Author Archives: Soccer America

Features Steve Sampson: U.S. Must Respect The Opposition Interview by Duncan Irving Can The U.S. Dominate The Tiny Rivals? By Mike Woitalla MLS Is The Last Bastion For Soccer-Bashers By Ridge Mahoney MLS Year 1 Positional Depth Chart By Ridge Mahoney Tab Ramos Is At His Best When He’s On Edge By Jerry Hawkins Duke’s […]

Men’s Division I South Atlantic Region 1 Virginia 13-0-3 (50)          Duke 6-1 2 William & Mary 12-2-1 (45)          NC State 2-0          Old Dominion 4-1 3 J. Madison 11-3-0 (39)          FIU 3-2          Butler 2-3 4 Maryland 8-4-3 (34)          American 1-1          Hartwick 3-0 5 G. Mason 9-4-3 (29)          Richmond […]

Women’s Division I Northeast Region 1 Connecticut 17-1-0          Harvard 2-1          Hartford 4-0 2 Harvard 12-1-0          Connecticut 1-2          Princeton 2-0 3 Dartmouth 11-2-0          Vermont 2-0          Cornell 4-1          Rhode Island 3-0 4 Colgate 13-2-0          Army 4-0 5 Massachusetts 13-2-1          Fordham 4-0          Temple 5-0          Duquesne 1-0 6 […]

Men’s Division III Metro Region 1 Rowan 12-2-2 (39)          Muhlenberg 2-0          Camden 2-0 2 R. Stockton 10-2-1 (36)          Baptist Bible 4-0          Kean 2-3 3 Kean College 11-4-1 (34)          King’s Point 3-0          R. Stockton 3-2 4 Montclair 11-3-2 (28)          Newark 2-1          W. Conn 2-0          Ramapo 1-3 5 […]

Men’s Division II Northeast Region 1 So. Conn. 15-0-1 (50)          Albany 3-0          Keene 5-0 2 N.H. College 12-0-2 (45)          Lowell 4-1          Sacred Heart 3-0          Merrimack 4-1 3 Dowling 9-3-1 (40)          CW Post 5-2 4 Fr. Pierce 11-3-1 (35)          Mercy 7-2 5 Concordia 12-2-1 (30)          Stony Brook 3-0 […]

Raul Diaz Arce scored two minutes into first-half stoppage time to give D.C. United a 1-0 lead in the U.S. Open Cup final at RFK Stadium. United’s John Maessner was fouled a few yards outside the box, and Marco Etcheverry hit a swerving, left-footed free kick. Rhinos keeper Bill Andracki made a fine, diving save, […]

Oct. 30 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United (MLS) 3 Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 0. Goals: Diaz Arce 45, Pope 63, Moreno (Sanneh) 89. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Maessner, Harkes, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Moreno. Subs: Sanneh for Maessner in 46th minute, Vaudreuil for Peay in 46th, Kamler for Harkes in 66th, Imler […]

Women’s Division III West Region 1 UC San Diego 14-1-0          CS-LA 4-0 2 Cal Lutheran 14-2-0          Redlands 5-0 3 LaVerne 14-4-0          Occidental 5-0          Whittier 2-0 4 UC Santa Cruz 8-4-1 5 Chapman 10-7-0          Claremont-M-S 2-1          Whittier 5-0          Cal Baptist 1-2 Great Lakes Region 1 Wooster 18-1-0          Earlham […]

Women’s Division II South Region 1 Lynn 16-0-0          Indiana 3-0          St. Thomas 8-0 2 Barry 9-3-1          Nova SE 7-0 3 Presbyterian 11-3-1          Barry 0-2          Anderson 7-0 4 Francis Marion 12-3-1          Gardner-Webb 0-1          No. Florida 3-0 5 Elon 10-4-2          Mars Hill 2-0 6 Catawba 11-5-0          Lenoir-Rhyne 1-0 […]

The San Jose Clash won the first game of its tour of China today, downing Sichuan Quanxing of the Chinese First Division 3-0. San Jose, which is without seven regular players because of World Cup qualifying and other commitments, fielded several “guest players,” including German playmaker Bernd Schuster (who had a pair of assists), Spanish […]

Group A Oct. 30 in Zurich Grasshopper (Switzerland) 3 Auxerre (France) 1. Goals: Moldovan 17, pen. 29, Gren 59; own goal 47. Grasshopper — Zuberbueler, Thueler, Gren, Yakin, Esposito (Magnin, 84), Moldovan, Lombardo (Gamperle, 89), Turkyilmaz, Vogel (Comisetti, 79), Haas, Smiljanic. Auxerre — Charbonnier, Goma, Violeau, Saib, Sibierski, Diomede (Tasfaout, 71), West, D’Anjou, Henna, Marlet, […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Men’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Virginia (24) 13-0-3 480 2 Washington 12-2-0 439 3 NC-Charlotte 15-2-0 422 4 Air Force 12-1-2 369 5 California 12-2-2 367 6 St. John’s 14-2-1 363 7 Indiana 10-2-2 335 8 William & Mary 12-2-1 314 9 Harvard 10-1-0 301 10 UNCG 16-1-0 215 11 […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame (14) 16-1-0 374 2 No. Carolina (1) 15-1-0 361 3 Portland 12-0-2 339 4 Connecticut 17-1-0 336 5 Nebraska 17-0-0 312 6 Santa Clara 12-3-1 284 7 Texas A&M 16-2-0 282 8 Maryland 16-1-2 277 9 Florida 17-1-0 268 10 Wisconsin 11-3-3 226 11 Harvard […]

G Jon Busch (UNC Charlotte) (2) Two 1-0 shutouts give him career high nine D Tahj Jakins (UCLA) (2) Defensive MVP UCLA MetLife Classic D Jaime Fajardo (Florida International) (1) Defensive MVP BellSouth Classic M Rob Elliott (Cornell) (1) Scored winner from 30 yard in OT vs. Dartmouth M Paul Broome (SMU) (1) Two goals […]

G Jessica Glazer (Washington State) (1) Seven saves in 1-1 tie with Santa Clara D Amy Roberts (North Carolina) (1) Defensive MVP of Wisconsin Invitational D Tasha Taiste (Rutgers) (1) Late sub’s first career goal stuns Penn St. M Samantha Baggett (Duke) (1) OT header beats ACC rival Clemson M Cindy Daws (Notre Dame) (1) […]

U.S. national team captain John Harkes and defender Jeff Agoos have been released for D.C. United’s quest at the double against the Rochester Rhinos in the final of the U.S. Open Cup Oct. 30 (Prime: 8:00 pm ET). Harkes, who missed the Open Cup semifinal win over Dallas Oct. 27 while nursing his injured ankle, […]

Oct. 29 in Trabzon Trabzonspor (Turkey) 3 Schalke (Germany) 3. Goals: Aveladze (55), Hami Mandirali (65, 70); De Kock (33, 38), Max (75). Att.: 25,000. (Schalke won 4-3 on aggregate.) o American Thomas Dooley played the second half for Schalke. Teammate David Wagner, also called up for the United States-Guatemala game Nov. 3, did not […]

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

U.S. national team forward Roy Lassiter has been loaned to Genoa of the Italian Serie B. The Tampa Bay Mutiny forward, who led MLS with 27 goals this season, left for Italy today, but he will be available for recall to the national team at any time. Preki gains citizenship Kansas City Wiz midfielder Preki, […]

Oct. 27 in Dallas Dallas 0 D.C. United 2. Goals: Moreno (Etcheverry) 12, Moreno 82. Dallas — Dodd, Sonora, Soehn, Farrer, Ortiz, Pollard, Lozzano, Santel, Haynes, Kreis, Eck. Subs: Sestoque for Eck in 66th minute, Ibsen for Soehn in 70th, Ashton for Kreis in 84th. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Agoos, Pope, Kamler, Etcheverry, Medved, […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Virginia 13-0-3 1 2. California 12-2-2 3 3. Washington 12-2-0 4 4. UCLA 13-3-0 5 5. Indiana 10-2-2 6 6. Florida International 12-3-2 12 7. William & Mary 12-2-1 7 8. St. John’s 14-2-1 2 9. Duke 11-4-0 9 10. SMU 11-4-1 11 11. Bowling Green 13-3-1 13 12. Air […]

Group 2 Canada became the first team to clinch a berth in next year’s CONCACAF finals when it held Panama to a 0-0 tie Oct. 27 in Panama City’s Rommel Fernandez Stadium. The game was marred by three red cards and seven yellow cards. Canada lost striker Paul Peschisolido in an altercation with Panama’s Rolando […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations Field Players: John Harkes Tab Ramos Paul Caligiuri Claudio Reyna Coach: Bora Milutinovic In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, Soccer America honors the 11 players and one coach from the past 25 years who've had the most positive impact on U.S. soccer. They are the Soccer America Silver XI […]

The Columbus Crew has named Tom Fitzgerald as their full-time head coach, the team announced today. “This is a very happy day for me,” said Fitzgerald. “I thought this day would not come for several more years, but I am excited for the opportunity.” Fitzgerald, who was named interim head coach after the midseason resignation […]

The following are the players U.S. national team head coach Steve Sampson called up for the World Cup ’98 qualifying matches against Guatemala Nov. 3 and Trinidad & Tobago Nov. 10: Goalkeepers — Brad Friedel (Columbus Crew), Kasey Keller (Leicester City, England), *Chris Snikto (Kansas City Wiz). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), Mike Burns […]