Monthly Archives: October 2005

Winners: A season after failing to reach the playoffs, Coach Dave Sarachan's CHICAGO FIRE has reached the semifinals thanks to an emphatic 4-0 win over D.C. United in which IVAN GUERRERO notched two goals, including curving left-footed 25-yard strike that befuddled D.C. keeper Nick Rimando. In the semifinal, Chicago faces NEW ENGLAND, which over came […]

DC UNITED 0 CHICAGO 4 (Chicago wins, 4-0, on aggregate.) Oct. 30 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 0 Chicago 4 Goals: Stewart (Thiago) 10, Guerrero 37, Guerrero (Rolfe) 50+, Marsch (Guerrero, Thiago) 67. Yellow cards: D.C. United — Olsen 21, Filomeno 7, Adu 80; Chicago — Segares 52. Red card: D.C. United — Gomez 55. […]

ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 2 in Cary, N.C. #2 Virginia vs. #5 Wake Forest #3 Florida State vs. #6 Clemson #1 North Carolina vs. #8 Maryland #4 Duke vs. #5 Boston College Semifinals Nov. 4 Final Nov. 6 America East Final Nov. 5 in Boston #1 Boston University vs. #2 Maine Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals Nov. 3 […]

Oct. 29 in Dallas FC Dallas 2 Colorado 2 (agg: 2-2; Colorado wins, 5-4, on PKs) Goals: Ruiz (Mina, Rhine) 67, Ruiz (Gbandi, Vanney) 105; Cunningham 1 (Cooke, Nkong) 19, Kotschau (Cooke) 106. FC Dallas — Garlick, Rhine (Pareja, 100), Goodson, Jolley, Vanney, Gbandi, O'Brien, Valakari, Wilson (Mina, 46), Nunez, Ruiz. Colorado — Cannon, Cullen […]

SOCCER AMERICA WomenÆs College Top 25 The following is the Soccer America WomenÆs College Top 25 with records through Oct. 30: TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Penn State (19-0-0) 1 2. Portland (17-0-1) 2 3. North Carolina (17-1-0) 3 4. UCLA (15-1-2) 4 5. Notre Dame (17-2-0) 5 6. Florida State (15-2-0) 6 7. Virginia […]

The following is the Soccer America MenÆs College Top 25 with records through Oct. 30: TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (16-0-1) 1 2. Maryland (13-3-1) 2 3. New Mexico (12-1-1) 3 4. Indiana (10-1-6) 4 5. Connecticut (12-3-1) 7 6. Santa Clara (12-3-1) 8 7. UCLA (10-3-2) 9 8. Duke (10-3-2) 6 9. Old […]

By Paul Gardner The impressive thing … the vastly impressive thing  … about Colorado's PK win over Dallas was the ordered, skillful, intelligent, and at times even attractive, way that the Rapids played with 10 men … playing short-handed invariably means a team will pack their defense and, yes, Colorado did that … it also […]

America East Quarterfinals Oct. 28 in Boston #5 New Hampshire 1 (Hourihan 88) # 4 Vermont 0. #6 UMBC 1 (Hearin 19) #3 Binghamton 2 (White 58, Povill 98) (OT). Semifinals Oct. 30 in Boston #1 Boston University 2 (Shulman 86, 92) New Hampshire 1 (Rivard 85) (OT). #2 Maine 0 Binghamton 0 (OT). (Maine […]

Oct. 28 Minnesota 0 #1 Penn State 1 (Kriege 115) (OT). (Tiffany WeimerÆs goalscoring streak ends at 17 games.) Wake Forest 0 #3 North Carolina 4 (OÆReilly 17, Gilbert 32, Guess 45, 90). #10 Duke 3 (Riggs 22, McCabe 32, Seibert 76) Miami (Fla.) 1 (Pflunger 59). #12 BYU 1 (Zwahlen 52) Utah 1 (Feight […]

Oct. 28 #1 Akron 1 (Ubiparipovic 115) Michigan 0 (OT). St. MaryÆs 0 #8 Santa Clara 1 (Scott 77). #6 Duke 0 #13 North Carolina 0 (OT). #9 UCLA 1 (Hill 76) Oregon State 0. George Mason 0 #10 Old Dominion 1 (Mackenzie 52). #18 San Diego State 0 Washington 0 (OT). #22 James Madison […]

Former great George Best was reported to be improving, but he remained on a ventilator in a London hospital. The 59-year-old Best, who is being treated for internal bleeding, has suffered from alcoholism for many years and had a lifesaving liver transplant three years ago. He has been in the intensive care unit for a […]

Joshua Boateng Jason Garey Melissa Garey Kerri Hanks Ossie Michalsen Christopher Nyarko Simon Omekanda Katie Thorlakson AND Jason Yeisley What do they have in common? They are among the college stars featured this week in Soccer AmericaÆs COLLEGE SOCCER REPORTER. Subscribe to SOCCER AMERICA and receive Soccer America's COLLEGE SOCCER REPORTER, a benefit for Soccer […]

A national team's performance can affect a country's stock market, according a Dartmouth College report, which attributes the ''decisive impact'' a final score can have on the mood of a nation. Co-written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Alex Edmans and Norwegian School of Management's Oyvind Norli, the study claims stock markets decline 0.39 percent on […]

Playoff Fever: Thoughts on Games 1 Nothing-nothing says the scoreboard, But that's just fine, says Colin Clarke – It's playoff soccer, you're s'posed to be bored, By a game that looks like it's out of the ark. In case you've missed it or nobody told you We're right in the middle of playoff fever. Inertia […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine SKY IS FALLING. It's appropriate that an advertising blitz for the feature film ''Chicken Little'' is underway as postseason doomsayers descend on higher-seeded teams that lost their first game. No. 1 seeds New England (0-1) and San Jose (1-3) are in arrears, goes the reasoning, and thus, […]

Quarterfinals, second leg Saturday, Oct. 29 NEW ENGLAND-METROSTARS (Metros lead 1-0 on aggregate). 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. LIVE: Fox Soccer Channel, Fox En Espanol, Direct Kick, WLVI-TV 56 (Boston, WB 56). Saturday, Oct. 29 FC DALLAS-COLORADO (agg: 0-0) 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT. LIVE: Direct Kick, Altitude Sports and Entertainment 2, Comcast Cable Channel […]

American keeper Tim Howard saw his first playing time in an official game this season when he went 90 minutes for Manchester United in its 4-1 win over fourth-tier Barnet in an English League Cup third-round game. Also seeing his first action of the season was forward Danny Karbassiyoon, who returned from injury and played […]

Player: games 1. Cobi Jones (Los Angeles): 42 2. Jeff Agoos (MetroStars*): 38 3. Mauricio Cienfuegos (Los Angeles): 35 4. Kevin Hartman (Los Angeles): 36 5. Diego Gutierrez (Kansas City): 35 6. Chris Armas (Chicago*): 32 * Played for more than one team; most recent team listed.

The MetroStars' Jeff Agoos, enjoying postseason play once again while aiming to reach MLS Cup for a record seventh time, relishes the playoff excitement but would like to see more emphasis on the regular season. By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America No, says Jeff Agoos, there weren't any inklings of deja vu last Saturday […]

By Paul Kennedy, Managing EditorSoccer America Magazine HUMAN CHESS In a battle of world champions, Diego Maradona took on blindfolded Russian grandmaster Anatoly Karpov (right) in a game of human chess on MaradonaÆs hit talk show ''La Noche del 10.'' The game ended in a draw. ABRAMOVICHÆs BILLIONS Chelsea owner gets richer What does a […]

By Mike Woitalla, Executive EditorSoccer America Magazine These players, all MLS champions, agree. Of all the thrills in sports, nothing compares to the glory of lifting a championship trophy with oneÆs teammates. Ben Olsen (1999, 2004) NOT A JINX Even though Ben Olsen (right) won Rookie of the Year honors, he felt crummy after his […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior EditorSoccer America Magazine Freddy AduÆs teammates on the U.S. teams at the 2003 and 2005 World Youth Championship included Bobby Convey and Eddie Johnson, two players who, if healthy, should make the 2006 World Cup squad. Others have the potential to excel at the international level … RICARDO CLARKA superb rookie […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior EditorSoccer America Magazine Bobby Convey, once the youngest player to appear in an MLS match, has taken his career to England. After a long stint on the bench, heÆs landed a regular spot for ambitious second-tier club Reading as he makes his case for a spot on the 2006 U.S. World […]

Salvadoran Star Coaching U.S. Youth By Mike Woitalla, Executive EditorSoccer America Magazine Former MLS star Raul Diaz Arce brings his experience to U.S. U-17 residents. Raul Diaz Arce played his first soccer barefoot on dirt roads in San Miguel, El Salvador. ôKids in my neighborhood had one pair of shoes,ö he says. ôYou needed those […]

America East First Round Oct. 28 in Boston #5 New Hampshire vs. # 4 Vermont #6 UMBC vs. #3 Binghamton Oct. 30 in Boston #1 Boston University vs. New Hampshire-Vermont winner #2 Maine vs. UMBC-Binghamton winner Big East First Round Oct. 27 Rutgers vs. Pittsburgh Syracuse vs. Georgetown Quarterfinals Oct. 30 Notre Dame vs. Georgetown/Syracuse […]