Monthly Archives: September 2005

The following is the Soccer America MenÆs College Top 25 with records through Sept. 25. TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. New Mexico (8-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (6-0-1) 2 3. California (7-0-1) 4 4. Akron (8-0-0) 11 5. Indiana (4-0-3) 5 6. St. JohnÆs (4-1-3) 6 7. Duke (5-1-1) 7 8. Santa Clara (5-2-0) 12 […]

Winners: The COLORADO RAPIDS clinched the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with a 3-1 win over Chivas USA in which Jean Philippe Peguero, Jovan Kirovski and Dedi Ben Dayan scored for the Rapids. With its 1-0 win over the MetroStars on a James Riley goal, NEW ENGLAND became the first Eastern […]

The U.S. U-17s won Group C with a 1-1 tie with the Ivory Coast in their final first-round game. Jeremy Hall scored on a header for the Americans, which already clinched quarterfinal spot with wins over North Korea (3-2) and Italy (3-1). The Americans face the Netherlands in the quarterfinals on Monday (live on Fox […]

Philip Anschutz, whose Anschutz Entertainment Group operates the Los Angeles Galaxy, MetroStars, San Jose Earthquakes and Chicago Fire, ranks 28th on the 2005 Forbes ''The 400 Richest Americans'' list with a net worth of $7.2 billion. Stanley Kroenke, owner of the Colorado Rapids, ranks 164th with a net worth of $1.8 billion. His wife, Ann […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings) TUESDAY, Sept. 27 ESPN2 European Champions League MANCHESTER UNITED-BENFICA (live), 2:30 pm. ESPN DEPORTES European Champions League BARCELONA-UDINESE (live), 2:30 pm. European Champions League MANCHESTER UNITED-BENFICA (delay), 4:45 pm. European Champions League LILLE-VILLARREAL (delay), 7 pm. European Champions League […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS New England 16-6-7 55 D.C. United 14-9-5 47 Chicago 14-11-3 45 Kansas City 11-8-10 43 Metrostars 10-8-10 40 Columbus 10-14-4 34 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS San Jose 16-4-9 57 FC Dallas 12-9-7 43 Los Angeles 12-12-6 42 Colorado 11-13-4 37 Real Salt Lake 5-19-4 19 Chivas USA 3-21-5 […]

Group A Sept. 16 in Trujillo Costa Rica 1 (Carrillo 10) China 1 (Tang 17). Peru 1 (Chavez pen. 12) Ghana 1 (own goal 62). Sept. 19 in Trujillo Costa Rica 1 (Borges 47) Ghana 1 (Quartey 58). Peru 0 China 1 (Deng 13). Sept. 22 in Iquitos Peru 0 Costa Rica 2 (Solorzano 45, […]

Sept. 23 #2 Portland 3 (Sinclair 19, 27, Rapinoe 32) #21 Arizona 0. #3 Penn State 2 (Aden-Buie 37, Weimer 64) Indiana 0. #4 UCLA 1 (Adams 56) Denver 0. #5 Notre Dame 4 (Dew 16, Bock 40, Hanks 70, 76) Cincinnati 0. (Irish home unbeaten streak against Big East foes is 61 games.) #6 […]

Sept. 23 #1 New Mexico 2 (Wright 41, 53) SMU 0. #2 North Carolina 1 (Campbell 62) Clemson 0. #16 Connecticut 0 #6 St. JohnÆs 0 (OT). (Game draws 5,271 fans at Morrone Stadium.) Tulsa 1 (Wear 57) #9 Creighton 0. #10 UC Santa Barbara 3 (Byrne 23, Becerra 53, 57) Alabama A&M 1 (Kimbugwe […]

MLS Summaries (Sept. 24-25) Sept. 24 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Metrostars 0. Goal: Riley (Twellman, Noonan) 85. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, Franchino, Ralston, Dempsey, Hernandez, Joseph, Leonard (Riley, 62), Twellman, Noonan. MetroStars – Meola, Leitch, Agoos, Mendes, Ward, Gaven (Galvan Rey, 81), Bradley, Guevara, Magee (Lisi, 74), Djorkaeff, Razov. Yellow Cards: […]

Sept. 23 Seattle 2 (Sturm 10, OÆBrien 22) Montreal 2 (Gbeke 86, 88). Richmond 3 (Delicate 12, 55, Worthen 65) Rochester 1 (own goal 15). Sept. 25 Montreal 1 (Gbeke 72) Seattle 2 (Whitfield 59, Levesque 90). (Seattle wins 4-3 on aggregate.) Rochester 1 (Miller pen. 90) Richmond 1 (Delicate 51) (Richmond wins 4-2 on […]

Roger Levesque scored in the 90th minute to give the visiting Seattle Sounders a 2-1 victory over the defending champion Montreal Impact before 10,124 fans in Montreal and a 4-3 victory on aggregate in the USL Division I semifinals. The Sounders, last yearÆs runners-up, advance to the final at home Oct. 1 against Richmond. The […]

Sept. 23 #1 New Mexico 2 (Wright 41, 53) SMU 0. #2 North Carolina 1 (Campbell 62) Clemson 0. #16 Connecticut 0 #6 St. JohnÆs 0. (Game draws 5,271 fans at Morrone Stadium.) Tulsa 1 (Wear 57) #9 Creighton 0. #10 UC Santa Barbara 3 (Byrne 23, Becerra 53, 57) Alabama A&M 1 (Kimbugwe 71). […]

Group A Sept. 16 in Trujillo Costa Rica 1 (Carrillo 10) China 1 (Tang 17). Peru 1 (Chavez pen. 12) Ghana 1 (own goal 62). Sept. 19 in Trujillo Costa Rica 1 (Borges 47) Ghana 1 (Quartey 58). Peru 0 China 1 (Deng 13). Sept. 22 in Iquitos Peru 0 Costa Rica 2 (Solorzano 45, […]

Sept. 23 #2 Portland 3 (Sinclair 19, 27, Rapinoe 32) #21 Arizona 0. #3 Penn State 2 (Aden-Buie 37, Weimer 64) Indiana 0. #4 UCLA 1 (Adams 56) Denver 0. #5 Notre Dame 4 (Dew 16, Bock 40, Hanks 70, 76) Cincinnati 0. (Irish home unbeaten streak against Big East foes is 61 games.) #6 […]

The United States tied Ivory Coast, 1-1, Friday in its final game of group play at the Under-17 World Championship in Peru. The Americans won Group C with the tie and move into the quarterfinals, where they face Gambia, Brazil or the Netherlands on Monday. Jeremy Hall scored on a header for the Americans in […]

Winners: Chilean club UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA overcame a two-goal deficit to down D.C. United, 3-2, in a round of 16, second-leg match in the Copa Sudamericana to advance, 4-3, on aggregate. United had gone ahead on a Christian Gomez goal and an own goal off the back of keeper Jose Maria Buljubasich, who was hit by […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine With D.C. United defender Bobby Boswell probably having lost his spot to Argentine import Facundo Erpen, the only rookie college products starting regularly on the back line in MLS team are Michael Parkhurst (Revolution), Tim Ward (Metros), Ugo Ihemelu (Galaxy), and Hunter Freeman (Rapids). For much of […]

Fans of the Bundesliga team that ends Bayern Munich's record winning streak — currently at 15 games – will be given 10,000 liters (2,643 gallons) of beer by the Bitburger brewery. Supporters of Hamburg SV, which faces Bayern Saturday, have the first chance at the dry, full-bodied pilsner. ''We're hoping that this will encourage the […]

Winners: In the English Carling League Cup, BRIAN McBRIDE saved Fulham against fourth-tier Lincoln City by scoring a gamewinner in the 120th minute of a 5-4 barn-burner. BLACKBURN, with Brad Friedel in goal, downed third-tier Huddersfield, 3-1. Defender Jonathan Spector went 90 minutes in CHARLSTON's 3-1 win over third-tier Hartlepool. Keeper Marcus Hahnemann played but […]

Nearly 300 fans of Gambia's U-17 team made it on time to the West African team's world championship game against Qatar in Piura, Peru, because the pilots faked an emergency landing. The jet, chartered by President Yahya Jammeh, was headed to Lima, 550 miles to the south of Piura. The connection in Lima would have […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine Shelved by Bora Milutinovic, utilized by Steve Sampson and platooned by Bruce Arena, U.S. keeper Kasey Keller has outlasted dozens of national team players as well as several coaches to emerge as the undisputed No. 1 keeper. Nearly every time Kasey Keller puts on the U.S. jersey, […]

By Mike Woitalla, Executive Editor Soccer America Magazine Minnesota coach Buzz Lagos moves on after 16 years in charge of the minor league power. Buzz Lagos knew nothing about the sport until he hit his 20s. He hadnÆt even seen a soccer game. Then in 1966 he started working toward a math PhD. at the […]

By Mike Woitalla, Executive Editor Soccer America Magazine Going from the sheltered life of the college campus to professional sports presents a number of challenges. HereÆs how a quartet of MLS rookies have coped and excelled. Chris Rolfe (Chicago) MAKING IT IN THE WINDY CITY He grew up in Kettering, Ohio, a city of 57,000, […]

By Paul Kennedy, Managing Editor Soccer America Magazine ROMARIO REVELATIONS '100 percent unfaithful' Certain Brazilian stars have a reputation for being womanizers. Romario, star of BrazilÆs 1994 World Cup championship team, goes so far as to admit heÆs ''100 percent unfaithful.'' He told the Sunday magazine Tudo de Bom that during USA 1994 he brought […]