Monthly Archives: October 2004

1. North Carolina (16-0-1) 2 Oct. 28 — vs. No. 21 Duke W 2-1. 2. Notre Dame (18-0-1) 1 Oct. 28 — at Michigan W 4-0. Oct. 31 — vs. St. John's (Big East quarterfinals) W 7-0. 3. Penn State (16-1-1) 3 Oct. 27 — vs. No. 20 Maryland W 6-0. Oct. 29 — vs. […]

Conference Semifinals, 2nd Leg Oct. 30 in Washington D.C. D.C. United 2 Metrostars 0. Goals: Moreno (Adu, Gros) 85, Namoff 89. (D.C. United wins 4-0 on aggregate.) D.C. United – Rimando, Namoff, Nelsen, Petke, Stewart (Hendrickson, 68), Carroll, Gomez (Gros, 46), Olsen (Adu, 79), Kovalenko, Eskandarian, Moreno. MetroStars – Walker, Ziadie (Lisi, 58), Parke, Pope, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UNC Greensboro (15-0-1) 1 Oct. 27 — vs. High Point, W 3-2 (OT) Oct. 30 — at College of Charleston 2. New Mexico (12-1-1) 2 Oct. 28 — vs. Denver, W 4-1 Oct. 31 — vs. Air Force 3. SMU (12-3-0) 4 Oct. 29 — at Bradley Oct. 31 — […]

Wednesday's announcement that three A-League teams — Calgary, Edmonton and Syracuse — have been discontinued reduces the number of A-League teams returning in 2005 to 13 from a high of 30 teams that completed the 1999 season. Here are the teams that have folded or moved down to another USL league since 1999. POST-2004 (16 […]

Former Yugoslavian star Dejan Govedarica bought a 220-pound pig and donated it to the players of Serbian Premier League club Vojvodina, which after months of being unable to pay its players had also ceased to provide them with meals. In addition to the pork present, Govedarica has let players eat on credit at his Novi […]

MLS QUARTERFINALS: The MetroStars will be trying to overcome a two-goal deficit when they travel to D.C. United on Saturday (live, 7 pm ET, FSW & Direct Kick Channel). Los Angeles hosts Colorado, which won the first leg, 1-0, Saturday (live, 10 pm ET, FSW & Direct Kick Channel). San Jose takes a two-goal advantage […]

Three months after being dismissed as coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy, despite the team being first in the Western Conference, Sigi Schmid has been named head coach of the U.S. U-20 national team. Schmid replaces Thomas Rongen, who left the U-20 position for the Chivas USA head-coaching job. Schmid's first task will be to […]

By Ridge Mahoney Some minor incidents and some significant ones highlighted the first legs of the conference semifinals last weekend. D.C. keeper Nick Rimando held the ball for at least 10 seconds twice against the MetroStars. Referee Kevin Stott showed restraint in handing out four yellow cards in a match that sometimes got chippy, yet […]

Daniel Karbassiyoon, a 19-year-old Virginia product, scored Arsenal's winning goal in a 2-1 victory Wednesday over Manchester City in the third round of the English Carling League Cup. Karbassiyoon, making his official competition debut, scored on a sharp drive in the 90th minute. Since signing with Arsenal in the summer of 2003, Karbassiyoon has played […]

(Through Oct. 24) MEN'S SOCCER POINTS RANK PLAYER, SCHOOL CLASS GP G A P 1. Sasha Gotsmanov, Rhode Island Jr. 16 17 5 39 2. Ryan Pore, Tulsa Jr. 14 14 8 36 3. Jason Garey, Maryland Jr. 15 12 9 33 4. Jeff Rowland, New Mexico Jr. 13 15 1 31 5. Alex Harrison, […]

1. North Carolina (16-0-1) 2 Oct. 28 — vs. No. 21 Duke W 2-1. 2. Notre Dame (17-0-1) 1 Oct. 28 — at Michigan W 4-0. Oct. 31 — vs. St. John's (Big East quarterfinals). 3. Penn State (15-1-1) 3 Oct. 27 — vs. No. 20 Maryland W 6-0. Oct. 29 — vs. Navy. 4. […]

Americans Tim Howard, Zak Whitbread and Jay Demerit were all on the winning end of English League Cup victories on Tuesday. For Howard, his start for Manchester United in a 3-0 win at Crewe was his first action since being benched more than a month ago. Whitbread, the former U.S. U-20 and U-23 defender, made […]

U-17 BOYS BEAT CANADA: The U.S. under-17 national team won three games and tied a fourth during its recent stay in the Miami area. The U-17s got two goals from David Arvizu and another from Preston Zimmerman after falling behind early to snag a 3-1 victory over Canada. Two days earlier, the U-17s played two […]

GOALKEEPER Robyn Jones (Rutgers), Soph. (1) Stops nine shots and is flawless in face of a barrage of set pieces as Scarlet Knights hold then-No. 1 Notre Dame to a 0-0 tie, snapping the Irish's 15-game winning streak. DEFENDERS Alicija Bredlo (Dayton), Jr. (1) Scores her career-best fifth goal of the season (fourth game-winner) in […]

Manchester United's 2-0 win over Arsenal on Sunday, which ended the Gunners' 49-game unbeaten streak, has the set off the first post-game food-fight investigation in recent memory. According to British press reports, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson was pelted with soup and/or pizza in the stadium tunnel from the direction of the Arsenal locker room. […]

GOALKEEPERS: Chris Sawyer (Notre Dame) Sr. (1)* Registers his sixth and seventh shutouts of the season as Irish defeated Seton Hall and Rutgers to claim the Big East regular season title. DEFENDERS: Hunter Freeman (Virginia) Jr. (2) Has a goal and two assists in 3-2 overtime victory over Duke, including the the game-tying penalty kick […]

Winners SAN JOSE and D.C. UNITED posted the most impressive wins in the first-leg MLS quarterfinal action, beating Kansas City and the MetroStars, respectively, by scores of 2-0. San Jose, which had gone scoreless in four previous home games, got its goals from Dwayne De Rosario and Craig Waibel, while Earnie Stewart and Alecko Eskandarian […]

MLS Honda MVP Joe Cannon (Colorado Rapids) Amado Guevara (MetroStars) Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) MLS Defender of the Year Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards) Robin Fraser (Columbus Crew) Eddie Pope (MetroStars) MLS Comeback Player of the Year Brian Ching (San Jose Earthquakes) Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) Ronnie O'Brien (Dallas Burn)

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. New Page 1 FRIDAY, Oct. 29 FOX SPORTS WORLD French Soccer MARSEILLE-MONACO (live), 3 pm. SATURDAY, Oct. 30 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League BIRMINGHAM-CRYSTAL PALACE (live), 7:30 am. German Bundesliga BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH-BAYERN MUNICH […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UNC Greensboro (14-0-1) 1 2. New Mexico (11-1-1) 2 3. SMU (12-3-0) 4 4. Washington (10-3-2) 5 5. Creighton (12-2-0) 6 6. UCLA (9-2-2) 7 7. Virginia (13-2-0) 8 8. UC Santa Barbara (12-2-1) 3 9. Wake Forest (9-3-1) 9 10. Indiana (11-3-1) 11 11. Notre Dame (12-2-2) 12 12. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UNC Greensboro (14-0-1) 1 2. New Mexico (11-1-1) 2 3. SMU (12-3-0) 4 4. Washington (10-3-2) 5 5. Creighton (12-2-0) 6 6. UCLA (9-2-2) 7 7. Virginia (13-2-0) 8 8. UC Santa Barbara (12-2-1) 3 9. Wake Forest (9-3-1) 9 10. Indiana (11-3-1) 11 11. Notre Dame (12-2-2) 12 12. […]

1. North Carolina (15-0-1) 2 2. Notre Dame (16-0-1) 1 3. Penn State (14-1-1) 3 4. Virginia (13-2-1) 4 5. UCLA (11-5-0) 6 6. Washington (12-3-1) 7 7. Santa Clara (11-4-2) 10 8. Portland (15-3-0) 5 9. Princeton (12-1-0) 9 10. Tennessee (12-3-2) 8 11. Florida (12-3-3) 12 12. Kansas (15-3-0) 11 13. California (9-4-2) […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UNC Greensboro (14-0-1) 5 Oct. 19 — vs. Wofford, W 5-0 Oct. 23 — at Charlotte, W 4-2 2. New Mexico (11-1-1) 3 Oct. 21 — at UNLV, W 3-0 Oct. 24 — at San Diego State, T 1-1 3. UC Santa Barbara (12-2-1) 1 Oct. 20 — vs. UC […]

No. 1 Notre Dame, the country's last unbeaten and untied team in the NCAA Division I women's ranks, had its 15-game winning streak snapped Friday when it had to a settle for a 0-0 tie with Rutgers. Rutgers goalkeeper Robyn Jones stopped all nine shots she faced while seeing two shots smack off the posts […]

1. Notre Dame (16-0-1) 1 Oct. 22 — vs. Rutgers T 0-0. Oct. 24 — vs. Seton Hall W 3-1. 2. North Carolina (15-0-1) 2 Oct. 22 — at No. 19 Florida State W 4-0. 3. Penn State (14-1-1) 3 Oct. 22 — vs. Ohio State W 3-0. 4. Virginia (13-2-1) 4 Oct. 20 — […]