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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 Marco “El Diablo” Etcheverry (Bolivia) Club: D.C. United Nacimiento (born): 26-Septiembre-1970 en Santa Cruz, Bolivia Talla (height): 5-9 Peso (weight): 157 Clubes Anteriores (past clubs): 1987-89 — Destroyers (Bolivia) […]

When Javier Clemente quit as Spain coach, he became the 22nd World Cup coach to move on since France ’98. The story we ran cited “media pressure” as the governing factor behind his resignation. I find this notion debatable, but less reprehensible than Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar’s adoption of “the media drove me to it” […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Laurie Seidl, Minnesota SO 5 9 0 18 3.60 Jennifer Soileau, Mississippi SO 6 6 9 21 3.50 Mandy Clemens, Santa Clara JR 7 7 9 23 3.29 Kristine Edner, South Fla. SR 6 7 5 19 3.17 Maren Hendershot, San Diego St. JR […]

Results Sept. 23 Chicago 3 New England 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 30 15 15 45 62 50 *MetroStars 31 14 17 38 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 45 65 New England 31 11 20 29 53 66 Tampa Bay […]

Chicago — M Peter Nowak (left knee MCL strain) D Francis Okaroh (bruised ribs), F Ante Razov (right shoulder dislocation), F Roman Kosecki (left hamstring pull) are probable; M/F Manny Lagos (left knee patella tendon surgery), D Andrew Lewis (groin strain) are on injured reserve. Colorado — M Jason Bent (bruised right toe) is questionable; […]

FEATURES Cobi Jones: A U.S. Star Shines Brighter Than Ever By Scott French MLS Gets The Ballots Out By Duncan Irving Names On The MLS Marquee Are Changing By Mike Woitalla Desperation Brings Bora To The Big Apple By Ridge Mahoney Wortmann’s ‘Brutal Honesty’ Creates Winners By Jeff Rusnak Esse Baharmast: ‘Refereeing Must Be Priority’ […]

G Kristen Samuhel (Richmond) (1) 9 saves to shut out William & Mary D Shannon Brown (Wisconsin) (1) Tough D vs. Michigan; save, assist vs. MSU D Kristen Palmer (Northwestern) (1) 1 assist, gamewinning PK stun Michigan M Laurie Schwoy (North Carolina) (1) 4 goals in wins over Clemson, Florida St. M Isabelle Harvey (USC) […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 N. Carolina 6-0-0 50 DA Clemson 4-2, DA Florida St. 7-0 2 Florida 6-0-0 45 DH Hartford 5-2 3 Clemson 3-3-0 40 LH UNC 2-4, DH Wake Forest 2-1 3 Duke 3-4-0 40 LA Virginia 1-5, LA Maryland 1-3 4 Georgia 4-2-0 35 DH Auburn 4-1 5 Wake […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 7-0-0 DH San Francisco State 5-1, DH Chico State 3-0 2 CS-Dom. Hills 5-2-0 DH Concordia 8-1, DH CS-San Bernardino 4-0, DH CS-Los Angeles 2-1 3 UC Davis 5-1-1 DA CSU Stanislaus 2-0, DA San Francisco State 3-1 4 Chico State 5-1-0 DH San Francisco State […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 6-0-0 250 2 Santa Clara 7-0-0 240 3 Notre Dame 6-1-0 228 4 Connecticut 7-0-0 217 5 Florida 6-0-0 210 6 Portland 6-0-0 198 7 Penn State 6-0-0 196 8 William & Mary 6-0-1 169 9 UCLA 6-1-0 158 10 Texas A&M 4-2-0 155 11 […]

COLUMBUS 2 COLORADO 4 Sept. 16 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 2 Colorado 4. Goals: John 63, John (Warzycha, Thompson) 64; DiGiamarino (Hahnemann) 32, DiGiamarino 51, Bravo (Jakins, DiGiamarino) 74, Harris 89. Columbus — Sommer (5), Clark (4), Dooley (5), Iribarren (5), Yeagley (6), Thompson (5), Warzycha (5), Williams (5), Elcock (6), John (7), McBride (6). […]

G Tom Zawislan (Creighton) (1) 7 saves in 123 minutes of scoreless play D Scott Campagna (South Carolina) (1) First career goal was winner over Coll. of Charleston D Chris Schmalz (UNCC) (1) First 2 career goals in 3-1 win over Marquette M Chris Albright (Virginia) (1) Hat trick against Va. Tech (3-0) M Lazo […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (IL) 7-0-0 DH IL Wesleyan 7-0, DH N. Central 7-2 2 Rhodes 5-0-1 DH Lambuth 4-1, DH Trinity 3-2, DH Southwestern 2-0 3 Univ. South 6-0-0 DH Centre 2-0, DH Franklin 6-0 4 Washington U 4-2-0 DH Aurora 2-0, DA Carnegie-Mellon 3-2 5 Centre Univ. South […]

Leandro Stillitano has resigned from his position as Miami Fusion vice president and general manager, it was announced today by Fusion Chief Operating Officer Betty D’Anjolell. A replacement for Stillitano has not been named. D’Anjolell will handle his responsibilities on an interim basis. “Leandro is an ambitious professional who helped establish the core of our […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Washington 6-0-0 479 2 Duke 7-0-0 457 3 Connecticut 6-0-0 407 4 Indiana 6-1-0 400 5 Virginia 4-0-2 377 6 San Jose State 7-0-0 351 7 St. John’s 5-1-1 325 8 Creighton 5-1-0 315 9 Clemson 5-1-0 303 10 UCLA 5-1-0 276 11 UNC Charlotte 5-0-0 207 […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dodd (4) Dallas Defenders Tim Martin (1) San Jose C.J. Brown (7) Chicago Uche Okafor (2) Kansas City Midfielders Joey DiGiamarino (1) Colorado Pablo Mastroeni (1) Miami Chris Armas (2) Chicago Forwards Diego Serna (5) Miami Joe-Max Moore (3) New England Stern John (8) Columbus Roy Lassiter (3) D.C. United Note: In parentheses […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 5-1-1 DA Stockton 2-1 (OT), LA Mary Washington 1-3, DN Elmira 3-0 2 Richard Stockton 3-2-0 LH TCNJ 1-2 (OT) 3 Gettysburg 5-2-0 DH F&M 3-1, DH Muhlenberg 2-1 4 Elizabethtown 4-4-0 DA Susquehanna 8-0, LN Elmira 2-3, LA Mary Washington 3-0 5 Haverford 4-2-1 DA […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 U of Charleston 5-0-1 TA Rio Grande 1-1 2 Rockhurst 6-0-0 DH NE OK St 3-2 (OT), DA Lewis 3-2, DA WI-Parkside 1-0, DA Newman (KS) 3-0, DA Truman St 2-1, DN CO Christian 3-1 3 Wheeling 6-0-0 DH Salem-Teikyo 2-0, DA Hillsdale 5-0 4 Truman State 4-1-1 […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 6-1-0 50 DH Miami (Oh) 4-0, DN Central Florida 3-0, DN Jacksonville 4-1 2 Notre Dame 4-1-1 39 LA Rutgers 0-1 (OT), DA Villanova 2-1 (OT) 2 Akron 5-1-0 39 DA Robert Morris 5-2, DH Xavier 4-3 (OT) 4 Butler 5-1-0 38 DH Jacksonville 5-2, DH […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for the games of Sept. 23-27: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 23 New England at Chicago 8:30 p.m. FOX Sports New England Sept. 24 Tampa Bay at Columbus 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Sept. 26 MetroStars at New England 7:30 p.m. FOX Sports New England Sept. 27 Tampa Bay at […]

In conjunction with the launch of SoccerAmerica.com's new Book & Video Source, we are pleased to present the following two-part interview with Paul Gardner. At the end of Part II, you will find out how to order this book, how to post your own review of this book if you've already read it, and how […]

This is the second part of a two-part interview. Click here to go to the first part. The Simplest Game shows, as well as a book possibly could, the whole picture of the world's most popular sport. First published in 1976, it is now in the second printing of its third edition. The first edition […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20 for Sept. 21, taking into account games through Sunday, Sept. 20: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 6-0-0 1 2. Santa Clara 7-0-0 2 3. Notre Dame 6-1-0 3 4. Florida 6-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 7-0-0 5 6. Penn State 6-0-0 8 7. Portland 6-0-0 10 8. […]

Fans encouraged to Review Paul GardnerÆs The Simplest Game SoccerAmerica.com is introducing a new interactive area on September 21 that will feature a wide variety of soccer related books, videos and CD-ROMs. Fans will be able to order products instantly, hear other fan opinions on particular products, and even write their own reviews. The inaugural […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P John (Columbus) 25 23 4 50 Jones (Los Angeles) 23 18 13 49 Welton (Los Angeles) 30 17 11 45 Diaz Arce (New England) 30 18 8 44 Lassiter (D.C. United) 30 18 8 44 Moreno (D.C. United) 30 16 11 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 29 13 16 […]