Monthly Archives: September 2005

SOCCER AMERICA Women's College Top 25 The following is the Soccer America College Women's Top 25 with records through Sept. 11. TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (6-0-0) 1 2. Portland (6-0-0) 4 3. Penn State (6-0-0) 5 4. Santa Clara (4-0-1) 7 5. Notre Dame (5-1-0) 2 6. UCLA (5-1-0) 3 7. Duke […]

SOCCER AMERICA Men's College Top 25 The following is the Soccer America College Men's Top 25 with records through Sept. 11. TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Connecticut (4-0-0) 3 2. New Mexico (4-0-0) 4 3. North Carolina (4-0-0) 5 4. Indiana (3-0-1) 1 5. UCLA (3-1-0) 7 6. Maryland (3-1-0) 8 7. Santa Clara (3-1-0) […]

Sept. 6 Puerto Rico 2 (Salles 20, Rozental 24) Seattle 0. Sept. 8 Portland 6 (Antoniuk 43, 72, 90, Alvarez 51, Miranda 77, 88) Atlanta 1 (Pineda-Chacon 57). Sept. 9 Puerto Rico 2 (Villegas 28, N Delgado 42) Toronto 0. Seattle 1 (Jenkins 17) Montreal 0. Sept. 10 Minnesota 1 (Juarez 26) Atlanta 3 (Dawkins […]

Sept. 6 #20 Nebraska 3 (Jamani 30, Timko 83, Andrews 85) San Diego State 2 (Girdner 63, 66). Sept. 7 #12 Florida State 3 (Kuralay 8, 54, Trotter 50) UCF 0. #14 Marquette 0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0 (OT). Sept. 9 San Francisco 1 (Hunt 26) #1 North Carolina 6 (Tarpley 11, OÆReilly 29, 53, Guess 49, […]

Sept. 5 #19 Cal State Northridge 3 (Simms 23, Shields 64, Gordon 73) Dartmouth 0. (CSUN wins Matador Classic.) #24 UNC Greensboro 4 (Patterson 20, 69, 81, Jonason 44) Charlotte 0. Sept. 7 #20 Seton Hall 6 (Giusfredi 12, McGrath 18, Kotynski 41, Raus 41, Zolti 64, 71) Adelphi. #23 Boston College 3 (McMillan 12, […]

MLS Statistics (through Sept. 10) STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS New England 15-5-6 51 D.C. United 13-9-5 44 Kansas City 11-7-9 42 Chicago 13-10-3 42 Metrostars 9-7-10 37 Columbus 9-13-3 30 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS San Jose 14-4-8 50 Los Angeles 11-11-5 38 FC Dallas 10-9-6 36 Colorado 9-12-4 31 Real Salt Lake […]

MLS Summaries (Sept. 10) Sept. 10 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3 Columbus 1. Goals: Twellman (Noonan, Franchino) 6, Twellman (Dempsey, Ralston) 39, Twellman (Heaps, Ralston) 63; Hejduk (Elliott) 86. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, Leonard, Ralston (Phillips, 84), Dempsey (Dorman, 72), Hernandez, Joseph, Franchino, Twellman, Noonan. Columbus – Walker, Marshall, Fraser, Schulte, Henderson […]

Sept. 9 #1 Indiana 1 (Noschang 55) Saint Louis 1 (Wileman 23) (OT). #2 Duke 3 (Videira 12, Loftus 43, Wadsworth 95) College of Charleston 2 (Gold 64, Morris 71) (OT). #3 Connecticut 2 (James 53, Chijindu 59) George Mason 1 (Manneh 28). #4 New Mexico 3 (Watson 31, Rowland 61, Smithson 85) South Florida […]

Sept. 9 San Francisco 1 (Hunt 26) #1 North Carolina 6 (Tarpley 11, OÆReilly 29, 53, Guess 49, 55, Gilbert 52). (Lindsay Tarpley adds 3 assists in first game back from offseason leg injury.) #7 Santa Clara 2 (Angeli 21, 84) Notre Dame 1 (own goal 38). (Irish are playing without injured Kim Lorenzen.) #3 […]

The Hampton Roads Piranhas will spearhead the United Soccer Leagues charity auction to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina through the United Way Response Fund. The Piranhas, with the assistance of the league office, have asked USL teams to donate memorabilia to the USL Gulf Coast Assistance Auction. All items will be listed on eBay […]

Charleston Battery: The Battery collected donations for the American Red Cross at their final home game of the season with the club matching the amount received from its fans. Laredo Heat: The Heat are collecting items such as soap, toothbrushes, bath towels, etc. in an effort to put together at least 1,000 Care & Hygiene […]

The USL Premier Development LeagueÆs New Orleans Shell Shockers were impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. In addition to their venue, Pan American Stadium, being completely flooded, the teamÆs staff and players have been displaced in the aftermath caused by the levee breaks in the city. Here are a few of their stories Gary […]

U.S. U-17 boys national team coach John Hackworth named his 20-player roster today that will represent the U.S. at the 2005 Under-17 World Championship Sept. 16-Oct. 2 in Peru. Of the players selected, 14 were part of the squad that took first place in Heredia, Costa Rica, in April to qualify for the USAÆs 11th […]

REPORT CARD (1=low; 5=average; 10=high) STARTERS: 6 Marcus Hahnemann 5 Chris Albright 5 Chad Marshall 5 Jimmy Conrad 4 Greg Vanney 4 Santino Quaranta 4 Clint Dempsey 5 Pablo Mastroeni 5 Bobby Convey 4 Jeff Cunningham 3 Taylor Twellman SUBS: 4 Eddie Johnson 4 Landon Donovan nr Steve Ralston

Winners: MEXICO bounced back from Saturday's loss to the USA with a 5-0 rout over Panama on goals by Luis Perez, Rafael Maquez, Jared Borgetti, Francisco Fonseca and Pavel Pardo to become the 10th team in the 2006 World Cup's 32-nation field. Also in CONCACAF, COSTA RICA boosted its chances of qualifying for its second […]

QUESTION: Who is the only U.S. player who played in the qualifying games that clinched a spot for the USA in the last three World Cups? 3-0 vs. Canada, 1997. 2-1 vs. Jamaica, 2001. 2-0 vs. Mexico, 2005. ANSWER: Claudio Reyna played in all three of those games. The following players saw action in two […]

Group 1 Sept. 7 Netherlands 4 (Van der Vaart 23, own goal 27, Van Nistelrooy 43, 89) Andorra 0. Finland 5 (Forssell 11, 13, 62, Tihinen 42, Eremenko 55) Macedonia 1 (Maznov 48). Czech Republic 4 (Heinz 47 Polak 52, 76,Baros 58) Armenia 1 (Hakobyan 85). Standings: Netherlands 28 points; Czech Republic 24; Romania 22; […]

Sept. 7 in Guatemala City Guatemala 0 USA 0. Guatemala – Klee, Sanabria, Melgar, E.Ponciano, S.Ponciano, Giron, Romero, Ramirez (Davila, 46), Thompson (Figueroa, 71), Plata (Villatoro, 78), Acevedo. USA – Hahnemann, Albright, Marshall, Conrad, Vanney, Quaranta (Donovan, 64), Mastroeni, Dempsey (Ralston, 89), Convey, Twellman, Cunningham (Johnson, 57) Yellow Card: USA – Cunningham 15. Referee: Marco […]

Sept. 5 #19 Cal State Northridge 3 (Simms 23, Shields 64, Gordon 73) Dartmouth 0. (CSUN wins Matador Classic.) #24 UNC Greensboro 4 (Patterson 20, 69, 81, Jonason 44) Charlotte 0. Sept. 7 #20 Seton Hall 6 (Giusfredi 12, McGrath 18, Kotynski 41, Raus 41, Zolti 64, 71) Adelphi 0. #23 Boston College 3 (McMillan […]

Sept. 6 #20 Nebraska 3 (Jamani 30, Timko 83, Andrews 85) San Diego State 2 (Girdner 63, 66). Sept. 7 #12 Florida State 3 (Kuralay 8, 54, Trotter 50) UCF 0. Soccer America Women's Top 25 Schedules The following is the Soccer America Women's Top 25 with records through Sept. 6. RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK […]

The USA tied Guatemala, 0-0, Wednesday night in World Cup qualifying action at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. With the United States already in the World Cup finals, U.S. coach Bruce Arena started a makeshift team. Four U.S. starters made their first-ever qualifying appearances: Jimmy Conrad, Jeff Cunningham, Marcus Hahnemann and Chad Marshall. In […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) THURSDAY, Sept. 8 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Sudamericana LDU QUITO-THE STRONGEST (live) 7 pm. Copa Sudamericana ATLETICO NACIONAL-TRUJILLANOS (live) 9:30 pm. GOL TV World Cup qualifying MEXICO-PANAMA (delay) 9 pm. ESPNU Women's College PRINCETON-ARIZONA (live) 5 pm. FRIDAY, […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine REIS RESPONSE: Revs keeper Matt Reis has responded to quotes from D.C. United striker Alecko Eskandarian, who hasnÆt played since suffering a concussion in a collision with Reis in UnitedÆs 2-0 defeat of the Revs June 18. Reis went unpunished for his hit on Eskandarian, who in […]

IN ENGLAND Aug. 31 in Clevedon USA 3 Italy 3. Goals: Barajas 3, Marosevic pen. 8, Williams 90. USA – Bumpas, Bates, Eckhart, Kalis, Stephens, Wallace, Giallombardo, Jeffrey (Wenzel, 67), Barajas (Sorrentino, 76), Tarr (Williams, 53), Marosevic Att.: 450. Sept. 2 in Swindon England 0 USA 1. Goal: Williams 31. USA û Lambo, Davies, Eckhart, […]

GOALKEEPER Nicole Galas (Michigan State), Soph. (1) Posts first two shutouts of her career with 1-0 overtime win over Texas A&M and 0-0 tie with Texas, recording 12 saves against the Big 12 powers. DEFENDERS Carolyn Ford (Duke), Sr. (1) Leads the Blue Devil defense to two shutouts at the Nike Carolina Classic û 1-0 […]