Monthly Archives: November 2003

''I'm very happy to get the victory. A lot of good things came out of tonight's game. But you saw some players who haven't been playing [professionally] on a regular basis, who know that they can do a little bit better with regards to the final pass and finishing. While we scored six goals, we […]

Nov. 15 in Basseterre St. Kitts & Nevis 0 USA 6. Goals: Johnson 12, 50, Convey 27, Buddle 78, 81, Eskandarian 87. St. Kitts & Nevis — Benjamin, Challenger (Edwards, 67), Lawrence, Eddy, 5-T.Leader, Harris, Millard, Isaac, Warner, Francis, Jarvis. USA — Countess, Lewis, Borchers, Onyewu, Wingert, Clark (Carroll, 65), Beckerman, Johnson, Convey (Martino, 74), […]

U.S. under-23 team beat St. Kitts & Nevis' under-23 team, 6-0, in the first leg of their Olympic qualifying series Saturday in Basseterre. The Americans got two goals each from Eddie Johnson and Edson Buddle in the win. Bobby Convey, who scored the second goal, and Kyle Beckerman led the U.S. effort with strong games […]

Nov. 14 in Chicago Chicago 1 New England 0 (OT). Goal: Armas (Ralph, Mapp) 101. Chicago — Thornton, Whitfield, Bocanegra, Curtin, Perez, Williams (Mapp, 81), Armas, Marsch, Beasley, Ralph, Razov. New England — Brown, Heaps, Llamosa, Pierce, Leonard, Ralston, Cancela, Joseph, Kamler (Moore, 89), Noonan, Fabbro. Yellow Cards: Chicago — Beasley 65; New England — […]

NCAA DIVISION I Second Round Saturday's result At Salt Lake City Brigham Young 2 (Campbell 12, 35) Idaho State 0 Sunday's games UNC Greensboro (15-6-2) at North Carolina (22-0-0) Purdue (13-5-3) vs. Western Michigan (14-7-1) at Champaign, Ill. Arizona State (13-4-3) at Santa Clara (13-3-5) Nebraska (13-7-1) at Portland (17-3-1) Rutgers (10-6-5) at Penn State […]

NAIA TOURNAMENT Nov. 19-25 at Westmont College (Santa Barbara, Calif.) All times PST First Round Wednesday, Nov. 19 16/Malone, Ohio (16-3-2) vs. 17/Mary, N.D. (13-7-2), noon 20/Northwood, Fla. (10-6-3) vs. 13/Thomas, Ga. (14-5-2), 2:15 p.m. 14/Northwood, Texas (18-2-2) vs. 19/McKendrie, Ill. (12-6-2), 4:30 p.m. 15/Robert Morris, Ill. (17-4-1) vs. 18/Park, Mo. (17-4-1), 7:30 p.m. Second […]

Krissa Campbell scored two first-half goals and Brigham Young became the first team to reach the NCAA Division I sweet 16, beating Idaho State, 2-0, in a second-round clash Saturday in Salt Lake City. Campbell scored a dozen minutes in from Jaime Rendich's cross and doubled the advantage in the 35th minute off her own […]

NCAA DIVISION I First round Friday's results At Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 8 (Tomecka 5, Tarpley 8, O'Reilly 14, Blomgren 28, Randolph 33, Black 48, 85, Morrell 51) High Point 0 UNC Greensboro 2 (Ableman 71, Logadottir 80) Wake Forest 1 (Robbins 90) At Champaign, Ill. Purdue 2 (Coppedge 11, Moppert 69) DePaul 1 […]

No. 15 seed Boston College and 16th-seeded Illinois were upset Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament, but third-seeded Florida and seventh-seeded Virginia survived scares to reach the second round. No. 1 North Carolina and second-seeded Notre Dame won in romps over the two weakest teams in the field, and all five of […]

The U.S. U-23 national team will begin its qualifying campaign for the 2004 Olympic Games Saturday, Nov. 15 at St. Kitts & Nevis in the first leg of the second-round series. The Americans host the second leg Nov. 19 in Germantown, Md. Saturday's game will mark the biggest soccer match in the history of St. […]

Senior editor Ridge Mahoney previews this weekend's MLS playoff action: Revs face formidable Fire power Friday, Nov. 14, 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT CHICAGO vs. NEW ENGLAND TV: Fox Sports World, Fox Sports En Espanol, Fox Sports Net (Chicago), CN8 (New England). DIRECTV: 794; DISHNET: 465. Key Players Out: Chicago – GK Henry Ring (shoulder […]

RANK TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1 UCLA (17-1-1) 1 11/12 — at San Diego (2-2); 11/15 — Fresno State 2 Maryland (16-2-0) 2 11/14 — N.C. State (ACC semifinal) 3 Wake Forest (13-3-0) 3 11/12 — Duke (3-1); 11/14 — Virginia (ACC semifinal) 4 Santa Clara (13-2-3) 4 11/15 — at Loyola Marymount 5 St. […]

NCAA DIVISION I First round At Salt Lake City Brigham Young 2 (Bigelow 12, Fielding 88) Colorado 0 Utah 0 Idaho State 0 (Idaho State advances on penalties, 5-4) NCAA DIVISION III First round Webster 1 Lake Forest 0 Washington, Mo. 4 Lakeland 0 UW Stevens Point 3 Macalester 0 Chapman 3 Whittier 1 Wilmington, […]

Idaho State goalkeeper Shannon Boyle made 13 saves, the last a stop during the penalty-kick shootout, and the Bengals stunned 10th-seeded Utah in Salt Lake City to reach the second round of NCAA Division I tournament. Boyle denied Tracy Stratton on the third round of kicks and all five Idaho State shooters converted, Heather Jones […]

Finalists for the 2003 women's MAC Hermann Trophy (voted on by Division I coaches who are NSCAA members): Player (year, position) school/hometown Chrissie Abbott (Sr., F) West Virginia/North Olmsted, Ohio Nicole Barnhardt (Jr., G) Stanford/Gilbertsville, Pa. Lori Chalupny (So., M) North Carolina/St. Louis, Mo. Keeley Dowling (Jr., D.) Tennessee/Carmel, Ind. Joanna Lohman (Sr., M) Penn […]

Finalists for the 2003 men's MAC Hermann Trophy (voted on by Division I coaches who are NSCAA members): Player (year, position) school/hometown Ryan Cochrane (Jr., D) Santa Clara/Portland, Ore. Cesar Cuellar (Sr., F) Connecticut/Santa Cruz, Bolivia Ned Grabavoy (Jr., F) Indiana/New Lenox, Ill. Adolfo Gregorio (Sr., M) UCLA/Hillmar, Calif. William Hesmer (Sr., G) Wake Forest/Wilson, […]

RESULTS FIRST ROUND (Nov. 12) Greensboro 1. Piedmont 3 Wisc.-Whitewater 1. Hope 3 Concordia (Wis.) 2. St. Norbert 0 Ohio Wesleyan 0. John Carroll 1 Dominican (Ill.) 0 Fontbonne 0 (Dominican wins 4-2 on penalties.) Cortland State 3 Worcester State 0 Wheaton (Mass.) 6 CCNY 1 Virginia Wesleyan 3 Eastern 2 Muhlenberg 2 Gordon 2 […]

U.S. coach Thomas Rongen announced his roster for the World Youth Championship Nov. 27-Dec. 19 in the United Arab Emirates. Eight MLS players and two European-based players are included on roster. Of the players selected, 15 were part of the squad that took second in the CONCACAF qualifying subgroup in Charleston, S.C., a year ago […]

GOALKEEPERS: Erick Foss (SMU) Jr. (1) Shuts out Tulsa with five-save effort in Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. DEFENDERS: Brandon Owens (UCLA) Fr. (1) Tallies Bruins' first goal in rout of Oregon State after contributing to shutout against Washington. Michael Parkhurst (Wake Forest) Soph. (1) Provides stability for Demon Deacons' defense, which shuts out UNC Greensboro […]

GOALKEEPER Lindsey Deason (DePaul), Jr. (1) Made 30 saves — including two penalties in a shootout victory over Saint Louis in the final and 13 in a 2-0 win over Tulane in the semifinals — to lead the Blue Demons to the Conference USA tournament title. DEFENDERS Kelly Campbell (Illinois), Soph. (1) Big Ten tournament's […]

FIRST ROUND (Nov. 12) Gustavus Adolphus (16-1-3) vs. Wartburg (14-4-1) Greensboro (14-3-3) vs. Piedmont (17-4-0) Wisc.-Whitewater (12-5-1) vs. Hope (13-3-4) Concordia (Wis.) (13-6-1) vs. St. Norbert (15-3-0) Ohio Wesleyan (17-3-1) vs. John Carroll (15-4-0) Dominican (Ill.) (18-2-0) vs. Fontbonne (14-1-4) Western Connecticut (13-5-4) vs. Johnson & Wales (12-5-3) Cortland State (15-4-2) vs. Worcester State (11-4-3) […]

FIRST ROUND & SECOND ROUND (Nov. 13-16) Mass.-Lowell (13-4-2) vs. Franklin Pierce (11-5-2) *Winner vs. Southern Connecticut (17-2-1) New York Tech (14-2-2) vs. East Stroudsburg (18-2-1) Winner vs. Dowling (13-3-3) SIU-Edwardsville (16-3-0) vs. Rockhurst (10-8-1) Winner vs. Truman (19-0-0) Findlay (9-5-3) vs. Ashland (12-4-1) Winner vs. Mercyhurst (15-3-0) Barry (15-4-3) vs. Rollins (13-2-3) Winner vs. […]

FIRST ROUND All games Nov. 14 unless noted SOUTH REGIONAL/AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS Tampa (14-5-0) at Christian Brothers (16-1-1) Barry (14-4-1) vs. West Florida (16-3-1) SOUTHEAST REGIONAL/AT KENNESAW STATE Presbyterian (14-5-0) at Kennesaw State (15-1-0) Tusculum (12-4-1) vs. Carson-Newman (12-3-2) CENTRAL REGIONAL/AT NEBRASKA-OMAHA North Dakota (12-2-2) vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (13-5-2) Truman (18-1-1) at Nebraska-Omaha (13-3-2) GREAT […]

FIRST ROUND (All games to be played Friday unless noted.) AT NORTH CAROLINA: 1-North Carolina (21-0-0) vs. High Point (10-9-1) UNC Greensboro (14-6-2) vs. Wake Forest (10-6-3) AT ILLINOIS: 16-Illinois (16-3-2) vs. Western Michigan (13-7-1) DePaul (14-6-2) vs. Purdue (12-5-3) AT SANTA CLARA: 9-Santa Clara (12-3-5) vs. Stanford (10-8-2) Cal Poly (18-1-2) vs. Arizona State […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1. North Carolina (21-0-0) 1 2. UCLA (16-1-3) 2 3. Santa Clara (12-3-5) 6 4. Portland (16-3-1) 3 5. Notre Dame (19-2-1) 4 6. Florida State (13-7-1) 9 7. Penn State (16-2-3) 5 8. Florida (16-3-2) 13 9. West Virginia (15-3-2) 7 10. Virginia (12-5-2) 8 11. Tennessee (15-4-2) 16 […]