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Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. USA 1 Jamaica 1. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 49; Burton 51. USA — Keller, Pope (Burns, 78), Dooley, Balboa, Jones (Preki, 57), Sorber (Agoos, 37), Reyna, Ramos, Harkes, Stewart, Wynalda. Jamaica — Barrett, Brown, Goodison, Dixon, Gardner, Malcolm (Sewell, 63), Cargill (Dawes, 89), Simpson, Whitmore, Burton, Hall. Yellow cards: USA — […]

Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. USA 1 Jamaica 1. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 49; Burton 51. Att.: 51,528. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Jamaica 8 3 3 2 5 10 12 Mexico 5 3 2 0 13 2 11 USA 7 2 4 1 10 7 10 El Salvador 7 2 3 […]

The USA and Jamaica are tied 1-1 in their World Cup Qualifying match. Eric Wynalda scored on a penalty kick in the 49th minute to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Jamaica. Jamaica’s Ian Goodison was called for a handball in the box (although replays seemed to show that he was outside the area), […]

The USA and Jamaica are tied 0-0 at halftime of their World Cup Qualifier in Washington, D.C. The Reggae Boyz had much of the possession and more scoring opportunities in the first half. Forward Deon Burton made several dangerous runs, and the U.S. was lucky to escape a goalmouth scramble off of a corner kick […]

The following are the results of the September SA Online Poll, in which 455 fans voted for the 1997 MLS MVP: Name (Team) Votes Preki (Kansas City) 112 Carlos Valderrama (Tampa Bay) 58 Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United) 55 Thomas Dooley (Columbus) 29 Walter Zenga (New England) 29 Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) 24 Roberto Donadoni (MetroStars) […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 28 Rank/School Record Points 1. Lindsey Wilson 8-0-1 446 2. William Carey 7-0-0 435 3. Rockhurst 6-2-0 398 4. Ill.-Springfield 8-3-0 379 5. Seattle 7-1-0 362 6. Azusa Pacific 6-2-0 352 7. Birmingham-So. 8-1-0 335 8. Aub.-Montgomery 5-3-1 330 9. Mobile) 6-3-0 311 10. Geneva 8-0-0 306 11. Incarnate Word […]

Scoring Player (School) GP G A P Jeff McAllister (Gonzaga) 10 13 5 31 John Wolyniec (Fordham) 9 13 3 29 Richie Moller (Towson State) 9 11 4 26 Dema Kovalenko (Indiana) 9 12 1 25 Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 9 12 1 25 Jeff Cunningham (So. Florida) 9 10 5 25 Eirik Frederiksen (N. Illinois) […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 28 Rank/School Record Points 1. Mobile 7-0-0 449 2. Westmont 6-2-0 410 3. Simon Fraser 7-3-1 387 4. Rockhurst 9-2-0 373 5. St. Mary 11-0-0 374 6. Lindsey Wilson 7-1-1 368 7. Brewton-Parker 5-2-1 336 8. Oklahoma City 9-0-0 303 9. Willamette 6-2-1 302 10. Findlay 7-3-0 298 11. Georgian […]

Scoring Player (School) GP G A P Christy Johnson (N. Texas) 10 17 4 38 Abigail Allen (Fairfield) 11 14 3 31 Angela Hucles (Virginia) 10 13 5 31 Jen Carlson (Connecticut) 10 13 3 29 Amber Berendowsky (Michigan) 10 9 9 27 Cheryl Moore (Wagner) 10 11 5 27 Kelly Moran (Radford) 10 12 […]

Oct. 2 in Yerevan Ararat Yerevan (Armenia) 0 FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 2 (Nielsen 87, Sesta 89). Half: 0-0. Att.: 700. (Copenhagen wins 5-0 on aggregate.) Oct. 2 in Ajdovscina Primorje Ajdovscina (Slovenia) 1 (Rudonja 110) AIK Stockholm (Sweden) 1 (Novakovic 77). Half: 0-0. Att.: 3,000. (Primorje Ajdovscina wins 2-1 on aggregate.) Oct. 2 in Moscow […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Indiana 9-0-0 459 2 St. John’s 8-0-1 436 3 UCLA 8-1-0 396 4 Virginia 6-1-2 372 4 So Methodist 6-1-0 372 6 Duke 7-2-0 348 7 Maryland 6-1-1 319 8 Washington 6-1-2 298 9 FIU 7-2-1 257 10 Boston Univ. 5-2-2 227 11 Stanford 8-0-0 223 12 […]

Sept. 30 in Larnaca Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 1 (Michajlovic 13) Karlsruhe (Germany) 1 (Schepens 43). Half: 1-1. Att.: 7,000. (Karlsruhe wins 3-2 on aggregate.) Sept. 30 in Vladikavkaz Alania Vladikavkaz (Russia) 1 (Moroz 17) MTK Budapest (Hungary) 1 (Halmai 85). Half: 1-0. Att.: 20,000. (MTK wins 4-1 on aggregate.) Sept. 30 in Tbilisi Dynamo Tbilisi […]

Goalkeeper Walter Zenga (1) New England Defenders Michael Clark (2) Columbus Ansil Elcock (3) Columbus Paul Caligiuri (3) Los Angeles Midfielders Jesse Marsch (1) D.C. United Preki (6) Kansas City Matt McKeon (4) Kansas City Mauricio Cienfuegos (6) Los Angeles Forwards Mo Johnston (3) Kansas City Tony Sanneh (2) D.C. United Joe-Max Moore (2) New […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 North Carolina 9-0-1 300 2 Notre Dame 9-0-1 288 3 Texas A & M 9-1-0 276 4 Virginia 8-1-1 256 5 Portland 5-3-0 252 6 Duke 6-2-0 250 7 Santa Clara 7-0-1 226 8 Hartford 7-1-0 218 9 Connecticut 9-1-0 202 10 Nebraska 8-2-0 192 11 George […]

Group A Oct. 1 in Dortmund Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 4 (Herrlich 20, Chapuisat 59, 75, Heinrich 69) Sparta Prague (Czech Rep.) 1 (Siegl 76). Half: 1-0. Att.: 46,500. Oct. 1 in Parma Parma (Italy) 2 (Sensini 23, Crespo 39) Galatasaray (Turkey) 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 15,900. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Bor. […]

NSCAA MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Far West/North Central Region 1 Macalester 30 5-0-2 Th Hope 0-0 (OT), DH Luther 1-0 (OT) 2 UC San Diego 26.5 3-2-0 3 Gustavus 24.5 7-2-0 DA St. Olaf 3-2 (OT), DH Concordia 1-0 4 Concordia (MN) 19 5-2-0 LA Gustavus 0-1 5 Cal. Lutheran 17 3-2-0 6 Chapman 13.5 […]

NSCAA MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II South Region 1 Lynn 60 8-0-0 DA Mobile 2-1, DH Ohio Wesleyan 1-0 2 Tampa 51 5-0-0 DH Lincoln Memorial 3-0 3 Lander 43 6-1-0 DH Wingate 7-0 4 USCS 39 8-0-0 DH Anderson 11-0, DA Belmont Abbey 2-0 5 AL-Huntsville 36 7-0-0 DA Central AK 2-1, DA Centennary 1-0 […]

NSCAA Men’s Division I New York Region 1 St. Johns 50 8-0-1 DA Boston Coll. 2-0, DA Providence 4-1 2 St. Francis 45 8-3-0 DA Monmouth 1-0, DA Robert Morris 3-0 3 St. Bonaventure 40 6-2-0 DH UMass 2-1, DH Rhode Island 2-1 (OT) 4 Cornell 35 2-2-1 TN George Mason 2-2 (OT), LA Loyola […]

NSCAA Women’s Division III West Region 1 UCSD 7-1-0 L CS Dominguez Hills 0-1 2 Cal Lutheran 5-2-0 DH LaVerne 3-1, DA Claremont 3-1 3 Chapman 7-0-1 DA Occidental 3-1 4 LaVerne 6-1-0 LA Cal Lutheran 1-3, DA Pomona-Pitzer 4-1 5 UC Santa Cruz 5-3-1 Central Region 1 Macalester 8-0-0 DH Chicago 2-0, DA Bethel […]

NSCAA WOMENÆS DIVISION II New England Region 1 F. Pierce 7-0-0 DA Stonehill 3-0, DA Albany 4-0 2 New Hamphire 6-1-0 DH Merrimack 1-0, DA Bridgeport 5-2 3 Merrimack 6-3-0 LA NHC 0-1, LA Adelphi 2-3 4 Stonehill 7-2-0 LH F. Pierce 0-3, DA AIC 3-1 5 St. Anselm 7-1-0 DH New Haven 4-0, DH […]

NSCAA WOMENÆS DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 North Carolina 9-0-1 50 DN California 1-0, DN Texas A&M 2-1 2 Duke 6-2-0 45 DH Virginia 3-2, DA NC State 2-1 3 Clemson 7-2-0 38 DA NC State 2-1, DH Florida State 2-1 4 Wake Forest 7-2-0 33.5 LH Virginia 2-3 5 Florida 6-2-1 32.5 DA Arkansas […]

While Preki, MLS’s leading scorer in ’97 (41) and over the first two seasons (90), gets all the attention, his teammate, Mark Chung, also holds an MLS record. He is the only player to start every game for the two seasons (64). Final Player Statistics No. Player GP GS Min. G A P 11 Preki […]

Jaime Moreno was beaten out for MLS scoring title by Preki on the last week of the season, but his 1.72 points a game average over two years leads all players. Final Player Statistics No. Player GP GS Min. G A P 9 Jaime Moreno 20 20 1725 16 8 40 21 Raul Diaz Arce […]

G Greg Velho (Notre Dame) (1) Posted 3 shutouts (all 1-0) D Mario Pino (FIU) (1) Defensive MVP at FIU Umbro Invitational D Mark Ryan (George Mason) (1) MVP at Black & Decker Loyola/Lotto Classic M Daniel Hernandez (SMU) (1) Scored twice and had 4 assists at SMU Nike Classic M Wade Barrett (William & […]

Cozier stadiums are a start, but revenues must also be spent on better players Which comes first, the stadium or the justification thereof? Where MLS is concerned, that depends … By the year 2000, three MLS teams ù San Jose, Columbus, and Ft. Lauderdale ù could be playing in stadiums either built or redesigned primarily […]