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Here are the complete selections made in the 1998 MLS Expansion Draft: Chicago Fire Round Player Position Previous Team 1 Danny Pena D Los Angeles Galaxy 2 Kevin Hartman GK Los Angeles Galaxy 3 Manny Lagos MF MetroStars 4 Jason Farrell MF/F Columbus Crew 5 Jorge Salcedo MF Columbus Crew 6 Zach Thornton GK MetroStars […]

U.S. national team and New England Revolution defender Alexi Lalas will be loaned to Emelec of Ecuador for a month after the completion of World Cup qualifying. Lalas will depart for Ecuador on Nov. 23 and is expected to return in mid-December. He will join the team for its final regular season games and post-season […]

Nov. 6 in Izmit Kocaelispor (Turkey) 0 Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 0. Att.: 12,000. (Lokomotiv Moscow wins 2-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in Copenhagen FC Copenhagen 1 (Nielsen pen. 61) Real Betis (Spain) 1 (Urena 78). Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,140. (Real Betis wins 3-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in London Chelsea (England) 7 (Petrescu 13, 86, […]

Nov. 6 in Bochum VfL Bochum (Germany) 4 (Donkov pen. 13, 56, Yuran 83, Wosz 89) Club Bruges (Belgium) 1 (Jbari 37). Half: 1-1. Att.: 24,000. (Bochum wins 4-2 on aggregate.)

Note: Through games of Nov. 2 Rank/Team Record Points 1. Illinois-Springfield 14-3-0 418 2. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 13-3-1 412 3. Seattle (Wash.) 18-1-1 402 4. Life (Ga.) 17-3-0 393 5. Rockhurst (Mo.) 16-3-0 367 6. William Carey (Miss.) 15-2-0 353 7. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 17-2-0 336 8. Belhaven (Miss.) 15-4-1 302 9. Houghton (N.Y.) 14-4-0 […]

The MLS expansion draft will take place Nov. 6 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. (ET). The Chicago Fire won the right to pick first in each of the 12 rounds of the expansion draft via a coin toss. The Miami Fusion will pick first in one of the other drafts (1998 Supplemental or 1998 College) of its […]

Note: Through games of Nov. 2 Rank/Team Record Points 1. Mobile (Ala.) 16-0-0 450 2. Simon Fraser (B.C.) 13-3-1 425 3. Westmont (Calif.) 17-3-0 419 4. Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 11-2-1 387 5. Rockhurst (Mo.) 14-3-1 369 6. St. Mary (Neb.) 16-2-0 325 7. Willamette (Ore.) 15-2-1 319 8. Houghton (N.Y.) 16-1-0 314 9. Berry (Ga.) 11-5-1 […]

Features U.S. Survives Day of the Dead By Mike Woitalla A Fiesta Goes Wrong By Mike Woitalla Chorus of Boos For Bora By Mike Woitalla Can Bradley Light Fire In Chicago? By Ridge Mahoney MLS Depth Chart: Year Two By Duncan Irving and Ridge Mahoney Russia Not Ready To Die In Naples Columns Soccer Talk […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Indiana 18-0-0 340 2 St. JohnÆs 14-2-2 302 3 Washington 12-2-2 296 4 So. Methodist 13-2-0 292 5 UCLA 15-2-0 271 6 American 11-3-3 265 7 Duke 14-4-0 247 8 South Carolina 12-2-1 209 9 Virginia 11-3-3 205 10 Stanford 13-2-2 199 11 Dartmouth 8-2-3 135 12 […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Far West/North Central Region 1 Macalester 12-0-3 DA St. Olaf 5-1 2 Cal Lutheran 14-2-1 DH Occidental 1-0 3 Colorado College 12-6-0 DH Metro 3-1, DH School of Mines 2-0 4 Claremont 13-4-0 DH UCSD 2-0, DA Pomona 3-2 (OT) 5 UC San Diego 11-4-2 LA Claremont 0-2, DH US IntÆl […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Northeast Region 1 S. Connecticut 18-0-1 DA Bridgeport 2-1 2 New Hamphire Coll. 16-1-1 DA Merrimack 2-0, DH Stony Brook 4-0, DH CW Post 1-0 3 F. Pierce 11-4-1 DA Bentley 5-0, TA Southampton 1-1 (game suspended) 4 C.W. Post 13-5-0 DA Southampton 2-1, LA NHC 0-1 5 Dowling 11-6-0 DH […]

Nov. 5 in Brussels Anderlecht (Belgium) 1 (De Boeck 16) Schalke (Germany) 2 (Van Hoogdalem 59, Wilmots 66). Half: 1-0. Att.: 20,186. (Schalke wins 3-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in Bochum VfL Bochum (Germany) vs. Club Bruges (Belgium).

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I New York Region 1 St. Johns 50 14-2-2 DH Villanova 1-0 2 St. Francis 45 14-4-1 DH Central Conn 3-0 3 St. Bonaventure 38 12-6-0 DA Buffalo 2-0, DH Duquesne 3-1 4 Cornell 36 7-4-3 DH FDU 3-1, LA Brown 0-1 5 Hofstra 29 14-3-2 DA Hartford 4-3, DA Vermont 2-0 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Macalester 17-1-0 DA Augsburg 2-1, DH St. Olaf 7-0 2 St. Thomas 16-2-0 DH St. Scholastica 10-0, DH Concordia 3-0 3 St. Benedict 13-2-3 DH Moorhead St. 1-0, DH Hamline 11-0 4 Wheaton 14-4-1 DA Chicago 2-1, DH Carthage 3-1 5 Gustavus 13-4-1 DA Bethel 4-0 6 Chicago […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Notre Dame 18-0-1 DH Michigan 5-0, DH Providence 7-0 2 Minnesota 16-2-1 LA Nebraska 1-3 3 Michigan 15-3-1 LA Notre Dame 0-5 4 Evansville 13-5-1 DH Missouri 2-1, TH Marquette 0-0 (OT) 5 Cincinnati 13-4-2 DH Michigan St. 2-1 6 Butler 10-7-1 DH Indiana 1-0, LA Georgia […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has dropped the “interim” from Octavio Zambrano’s title, as the team made him their head coach Nov. 4. Zambrano, who served as Lothar Osiander’s top assistant during the inaugural MLS campaign, took over on an interim basis after Osiander was fired in June. Under Zambrano, the Galaxy made a remarkable turnaround, […]

U.S. national team head coach Steve Sampson has fined defender Jeff Agoos $1000 for his red card infraction in the Nov. 2 qualifier against Mexico. Agoos was ejected in the 32nd minute after elbowing Mexico’s Pavel Pardo. “While it is the referee’s discretion, we cannot put ourselves in this situation if we want to get […]

Group A Nov. 5 in Dortmund Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2 (Moeller 50, pen. 74) Parma (Italy) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 40,000. Nov. 5 in Istanbul Galatasaray (Turkey) 2 (Kerimoglu 57, 86) Sparta Prague (Czech. Rep.) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 25,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Bor. Dortmund 4 3 0 1 7 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 North Carolina 19-0-1 300 2 Notre Dame 18-0-1 288 3 Portland 13-3-0 276 4 Connecticut 18-2-0 262 5 Texas A & M 16-2-0 248 6 Santa Clara 14-2-1 242 7 Nebraska 16-2-0 230 8 Duke 14-4-0 210 8 Virginia 13-3-2 210 10 Minnesota 16-2-1 194 11 Hartford […]

G Anne Lyons (Fairfield) (1) 10 saves to blank Loyola as Stags take MAAC title D Staci Wilson (North Carolina) (1) Scores against Duke, hits winner vs. Virginia D Stine Bohle (Hartford) (2) 7 goals, 1 assist for America EastÆs leading scorer M Justi Baumgardt (Portland) (3) Gets assist vs. Santa Clara, lone strike vs. […]

Nov. 4 in Moscow Dynamo Tbilisi (Georgia) 0 Braga (Portugal) 1 (Toni 49). Half: 0-0. Att.: 15,000. (Braga wins 5-0 on aggregate.) Nov. 4 in Enschede Twente Enschede (Netherlands) 0 Aarhus (Denmark) 0. Att.: 12,500. (Aggregate: 1-1; Twente wins on away goals.) Nov. 4 in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe (Germany) 1 (Haessler 37) Metz (France) 1 (Boffin […]

G Paul Marcoullier (George Mason) (1) Shutout conference foes JMU and VCU D Michael Bucy (North Carolina) (1) Scored 2 gamewinning goals D Alex Cortes (Connecticut) (1) Tying and winning goals against Seton Hall M Patrick Halter (Old Dominion) (1) Scored on breakaway to beat Virginia M Cesidio Colasante (La Salle) (1) Hat trick vs. […]

For the second time in a year, U.S. national team midfielder Tab Ramos is facing six months on the sidelines after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in practice before the USA-Mexico game. Ramos, who missed more than three months of the ’97 MLS season with the MetroStars, is expected to miss […]

First Round Johns Hopkins (15-2-1) at Elizabethtown (15-4-2) Ithaca (10-4-3) at Elmira (13-3-0) Oneonta State (14-4-0) at Nazareth (15-0-2) Colby (8-5-0) at Bates (9-5-0) Lynchburg (18-1-1) at North Carolina Wesleyan (14-3-2) Denison (15-2-2) at DePauw (13-4-1) Kalamazoo (16-1-1) at Wilmington (12-6-1) Wisconsin-Stevens Point (14-5-1) at Wheaton (Ill.) (14-4-1) Second Round Elizabethtown-Johns Hopkins winner vs. College […]

The Miami Fusion has confirmed Carlos “Cacho” Cordoba as its head coach. Cordoba, the top assistant coach for the Dallas Burn the last two years, has more than eight years of coaching experience, including four years at the professional level. Prior to joining the Burn, Cacho was the head coach of the USISL’s Milwaukee Rampage […]