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Here is the Soccer America men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Nov. 8: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. UCLA 15-2-0 1 2. Clemson 18-1-0 2 3. Indiana 16-2-0 3 4. Duke 16-2-0 5 5. Virginia 13-2-3 4 6. South Carolina 14-4-0 9 7. Stanford 14-4-1 8 8. St. John’s 12-4-3 11 9. […]

FIRST ROUND Bowdoin (11-3-0) at Williams (13-1-0) Keene State (15-5-0) at Amherst (12-2-0) Washington (Mo.) (15-2-1) at Centre (12-6-1) Otterbein (16-5-0) at Earlham (13-4-2) Drew (16-2-3) at Gettysburg (17-2-0) Western Conn. (14-6-0) at Richard Stockton (15-4-0) Chapman (11-7-1) at Cal Lutheran (14-5-0) Macalester (15-3-0) at Luther (19-2-1) SECOND ROUND New England: Bowdoin-Williams winner vs. Middlebury […]

The legendary studio mogul Samuel Goldwyn, when quizzed by associates as how he’d structure a blockbuster film, replied, “Start with an earthquake, then work to a climax.” There were plenty of natural disasters leading up to the 1998 U.S. Open Cup final. It started off with a hurricane, and from thence, escalated. After Hurricane Bonnie […]

Seeds (1) North Carolina. (2) Florida. (3) Santa Clara. (4) Notre Dame. (5) Portland. (6) Connecticut. (7) Penn State. (8) Dartmouth. First Round (to be played Nov. 11) South Carolina (11-6-1) at UNC-Charlotte (14-5-3) Fairfield (18-1-0) at Maryland (10-10-1) Wake Forest (13-6-1) at Georgia (12-5-1) Central Florida (11-7-0) at Wisconsin (10-7-2) Kentucky (9-8-3) at Minnesota […]

Roma (Italy) vs. FC Zurich (Switzerland) Monaco (France) vs. Marseille (France) Grasshoppers (Switzerland)* vs. Girondins Bordeaux (France) Real Sociedad (Spain) vs. Atl. Madrid (Spain) Lyon (France) vs. Club Bruges (Belgium) Rangers (Scotland) vs. Parma (Italy) Celta (Spain) vs. Liverpool (England) Bologna (Italy) vs. Real Betis (Spain) *-Grasshoppers advances after Fiorentina was ejected from the tournament […]

The legendary studio mogul Samuel Goldwyn, when quizzed by associates as how he’d structure a blockbuster film, replied, “Start with an earthquake, then work to a climax.” There were plenty of natural disasters leading up to the 1998 U.S. Open Cup final. It started off with a hurricane, and from thence, escalated. After Hurricane Bonnie […]

Major League Soccer’s remaining five class of ’98 Project-40 players will leave by November 9 for international seasoning with Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga, Sheffield Wednesday of England’s Premier League, Santos of Brazil and a nine-day tour of Mexico with the Dallas Burn. Columbus Crew defender Ubusuku Abukusumo and D.C. United midfielder Judah Cooks […]

Nov. 6 in San Jose, Calif. USA 0 Australia 0. USA — Thornton, Agoos, Llamosa, Pope, Williams (Armas, 46), Lewis (Olsen, 73), Mathis (Chung, 69), Moore, Jones, Lassiter (Brown, 90), McBride. Australia — Petkovic, Emerton, Foxe, Tobin, Popovic, Wherman, Neill, Viduka, Skoko, Mori, Colosimo (Bove, 90). Yellow cards: USA — Mathis 55, Lassiter 78, Llamosa […]

The U.S. Men’s national team and Australia played to an exciting 0-0 draw in Bruce Arena’s debut as head coach in front of 15,074 fans at Spartan Stadium in San Jose. The match was the first for the U.S. since the 1998 World Cup, and will be televised tape delayed on ESPN this Tuesday (Nov. […]

College: Men’s NCAA Division I Individual Leaders (through Nov. 1) POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Wojtek Krakowiak (Clemson) 18 25 7 57 3.17 2. John Wolyniec (Fordham) 19 24 10 58 3.05 3. Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 18 21 11 53 2.94 3. Siggi Eyjolfsson (UNC Greensboro) 18 21 11 […]

Here are the results of the www.socceramerica.com October poll, in which 2,424 fans voted for the goalkeeper and ten field players they wanted to see start against Australia in the Nov. 6 friendly at Spartan Stadium. GOALKEEPERS Player (Team) Votes *Kasey Keller (Leicester City, England) 1379 Zach Thornton (Chicago Fire) 524 Brad Friedel (Liverpool, England) […]

POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Kelly Smith (Seton Hall) 16 23 8 54 3.38 2. Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida) 18 26 8 60 3.33 3. Kim Engesser (Nebraska) 18 24 6 54 3.00 4. Jenny Heft (Notre Dame) 19 26 4 56 2.95 5. Marit Foss (Jacksonville) 17 15 17 […]

The U.S. Soccer Federation has issued a news release stating that Chicago Fire midfielder Chris Armas is now eligible to play for the U.S. national team, having received clearance from CONCACAF. CONCACAF's clearance contradicts FIFA Director of Communications Keith Cooper's statement in the story we posted Oct. 22, when he said that if Armas played […]

Nov. 4 in Moscow Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1 (Tikhonov 68) Inter Milan (Italy) 1 (Simeone 89). Half: 0-0. Att.: 70,000. Nov. 5 in Graz Sturm Graz (Austria) 1 (Haas 4) Real Madrid (Spain) 5 (Panucci 7, 61, Mijatovic 35, Seedorf 57, Suker 74). Half: 1-2. Att.: 14,500. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P […]

Nov. 5 in Glasgow Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 1 (Johansson 56) Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1 (Kirsten 78). Half: 0-0. Att.: 50,012. (Glasgow Rangers wins 3-2 on aggregate.) Note: FIFA will announce the date of a replay of the Fiorentina-Grasshoppers match, which was abandoned at halftime on Nov. 3, early next week.

FIRST ROUND RESULTS Elizabethtown 3 Johns Hopkins 1 Wellesley 1 Bowdoin 0 Colby 5 Keene State 1 Lynchburg 1 Roanoke 0 (3OT) St. Thomas 1 Gustavus Adolphus 2 Nazareth 0 Rochester 1 (3OT) Denison 1 Calvin 0 Ohio Wesleyan 4 Olivet 3 (OT) SECOND ROUND Mid-Atlantic: College of New Jersey (15-2-1) vs. Elizabethtown (12-8-1), Gettysburg […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-17 national team will travel to Jamaica in February of 1999 to attempt to qualify for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand. The American team will play in CONCACAF’s Group A versus Honduras (Feb. 24), Costa Rica (Feb. 26) and host Jamaica (Feb. 28) in the four-team group. All […]

Cobi Jones, Kasey Keller and Eddie Pope have been selected as the three finalists for the 1998 Honda Player of the Year award, recognizing “the best U.S. professional player to defend the colors of the United States in the last calendar year.” A panel of 200 journalists throughout the country made the selections, and the […]

The Pittsburgh Riverdogs, who will begin play in the A-League in 1999, have hired former Tampa Bay Mutiny coach John Kowalski as the team’s first head coach. “We are very pleased to have a coach with his experience and coaching background taking us into our first season,” said Pittsburgh GM Dave Kasper. “He is among […]

Nov. 5 in Varazdin Varteks Varazdin (Croatia) 4 (Mumlek 65, 117, Kamberovic 80, 99) Heerenveen (Netherlands) 2 (Samardzic 18, De Visser 114). Half: 0-1. Att.: 10,000. (Varteks wins 5-4 on aggregate.) Nov. 5 in Limassol Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 0 Panionios Athens (Greece) 1 (Sapountzis 18). Half: 0-1. Att.: 8,000. (Panionios wins 4-2 on aggregate.) Nov. […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 20-0-0 DA CS-San Bernardino 1-0 (OT), DA Cal Poly Pomona 2-1 2 CS-Dom. Hills 12-5-1 DH CS-Stanislaus 2-0 3 UC Davis 13-5-1 LH CSLA 0-1, DH Grand Canyon 4-1 4 Cal Poly Pomona 10-8-0 DH San Francisco St. 2-1, LH Sonoma St. 1-2 5 CS-Bakersfield 11-8-1 […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 North Carolina 18-0-0 DA Wake Forest 3-0 2 Florida 18-1-0 DH Duke 5-1, DH Penn State 3-1 3 Clemson 13-5-0 DH Richmond 4-0 4 Wake Forest 12-5-1 LH North Carolina 0-3 5 South Carolina 11-5-1 DH North Carolina St. 1-0 6 Georgia 12-5-1 DA Cincinnati 5-0, DH Elon […]

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MEN’S NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 13-1-4 TH Seattle 2-2 (OT) 2 Seattle 13-5-2 TA Simon Fraser 2-2 (OT), LA Puget Sound 1-2 (OT) 3 Concordia 8-8-2 DH Northwest 4-1, DA Cascade 3-0 4 Western Baptist 9-7-1 DH Cascade 4-0, DH Northwest 6-1 5 Westminster 9-8-2 Far West Region 1 Fresno Pacific 13-4-0 […]

WOMENÆS NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 11-3-1 LA Western Washington 1-2 (OT) 2 George Fox 15-3-2 DH Linfield 6-1, DH Pacific Lutheran 3-0 3 Seattle 11-5-3 DA Puget Sound 2-0 3 Concordia 13-4-1 TH Western Oregon 1-1 5 Puget Sound 9-7-2 LN Seattle 0-2 Far West Region 1 Azusa Pacific 18-0-0 DH Concordia […]