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Major League Soccer has accepted an offer from the Kraft Sports Group to acquire operating control of the San Jose Clash. Kraft Sports Group, the investor-operator of MLS’ New England Revolution and the owner of the National Football League’s New England Patriots, will assume control of the team immediately. Major League Soccer had been negotiating […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 14-15 Franklin Pierce 4 American Int’l 0 Bloomsburg 2 C.W. Post 3 Lynn 1 Barry 0 Francis Marion 1 Belmont Abbey 3 SIU-Edwardsville 1 So. Indiana 2 West Va. Wesleyan 0 Ashland 3 Mesa State 3 Metro State 1 Sonoma State 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 2 (Sonoma State wins on penalties.) […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Clemson 20-1-0 478 2 Washington 16-3-0 423 3 Indiana 18-2-0 418 4 Duke 18-3-0 410 5 Virginia 14-3-3 377 6 UCLA 16-3-0 362 7 St. JohnÆs 14-4-3 356 8 SMU 15-4-1 259 9 Brown 12-2-2 246 10 So. Carolina 15-4-0 232 11 Akron 17-2-1 227 12 Connecticut […]

FAR WEST Final Azusa Pacific 5 U.S. International 2 GREAT LAKES First Round Siena Heights 1 Tiffin 2 (OT) Findlay 3 Trinity Int’l 1 Semifinals Transylvania 2 Tiffin 1 Indiana Wesleyan 0 Findlay 2 Final Transylvania 7 Findlay 0 GREAT PLAINS Semifinals National American 3 Bethany 1 Nebraska Wesleyan 2 St. Mary 1 Final National […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 19 in Baltimore Brevard (N.C.) vs. Rhode Island CC St. Louis-Meramec (Mo.) vs. Anne Arundel (Md.) Monroe (N.Y.) vs. Dixie (Utah) Champlain (Vt.) vs. Brookdale (N.J.) SEMIFINALS Nov. 20 in Baltimore Brevard-Rhode Island CC winner vs. St. Louis-Meramec-Anne Arundel winner Monroe-Dixie winner vs. Champlain-Brookdale winner CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 22 in Baltimore Semifinal winners

The U.S. women’s national team will play its final game of 1998 against Ukraine in Fresno, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 20. The match will take place at Fresno State University’s Bulldog Stadium, with kickoff at 1 p.m. (PT) and will be broadcast live on ESPN. This will also be the last game before the USA […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny has re-signed head coach Tim Hankinson through the 2000 MLS season. In addition to being retained as the head coach, Hankinson has also been given the title of Director of Player Personnel, in which he will be responsible for all player movements. In keeping with MLS policy, no terms of the […]

Bolivian international midfielder Marco Etcheverry will be returning to Ecuador on loan from D.C. United to Club Sport Emelec in Guayaquil. Etcheverry, 28, played for Emelec’s city rival Barcelona last winter, leading the Canaries to the Ecuadoran Primera A championship. He scored six goals in his 12 games with Barcelona. The terms of Etcheverry’s loan […]

Group A July 29 — Bolivia vs. Egypt, Mexico vs. Saudi Arabia in Mexico City. July 31 — Saudi Arabia vs. Bolivia, Mexico vs. Egypt in Mexico City. Aug. 2 — Egypt vs. Saudi Arabia, Bolivia vs. Mexico in Mexico City. Group B July 28 — Brazil vs. France, New Zealand vs. USA in Guadalajara. […]

G Josh Campbell (Clemson) (1) ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player D Tony Powell (Jacksonville) (1) Goal and an assist in play-in win D Keith Burden (Santa Clara) (1) Hit winner over St. Mary’s on 45-yard shot M Andy Dixon (Brown) (1) Goal against Dartmouth sealed Ivy crown M Steve Jackson (Rider) (1) 2 goals in […]

Following meetings of the FIFA Women’s Football Committee this week in Zurich, Switzerland, the world governing body of soccer has determined the four seeded teams for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in the United States this summer. FIFA announced that China, Germany, Norway and the USA will head the four groups, […]

Nov. 14 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 6 UNC Charlotte 0. Goals: McDonald (Roberts) 2:58, Roberts (Florance) 21:35, Stoecker (Kluegel, McDowell) 41:09, Parlow (Kluegel) 46:02, Florance (Parlow) 55:54, Remy (Karvelsson, Murphy) 65:57. North Carolina — Mullinix, Fair, Stoecker, Borgman, Roberts, McDowell, Schwoy, Kluegel, Parlow, Florance, McDonald. Subs: Karvelsson, Remy, Sheppard, Murphy, DePlatchett, Mitchell, Lawler. […]

Nov. 14 in Indianapolis, Ind. Butler 1 Howard 1 (Butler wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Beck (Armstrong) 31:30; Clark 89:02. Butler — B.Anderson, Aldrich, Babinski, B.Foxworthy, Donaldson, Harkins, Beck, Armstrong, Prosser, Griest, R.Foxworthy. Subs: Long, Trivelloni, Sheray. Howard — Burgess, J.Anderson, H.Anderson, Ja.Chang, Hoo, Cham, Williams, Goodlett, Rutland, Simmons, Clark. Subs: Virtue, Jo.Chang, Chapman. Penalty […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Nov. 15. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Clemson 20-1-0 2 2. Indiana 18-2-0 3 3. Duke 18-3-0 4 4. Washington 16-3-0 10 5. UCLA 16-3-0 1 6. South Carolina 15-4-0 6 7. Virginia 14-3-3 5 8. St. John’s 14-4-3 8 9. […]

The MetroStars have loaned forward Eduardo Hurtado to Liga Deportivo de Quito of Ecuador for two months. “This loan presents Eduardo Hurtado with a great opportunity for serious competition this off-season,” said MetroStars GM Charlie Stillitano. “I wish him and Liga Deportivo de Quito well in their upcoming playoff run for the Ecuadorian Championship.” Hurtado, […]

Seedings 1. Clemson. 2. Virginia. 3. Duke. 4. Washington. 5. St. John’s. 6. UCLA. 7. Cal State Fullerton. 8. Indiana First Round Nov. 20-22 Lafayette (16-4-0)at (1) Clemson (20-1-0) William & Mary (14-7-2) at South Florida (12-7-2) Cincinnati (11-4-3) at Butler (18-4-1) Akron (17-2-1) at (8) Indiana (18-2-0) Brown (12-2-2) at (5) St. John’s (14-4-3) […]

Second Round Nov. 14 (1) North Carolina 6 UNC Charlotte 0 (3) Santa Clara 5 Pacific 0 UCLA 0 BYU 2 Hartford 3 Harvard 0 (6) Connecticut 2 Syracuse 1 Nov. 15 William & Mary 2 Maryland 0 Virginia 2 Georgia 2 (Georgia wins 3-1 on penalties.) (8) Dartmouth 1 Wisconsin 0 (5) Portland 3 […]

Second Round Nov. 14 (1) North Carolina 6 UNC Charlotte 0 (3) Santa Clara 5 Pacific 0 UCLA 0 BYU 2 Hartford 3 Harvard 0 (6) Connecticut 2 Syracuse 1 Nov. 15 Maryland (11-10-1) at William & Mary (15-2-2) Georgia (13-5-1) at Virginia (13-6-2) Wisconsin (11-7-2) at (8) Dartmouth (14-1-2) Minnesota (14-5-1) at (5) Portland […]

Nov. 14 in Washington D.C. D.C. United (USA) 0 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 1. Goal: Felipe 69. D.C. United — Presthus, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Olsen, Harkes, Williams, Sanneh (Wood, 81), Etcheverry, Moreno, Lassiter. Vasco da Gama — Carlos Germano, Filipe Alvim, Odvan, Henrique, Felipe, Luizinho (Nelson, 80), Nasa, Donizete, Gian (Zada, 66), Guilherme, Luizao (Valber, […]

Star defender Felipe scored in the 69th minute to lead Brazilian club Vasco da Gama to a 1-0 victory over D.C. United of MLS in the first leg of the InterAmerican Cup at RFK Stadium. Against the run of play in the second half, Vasco scored on a counterattack. Guilherme took a quick ball from […]

This article appeared originally in Mßs F·tbol. Mßs F·tbol is Soccer America‘s bilingual (Spanish/English) monthly magazine. The English version of this article follows the Spanish. Biograffa Jaime Moreno (D.C. United/Bolivia) Nacimiento (born): 19-enero-1974 en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Talla (height): 5-10 (1.78 m) Peso (weight): 163 (73 kg) Posici=n (position): Delantero (striker) Clubes Anteriores (past clubs): […]

Valerie Carroll Teaneck, N.J. With the expansion of the NCAA women’s championship field to 48 teams, I thought that all of the teams deserving of a bid would get one, yet Seton Hall, which defeated perennial power Notre Dame en route to an 11-6-1 record, was overlooked! How did this happen? Dean Caparaz: Thank you […]

POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Kelly Smith (Seton Hall) 17 24 8 56 3.29 2. Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida) 21 29 9 67 3.19 3. Danielle Korbmacher (Hartford) 20 27 5 59 2.95 4. Kim Engesser (Nebraska) 20 26 6 58 2.90 5. Mary Frances Monroe (Connecticut) 22 21 17 […]

POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Wojtek Krakowiak (Clemson) 19 25 8 58 3.05 2. John Wolyniec (Fordham) 20 25 10 60 3.00 2. Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 20 24 12 60 3.00 4. Siggi Eyjolfsson (UNC Greensboro) 21 25 12 62 2.95 5. Heikki Ritvanen (Central Fla.) 19 24 4 […]

You’d never have guessed Bruce Arena felt any pressure as he embarked on his quest to rebuild the U.S. national team program. After Raul Blanco was pressed on the podium to admit he thought Australia was the better team, Arena wrapped his Australian counterpart in a friendly bearhug, leaned into the microphone and extolled the […]