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Features D.C. United Wins In Rainy Day Of Deja Vu By Ridge Mahoney Myernick Inspires Underdog Colorado By Ridge Mahoney A Capital Fiesta Closes Year Two For MLS By Duncan Irving In Wake Of Final, 1998 MLS Plans Take Shape By Duncan Irving Iain Fraser Makes Stand For PlayersÆ Freedom By Doug Cress Racial Divisions […]

Men’s NCAA Division II Northeast Region 1 S. Connecticut 17-0-1 DA Stony Brook 8-0, TH NHC 1-1 2 New Hamphire Col. 13-1-1 TA So Conn 1-1 3 C.W. Post 12-4-0 DA NJ Tech 6-0, LA Lock Haven 1-2 4 F. Pierce 10-4-0 LA Sacred Heart 0-3 5 Dowling 9-6-0 DH NJ Tech 4-2, DH Albany […]

Women’s NCAA Division III Central Region 1 Macalester 15-1-0 DH Gustavus 1-0 2 St. Thomas 14-2-0 DA St. Olaf 2-1, DH Hamline 6-0 3 St. Benedict 11-2-3 No scores reported 4 Wheaton 12-4-1 DA St. MaryÆs 4-0 5 Gustavus 12-4-1 DH Augsburg 4-0, LA Macalester 0-1 6 Chicago 11-3-2 DH Grinnell 2-0, DH Emory 1-0, […]

Women’s NCAA Division II New England Region 1 F. Pierce 16-0-0 DH Green Mountain 2-0, DH St. Anselm 1-0 (OT), DA Sacred Heart 2-0 2 New Hampshire 14-2-0 DH Bentley 7-0, DA So Conn St. 2-0 3 St. Anselm 12-4-0 LA Fr. Pierce 0-1 (OT), DA Amer. IntÆl 2-1 3 Merrimack 11-5-0 LH Quinnipiac 2-3 […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region 1 Notre Dame 16-0-1 DH Seton Hall 7-1, DH UConn 1-0 2 Minnesota 16-1-1 DH Butler 2-0, DH Baylor 3-0 3 Michigan 15-2-1 DA Detroit 6-0, DH Michigan St. 3-1 4 Evansville 12-5-0 DH UW-Milwaukee 2-1 (OT), DH Illinois St. 2-0 5 Cincinnati 12-4-2 TA NC Charlotte 1-1 […]

Oct. 29 in Zagreb Croatia 2 Ukraine 0. Goals: Bilic 11, Vlaovic 49. Croatia — Ladic, Jarni, Bilic, Prosinecki, Stanic (Asanovic, 59), Saric, Simic, Juric, Suker, Boban (Jurcic, 67), Vlaovic (Cvitanovic, 83). Ukraine — Shovkovsky, Dmytrulin, Skrypnyk, Koval, Vashchuk, Gusin, Maximov (Hetsko, 86), Nahornyak (Zubov, 60), Kosovsky, Atelkin (Mykhailenko, 53), Rebrov. Att.: 20,000. Oct. 29 […]

Men’s NCAA Division I School Record Pts. 1 Indiana 16-0-0 760 2 Stanford 13-0-2 713 3 Virginia 10-2-3 636 4 St. JohnÆs 13-2-2 617 5 So. Methodist 12-2-0 593 6 Duke 13-3-0 571 7 Washington 11-2-2 563 8 American 9-3-3 487 9 UCLA 13-2-0 420 10 South Carolina 9-2-1 405 11 Creighton 11-3-1 375 12 […]

G Tina Steck (Towson) (1) Blanks Hofstra, Delaware to set school shutout mark D Terra May (Evansville) (1) UW-Milwaukee and Illinois St. held to 6 shots on goal D Kelly Young (Saint Louis) (1) Freshman sweeper¦s first goal beats UW-Milwaukee M Sara Burkett (Clemson) (2) Scores first goal in 2-0 shocker over Virginia M Emily […]

G Jay Palmer (Hofstra) (2) 2 shutouts upped school record to 9 D Josh Keller (UCLA) (1) Hat trick against Cal State Los Angeles D Roberto Vargas (Connecticut) (1) Scored OT gamewinner against Notre Dame M Andriy Shapowal (Virginia) (1) 22-yard free kick beat Duke M Chris Slosar (Michigan St.) (1) 2 goals in final […]

Note: through games of Oct. 26 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 16-0-0 1 2. Stanford 13-0-2 4 3. UCLA 13-2-0 5 4. Virginia 10-2-3 6 5. SMU 12-2-0 2 6. Duke 13-3-0 3 7. Washington 11-2-2 7 8. South Carolina 9-2-1 10 9. St. John’s 13-2-2 13 10. Creighton 11-3-1 12 11. American 9-3-3 […]

Group A Oct. 24 in Kuwait City Kuwait 0 Qatar 1 (Khamisi 10). Half: 0-1. Att.: 20,000. Oct. 24 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1 (Masaad 89) Iran 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 60,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 6 3 2 1 13 6 11 S. Arabia 6 3 1 2 6 […]

Note: through games of Oct. 26 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 17-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 16-0-1 2 3. Santa Clara 14-1-1 3 4. Portland 11-3-0 4 5. Connecticut 16-2-0 5 6. Texas A&M 15-2-0 8 7. Nebraska 15-2-0 10 8. Florida 14-2-1 9 9. Virginia 12-2-2 6 10. Minnesota 16-1-1 11 11. […]

At the MLS gala awards dinner October 25 in Washington D.C., league top performers were honored. Preki had already captured the Budweiser Scoring Championship at the conclusion of the regular season. 1997 MLS Individual Award Winners Award Player Position Team Honda Most Valuable Player Preki M Kansas City Wizards BIC Defender of the Year Eddie […]

Oct. 26 in WASHINGTON D.C. Colorado — Hahnemann, Martinez, Vermes, Trittschuh, S. Henderson, Balboa, Kmosko, C. Henderson, Pantino, Rammel, Bravo. D.C. United — Garlick, Vaudreuil, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Williams, Sanneh, Harkes, Etcheverry, Moreno, Diaz Arce.

The Chicago Fire won the first pick at the 1998 MLS Expansion Draft, to be held on Thursday, November 6, at 1:00 p.m. (ET), by a coin toss. The second 1998 MLS expansion team, the Miami Fuson, will pick first in the other draft of their choice (either the 1998 Supplemntal Draft or the 1998 […]

D.C. UNITED 2 COLORADO 1 Oct. 26 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 Colorado 1. Goals: Moreno (Sanneh, Vaudreuil) 37, Sanneh (Harkes, Williams) 68; Paz (Patino, Kmosko) 75. D.C. United — Garlick, Vaudreuil, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Williams, Sanneh, Harkes, Etcheverry, Moreno, Diaz Arce. Colorado — Hahnemann, Martinez (Paz, 59), Vermes, Trittschuh, S. Henderson (Paule, 81), […]

COLORADO 0 D.C. UNITED 1 Oct. 26 in WASHINGTON D.C. Colorado 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: Moreno (Sanneh) 37. Colorado — Hahnemann, Martinez, Vermes, Trittschuh, S. Henderson, Balboa, Kmosko, C. Henderson, Pantino, Rammel, Bravo (Harris) 26. D.C. United — Garlick, Vaudreuil, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Williams, Sanneh, Harkes, Etcheverry, Moreno, Diaz Arce.

MLS Commissioner Doug Logan announced Friday that the 1998 MLS Cup will be hosted by the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Ca., on October 25, 1998, following two years on the East Coast. The Rose Bowl is home to the Los Angeles Galaxy and hosted the 1994 World Cup Final and the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.

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Keith Mattson Honolulu, Hawaii Would you agree that the U.S. national team forwards are not working as hard as they should on defense? Consider that Jamaica’s goal in the Oct. 3 game was the result of their forwards pressing U.S. defenders. Hermosillo’s goal came from pressing Keller in the tie with Mexico. I recall Lassiter […]

Note: through games of Oct. 19 Rank/School Record Points 1. Mobile 13-0-0 450 2. Simon Fraser 10-3-1 427 3. Westmont 12-3-0 415 4. Brewton-Parker 8-2-1 369 5. Berry 9-3-1 363 6. Rockhurst 12-3-1 355 7. St. Mary (Neb.) 13-2-0 328 8. Houghton 12-1-0 308 9. Willamette 11-2-1 299 10. Lindenwood 13-1-2 292 11. Findlay 10-4-1 […]

Note: through games of Oct. 19 Rank/School Record Points 1. Lindsey Wilson 17 12-1-1 449 2. Rockhurst 13-2-0 416 3. Belhaven 14-3-0 396 4. Illinois-Springfield 12-3-0 389 5. Birmingham-Southern 11-2-0 359 6. Seattle 12-1-1 351 7. Azusa Pacific 13-2-0 341 8. William Carey 12-2-0 331 9. Life 14-3-0 325 10. Houghton 11-3-0 270 11. Harris-Stowe […]

Cup Winners Cup Second Round, First Leg Oct. 23 in Nice Nice (France) 2 (Aulanier pen. 5, 78) Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 2 (Vacha 14, 35). Half: 1-2. Att.: 15,000 Oct. 23 in Ekeren Germinal Ekeren (Belgium) 0 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 4 (Bobic 44, 63, Akpoborie 57, 77). Half: 0-1. Att.: 4,500 Oct. 23 in […]

Note: Through Oct. 19. POINTS Rank Player (School) GP G A P 1 John Wolyniec (Fordham) 15 22 5 49 2 Heikki Ritvanen (C. Florida) 14 23 1 47 3 Jeff McAllister (Gonzaga) 14 18 7 43 4 Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 13 19 4 42 5 Eirik Frederiksen (N. Illinois) 15 16 5 37 6 […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 19 POINTS Player (School) GP G A P Christy Johnson (North Texas) 12 19 4 42 Abigail Allen (Fairfield) 13 15 4 34 Robin Confer (North Carolina) 12 9 15 33 Angela Hucles (Virginia) 11 14 5 33 Jen Carlson (Connecticut) 11 14 4 32 Allison Wade (N. Illinois) 12 […]