Monthly Archives: November 2004

40 Number of coaches to be fired or resign since the start of the Brazilian Championship in April. Mario Sergio became the 40th victim when Atletico Mineiro fired him Sunday. The Belo Horizonte-based club already fired two other coaches, Paulo Bonamigo and Jair Picerni, this year.

French defender Eric Abidal had long wanted his parents to get married. To that end he got them to promise to exchange vows as soon as he scored his first professional goal. Abidal, now 25, went pro in 2000 and played some 100 games for Monaco and Lille without scoring before joining Lyon this season. […]

The United States opens the final round of 2006 World Cup qualifying Feb. 9, 2005, at Trinidad & Tobago, where it has the best away record in World Cup qualifying of any of the five opponents it will meet in the CONCACAF final round. If World Cup qualifying form were to hold in 2005, the […]

FEB. 9 Panama vs. Guatemala Costa Rica vs. Mexico Trinidad & Tobago vs. USA MARCH 26-27 Costa Rica vs. Panama Guatemala vs. Trinidad & Tobago Mexico vs. USA á MARCH 30 Panama vs. Mexico USA vs. Guatemala Trinidad & Tobago vs. Costa Rica JUNE 4-5 Trinidad & Tobago vs. Panama Guatemala vs. Mexico USA vs. […]

Winners: PSV EINDHOVEN, thanks to a 1-1 tie with Arsenal on Wednesday, advanced to knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League after falling short in seven straight previous attempts. American DaMARCUS BEASLEY came on for PSV in the 65th minute. Three days later in Dutch league play, Beasley, who entered the game in the 56th […]

New Page 1 á (All times Eastern. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Sudamericana, Semifinal, 2nd Round INTERNACIONAL-RS-BOCA JUNIORS (live), 6:30 pm. GALAVISION Mexican League, semifinals, 1st leg ATLANTE-MONTERREY (live) 4 pm. FIFA Futsal World Championship TBA (delay), 10 pm ET/PT. GOL […]

Virginia Commonwealth upset top-seeded Wake Forest by winning a penalty-kick tiebreaker, 7-6, following a 2-2 draw Saturday in Winston-Salem. Dominic Oduro scored in the 7th and 66th minute for the Rams. Tulsa junior Ryan Pore scored twice, including the game-winner on a free kick in overtime, to help the Golden Hurricane defeat Missouri Valley Conference […]

THIRD-PLACE GAME Nov. 27 in Bangkok USA 3 Brazil 0. Goals: Hanks 21, Rapinoe 27, Woznuk 73. USA — Harris, Buehler, Krzysik, Sauerbrunn, Lopez, Logterman, Redmond (Gray, 46), Hanks (Orand, 53; Kron, 85), Woznuk, Rapino, Rodriguez. Brazil — Thais, Tatiana, Elysa, Renata Diniz, Aliane (Sandra, 32), Renta Costa, Rosana, Maurine (Raquel Bueno, 46; Dayane, 66), […]

INDIANA 1 BOSTON COLLEGE 0 Indiana 1 (Tuleda 42) Boston College 0. Indiana — Nolly, Dieterle, Zayner, Moor, O'Rourke, Chirico, Tudela, Hayden, Plotkin, Ambersley, Peterson. Subs: Yates, Robson, Stevning. Boston College — Maholo, McMillan, Gavilanes, Haggerty, Nicholas, Brill, Amato, Helgason, Melamed, Davies, Toure. Subs: Magen-David, Manswell, Goldberg, Mitsuda. Att.: 1,831. UNC GREENSBORO 0 UC SANTA […]

Semifinals Nov. 26 in Greensboro, N.C. Messiah 1 (McClellan 60) Salisbury 0. UC Santa Cruz 3 (Marquess 21, Baird 57, Migdal 69) Geneseo State 1 (Occhiuto 80). Final Nov. 27 in Greensboro, N.C. Messiah 4 UC Santa Cruz 0. Goals: Kasiguran (McClellan) 11, Lenehan (Lehman) 28, Visser (Burckhart) 32, McClellan (Mohney) 88.

Final Nov. 27 in Greensboro, N.C. Wheaton (Ill.) 1 Puget Sound 1 (Wheaton wins 5-4 on penalties). Goals: Doleshal (Wiersma, Johnson) 61; Pittman (Kjar) 36. Wheaton — Vratil, Doleshal, Wiersma, McAndrews, Davis,. Rauh, Barton, Elsen, Koontz, Johnson, Binger. Subs: Nelson, Tan, Wingerter, Molenhouse, Fichera, Richardson. Puget Sound — Williams, Daly, Fritz, Stolee, Trotta, John, Wullbrandt, […]

Notre Dame 3 Portland 1 Notre Dame coach Randy Waldrum collected his 300th in 23 seasons as a college head coach as the Irish beat UP. Amanda Cinalli scored a pair of early goals, and Katie Thorlakson had a goal and assists on both Cinalli goals to lead the Irish the final four for the […]

Quarterfinals Nov. 26 Notre Dame 3 (Cinalli 4, 30, Thorlakson 64) Portland 1 (Sinclair 58). Princeton 3 (Behncke 9, Negron 51, Fontanez 56) Washington 1 (Frimpong 32). Nov. 27 Ohio State 0 UCLA 1 (Ursini 64). Santa Clara 2 (Osborne 15, Horvath 46) Illinois 0. Semifinals Dec. 3 in Cary, N.C. Santa Clara (18-4-2) vs. […]

SATURDAY, Nov. 27 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League FULHAM-BLACKBURN (live), 7:30 am. German Bundesliga WOLFSBURG-BLACKBURN (delay), 9:45 am. English Premier League MANCHESTER CITY-ASTON VILLA (live), noon. English Premier League CHARLTON-CHELSEA (delay), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL English Premier League FULHAM-BLACKBURN (delay), 1 pm. English Premier League MANCHESTER C.-ASTON VILLA (delay), 3 pm. GALAVISION […]

Nov. 26 Notre Dame 3 (Cinalli 4, 30, Thorlakson 64) Portland 1 (Sinclair 58). Princeton 3 (Behncke 9, Negron 51, Fontanez 56) Washington 1 (Frimpong 32).

Nov. 26 Notre Dame 3 (Cinalli 4, 30, Thorlakson 64) Portland 1 (Sinclair 58). Princeton 3 (Behncke 9, Negron 51, Fontanez 56) Washington 1 (Frimpong 32).

Nov. 26 in Greensboro, N.C. Wheaton (Ill.) 3 (Wiersma 56, Binger 58, Johnson 89) Wheaton (Mass.) 1 (Konopka 69). Puget Sound 3 (Stolee 1, 31, Folsom 26) Messiah 0.

All but three of the 16 seeded teams won their respective second-round matches in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournmanent on Tuesday. The only unseeded teams to advance were: Ohio State, which eliminated No. 5 Notre Dame, 2-1; Tulsa, which needed penalty kicks to move past No. 10 Penn State and Duke, which downed […]

New Page 1 MLS announced Tuesday that 22-year-old Landon Donovan will on Jan. 1 join German First Division club Bayer Leverkusen, which has owned his rights since 1999 and has loaned him to the San Jose Earthquakes for four seasons (2001-04). 2 MLS titles Donovan won with San Jose (2001 & 2003). 3 MLS Cup […]

U17 Boys Chicago Magic 1 West Kendall (Fla.) 0 U16 Boys Chicago Magic 1 Vardar (Mich.) 0 U15 Boys Charlotte (N.C.) Soccer Club 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 U14 Boys Schulz Academy (Fla.) 0 Chicago Magic 0 (Schulz Academy wins on penalties.) U13 Boys Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Schulz Academy (Fla.) 0 U17 Girls Boston Renegades 2 […]

Nov. 24 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Lindsey Wilson 2 Concordia 0. Goals: Falconer (Adersson) 65, Lirbank-Almbaek 82. Lindsey Wilson — McGuiness, Soderberg, Rauff, Eskelinen, Stewart, Alsanea, Falk, Falconer, Adersson, Lirbank-Almbaek, Marr. Subs: Suni, Whitelaw, Gallagher. Concordia — Mansfield, Jackson, Hart, Lilly, Hughes, Davidson, Lane, Lind, Sarellano, Jones, Lovelang. Subs: Stuart, Flynn, Forge't, Solarek. Referee: Ian […]

Nov. 23 in Olathe, Kan. Lindenwood 1 Auburn-Montgomery 0. Goal: Cecarie (Zapryahof) 61 Lindenwood — Sabic, Barreiro, Isakovic, Zapryahof, Cecarie, Timmons, Estrada, Knezevic, Chain, Novas, Sanchez. Subs: Silvestri, Hot, Sedan, Cardoso Auburn-Montgomery — Gudmundsson, Gudjonsson, Greenhouse, Jakobsson, Hinriksson, Juliusson, Hreidarsson, Minors, Maksic, Hjartarsson, Ntshingane. Subs: Johnson, MurtadeResende, Olafsson. Referee: Brian Kirkley. Att.: 175. AWARDS All-Tournament […]

The United States fell to Germany, 3-1, in the semifinals of the Under-19 Women's World Championship Wednesday in Bangkok. The Americans were the defending champions but lost on two well-taken goals in the second half by Germany's Melanie Behringer and Patricia Hanebeck. U.S. goalie Ashlyn Harris, a star on the 2002 world championship team, had […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group A Nov. 23 Monaco (France) 1 (Saviola 55) Liverpool (Eng.) 0. Olympiakos (Greece) 1 (Djordjevic 68) Dep. Coruna (Spain) 0. Standings: Olympiakos 10 points; Monaco 9; Liverpool 7; Dep. Coruna 2. Group B Nov. 23 Real Madrid (Spain) 1 (Raul 70) B. Leverkusen (Germ.) 1 (Berbatov 36). Dyn. Kiev (Ukr.) 2 […]

(As of Nov. 23) NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa, Calif.)# 24-0-0 1 Upper St. Clair (Pittsburgh, Pa.)* 27-0-0 3 Valparaiso (Ind.)* 22-0-2 4 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 14-0-4 5 Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.)* 31-2-1 6 Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson* 20-1-2 7 Penfield (N.Y.)* 19-1-3 8 Liberty (Colorado Springs, Colo.)* 19-0-1 9 Downers […]