Monthly Archives: October 2006

The U.S. U-17 boys national team's month-long trip to South America is quickly turning into a learning experience. In the first of nine games in Uruguay and Argentina, the U-17s were crushed by Uruguay, 6-1, at the Estadio Centenario, site of the inaugural World Cup final in 1930. Uruguayan referee Fernando Falce whistled the USA […]

SCOTLAND-FRANCE. Scotland opened with two wins but needs to get at least a point against France to probably have any chance of advancing in Group B, easily the most difficult of the seven groups. France coach Raymond Domenech expects a challenge similar to that which the Bleus faced in September 2005 when they traveled to […]

Five college freshmen and one college junior are among the 16 players called up for the U.S. under-20 national team camp Oct. 8-12 in Sunrise, Fla. Coach Thomas Rongen called up goalies Brian Perk (UCLA), Joe Willis (Denver) and defenders Nick Cardenas (San Diego State), Amaechi Igwe (Santa Clara) and midfielder Stephen McCarthy (Santa Clara), […]

UC Santa Barbara and No. 11 UCLA, who meet Thursday in the first West Coast clash of the NSCAA Match of the Week series on Fox Soccer Channel (TV, live, 11 pm ET), have had their ups and downs in the 2006 men's season. The Gauchos opened with a 5-0 win over nationally ranked Akron […]

When Davy Arnaud brushed past him to set up a goal for Josh Wolff in the fifth minute of Real Salt Lake's game against Kansas City last weekend, Carey Talley again felt a dreaded sense of deja vu. For the third straight game, Salt Lake had fallen behind early. For a team locked in a […]

A German judge struck down a lawsuit by a homeowner who complained about the noise emanating from First Division club Alemannia Aachen's stadium. The judge acknowledged evidence that the cheering exceeded the legal decibel limit when the newly promoted team scores, but because that happens rarely during its biweekly home games, it cannot be considered […]

The Mexican national team, which wore Nike for the last four years, has signed an eight-year deal to be clothed by adidas. The Associated Press reported that adidas did not disclose the price of the contract, but Mexican newspapers estimated that El Tri will receive between $70 million and $88 million.

Santa Clara, the only Soccer America Women's Top 25 team in action on Wednesday, crushed neighboring San Jose State, 6-0. Lexi Orand led the No. 5 Broncos with two goals and one assist. Meagan Snell scored her team-high ninth goal and added two assists. Elsewhere, Rutgers (10-1-1) continued its best start in school history with […]

Northwestern's hard-luck senior, Will Nicholas, was lost for the season with a torn ACL in his right knee in the Wildcats' win over Loyola (Ill.) last week. It was the third ACL tear Nicholas has suffered in an addition to a broken leg that cut short his sophomore season in 2004. The former FC Delco […]

Notre Dame forward Joseph Lapira registered his fourth straight two-goal match to lead the No. 10 Irish to a 2-0 win at Michigan on Wednesday evening. Lapira, who entered the match tied for the national lead in goals, now has 15 goals in 13 games. No. 9 Indiana got a pair of first-half goals from […]