Monthly Archives: October 2004

1. Notre Dame (14-0-0) 1 Oct. 16 — vs. Boston College. 2. North Carolina (13-0-1) 2 Oct. 13 — at No. 21 Wake Forest W 3-0. Oct. 17 — vs. No. 4 Virginia. 3. Penn State (11-1-1) 5 Oct. 15 — at Iowa. Oct. 17 — at Minnesota. 4. Virginia (11-1-1) 3 Oct. 12 — […]

U.S. Coach BRUCE ARENA ''We obviously played quite well. Panama had a good first half. We scored a terrific goal. We knew when the game slowed down a little bit that our speed and our ability in the midfield would be factor. This game was all about our players. They prepared well.'' ''What a great […]

Oct. 12 Bolivia 0 Uruguay 0. Oct. 13 Paraguay 1 (Paredes 29) Peru 1 (Solano pen. 74). Chile 0 Argentina 0. Brazil 0 Colombia 0. Oct. 14 Venezuela vs. Ecuador. Standings: Brazil 20 points; Argentina 19; Paraguay 16; Ecuador, Chile 13; Uruguay 11; Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru 9.

Group A Oct. 13 USA 6 (Donovan 21, 57, Johnson 70, 84, 87, own goal 90) Panama 0. Jamaica 0 El Salvador 0. Standings: USA 11 points; Jamaica 6; Panama 5; El Salvador 4. Group B Oct. 13 Guatemala 1 (Ruiz 44) Honduras 0. Canada 1 (De Rosario 12) Costa Rica 3 (Wanchope 49, Sunsing […]

The United States advanced to the final round of 2006 World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF region with a 6-0 victory over Panama on Wednesday evening at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Landon Donovan scored the first two goals, the but the highlight of the game was hat trick by 20-year-old Ed Johnson in an […]

WORLD CUP 2006 QUALIFYING EUROPE Group 1 Oct. 13 Andorra 1 (Bernaus 60) Macedonia 0. Armenia 0 Czech Republic 3 (Koller 3, 78, Rosicky 30). Netherlands 3 (Sneijder 39, van Nistelrooy 41, 63) Finland 1 (Tainio 14). Standings: Romania, Finland 9 points; Netherlands 7; Czech Rep. 6; Macedonia 4; Andorra 3; Armenia 0. Group 2 […]

Group 1 Oct. 13 Qatar 2 (Mubarek 18, own goal 75) Iran 3 (Hashemian 9, 89, Borhani 78). Laos 2 (Visay 13, Sengphet 52) Jordan 3 (Al Maharmeh 34, Al Shagran 66, 72). Standings: Iran, Jordan 12 points; Qatar 6; Laos 0. Group 2 Oct. 13 Iraq 1 (Munir 74) Uzbekistan 2 (Shatskikh 10, Geynrikh […]

DaMarcus Beasley continues to hold the top spot in Soccer America Magazine's Top 20 Americans Abroad rankings for the 2004-05 season through mid-October. The rankings take into account players' form and their clubs' success, primarily in league play, and is weighted based on the competitive level of the league in which they play. 1. DaMarcus […]

By Will Kuhns in Washington, D.C. Expect changes in the U.S. men's national team's lineup tonight when it hosts Panama in World Cup qualifying (live on ESPN2, 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT; delay on Telemundo 11:30 ET/PT) For its 2-0 victory in El Salvador, the U.S. team played in a 3-5-2 formation with two attacking […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 8-0-2 2 Upper St. Clair (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 15-0-0 3 Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 16-0-0 3 Hinsdale (Ill.) Central 14-0-2 5 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 11-0-2 6 Commack (N.Y.) 9-0-0 7 Northville (Mich.) 17-0-1 8 Newtown (Conn.) 8-0-0 9 Downers Grove (Ill.) South 15-0-3 10 Aquinas Institute […]

GOALKEEPER Chase Harrison (Virginia Tech), Jr. (1) Records his sixth shutout of the season in leading Virginia Tech to a 1-0 victory over No. 1 Duke in Durham, stopping five Blue Devil shots. DEFENDERS C.J. Klaas (Washington), Sr. (1) Klaas had a hand in all three goals — scoring one and assisting the other two […]

GOALKEEPER Ashley Sulprizio (California), Jr. (1) Scores a goal in the 88th minute on a header off a corner kick to pull Cal even with Stanford, 1-1. Also makes seven saves, several on quality Cardinal opportunities. DEFENDERS Kendal Billingsley (UCLA), Sr. (1) The Bruins' most consistent defender tallies her first career hat trick in a […]

Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann has sacked goalkeeper coach Sepp Maier, one of the most popular characters in German soccer, for supporting longtime starter Oliver Kahn in his feud with rival keeper Oliver Lehmann. Maier, goalkeeper when Germany won the 1974 World Cup, last week said Kahn was the better keeper even though Maier had been […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor U.S. coach Bruce Arena was holding forth, deriding the MLS playoff system. ''You could have a situation where the ninth-best team in the league wins the championship,'' he said. ''That's ridiculous.'' Although Arena made news two weeks ago criticizing the MLS system, he uttered that quote last year during the […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (14-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (12-0-1) 2 3. Penn State (11-1-1) 5 4. Virginia (10-1-1) 3 5. Portland (11-2-0) 6 6. UCLA (9-3-0) 7 7. Washington (9-2-1) 4 8. Texas A&M (12-3-0) 9 9. Tennessee (9-2-2) 11 10. Stanford (8-2-2) 10 11. Princeton (9-1-0) 15 12. Santa Clara […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UC Santa Barbara (10-0-1) 2 2. Santa Clara (11-1-0) 4 3. New Mexico (9-0-0) 5 4. Indiana (8-2-1) 6 5. UNC Greensboro (9-0-1) 8 6. Duke (12-1-0) 1 7. Notre Dame (9-2-1) 9 8. South Carolina (8-1-1) 10 9. South Florida (7-0-2) 11 10. Stanford (6-1-4) 7 11. SMU (9-3-0) […]

52,341 Total attendance of San Jose's last two home games. 0 Goals scored in San Jose's last two home games: scoreless ties with Los Angeles Sept. 25 and Kansas City on Saturday. San Jose will reach the playoffs if it ties or beats Dallas in their final game next Saturday. 5 Goals scored in four […]

Paul Gascoigne, the former England star who recently resigned as player-coach of fourth-tier Boston United, is attempting to bury his troubled past by changing his first name and refusing to answer by his famous nickname, ''Gazza.'' He told the Sunday Times of London, ''If people call us Gazza, I won't respond. I don't want to […]

Winners BRIAN McBRIDE proved once again he's El Salvador's worst nightmare as he opened the scoring in the USA's 2-0 win with a well-placed 14-yard shot, giving him seven goals in six games against the Salvadorans. EDDIE JOHNSON celebrated his first cap with a tap-in goal after a fine service from Landon Donovan. The win […]

By Will Kuhns in San Salvador Coach Bruce Arena, goalkeeper Kasey Keller and forward Brian McBride all noted that the U.S. men's national team could have played better in El Salvador on Saturday, but none complained about a 2-0 win on the road, either. For a country disillusioned with its national team by all accounts, […]

Oct. 9 Argentina 4 (L.Gonzalez 6, Figueroa 33, 54, Zanetti 45) Uruguay 2 (C.Rodriguez 63, Chevanton pen. 86). Bolivia 1 (Botero 56) Peru 0. Colombia 1 (Grisales 17) Paraguay 1 (Torres 78). Venezuela 2 (Moran 80, 90) Brazil 5 (Kaka 6, 35, Ronaldo 49, 51, Adriano 75). Oct. 10 Ecuador 2 (Kaviedes 59, Mendez 64) […]

The U.S. women's national team won its fourth straight game on the Fan Appreciation Tour, crushing New Zealand, 6-0, as six different players scored in front of 18,806 fans in Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium. It was the largest crowd to watch the U.S. women in 2004. Mia Lilly and Kristine Lilly scored goals a minute […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Duke (12-1-0) 2 Oct. 8 — vs. Virginia Tech L 0-1. 2. UC Santa Barbara (9-0-1) 1 Oct. 6 — vs. Cal State Fullerton W 4-3 (OT). Oct. 9 — at Cal Poly W 5-0. 3. California (8-1-2) 3 Oct. 8 — at No. 14 Washington L 0-3. Oct. 10 […]

Group 1 Oct. 10 Congo 2 (Mamouna-Ossila 76, 86) Zambia 3 (Mbesuma 2, 41, 66). Liberia 0 Senegal 3 (Bouba Diop 40, H.Camara 46, 75). Togo 1 (Adebayor 23) Mali 0. Standings: Togo, Senegal, Zambia 10 points; Congo 6; Liberia 4; Mali 2. Group 2 Oct. 9 Cape Verde Islands 1 (Cafu 3) Burk. Faso […]

Group A Oct. 9 El Salvador 0 USA 2 (McBride 29, Johnson 75). Panama 1 (Brown 23) Jamaica 1 (Whitmore 73). Standings: USA 8 points; Jamaica, Panama 5; El Salvador 3. Group B Sept. 9 Honduras 1 (Turcios 90) Canada 1 (Hutchinson 72). Costa Rica 5 (Hernandez 19, Wanchope 36, 62, 67, Fonseca 85) Guatemala […]