Monthly Archives: October 2005

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) MONDAY, Oct. 17 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English Premier League CHARLTON-FULHAM (live), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL English Premier League CHARLTON-FULHAM (live), 3 pm. TUESDAY, Oct. 18 ESPN2 European Champions League MANCHESTER UTD.-LILLE (live), […]

The U.S. womenÆs national teamÆs perfect record under Coach Greg Ryan ended when it was held to a 0-0 tie by Australia on Sunday at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif. The Americans, now 7-0-1 under Ryan, have not allowed a goal in nine games dating back to th final match of 2004. They created few […]

Oct. 14 #2 New Mexico 1 (Loeseth 96) Sacramento State 0 (OT). Wisconsin 2 (Diaz pen. 21, Johnson 43) #6 Indiana 5 (Nguyen pen. 15, Plotkin 25, Peterson 52, 58, Chirico 64). #8 Maryland 4 (Rogers 21, Lancos 24, Edu 47, Garey 54) #13 North Carolina 1 (Shriver 65). (Tar Heels fall to 1-3-1 in […]

MLS Statistics (through Oct. 16) STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS New England 17-7-8 59 D.C. United 16-10-6 54 Chicago 15-13-4 49 Metrostars 12-9-11 47 Kansas City 11-9-12 45 Columbus 11-16-5 38 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS San Jose 18-4-10 64 FC Dallas 13-10-9 48 Colorado 13-13-6 45 Los Angeles 13-13-6 45 Real Salt Lake […]

MLS Summaries (Oct. 15-16) Oct. 15 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Twellman (Cancela) 35. New England – Reis, Heaps, Franchino (Riley, 53), Leonard (Smith, 31), Ralston, Cancela, Dorman (Phillips, 71), Joseph, Parkhurst, Twellman, Dempsey. Chicago – Thornton, Brown, Pause, Stewart, Caballero, Thiago, Sanneh, Guerrero (John, 75), Marsch, Barrett (Rolfe, 63), Herron […]

Oct. 14 Loyola Marymount 0 #1 Portland 3 (Sinclair 33, 64, Woznuk 52). (Christine Sinclair has 26 goals in 14 games.) Ohio State 0 #2 Penn State 1 (Weimer 6). (Tiffany Weimer and Sinclair tie Brandi ChastainÆs college record of 15 straight games with at least one goal.) Oregon 0 #4 UCLA 3 (Adams 6, […]

Girls Fall Best of the Midwest Oct. 1-2 Illinois Under 19 Serie A 1. ASC United, 1. Metro United, 1. JB Marine, 1. Eclipse Premier Under 17 Serie A 1. Team Chicago Premier, 1. NSA Red Under 16 Serie A 1. Chicago Magic, 1. JB Marine, 1. KC Comets Under 15 Serie A 1. West […]

EUROPE Spain-Slovakia Switzerland-Turkey Norway-Czech Republic First leg, Nov. 12; second leg Nov. 16. CONCACAF vs. ASIA Trinidad & Tobago-Bahrain (Nov. 12 & 16) SOUTH AMERICA vs. OCEANIA Uruguay-Australia (Nov. 12 & 16)

MAKING A LIST: MLS's midseason coach casualties The 2005 MLS season has seen three coaching casualties. Here's how this season compares with previous years in midseason head coach firings: 2005: 3 Thomas Rongen (Chivas USA), Greg Andrulis (Columbus), Bob Bradley (MetroStars). 2004: 1 Sigi Schmid (Los Angeles). 2003: 1 Mike Jeffries (Dallas). 2002: 1 Fernando […]

Who has had the longest coaching stint with one MLS team? Bob Gansler, who has coached seven seasons at Kansas City (1999-present).

Who has coached the most MLS teams? Thomas Rongen, who coached four teams: Tampa Bay (1996), New England (1997-98), D.C. United (1999-2001) and Chivas USA (2005).

Saturday, Oct. 15, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/4:30 pm PT NEW ENGLAND (16-7-8, 56 pts) vs. CHICAGO (15-12-4, 49 pts) TV: WB-56, CSN-Chi. Direct Kick: DirecTV – 640; Dish Net – 461; InDemand. Key Players Out: New England – none; Chicago – MF Craig Capano (L torn ACL surgery), DF Leonard Griffin (R knee surgery), […]

LAST PLAYOFF SPOT: Major League Soccer's 10th regular season comes to an end this weekend and the game to watch on Saturday is Kansas City's clash against Dallas, because the Wizards are in a race against the MetroStars for the eighth and final playoff spot. Too bad it's not televised. Should Kansas City lose in […]

Oct. 12 #9 Duke 3 (Tippets 20, Moros 67, Krover 84) #17 Wake Forest 0. Oct. 13 #14 Boston College 1 (Dane 62) #3 North Carolina 4 (White pen. 50, Chalupny 68, OÆReilly 76, Tarpley 80). (With two assists, Lindsay Tarpley moves into tie for No. 5 spot in UNC history.) Virginia Tech 0 #5 […]

Shannon Boxx (USA) Maribel Dominguez (Mexico) Laura Georges (France) Solveig Gulbrandsen (Norway) Ho Sun Hui (South Korea) Laura Kalmari (Finland) Satu Kunnas (Finland) Renate Lingor (Germany) Hanna Ljungberg (Sweden) Hanna Marklund (Sweden) Marta (Brazil) Sandra Minnert (Germany) Portia Modise (South Africa) Malin Mostrom (Sweden) Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria) Nordby Bente (Norway) Cathrine Paaske Sorensen (Denmark) Park […]

CONCACAF Winners: Forward TAYLOR TWELLMAN scored his first U.S. goal in 14 appearances and midfielder KYLE MARTINO tallied his first in seven U.S. games to give the USA a 2-0 victory over winless Panama in the Americans' third qualifier since clinching passage to Germany 2006. Combined with Mexico's loss to Trinidad & Tobago, the USA […]

CONCACAF (3.5 berths) Mexico, USA, Costa Rica (Trinidad & Tobago to play off against Asia's Bahrain.) EUROPE (14 berths) Germany (host), Ukraine, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, England, Portugal, Poland, France, Serbia & Montenegro, Sweden. (Playoff matchups: Spain-Slovakia, Switzerland-Turkey, Norway-Czech Republic. First leg, Nov. 12; second leg Nov. 16) SOUTH AMERICA (4.5 berths) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador […]

The Swedish tabloid Expressen has come to the defense of England's Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, whom the English media pilloried following losses to Denmark in August and Northern Ireland last month. Under the headline, ''Don't touch our Svennis,'' Expressen wrote, ''They do not understand that he has turned a bunch of bone breakers on muddy […]

First 11 – Top Clubs 1. Chicago Magic 67.9, 2. SCC Breakers 67.0, 3. Match Fit Academy 66.8, 4. Santa Rosa United 66.6, 5. Washington Crossfire 65.7, 6. Richmond Strikers 64.8, 7. City Islanders Academy 64.7, 8. FC Portland 64.6, 9. New York Rough Riders 64.5, 10. Seacoast United 64.4, 11. Long Island Rough Riders […]

Oct. 12 in Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake 0. Colorado 1. Goal: Noel (Cunningham) 87. Real Salt Lake — Countess, Brown, Dunseth, Akwari, Novak (Fitzpatrick 87), Cutler, Kamler (Scarlett 56), Trembly, Williams, Mathis, Tarley (Watson 73). Colorado — Cannon, Freeman,Borchers, Petke, Kotschau, Beckerman, Cooke (Gotsmanov 69), Nkong (Noel 72), Denton, Peguero (Cunningham 56), Kirovski. […]

EUROPE Group 1 Oct. 12 Netherlands 0 Macedonia 0. Finland 0 Czech Republic 3 (Jun 6, Rosicky 51, Heinz 58). Andorra 0 Armenia 3 (own goal 39, Aram Hakobyan 52, Ara Hakobyan 62). Final Standings: TEAM W T L GF GA P *Netherlands 10 2 0 27 3 32 **Czech Republic 9 0 3 35 […]

Playoff, Second Leg Oct. 12 Bahrain 0 Uzbekistan 0. (Aggregate: 1-1; Bahrain wins on away goal.)

SOUTH AMERICA Oct. 12 Uruguay 1 (Recoba 46) Argentina 0. Chile 0 Ecuador 0. Brazil 3 (Adriano 28, Ronaldo 51, Roberto Carlos 63) Venezuela 0. Paraguay 0 Colombia 1 (Rey 8). Peru 4 (Vassallo 12, Acasiete 38, Farfan 45, 82) Bolivia 1 (Gutierrez 66) Final Standings: TEAM W T L GF GA P *Brazil 9 […]

Oct. 12 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 Panama 0. Goals: Martino 51, Twellman 57. USA û Howard, Spector, Marshall, Califf, Albright, Carroll, Martino (Clark, 68), Dempsey, Quaranta, Twellman (Ching, 74), Mapp (Ralston, 58) Panama û Penedo, Baloy, Moreno,Gomez, Solanilla, Guardia, Lombardo (G.Torres, 62), Jorge Luis Dely Valdes, Brown (R. Torres, 62), Gallardo (Basile, 62), Julio […]

Oct. 12 #9 Duke 3 (Tippets 20, Moros 67, Krover 84) #17 Wake Forest 0. Oct. 13 #14 Boston College vs. #3 North Carolina Virginia Tech vs. #5 Virginia #7 Santa Clara vs. St. MaryÆs #13 BYU vs. Air Force Oct. 14 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 Portland Ohio State vs. #2 Penn State Oregon vs. […]