Monthly Archives: November 2003

RANK TEAM (RECORD*) LAST WEEK 1 UCLA (17-1-0) 1 2 Maryland (16-2-0) 2 3 Wake Forest (13-3-0) 3 4 Santa Clara (13-2-3) 4 5 St. John's (14-4-1) 5 6 Notre Dame (12-3-3) 7 7 Old Dominion (14-2-1) 6 8 Florida International (13-3-2) 8 9 Indiana (11-3-4) 9 10 Saint Louis (12-3-2) 10 11 Virginia Commonwealth […]

COLLEGE: Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard (Nov. 3-9) RANK TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1 UCLA (17-1-0) 1 11/7 — Washington (1-0); 11/9 — Oregon State (5-0) 2 Maryland (16-2-0) 3 11/4 — Bucknell (0-1); 11/7 — Ohio State (3-0) 3 Wake Forest (13-3-0) 4 11/4 — Davidson (1-0); 11/8 — at UNC Greensboro (2-0) […]

The following is the U.S. under-23 national team roster for its Olympic qualifying second-round series against St. Kitts & Nevis Nov. 15 and 19: Goalkeepers — D.J. Countess (Dallas Burn), Doug Warren (D.C. United). Defenders — Nat Borchers (Colorado Rapids), Ricky Lewis (Los Angeles Galaxy), Oguchi Onyewu (La Louviere/Belgium), David Stokes (D.C. United), Chris Wingert […]

No. 1 North Carolina is the top seed for the NCAA Division I women's tournament that starts this week at regional sites. The 64-team field has been divided into 16 groups. The winners of first-round gams Thursday and Friday meet two days later at the same sites to determine the final 16. The Big 12 […]

Pop icon's autobiography seeks to satisfy his fans' insatiable appetite. THAT DAVID BECKHAM is the foreign soccer player who comes nearest to being a household name in the United States of course has something to do with his famous wife, his good looks and the movie, ''Bend it Like Beckham,'' which has grossed more than […]

Germany's always had wonderful players, but experience in big games – and the lessons of the WUSA – inspired a mentality that meant the difference in an impressive Women's World Cup triumph. Nia Kuenzer had no time for any of this ''hero'' talk. No matter that it was her head that had provided Germany its […]

By Ridge Mahoney San Jose reverses a four-goal deficit in most amazing comeback in league history; Chicago and the Revolution hold serve at home to set up an Eastern Conference showdown; Kansas City edges Colorado in one of the craziest 2-0 games ever played to win 3-1 on aggregate. BEST GOALS: These have to be […]

ENGLAND * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) at Liverpool, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7. Manchester United is in 3rd place. Season league stats: 12 games. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Arsenal, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7. Tottenham is in 13th […]

REGIONAL PAIRINGS First-round games at home sites WHEATON, ILL. First round — Lake Forest (14-3-1) at Webster (14-3-2); Second round — winner vs. Chicago (14-3-1). First round — Lakeland (11-10-0) at Washington, Mo. (13-2-3); Second round — winner at Wheaton, Ill. (15-2-3). DUBUQUE, IOWA First round — Macalester (13-4-3) at UW Stevens Point (14-3-3); Second […]

AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE Boston U. 0 Maine 0 (2OT) (Boston U. wins on penalties, 3-2) ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE North Carolina 3 (Tomecka 13, Fletcher 51, Reddick pen. 86) Florida State 2 (Rowland 7, 28) ATLANTIC-10 CONFERENCE Dayton 3 (Yates 21, Kozlowski 45, Kuhl 55) Richmond 0 BIG EAST CONFERENCE Villanova 1 (Jeltema 19) Boston College […]

Top-ranked North Carolina survived a scare from Florida State on Sunday, twice rallying from deficits and finally prevailing in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament's title game on U.S. World Cup standout Catherine Reddick's 86th-minute penalty kick. The Tar Heels (21-0-0) trailed at halftime for the first time this season after Kelly Rowland scored twice to […]

Nov. 8 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 Colorado 0. Goals: Simutenkov 47+, Klein (Simutenkov) 63. Kansas City — Meola, Conrad, Gutierrez, Garcia, Simutenkov (Zotinca, 71), Klein, Talley, Zavagnin, Quill (Armstrong, 46+), Harris (Arnaud, 85), Preki. Colorado — Cannon, Kotschau, Borchers, Fraser, Hart (Carrieri 64), Chung, Beckerman, Mastroeni, Henderson, Spencer, Roberts. Yellow Cards: Kansas City […]

Boston University (America East), 12-5-5 Cal Poly (Big West), 18-1-2 Central Connecticut State (Northeast), 15-2-3 Central Florida (Atlantic Sun), 16-4-1 Dartmouth (Ivy League), 9-5-2 Dayton (Atlantic 10), 14-5-2 Denver (Sun Belt), 18-3-0 DePaul (Conference USA), 14-6-2 Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley), 11-5-5 High Point (Big South), 10-9-1 Idaho State (Big Sky), 10-8-1 Illinois (Big Ten), 16-3-2 […]

1. North Carolina (21-0-0) 11/5 vs. North Carolina State at Cary, N.C. (6-2, ACC quarterfinals), 11/7 vs. Duke at Cary, N.C. (6-1, ACC semifinals), 11/9 vs. Florida State at Cary, N.C. (3-2, ACC final) 2. UCLA (16-1-3) 11/7 at Oregon State (3-1), 11/9 at Oregon (3-2 OT) 3. Portland (16-3-1) 11/8 vs. San Diego (2-2 […]

AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7-9 at Boston University Quarterfinals (Nov. 4) New Hampshire 7 (Wishoski 2, 26, 27, 85, 86, Best 6, 24) Northeastern 2 (Howard 49, Pfeifer 69) Maine 3 (Stevens 39, Crawford 60, 76) UMBC (DiCarlo 18) Semifinals (Nov. 7) Boston University 2 (Cook 29, 86) New Hampshire […]

No. 16 Utah toppled archrival Brigham Young for the second time in eight days, winning the Mountain West Conference tournament — and an automatic NCAA tournament berth — with a 2-0 victory Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Amber Brower and Amanda Feigt scored goals for the Utes, who won the regular-season crown […]

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE Final Central Florida 2 (Montgomery 37, Overstreet 75) Florida Atlantic 2 (Lucena 31, Hoffmann 88) (2OT) (Central Florida wins on penalties, 3-0) BIG SKY CONFERENCE Final Idaho State 1 (Loo 30) Montana 0 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE Final High Point 0 UNC Asheville 0 (2OT) (High Point wins on penalties, 3-2) CONFERENCE USA […]

Seventh-seeded Oklahoma State and eighth-seeded Missouri pulled off more upsets on the second day of the Big 12 Conference tournament in San Antonio, winning semifinal matches Friday to set up a showdown for the title — and an NCAA berth — between the two lowest seeds in the competition. Missouri, which upset top-seeded Colorado in […]

AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE Semifinals Boston University 2 (Cook 29, 86) New Hampshire 1 (Wishoski 64) Maine 0 Hartford 0 (2OT) (Maine wins on penalties, 4-2) ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Semifinals North Carolina 6 (O'Reilly 6, 73, Guess 32, 75, Ramsey 48, 69) Duke 1 (og Watley 24) Florida State 1 (Rowland 63) Maryland 0 ATLANTIC SUN […]

The MLS's Disciplinary Committee fined San Jose defender Troy Dayak $1,500 for ''aggressive, confrontational behavior'' and Los Angeles forward Carlos Ruiz $250 for his role in the altercation. According to MLS's statement: ''As the teams entered the tunnel at halftime of the Earthquakes' 2-0 road loss at The Home Depot Center to the Los Angeles […]

UEFA CUP, Second round, first leg * Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, England) vs. Groclin (Poland), 1-1. Started: 25 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. Taking a pass from Robbie Fowler in the 3rd minute, Reyna faked out two defenders and the Groclin keeper at the edge of the goal area but shot […]

Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney previews this weekend's MLS playoff action: * Home teams listed first. * Series decided on total goals. * If tied on aggregate after second leg, 30 minutes of golden goal overtime will follow, then penalty kicks if necessary. (Away goals are NOT used as a tiebreaker). Klein likely to attack more […]

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE Quarterfinals Georgia State 4 (Feske 3, Chavez 10, 14, Daniel 56) Gardner-Webb 1 (Gladhill 45) Stetson 0 Campbell 0 (Stetson wins on penalties, 4-3) ATLANTIC-10 CONFERENCE Quarterfinals Xavier 2 (Giesting 43, Scarlato 73) St. Joseph's 0 Richmond 2 (Vidarsdottir 69, Ogilvie 102) Rhode Island 1 (Melanie Kasparek 37) (2OT) BIG SKY CONFERENCE […]

Penn State and Colorado made early exits from their conference tournaments on Thursday, among six regular-season champions eliminated in opening-round matches. Fifth-ranked Penn State fell to host Wisconsin on penalty kicks in the Big Ten quarterfinals, and No. 11 Colorado was beaten by Missouri in the Big 12 quarterfinals. Big South co-champions Liberty and Coastal […]

RANK TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1 UCLA (15-1-0) 1 11/7 — Washington; 11/9 — Oregon State 2 Maryland (15-2-0) 3 11/4 — Bucknell (0-1); 11/7 — Ohio State 3 Wake Forest (13-3-0) 4 11/4 — Davidson (1-0); 11/8 — at UNC Greensboro 4 Santa Clara (12-2-3) 5 11/8 — San Diego 5 St. John's (13-4-2) […]