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Oakland, Calif. Ecuador 1 Mexico 0. Goal: Carabali 61. Ecuador — Morales, Urbano (Mendez, 55), Tenorio, Quinonez, Montano, Diaz, Carabali, de la Cruz, Souza, Delgado (Ordonez, 71), Cubero. Mexico — Campos (Rios, 46), Pardo, Sanchez, Gomez, Romero, Padilla (Palencia, 65), Coyote (Medina, 75), Ramirez, Alvarez, Hermosillo (Jauregui, 46), Zaguinho (Mascareno, 46). Att.: 27,000. o Ecuador […]

Group 6 Oct. 23 in Bratislava Slovakia 3 Faeroe Islands 0. Goals: Dubovsky 20, Jancula 44, Simon pen. 57. Slovakia — Vencel, Zeman, Karhan (Kozak, 84), Tomaschek, Kinder, Tittel, Balis (Kozlej, 68), Simon, Jancula, Dubovsky, Timko (Uljaky, 68). Faroe Islands — Knudsen, Johannesen, Jarnskor, A. Hansen, O. Hansen, Morkore, Johnsson, Dam (Ennigard, 63), Mueller, Jonsson […]

G Melissa Juhl (Florida State) (1) 2 shutouts, with 4 saves in Clemson upset D Nel Fettig (North Carolina) (1) 2 assists in win over Texas A&M D Sara Whalen (Connecticut) (2) Big East Defensive Player of the Week M Paulette Angilecchia (Cincinnati) (1) First Bearcat to reach 100 points (106) M Justi Baumgardt (Portland) […]

A win certainly seemed unlikely in the United States’ first game ever in Peru. The Peruvians, who held Argentina to a 0-0 tie in a World Cup qualifier in Lima this summer, faced a depleted U.S. team Oct. 16 and won 4-1, with three goals coming in the last 23 minutes after a 1-1 halftime […]

Player (Team) G A P Cameron (Baylor) 25 5 55 Pearce (Monmouth) 20 13 53 Lord (UNC Greensboro) 20 7 47 Rohbock (Brigham Young) 20 6 46 Blalack (Texas A&M) 18 9 45 Cooper (Louisiana State) 19 7 45 Streiffer (Notre Dame) 14 15 43 Fotopoulos (Florida) 17 8 42 Greenman (Florida Inter.) 16 9 […]

Player (Team) G A P Kuhn (Vanderbilt) 20 9 49 Ritvanen (Central Florida) 21 3 45 Simic (Jacksonville) 17 11 45 Mekelburg (South Florida) 17 4 38 Hughes (William & Mary) 16 6 38 Williams (Rhode Island) 13 9 35 Creary (Philadelphia Textile) 16 2 34 Wright (Cen. Connecticut) 16 2 34 Yenzer (Clemson) 15 […]

G Patrick Rea (Brown) (1) Two shutouts, 13 saves, in win and tie D Tahj Jakins (UCLA) (1) Scored once and played tough defense D Brian Foote (Pennsylvania) (1) Two goals included winner against Cornell M Lazo Alavanja (Indiana) (1) Two goals, three assists, winner vs. Wisconsin M Sasha Victorine (UCLA) (1) Gamewinner against CS […]

Features L.A. Galaxy Is Undone By The Work Of The Devil By Ridge Mahoney Galaxy Misses Captain Dan Calichman In The Crunch By Scott French Players And Fans Weather The Storm For MLS Cup By Ridge Mahoney Guatemala City: The Worst World Cup Disaster Richmond Aims For A Second Final Four Sellout By Mike Harris […]

Women’s NCAA Division III New England Region 1 Bowdoin 9-1-1          Plymouth St. 1-0          Trinity 3-0 2 Williams 6-0-3          Tufts 2-1 (OT) 3 Amherst 8-1-2          Wheaton 1-0          Wesleyan 2-1 4 Bates 9-1-1          Conn Coll. 1-0 5 Tufts 7-3-1          Williams 2-1 (OT) 6 Conn Coll. 6-3-2          Clark 2-1          […]

Men’s NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region 1 Elizabethtown 13-1-2 (49)          Dickinson 1-0          Moravian 8-1 2 Messiah 11-2-1 (41.5)          Wheaton 0-4          Muhlenberg 0-0 (OT) 3 Bethany 11-3-0 (39)          Waynesburg 8-1          Wilmington 1-3 4 Johns Hopkins 9-1-1 (36)          York 1-0 5 Muhlenberg 8-3-2 (35.5)          Messiah 0-0 (OT)          W. […]

Men’s NCAA Division II Far West Region 1 CS-Bakersfield 12-4-1          Cal Poly Pomona 1-2          CS-Dominguez 2-3 2 CS-LA 9-5-2          Cal Poly Pomona 6-0          CS-San Bern. 1-0 3 Grand Canyon 7-3-3          CS-Dominguez 2-1          CS-San Bern. 1-1 (OT) 4 CS-San Bern. 8-5-1          GCU 1-1 (OT)          CS-LA 0-1 4 Seattle […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Women’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame (9) 14-1-0 367 2 N. Carolina (4) 12-1-0 361 3 Portland (2) 10-0-2 342 4 Connecticut 15-1-0 336 5 Nebraska 15-0-0 304 6 Santa Clara 11-3-0 298 7 Maryland 15-1-1 293 8 Texas A&M 15-2-0 272 9 Florida 14-1-0 261 10 Wisconsin 10-2-3 […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Men’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Virginia (24) 11-0-3 480 2 St. John’s 13-1-1 445 3 California 11-2-2 422 4 NC-Charlotte 13-2-0 414 5 Washington 11-2-0 348 6 Air Force 11-1-2 342 7 Rutgers 10-3-1 325 8 William & Mary 10-2-1 287 9 Harvard 9-1-0 260 10 Indiana 8-2-2 245 11 […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Northeast Region 1 Connecticut 15-1-0          Seton Hall 4-0          UMass 2-0 2 Harvard 11-0-0          Texas 3-0          Cal-Poly 2-1 3 Dartmouth 8-2-0          Mass 2-0          Yale 4-1 (OT) 4 Colgate 12-2-0          Navy 1-0          Virginia 0-3 5 Massachusetts 10-2-1          Dartmouth 0-2          Connecticut 0-2 6 Yale […]

Men’s NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 8-2-2 (49)          Wisconsin 1-0          Northwestern 11-1 2 Bowling Green 10-3-1 (43)          Akron 2-1 3 Wisconsin 8-3-4 (42)          Indiana 0-1          Butler 0-0 (OT) 4 Evansville 11-3-0 (35)          Coll. Charleston 3-2          So. Carolina 1-3 5 Notre Dame 9-4-2 (28)          Rutgers […]

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

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Notre Dame 14-1-0 1 2. North Carolina 12-1-0 3 3. Portland 10-0-2 6 4. Connecticut 15-1-0 4 5. Santa Clara 11-3-0 2 6. Nebraska 15-0-0 5 7. Texas A&M 15-2-0 7 8. Florida 14-1-0 8 9. UNC Greensboro 10-3-0 13 10. N.C. State 10-4-1 18 11. Maryland 15-1-1 9 12. […]

What a thrilling conclusion to the MLS season! We’d like to hear your thoughts about MLS Cup ’96 and the playoffs in this inaugural year for the league. Would the outcome have been different if L.A.’s Dan Calichman hadn’t been suspended for yellow cards, or if the weather had been better? How about D.C.’s superb […]

Oct. 20 in Foxboro, Mass. D.C. United 3 Los Angeles 2 (OT). Goals: Sanneh (Etcheverry) 73, Medved 82, Pope (Etcheverry) 94; Hurtado (Cienfuegos) 5, Armas 55. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Maessner, Harkes, Etcheverry, Moreno, Diaz Arce. Subs: Sanneh for Maessner in 59th minute, Medved for Gori in 70th. Los Angeles […]

Oct. 16 in Mexico City Mexico U-17 team 2 USA U-17 team 2. USA Goals: Wilson (Gutierrez) 52, Monsibais (Craven) 89. USA — Hancock, Downing, Totten, Thomas , Villegas, Wilson, Marquez, Yamauchi , Purcell , Gutierrez, Castellanos. Subs: Hollenbach, Boutillier, Rupsis, Monsibais, Craven. USA Yellow cards: Totten 40, Yamauchi 67, Monsibais 73. Referee: Jorge E. […]

D.C. United vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Date: Sunday, Oct. 20. Location: Foxboro Stadium. Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. (ET). Television: ABC. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes, Maessner, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Moreno. Los Angeles — Campos, Vanney, Onalfo, Fraser, Semioli, Salcedo, Armas, Cienfuegos, Jones, Razov, Hurtado. Los Angeles Notes Los […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Tony Meola Two world cups. Field Players: Franz Beckenbauer Comments: The NASL star brought soccer into limelight in the U.S. Alexi Lalas Comments: The first to play in Italy. Marcello Balboa Comments: U.S. Caps leader. Johan Cruyff John Harkes Comments: He was the first to make it big […]

The following are the teams that the new Division II A-League to be operated by the USISL has approved from among the 35 teams that applied for admission to play in 1997: Atlanta (A-League), Carolina (USISL Select), Charleston (USISL Pro), Connecticut (USISL Select), El Paso (USISL Select), Hershey (A-League expansion), Jacksonville (former Tampa Bay, USISL […]

For reasons as yet unknown, scores of spectators were killed in a crowd stampede in the Mateo Flores Stadium in Guatemala City just before the Guatemala-Costa Rica World Cup Qualifying match on Oct. 16. Initial reports talk of 80 deaths, Numerous fans were injured; some of them seriously. In his initial brief account, the FIFA […]

European Champions League Group A Oct. 16 in Auxerre Auxerre (France) 1 Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland) 0. Goal: Deniaud 42. Auxerre — Charbonnier, Goma, West, D’Anjou, Rabarivony, Henna, Violeau, Saib, Lamouchi (Sibierski, 83), Deniaud, Diomede. Grasshopper — Zuberbuehler, Haas, Smiljanic, Gren, Thueler (Magnin, 81), Vogel, Lombardo, Esposito (Subiat, 75), Comisetti (Berger, 68), Moldovan, Turkyilmaz. Att.: 19,000. […]