Author Archives: Soccer America

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 U. of Charleston 5-0-0 DA S. Indiana 3-0, DN South Illinois Edwardsville 2-1 1 Truman State 4-0-0 DA Wisconsin Parkside 6-1, DA Louis 3-2 (OT) 3 Wheeling 4-0-0 DH A-B 1-0, DA Northern Kentucky 2-1 (OT) 4 Gannon 4-1-0 DH A-B 7-0, DH D&E 5-1 5 Cal U […]

Sept. 16 in Brussels Anderlecht (Belgium) 0 Grasshoppers (Switzerland) 2 (Comisetti 52, Tikva 86). Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,429. (Second leg to be played on Sept. 29.)

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Washington 5-0-0 468 2 2 So. Methodist 3-0-0 444 11 3 Clemson 5-0-0 426 3 4 Virginia 3-0-1 390 4 5 Duke 5-0-0 368 6 6 Connecticut 4-0-0 355 9 6 Indiana 3-1-0 355 1 8 San Jose St. 5-0-0 302 NR 9 Georgetown 5-0-0 265 13 […]

FEATURES Soccer’s Billion Dollar Story By Mike Woitalla Kevin Hartman: Technicolor Picture Of Confidence By Scott French The Fate of the Tampa Bay Mutiny By Bill Ward Serna Carries Fusion Playoff Hopes By Jeff Rusnak World Cup Homecoming in Italy By Paul Kennedy Ribbeck Wins German Coaching Post Clemente Bows To Pressure And Quits COLUMNS […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 5-0-0 DA UC Davis 1-0 (OT), DA CSU Stanislaus 4-1 2 Dominguez Hills 2-2-0 DA Cal Poly Pomona 2-0, DH Grand Canyon 4-0 3 UC Davis 3-1-1 LH Sonoma State 0-1 (OT) 4 Chico State 5-0-0 DH CSU Stanislaus 1-0 (OT), DH San Fran. St 2-0 […]

Sept. 15 in Oneonta, N.Y. Brazil 2 Russia 2. Goals: Pretinha 25, 45; Barbashina 49, Letyushova 82. Brazil — Maravilha, Juliana, Elane, Valeria, Nene, Doranil, Raquel (Fabiana, 68), Katia, Pretinha, Maicon (Suzana, 68), Roseli. Russia — Petko, Burakova, Dikareva, Karasseva (Dmitienko, 46), Barkova, Komarova (Sazonova, 69), Egorova (Emelianova, 65), Grigorieva, Svetlitskaya, Barbashina (Savina, 82), Bossikova […]

G Carrie Warner (South Carolina) (1) 9 saves in shutout of Georgia D Stefanie Kraay (Duke) (1) Scores in upset of Hartford D Cindy Wolf (Syracuse) (1) 3 assists in 3 wins for 3-1-1 ÆCuse M Erin Cochran (Penn State) (1) Hits gamewinner against Harvard M Jamie Lang (Dartmouth) (1) 1 goal, 2 assists in […]

Goalkeeper Jorge Campos (1) Chicago Defenders Thomas Dooley (3) Columbus Francis Okaroh (1) Chicago Wade Webber (2) Miami Midfielders Leonel Alvarez (2) Dallas Oscar Draguicevich (1) San Jose Paul Dougherty (1) Tampa Bay Forwards Paulinho McLaren (2) Miami Joe-Max Moore (2) New England Diego Serna (4) Miami Josh Wolff (1) Chicago Note: In parentheses is […]

Sept. 15 in Lisbon Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 0 Bologna (Italy) 2 (Nervo 16, E.Conceicao 90). Half: 0-1. Att.: 42,000. Sept. 15 in Guimaraes Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) 1 (Junior 86) Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) 2 (Larsson 1, Donnelly 72). Half: 0-1. Att.: 12,000. Sept. 15 in Madrid Atletico Madrid (Spain) 2 (Juninho 15, Jose Mari 52) Obilic […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for the games of Sept. 16-20: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 16 D.C. United at MetroStars 7:30 p.m. Home Team Sports; MSG 2 Sept. 16 Colorado at Columbus 7:30 p.m. NO TV Sept. 16 Los Angeles at San Jose 10:30 p.m. Fox Sports West 2 Sept. 17 Kansas […]

COLUMBUS 1 MIAMI 0 Sept. 9 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 Miami 0. Goal: Cunningham (John) 49. Columbus — Sommer (6), Clark (6), Dooley (6), Iribarren (5), Elcock (5), Thompson (5), Warzycha (4), Williams (5), Smith (6), John (6), McBride (6). Subs: Cunningham (5) for Iribarren in 46th minute, Carrera (4) for McBride in 72nd, […]

G John McDonough (UNC Charlotte) (1) 10 saves in 2-1 win over Wake Forest D Todd Duncan (San Jose State) (1) Second career goal beat Stanford D Tony Soto (SMU) (1) MVP of SMU Soccer Classic M Jeff Brewer (SMU) (1) Scored against Creighton and Indiana M Eric Denton (Santa Clara) (1) 1 goal and […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20 for Sept. 14, taking into account games through Sunday, Sept. 13: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 4-0-0 1 2. Santa Clara 5-0-0 2 3. Notre Dame 4-1-0 3 4. Florida 5-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 4-0-0 5 6. William & Mary 4-0-0 8 7. Texas A&M 4-1-0 […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20 for Sept. 14, taking into account games through Sept. 13. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Clemson 5-0-0 4 2. Southern Methodist 3-0-0 15 3. Indiana 3-1-0 1 4. Duke 5-0-0 6 5. UCLA 3-1-0 5 6. Virginia 3-0-1 7 7. South Carolina 4-1-0 3 8. St. John’s […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 21 18 13 49 Welton (Los Angeles) 28 17 11 45 John (Columbus) 23 20 4 44 Diaz Arce (New England) 29 18 7 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 27 13 16 42 Lassiter (D.C. United) 28 17 6 40 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 27 10 19 […]

The Chicago Stingers were crowned D3 champions Sept. 13 after defeating the New Hampshire Phantoms 3-2 in overtime. The Stingers rallied from an early 2-0 deficit, equalizing through substitute Chuck Codd in the 71st minute and winning in the fourth extra minute when Matt Hamnett scored off an assist from tournament MVP Joe Carver. The […]

The U.S. Soccer Foundation will begin accepting 1999 grant applications on Sept. 15. The Foundation was established in 1993 as a non-profit corporation to receive proceeds from the 1994 World Cup. Since 1995, the Foundation has awarded over $9 million to more than 100 projects in 41 different states throughout the country. The 1999 Grant […]

Results Sept. 13 Miami 4 D.C. United 3 Dallas 1 San Jose 3 Chicago 3 Colorado 1 Tampa Bay 2 MetroStars 1 Sept. 12 New England 2 Columbus 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 22 7 54 66 43 *Columbus 28 15 13 45 59 44 *MetroStars 30 14 […]

Mia Hamm scored two goals and set up four others, and Kristine Lilly added two goals, as the U.S women’s national team opened U.S. Women’s Cup ’98 with a dominating 9-0 win over Mexico in front of 35,462 fans at Foxboro Stadium. It was the largest non-Olympic crowd ever to watch the U.S. women in […]

Here is the draw for the 2000 African Nations Cup. The top two teams from each group will advance to the finals along with defending champion Egypt and host Zimbabwe. Group 1 — Cameroon, Ghana, Mozambique, Eritrea. Group 2 — Guinea, Morocco, Togo, Sierra Leone. Group 3 — Ivory Coast, Mali, Namibia, Congo. Group 4 […]

Results Sept. 12 New England 2 Columbus 0 Sept. 10 Dallas 3 Chicago 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 28 22 6 54 63 39 *Columbus 28 15 13 45 59 44 *MetroStars 29 14 15 38 53 56 Miami 29 13 16 29 38 61 New England 29 10 […]

Alex Christenson Flint, Mich. Ben Olsen has clearly proven he can play this season with D.C. United. Why hasn’t he been called up for the U-23 national team? Mike Woitalla: Ben Olsen did not accompany the U-23 team on its trip to England because he was getting so much playing time with D.C. United. U-23 […]

Individual Statistics Key: GP=games played; GS=games started; MIN=minutes played; G=goals; A=assists; P=points; SH=shots; F=fouls committed; Y=yellow cards; R=red cards; GWG=gamewinning goals; GWA=gamewinning assists. Name Pos. GP GS MIN G A P SH F Y R GWG GWA Josh Wolff F 18 11 1220 12 1 25 34 16 2 0 3 0 Eric Quill F […]

Results Sept. 10 Dallas 3 Chicago 2 Sept. 9 Columbus 1 Miami 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 28 22 6 54 63 39 *Columbus 27 15 12 45 59 42 *MetroStars 29 14 15 38 53 56 Miami 29 13 16 29 38 61 Tampa Bay 28 9 19 […]

When big businessmen emerge from meeting rooms, smiling broadly and saying things like, “Everybody wins,” you know you should worry. That’s what happened when Media Partners chief Rudolfo Hecht outlined his plans for the new European Super League. The people who should worry? UEFA, its member associations and the clubs they represent. Namely, the owners […]