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Women’s NCAA Division III West Region 1 U.C. San Diego 14-1-0          CS-LA 4-0 2 Cal Lutheran l4-2-0          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 New York Region 1 Binghamton 17-1-0 2 […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Central Region 1 Nebraska 19-0-0          TCU 4-0          SMU 2-0 2 Texas A&M 18-2-0          UNCG 2-0          Massachusetts 3-0 3 Vanderbilt 11-8-0          Colorado Coll. 1-0 4 So. Methodist 10-5-4          Creighton 4-2 (OT)          Nebraska 0-2 5 Baylor 16-2-0          SFA 7-1          UTEP 1-0          North Texas […]

NSCAA/UMBRO Select Women’s NCAA Div. I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame(14) 18-1-0 374 2 N. Carolina (1) 17-1-0 361 3 Portland 14-0-2 341 4 Connecticut 19-1-0 333 5 Nebraska 19-0-0 307 6 Santa Clara 13-3-1 297 7 Texas A&M 18-2-0 282 8 Florida 17-2-0 255 9 Maryland 17-3-2 248 10 Wisconsin 12-3-4 245 11 […]

1984 — St. Mary’s (Calif.) 1985 — Westmont 1986 — St. Mary’s (Calif.) 1987 — Berry 1988 — Pacific Lutheran 1989 — Pacific Lutheran 1990 — Berry 1991 — Pacific Lutheran 1992 — Lynn 1993 — Berry 1994 — Lynn 1995 — Lynn

First Round Nov. 6 William Smith (12-4-0) at Ithaca (14-3-0) Skidmore (11-4-2) at Rochester (13-3-1) Heidelberg (16-2-0) at Wooster (18-2-0) Gustavus-Adolphus (15-2-1) at Macalester (14-2-2) Cal Lutheran (17-2-0) at UC San Diego (16-1-0) North Carolina Wesleyan (15-2-2) at Randolph-Macon (17-1-1) Bates (11-2-1) at Bowdoin (11-1-2) Stockton (13-4-2) at Kean (11-2-1) Second Round Nov. 9 William […]

MEN Scott Coufal (Indiana), Leo Cullen (Maryland), Mike Fisher (Virginia), Daniel Hernandez (SMU), Clint Mathis (South Carolina), Ben Olsen (Virginia), Ross Paule (Creighton), Temoc Suarez (North Carolina), Johnny Torres (Creighton), Andrew Williams (Rhode Island). WOMEN Justi Baumgardt (Portland), Bryn Blalack (Texas A&M), Cindy Daws (Notre Dame), Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida), Debbie Keller (North Carolina), Jennifer Lalor […]

NCAA Men’s Division I First Round Nov. 16 West Virginia Wesleyan 0, Oakland 2 Dowling 3, Franklin Pierce 2 (OT) Tampa 1, Lander 0 Cal State Bakersfield 0, Seattle Pacific 2 Quarterfinals Nov. 23 or 24 Dowling (14-4-1) vs. Southern Connecticut (19-0-1) Tampa (14-3-2) vs. Lynn (11-3-4) Oakland (13-5-2) vs. Mercyhurst (12-3-2) Seattle Pacific (12-7-2) […]

Player (Team) G A P Williams (Rhode Island) 21 17 59 Kuhn (Vanderbilt) 23 12 58 Ritvanen (Central Florida) 24 3 51 Wright (Cen. Connecticut) 23 4 50 Mekelburg (South Florida) 22 6 50 Hughes (William & Mary) 19 11 49 Simic (Jacksonville) 17 15 49 Colasante (La Salle) 20 8 48 Eyjolfsson (UNC Greensboro) […]

1985 — Pam Baughman (George Mason) 1986 — April Heinrichs (North Carolina) 1987 — Megan McCarthy (William & Mary) 1988 — Michelle Akers (Central Florida) 1989 — Shannon Higgins (North Carolina) 1990 — Brandi Chastain (Santa Clara) 1991 — Kristine Lilly (North Carolina) 1992 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina) 1993 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina) […]

Women’s NCAA Division II Central Region 1 St. Joseph’s 21-1-1 (30)          DePauw 4-2          W. Michigan 1-0 2 SIU-Edwards. 16-3-2 (27)          Ashland 6-1          Wheeling Jesuit 3-1 3 MO-St. Louis 16-7-0 (24)          Washington U. 5-1          Wheeling Jesuit 3-1          Ashland 0-1 4 Truman St. 12-3-5 (21)          Denver 1-0          No. […]

Bora Milutinovic returned to his home away from home to escape the chorus of criticism his every move seems to provoke in Mexico these days, but his second Los Angeles appearance since he took charge of the Mexican national team indicates he’s not backing down. With most of the Tricolores’ stars back in Mexico, a […]

AC Milan’s Liberian forward George Weah was named the winner of the Golden Ball award for the best soccer player in Europe on Dec. 25. He received 144 points in the voting by European soccer writers. Bayern Munich’s Juergen Klinsmann placed second with 108, while Ajax forward Jari Litmanen of Finland had 67 points. Weah […]

Former U.S. national team coach Bora Milutinovic’s second game back at the helm of the Mexican national team resulted in one of his biggest defeats. Yugoslavia beat Mexico 4-1 in Monterrey Nov. 15 as fans chanted “Campos, Campos” — an indication that Milutinovic’s quest to create a new-look Mexico is already under fire. Jorge Campos, […]

Note: All conference standings through Nov. 3. ACC Final Standings TEAM W L T *North Carolina 7 0 0 Duke 3 3 1 Clemson 3 3 1 N.C. State 3 3 1 Virginia 3 3 1 Maryland 2 3 2 Florida State 2 5 0 Wake Forest 2 5 0 * clinched regular-season title. Note: […]

G Misty Long (Evansville) (1) 9 saves in upset of Minnesota D Allison Peppers (Kentucky) (1) Freshman’s goal beats Northwestern D Amy VanLaecke (Notre Dame) (2) Plays in back vs. Villanova, scores 2 M Devon Bingham (Harvard) (1) Scores gamewinner against Dartmouth M Holly Manthei (Notre Dame) (2) Breaks Mia Hamm’s single-season assist mark (37) […]

The U.S. under-23 national team beat Jamaica twice in closed-door scrimmages at its training center in Southern California. Among those attending the camp has been former U.S. national team captain Tony Meola, who has been working with the goalies for Olympic coach Bruce Arena, his former coach at Virginia. Two players have already been sent […]

Final Dec. 10 in San Salvador Honduras 3, Guatemala 0. Goals: Nunez 1, Pavon 25, 58. Honduras — W.Cruz, Fernandez, Arzu, Martinez Sambula, V.Castro, Gonzalez, Richardson Smith, Santamaria (Sierra), Pavon (Carson), Nunez, Pineda (Romero). Guatemala — Estrada, Ruano, Miranda, Giron, Machon, Leon (Arriaza), Jorge Rodas, Funes, Valencia (Diaz), Montepeque (M.Castro), Julio Rodas. Att.: 10,777. Third-Place […]

Dec. 7 in San Salvador Honduras 1, Costa Rica 1 (Honduras wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Williams 60; Fonseca 55. Honduras — W.Cruz, Fernandez, Arzu, Martinez Sambula, Williams, A.Cruz, Richardson Smith, Serrano (Guevara), Santamaria, Suazo (Sierra), Nunez (Pavon). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Wright, Montero, Parks, Contreras (Lopez), Berry (Bennett), Solis, Meyers (Morales), Guthrie, Medford, Fonseca. […]

Friday, Dec. 8 Male chauvinism lives Blanketed in freezing fog, Charles De Gaulle Airport is a picture of calm and quiet efficiency. And the French are none too happy about it. The smooth running of CDG has little to do with the looping, hi-tech passenger walkways, or the state-of-the-art baggage-handling systems. It’s simply one of […]

The pressure is mounting on Mexican national team coach Bora Milutinovic. After a string of lackluster performances, Milutinovic recalled several veterans, including MLS-bound Jorge Campos, for Mexico’s friendly against Slovenia’s under-23 team Dec. 6 in Hermosillo. Unfortunately, with a strengthened squad, Mexico fell 2-1 before 20,000 stunned fans. Besides Campos, who started in goal, Milutinovic […]

TeamWLT Jacksonville410 Western Kentucky410 South Alabama320 Vanderbilt320 Tex.-Pan American140 Ark.-Little Rock050

First Round Vanderbilt 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 1 South Alabama 4, Tesas Pan-American 1 (OT) Semifinals South Alabama 2, Jacksonville 1 (OT) Western Kentucky 3, Vanderbilt 1 Consolation Vanderbilt 1, Jacksonville 0 Final South Alabama 3, Western Kentucky 2

TeamWLT Boston College811 Pittsburgh830 Rutgers524 St. John’s631 Syracuse650 Georgetown551 Seton Hall551 Connecticut461 West Virginia353 Villanova470 Notre Dame470 Providence1100

50 entrants: 14 qualify, plus host France. Group 1 — Bosnia, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Slovenia. Group 2 — England, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Poland. Group 3 — Azerbaijan, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Switzerland. Group 4 — Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Scotland, Sweden. Group 5 — Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, Russia. Group 6 — Czech Republic, Faeroe Islands, […]

36 entrants: three qualify, and one will play off against the Oceania winner. First Round (each group to decide own system of play): Group 1 — Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Taiwan Group 2 — Iran, Syria, Maldive Islands, Kirghizistan Group 3 — United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan Group 4 — Japan, Oman, Nepal, Macao Group […]