like in the Bruins' 7-1 win […]

RANK/TEAM (2003 RECORD) 1 UCLA (2-0-0) 8/29 — Penn State (5-2); 8/31 — Ohio State (1-0). 2 Maryland (2-0-0) 8/29 — Furman (1-0); 8/31 — Butler (4-0). 3 Notre Dame (1-0-1) 8/29 — UAB (0-0, OT); 8/30 — California (2-1, OT). 4 Wake Forest (2-0-0) 8/29 — Connecticut (2-0); 8/30 — St. John's (3-1). 5 […]