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U.S. Soccer and Nike Inc. have signed a ten-year, $120 million, contract which will make Nike the official sponsor and supplier of products to U.S. Soccer and its national teams through the year 2006. As part of the contract, Nike will become title sponsor of the U.S. Cup and the U.S. Women’s Cup. Nike will […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 15-0-1 300 2 Notre Dame 14-0-1 288 3 Portland 9-3-0 274 4 Duke 12-2-0 254 5 Virginia 12-1-2 250 6 Santa Clara 12-1-1 238 7 Texas A & M 13-2-0 234 8 Connecticut 15-1-0 226 9 Nebraska 12-2-0 198 10 Minnesota 14-1-1 188 11 Hartford […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Macalester 14-1-0 DH Hamline 8-0, DH Wheaton 2-0 2 St. Thomas 12-2-0 DA St. Benedict 1-0, DH Carleton 4-2 3 St. Benedict 11-2-3 LH St. Thomas 0-1, DN maryville 3-1, DA Emory 2-0 4 Gustavus 11-3-1 DA UW Eau Claire 2-1, DA Hamline 5-0 5 Wheaton 11-4-1 DH […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II New England Region 1 F. Pierce 13-0-0 DH Bridgeport 9-0 2 New Hamphire 12-2-0 DH MA-Lowell 5-0, DH Sacred Heart 8-0 3 St. Anselm 11-3-0 LH Assumption 1-3, LH Quinnipiac 4-5 4 Merrimack 11-4-0 DA Assumption 4-1, DA LeMoyne 5-0 5 Assumption 8-4-1 LH Merrimack 1-4, DA St. Anselm 3-1, DA […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Far West/North Central Region 1 Macalester 8-0-2 DH Hamline 3-0 2 UC San Diego 10-2-2 DH Christian Hert. 2-1, DH Chapman 2-0, DH UC Santa Cruz 3-0 3 Cal. Lutheran 11-2-1 DH Chapman 4-1, DA Whittier 6-0, DH LaVerne 6-0 4 Gustavus 10-3-0 DH Hamline 3-1 5 Claremont 10-3-0 DH Cal. […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Northeast Region 1 S. Connecticut 16-0-0 DH Quinnipiac 2-1 (OT), DA CW Post 1-0 (2OT) 2 New Hamphire Coll. 13-1-0 DA MA-Lowell 2-0, DH Sacred Heart 1-0, DH Southampton 2-1 (2OT) 3 F. Pierce 10-3-0 DH St. AnselmÆs 7-1, DH Bridgeport 7-1 4 C.W. Post 11-3-0 LH So Conn 0-1 (2OT) […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I New York Region 1 St. Johns 50 10-2-2 DA Pitt 2-1 2 Cornell 43 5-2-3 DA Syracuse 1-0, TH Harvard 2-2 3 St. Francis 41 12-4-1 DA Manhattan 4-2, DH St. Francis (PA) 3-0 4 Iona 32 11-3-0 DH Columbia 1-0, LA St. PeterÆs 1-2 5 Hofstra 31 9-3-2 DH Delaware […]

Group A Oct. 22 in Parma Parma (Italy) 1 (Crespo 62) Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 13,449. Oct. 22 in Prague Sparta Prague (Czech Rep.) 3 (Seigl 34, Gabriel 66, Obajdin 87) Galatasaray (Turkey) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 11,108. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Parma 3 2 1 0 3 […]

Features The Building Of An All-Conquering Team Interviews by Duncan Irving Q&A: Steve Rammel canÆt wait Interview by Duncan Irving Burn Broods Over Its Mediocre Æ97 Campaign By Steve Davis Columbus Crew Will Build For The Future By Craig Merz U.S. Prepares For Journey To Mexico City By Ridge Mahoney Q&A: Brad Friedel Forecasts All-Out […]

Oct. 22 in Vienna Rapid Vienna (Austria) 3 (Stoeger pen. 45, Schoettel 64, Penksa 81) 1860 Munich (Germany) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 26,500. (Second leg to be played Nov. 4.)

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Indiana 15-0-0 420 2 SMU 11-1-0 386 3 Duke 12-2-0 384 4 Stanford 11-0-2 354 5 American 8-2-3 322 5 St. JohnÆs 10-2-2 322 7 Washington 10-2-2 271 8 Maryland 10-2-1 261 9 N.C. State 9-3-0 221 10 UCLA 12-2-0 219 11 Creighton 10-3-1 213 12 Virginia […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 North Carolina 15-0-1 DH NC State 6-0, DA St. MaryÆs 7-0, DN Santa Clara 3-0 2 Duke 12-2-0 DH UNCG 2-0, DH Maryland 3-2 3 Florida 13-2-1 DA Tennessee 4-0, DA Georgia 5-0, DH Fla. St. 6-0 4 Clemson 10-4-0 LA Maryland 0-2, DA Wake Forest 2-0, LA […]

G Matt Jordan (Clemson) (1) 9 saves, 1 on PK, in tie with Virginia D Adam Black (Cal State Fullerton) (1) Scored winner against UCLA D Robert Russell (Duke) (1) Defensive field leader in 2 1-0 ACC wins M Sigurd Dalen (Boston Univ.) (1) Hat trick and an assist in 4-0 win over Hartford M […]

Oct. 21 in Moscow Spartak Moscow (Russia) 2 (Tikhonov 60, Titov 84) Real Valladolid (Spain) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Oct. 21 in Volgograd Rotor Volgograd (Russia) 0 Lazio (Italy) 0. Att.: 24,000. Oct. 21 in Budapest MTK Budapest (Hungary) 1 (Lorincz 82) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Oct. 21 in Braga […]

U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller has undergone minor surgery for a dislocated thumb suffered in training with his English club, Leicester City, and could be out of action for up to four weeks. Keller was taking shots from teammates at the close of practice on Friday when his thumb was bent backwards by the […]

G Jen Traw (Connecticut) (1) Collects 3 shutouts, hasnÆt allowed a goal in last 8 games D Gina Foster (Harvard) (1) Nets lone goal vs. Penn for QuakersÆ first Ivy loss D Christene Tran (UAB) (1) Gets 2 goals, 2 assists in wins over ÆBama, Cincy, Louisville M Kasey Clark (Colorado College) (1) Freshman assists […]

Head coach Tony DiCicco has announced the 20-player U.S. women’s national team roster for its friendly match against Sweden on Nov. 1 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The game kicks off at 12:30 p.m. (ET) and will be televised on Fox Sports Net. The match will mark the first time that all eleven Olympic starters will be […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 19 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 15-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 14-0-1 2 3. Santa Clara 12-1-1 3 4. Portland 9-3-0 4 5. Connecticut 15-1-0 5 6. Virginia 12-1-2 6 7. Duke 12-2-0 7 8. Texas A&M 13-2-0 8 9. Florida 13-2-1 9 10. Nebraska 12-2-0 10 11. […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 19 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 15-0-0 1 2. SMU 11-1-0 2 3. Duke 12-2-0 5 4. Stanford 11-0-2 7 5. UCLA 12-2-0 3 6. Virginia 9-2-3 6 7. Washington 10-2-2 11 8. N.C. State 9-3-0 8 9. Maryland 10-2-1 4 10. South Carolina 8-2-1 12 11. American 8-2-3 […]

COLUMBUS 0 D.C. UNITED 1 Oct. 15 in Columbus Columbus 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: Diaz Arce (Vaudreuil, Moreno) 47. Columbus — Friedel (8), Dooley (6), Clark (5), Lapper (4), Elcock (6), Yeagley (5), Thompson (6), Maisonneuve (5), Warzycha (6), McBride (4), Farrell (6). Subs: Marino (6) for Yeagley in 58th minute, Carrera (5) for […]

The following are the finalists for the 1997 MLS Year-End awards. The winners, along with the AT&T Best Eleven and the Budweiser Scoring Champion, Preki, will be announced at the league’s gala dinner in Washington D.C. on October 25. Honda Most Valuable Player — Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United), Preki (Kansas City), Carlos Valderrama (Tampa Bay). […]

Group B Oct. 18 in Almaty Kazakhstan 3 (Sparyshev 55, Yevteyev 65, Yurist 73) UAE 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 5,000. Oct. 18 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 1 (Federov pen. 64) South Korea 5 (Choi Yong Soo 19, 41, Yoo Sang Chul 38, Ko Jeong Woo 58, Kim Do Hoon 70). Half: 0-3. Att.: 30,000. TEAM W […]

Group A Oct. 17 in Tehran Iran 4 (Mansourian 3, Modir-Roosta 44, Bagheri 64, Daei 68) China 1 (Mao Yi Jun 86). Half: 2-0. Att.: 100,000. Oct. 17 in Kuwait Kuwait 2 (Abdul-Aziz 48, Abdul-Rahman 67) Saudi Arabia 1 (Musad 31). Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 5 […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 12 Rank/Team Record Points 1. Mobile 12-0-0 450 2. Simon Fraser 8-3-1 422 3. Rockhurst 11-2-0 399 4. Westmont 10-3-0 384 5. Brewton-Parker 7-2-1 370 6. Berry 8-3-1 352 7. Oklahoma City 13-0-0 349 8. Seattle 11-1-1 310 9. Houghton 11-1-0 283 10. St. Mary 12-2-0 268 11. Lindenwood 11-1-1 […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 12 SCORING Player (School) GP G A P Christy Johnson (N. Texas) 14 19 6 44 Abigail Allen (Fairfield) 15 17 7 39 Amber Berendowsky (Michigan) 14 12 12 36 Jen Carlson (Connecticut) 13 16 4 36 Anne Mucci (N. Illinois) 14 11 14 36 Kelly Smith (Seton Hall) 9 […]