Monthly Archives: October 2006

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America Tales of D.C. UnitedÆs impending demise may yet prove to be greatly exaggerated, but United has certainly given its rivals hopes of knocking off the Eastern Conference champion in the playoffs by losing five of the last seven games. Chicago beat D.C. Sunday, 3-2, with goals by Gonzalo […]

Nicolas Mazzola scored in stoppage time to give host Argentina a 2-1 victory over the USA Friday night in the final of the Torneo Internacional Sub-17 in San Luis. Ellis McLoughlin scored to give the USA a 1-0 lead it carried late into the second half before surrendering two goals in the final 20 minutes. […]

Oct. 14 in East Rutherford, N.J. New York 3 Kansas City 2. Goals: Guevara pen. 31, Guevara pen. 60, Guevara 75; van den Bergh 23, Sealy (Victorine) 83. New York — Conway, Wynne, Mendes, Parke, Dunivant, Guevara, Kovalenko, Henderson (Schopp, 61), Stammler, Altidore (Wolyniec, 81), Djorkaeff (Jolley, 94+). Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Garcia, Conrad, Raybould […]

Harvard crushed No. 15 Brown, 6-2, for a big Ivy League win on the road. Sophomore midfielder Michael Fucito had a monster game with two goals and three assists, while Charles Altchek had two goals in a two-minute stretch early in the second half to put the game out of reach. The Crimson is now […]

New Zealand international Jarrod Smith broke the Big East record for goals and points in a season in conference play when he scored twice after intermission in No. 8 West Virginia's 2-0 win Georgetown. Smith's 12 goals broke Seton HallÆs Michael Magarinos' record of 11 goals set in 1995. Smith also broke the Big East […]

Virginia Tech showed that it should not be forgotten as the Hokies crushed No. 7 Clemson, 5-2, in Blacksburg on Saturday night. Ghanaian star Patrick Nyarko put Tech ahead with two first-half goals. Brent Dillie made it 3-0 early in the second half before Mark Buchholz put the Tigers on the board from the penalty […]

Wake Forest beat its second ranked team on the road this week with a 1-0 win over No. 3 North Carolina on Friday night. Julian Valentin's goal in the 19th minute proved to be the game-winner as the fifth-ranked Demon Deacons stretched their unbeaten streak at Fetzer Field to 11 matches dating back to the […]

Central Florida held No. 1 SMU to a 2-2 tie Saturday night in Conference USA action. SMU had allowed only three first-half goals in 14 games, but UCF jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by sophomore Mike Mattson with a low 25-yard shot in the 14th minute and junior James Georgeff on a […]

Charlie Davies showed why he just might be the best player in college soccer, scoring Boston CollegeÆs first two goals and assisted on the third as the Eagles upset the No. 2 Maryland, 3-1, Friday night before 6,214 fans, the second-largest crowd ever at Ludwig Field. Davies, the ACC leader in goals and points entering […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, Oct. 13 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL MenÆs College STANFORD-WASHINGTON (live), 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Sudamericana BOCA JUNIORS-NACIONAL, Round of 16, 2nd Leg (delay), 2:30 am. GOL TV Germany MAINZ-AACHEN (live), 2:25 […]

With an 11-week regular season, it's rare to get a week off in college soccer, but that's what has turned around Denver's season. Since skipping the weekend of Sept. 22-23, the Pioneers have been on a roll, winning four MPSF games, all by shutouts, and moving into the Soccer America Men's Top 25. The streak […]

For the second year in a row, Boston College defender Laura Georges is among 20 players nominated for the FIFA World Women's Player of the Year award. Georges, who has split time between the Eagles and France's women's national team, is considered one of the best defenders in the world. The BC senior played for […]

Goals by Yael Averbuch and Heather O'Reilly in the final 10 minutes propelled No. 2 North Carolina past Boston College, 3-1, on Thursday night at Fetzer Field for its 15th win in a row. Carolina went ahead in the 10th minute, but the Eagles came back to tie the score 36 seconds later on freshman […]

Freddy Adu didn't score in his first game as captain of a U.S. national team, but he didn't need to as the U.S. U-20 national team crushed Haiti's U-23s, 5-1, on Wednesday night in Sunrise, Fla. Michael Bradley, Miguel Gonzalez, Johann Smith and Tim Ward all scored in the first half as the U-20s took […]

ENGLAND. Reading, tied for fourth place only three points behind leaders Chelsea and United, is the surprise of the EPL season. In their previous home game, the Royals, who start Americans Marcus Hahnemann and Bobby Convey, tied Manchester United, 1-1. On Saturday evening, defending EPL champion Chelsea visits the Madejski Stadium (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, […]

Ukrainian-American Dmitry Piterman, the president of Spanish club Alaves, has acquired a USL First Division franchise that will begin play in the 2007 season. California Victory derives its nickname from Alaves' home city of Vitoria, the capital city of the province of Alava in the Basque country of Spain. The club will play out of […]

By Ridge Mahoney MEADOWLANDS MUST-WIN. ''It's Bruce, it's on turf, Tony's in goal again, it's got all the makings of all the headlines you could want going into a final match of the season.'' Josh Wolff may not have it exactly right, but surely the elements are in place for the Meadowlands to be buzzing […]