Monthly Archives: November 2005

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 ESPN DEPORTES European Champions League REAL MADRID-LYON (live), 2:30 pm. European Champions League LIVERPOOL-BETIS (delay), 4:45 pm. European Champions League ANDERLECHT-CHELSEA (delay), 10:30 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Sudamericana, Semifinal, […]

Under-17 Boys Storm Acad. 2 Chicago Magic 0 Kwame Holder and Sean Campbell scored second-half goals to upset the defending champion. Under-16 Boys MetroStars 2 Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus 1 (OT) Johnny ExantusÆ goal in the second overtime gave the Metros their first national championship. Under-15 Boys Schulz Acad. 2 Reading Rage 1 Schulz got […]

Only once has a coach with a previous MLS head-coaching stint with a different team reached MLS Cup: Thomas Rongen guided D.C. United to the 1999 title after coaching New England and Tampa Bay. With Chivas USA hiring Bob Bradley, who was fired by the MetroStars in October, three of MLS's 12 teams currently have […]

* Indicates State Champion . # Indicates Sectional Champion. ^ Indicates State Co-Champion BOYS Top 25 Rank/Team à Record à Last Week 1 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)* 23-0-0 1 2 St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.)* 23-0-0 2 3 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 23-0-0 3 4 Sandia Prep (Albuquerque, N.M.)* 24-0-0 4 5 Christian Brothers College […]

Boys 1989 Region 1 Matthew Brutto (Warrington, PA), Drew Kotler (Wynnewood, PA), Nirav Kadam Germantown, MD), Jeffeay Leach (New Canaan, CT), Andreas Chronis (Bayside, NY), Lucas Swertloff (Brooklyn, NY), John Tardy (Staten Island, NY), Stefan Lundberg (Lower Burrell, PA), Eathan Morrow (Shelburne, VT), Samuel Petrone (Glen Rock, NJ), Joseph Sorrentino (Hamilton, NJ), Nicholas Orozco (Moseley, […]

Winners: KASEY KELLER was Borussia Moenchengladbach's highest rated player by Kicker magazine in a 1-1 tie with Bayer Leverkusen. American defender STEVE CHERUNDOLO captained Hannover 96 under new coach Peter Neururer in its 2-2 tie at VfB Stuttgart. In the second tier of the English League, BOBBY CONVEY scored his third goal of the season […]

Georgia Perimeter won the NJCAA Division I menÆs championship with a 3-1 win over Yavapai in SundayÆs final in Tyler, Texas. Ricardo Cardoso, the JaguarsÆ 6-foot-2 striker from Tamarac, Fla., scored two goals in the first half to earn tournament MVP honors. CardosoÆs golden goal had lifted Georgia Perimeter to a 3-2 win over Mercer […]

Girls 1988 Region 1 Megan Ashforth (New Canaan, CT), Gina DeMaio (Parsippany, NJ), Gina DiMartino (Massapequa, NY), Akilah Duggan (Brentwood, NY), Kelly Eagan (St. James, NY), Rebecca Edwards (Downingtown, PA), Colleen Flanagan (Downingtown, PA), Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, NJ), Kelly Henderson (Baldwin, NY), Chantal Jones (Midlothian, VA), Meghan Klingenberg (Gibsonia, PA), Ashley Moore (Clifton Park, […]

NCAA D2 MEN. Lee Paul Scroggins scored two goals in LynnÆs 8-0 victory over Lander to tie an NCAA Division II record for goals in a tournament with six. Lynn joins top-ranked Ft. Lewis, No. 4 SIU-Edwardsville and No. 15 Franklin Pierce in the final four, which will be played Dec. 2-4 in Wichita Falls, […]

Kacey White set an NCAA Division I WomenÆs Tournament record with five assists in North CarolinaÆs 6-0 win over Pepperdine. White's five assists broke the record that had been held by four Tar Heel players For the second straight game, North CarolinaÆs Lindsay Tarpley had a hat trick, giving her 16 career goals in the […]

Eoin Lynch scored a golden goal in the 96th minute to give Providence a 1-0 win at Hofstra in the first round of the NCAA Division I MenÆs Tournament. The Friars, making their first tournament appearance since 1983, were one of only three teams to win on the road in the first round. Wisconsin-Milwaukee beat […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Real Salt Lake has begun the revamp of its roster by waiving several players, including Rusty Pierce, D.J. Countess and Matt Behncke, and trading Brian Dunseth to CD Chivas USA for defender Douglas Sequeira and midfielder Christian Jiminez. One player back on the block is Real Salt Lake […]

By Paul Gardner Having been a tremendous flop during his three years with the RotMasters, it comes as no suprise to see Bob Bradley rewarded with another plum coaching job … that is the way it is with the MLS coaching clique … of course it smacks of jobs for the boys, a sort of […]

Bob Bradley, fired by the MetroStars with three games left in the 2005 regular season, will be named Chivas USA head coach. Bradley succeeds Dutchman Hans Westerhof, who had replaced Dutch-American Thomas Rongen, the 2005 expansion franchise's first coach, at midseason. Bradley had a 32-31-26 record at the MetroStars and guided them to playoffs his […]

NCAA Division II MenÆs Tournament (Nov. 20) Quarterfinals Nov. 20 Lynn 8 (Wallace 9, Scroggins pen. 16, 50, Porter pen. 33, Alexander 45, Young 58, Salvatore 88, Ando 90) Lander 0. Ft. Lewis 3 (Cunliffe 12, Sweetser pen. 43, 58, Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 (Rivas 23, Corona 87). SIU-Edwardsville 1 (Banner 77) Carson-Newman 0. […]

Nov. 19 Franklin Pierce 2 (Hughes 10, Hislop 21) West Chester 1 (Yetter 28). Seattle Pacific 0 Metro State 0. (Seattle Pacific wins 5-4 on penalties.) Nov. 20 Neb.-Omaha 2 (Iwansky 3, 51) Grand Valley State 0. Carson-Newman 2 (Angus 24, Moore 71) West Florida 0. Semifinals Dec. 1 in Wichita Falls, Texas Carson-Newman (17-4-0) […]

Quarterfinals Nov. 20 Lynn 8 (Wallace 9, Scroggins pen. 16, 50, Porter pen. 33, Alexander 45, Young 58, Salvatore 88, Ando 90) Lander 0. Ft. Lewis 3 (Cunliffe 12, Sweetser pen. 43, 58, Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 (Rivas 23, Corona 87). SIU-Edwardsville 1 (Banner 77) Carson-Newman 0. Franklin Pierce 1 (Joyce 34) NYIT 1 […]

THIRD ROUND Nov. 18 Portland 4 (Rapinoe 18, 84, Huie 28, Hume 90) Arizona 0. Att.: 4,892. Notre Dame 5 (Cinalli 16, Bock 22, Pinnick 40, Hanks 64, 85) Yale 2 (Karnes 32, Whitfield 51). Att.: 768. Nov. 19 North Carolina 6 (Guess 6, Chalupny 16, Tarpley 18, 63, 84, OÆReilly 35) Pepperdine 0. Att.: […]

First Round Nov. 18 Bradley 0 UW-Milwaukee 2 (Sperl 11, Francois 51). Att.: 1,006. Clemson 2 (Richards 22, Quintanar 28) Coastal Carolina 0. Att.: 1,160 Creighton 3 (Wieland 32, Kraus 37, Biggerstaff 90) Lafayette 0. Att.; 2,380. Hofstra 0 Providence 1 (Lynch 96) (OT). Att.: 1,251. Notre Dame 2 (Lapira 20, Martin 53) Western Illinois […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) SATURDAY, Nov. 19 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England WIGAN-ARSENAL (live), 7:30 am. Germany BORUSSIA DORTMUND-HERTHA BERLIN (delay), 10 am. England WEST BROM-EVERTON (live), noon. England CHARLTON-MANCHESTER UTD. (delay), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL England […]

Bethesda Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 12-13 Maryland Under 19 Girls Potomac 1. Reston FC Rovers 2. PWSI Cardinals Under 17 Girls Potomac 1. Reston FC Rockets 2. Beach FC MajiX Under 16 Girls Potomac Freestate Shooters 1 Richmond Strikers Orange 0 Under 15 Girls Potomac GSC Freedom 1 Bethesda SC Blast 0 Under 14 Girls Potomac […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America BARCA BRAND. News that Barcelona president Joan Laporta was in Frisco, Texas, last weekend for MLS Cup generated predictable but incorrect speculation the legendary Catalan club is primed to place a team in MLS. Laporta didnÆt rule out the possibility, and even ran down a list of possible […]

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Winners: For the first time in history, the Concacaf region will be represented by four teams at a World Cup. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO downed Bahrain, 1-0, in Manama on a Dennis Lawrence header to win the playoff series 2-1 on aggregate. T&T joined the Concacaf qualifiers USA, Mexico and Costa Rica AUSTRALIA, whose only other […]

CONCACAF (4) Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago. EUROPE (14) Germany (host), Ukraine, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, England, Portugal, Poland, France, Serbia & Montenegro, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic. SOUTH AMERICA (4) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador. OCEANIA (1) Australia AFRICA (5) Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Angola, Tunisia. ASIA (4) Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, Iran.