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While better atmosphere has been the principal argument made in favor of MLS clubs moving to smaller stadiums, the current playoffs have demonstrated another reason for making the move to soccer-specific stadiums: convenience. MLS and ABC would have loved to have Game 2 of the Western Conference final between Los Angeles (No. 1 market) and […]

Group A Oct. 20 in Kaduna Nigeria 6 DR Congo 0 Morocco 4 Egypt 1 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Nigeria 2 2 0 0 14 0 6 DR Congo 2 1 0 1 4 7 3 Morocco 2 1 0 1 4 9 3 Egypt 2 0 0 2 2 8 […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 16-0-0 DA CSLA 3-1, DA Grand Canyon 4-0 2 UC Davis 11-3-1 DA CS Dom. Hills 1-0, DA CS Bakersfield 3-1 3 CS Dom. Hills 11-3-1 LH UC Davis 0-1, DH Chico State 1-0 (OT) 4 Western Washington 9-5-0 LH Simon Fraser 0-2 5 Humboldt State […]

WOMENÆS NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 10-2-1 DA Western Washington 2-1, DA Central Washington 2-1 2 George Fox 12-3-2 TH Willamette 1-1, DA Whitman 2-1, DA Whitworth 2-0 3 Seattle 9-4-3 DH Linfield 4-3, TH Willamette 0-0 4 Puget Sound 9-5-2 DH Pacific Lutheran 1-0, LN Willamette 2-1, DH Linfield 2-1 5 Concordia […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 North Carolina 15-0-0 DN Portland 2-0, DA St. MaryÆs 3-0 2 Florida 14-1-0 DA Florida St. 2-0, DH Mississippi St. 8-0, DH Mississippi 9-1 3 Clemson 10-5-0 DH Davidson 6-0, LA Virginia 0-1, LA William & Mary 1-3 4 Wake Forest 11-3-1 DH No. Carolina St. 7-0, DH […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 No. Carolina 15-0-0 300 2 Santa Clara 14-0-1 288 3 Connecticut 13-0-2 271 4 Florida 14-1-0 266 5 Notre Dame 12-2-1 248 6 Portland 11-1-2 244 7 Penn State 13-1-1 223 8 Dartmouth 10-1-1 204 9 Wm. & Mary 11-1-1 201 10 Nebraska 11-2-1 197 11 San […]

Conference Finals Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. COLUMBUS Oct. 11 — D.C. United 2 Columbus 0 Oct. 18 — Columbus 4 D.C. United 2 Oct. 21 — D.C. United 3 Columbus 0 (D.C. United wins series 2-1.) Western Conference LOS ANGELES VS. CHICAGO Oct. 10 — Los Angeles 0 Chicago 1 Oct. 16 — Chicago […]

GROUP A Oct. 21 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 1 (Alexandris 38) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 80,000. Oct. 21 in Oporto Porto (Portugal) 3 (Doriva Junior 33, Zahovic 43, 75) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 20,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Olympiakos 3 2 1 0 5 […]

MENÆS NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 12-2-2 TH Victoria 1-1 2 Seattle 10-4-1 DH Western Washington 2-0, DH Linfield 2-1 (OT), DH Willamette 6-0 3 George Fox 10-5-1 DH Brigham Young-Hawaii 4-0, DA Whitman 2-1 (OT), LA Whitworth 0-1 4 Westminster 9-6-2 5 Concordia (Ore.) 5-7-2 LH Western Baptist 1-2 (OT), LA Northwest […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 15-0-0 50 DA Chicago 4-2, DA Centre 2-1 2 Trinity (Texas) 10-2-0 45 DH DePauw 4-3 (OT) 3 Rhodes 12-2-1 39 DA Christian Brothers 4-2, DH Millsaps 6-0, DH Oglethorpe 8-1 4 Univ. of South 12-1-0 33 DH St. Francis 6-1, DH Hanover 5-0 5 […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 12-2-1 LH Wm. Paterson 0-2, DH Georgian Court 2-0 2 Richard Stockton 11-2-1 DH Kean 1-0, DA Elizabethtown 4-1 3 Gettysburg 11-2-0 4 John Hopkins 9-2-1 DA NYU 5-1 5 Messiah 12-3-1 DH Juniata 8-0, DH Kean 6-0 6 Salisbury 9-5-0 DA Rowan 1-0 7 Rowan […]

FEATURES Galaxy Fades As Fire Blazes Path To Final By Mike Garofola From Whence Shall The New Coaches Come? By Ridge Mahoney McBride’s Goals In The Rain Sink United By Craig Merz Rhinos Rumble To First A-League Championship By Jeff Diveronica Clive Charles: ‘We DonÆt Own These Jobs’ Interview By Duncan Irving Spain’s Jose Camacho […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 13-1-0 50 DH Wisconsin 3-0, DA Northwestern 1-0 2 Butler 12-2-0 45 DA Wright State 3-0, DH Wisconsin 2-1 (OT) 3 Akron 11-2-1 40 DH Buffalo 5-1, DA Northern Illinois 2-0 4 Notre Dame 7-4-3 34 LH Connecticut 0-2, DH Seton Hall 2-0 5 Cincinnati 8-4-2 […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Mercyhurst 11-2-1 DA Westminster 3-0, DH Gannon 2-1 (OT) 2 East Stroudsburg 12-3-0 DA U. District Columbia 5-0 3 Truman State 8-3-2 DH St. Joseph 6-0, DA Lincoln 6-0, LH Columbia C. 1-2 (OT) 4 Quincy 12-2-0 DA Rockhurst 2-0, DH UMSL 2-0, DH SIUE 2-0 5 Rockhurst […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Connecticut 14-0-0 476 2 Indiana 13-1-0 452 3 Duke 13-1-0 437 4 Clemson 13-1-0 403 5 Washington 11-2-0 385 6 Creighton 9-2-1 334 7 Virginia 9-2-2 326 8 Stanford 10-3-0 307 9 UCLA 10-2-0 251 10 St. JohnÆs 8-3-3 228 11 Saint Louis 12-2-1 209 12 Butler […]

MLS has announced four more year-end award winners for 1998. Chicago Fire coach Bob Bradley is the All Sport Coach of the Year, and D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen is the Bandai Rookie of the Year. In addition, Thomas Dooley of Columbus picks up the Snickers Fair Play Award and Paul Tamberino is the choice […]

Oct. 20 in Krakow Wisla Krakow (Poland) 1 (Kulawik 68) Parma (Italy) 1 (Chiesa 3). Half: 0-1. Att.: 10,000. Oct. 20 in Bologna Bologna (Italy) 2 (Signori 51, Ingesson 84) Slavia Prague (Czech Rep.) 1 (Dostalek 67). Half: 0-0. Att.: 12,000. Oct. 20 in Bucharest, Romania Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1 (Skaric pen. 65) Olympique […]

G Amber Barnes (Ohio State) (1) Shuts out Northwestern, Wisconsin D Brina Kabler (California) (1) Scores the goal that downs UCLA D Christina Kushnir (USC) (1) 2 goals, 1 assist against Cal, Stanford M Carrie Moore (William & Mary) (1) Hits 51st-minute winner against Clemson M Jen Tietjen (Connecticut) (1) Move to sweeper helps blunt […]

G Josh Fouts (Gonzaga) (1) 8 saves in shutout No. 8 against Santa Clara D Brendan Reidy (Dartmouth) (1) Scored winner on header in OT against Yale D Anthony Tristani (Fordham) (1) 4 of team’s 5 goals in wins over Temple and St. Joseph’s M Simon Elliott (Stanford) (2) 2 goals and 2 assists in […]

Eastern Conference GAME 2 Oct. 18 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 4 D.C. United 2. Goals: McBride 8, Dooley (Farrell) 37, McBride (Yeagley) 47, John (Warzycha, A.Williams) 81; Sanneh (Agoos, Etcheverry) 65, Lassiter (Talley) 77. Columbus — Sommer (6), Clark (6), Dooley (6), Iribarren (5), Elcock (5), Farrell (5), Smith (5), Yeagley (6), West (5), McBride […]

With the 1998 A-League season just concluded, the league is looking ahead to 1999, a year that will feature three new franchises and two relocating ones, as well as some other changes. Expansion The Lehigh Valley Steam is the newest A-League franchise and will take to the field for the first time during the 1999 […]

Here is the Soccer America men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 18: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 13-1-0 1 2. Duke 13-1-0 3 3. Clemson 13-1-0 4 4. Connecticut 14-0-0 5 5. UCLA 10-2-0 2 6. Stanford 10-3-0 7 7. South Carolina 10-3-0 8 8. Creighton 9-2-1 9 9. Washington […]

U.S. women’s national team and University of Florida forward Danielle Fotopoulos broke the NCAA Division I goal scoring record Oct. 18, tallying a hat trick in front of 1,014 as the Gators decimated SEC rival Mississippi 9-1. With the three strikes, Fotopoulos upped her career total to 106 goals, surpassing the old mark of 103 […]

Group A Oct. 17 in Kaduna Nigeria 8 Morocco 0 DR Congo 4 Egypt 1 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 1 1 0 0 8 0 3 DR Congo 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 Egypt 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 8 […]

The U.S. national futsal team went 0-3 in round-robin play to finish last in the Second Rio de Janeiro tournament in Brazil. The results are surprising, as the USA is ranked third all-time in the sport, trailing only Brazil and Spain. The U.S. fell 2-1 in a dramatic opening match against Belgium on Oct. 15, […]