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Following a year of intense preparation, everything will cool down for the U.S. women after the upcoming U.S. Women’s Cup. After spending much of the past year preparing for the Women’s World Cup in Sweden, the United States women get a break. Many of the players went from either playing or coaching during the college […]

SMU sophomore Danielle Garrett hit a hat trick in her U.S. women’s national team debut to lead it to a 6-0 win over Ukraine at the Brazil Soccer Cup. The USA meets host Brazil in the final Jan. 20. The USA had edged Brazil 3-2 in first-round action. In other matches involving U.S. national teams […]

(All times Pacific) Group A Jan. 11 in San Diego: Mexico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines (8:00 p.m.) Jan. 14 in San Diego: Mexico vs. Guatemala (2:00 p.m.) Jan. 16 in Anaheim, Calif.: St. Vincent & Grenadines vs. Guatemala (6:00 p.m.) Group B Jan. 10 in Anaheim, Calif.: Canada vs. Honduras (7:00 p.m.) Jan. 12 […]

Dec. 13 in Liverpool, England Netherlands 2, Ireland 0. Goals: Kluivert (28, 89). Netherlands — Van der Sar, Reiziger, Blind, Seedorf, Bogarde, R. de Boer, Bergkamp (De Kock, 57), Davids, Overmars, Kluivert, Helder (Winter, 78). Ireland — A. Kelly, G. Kelly, Babb, McGrath, Irwin, Kenna, Townsend (McAteer, 54), Sheridan, Phelan, Aldridge (Kernaghan, 71), Cascarino. (Netherlands […]

30 entrants: three qualify Caribbean Zone First-Round Pairings Series A — Aruba vs. Dominican Republic Series B — Guyana vs. Grenada Series C — Bahamas vs. St. Kitts & Nevis Series D — Dominica vs. Antigua Second-Round Pairings Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago Puerto Rico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines Cayman Islands vs. Cuba Series […]

Dec. 1 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 0, Notre Dame 1. Goal: Own goal 19:21 North Carolina — Noonan, Fettig, Wilson, A. Roberts, Rubio, T. Roberts, Uritus, Dacey, Parlow, Confer, Keller. Subs: Sheppard, Falk, Karvelsson. Notre Dame — Renola, Scharff, Sobrero, Vogel, Boxx, Fisher, Manthei, Daws, VanLaecke, McCarthy, Gerardo. Subs: Vanderberg, Guerrero. Att.: 7,212

First Team NameSchool Michelle Joyce (GK)Brevard Shannon LarsonChamplain Sheila Best Brevard Danielle WadeSt. Louis CC Mary Beth MillerEssex Shannon CromwellGenesee Karen SloanMonroe Jaime ClarkCamden County Karinia CipriatiNassau Tara MandalaOcean County Yvette BroderickMitchell Second Team NameSchool Kim Bridge (GK)Dean Kelly LaFreniereChamplain Chris ShetleySt. Louis CC Cassidie DunbarCatonsville Jamie BonterMonroe Nicole LohmannSUNY-Farmingdale Staci DowdyLewis & Clark Denise […]

Women’s Leading Scorers Division I Player (Team)GPGAP Garrett (SMU)24321983 Linex (SMU)25311577 MacMillan (Portland)23231662 Keller (North Carolina)26231561 Blalack (Texas A&M)24231258 Confer (North Carolina)26191856 Stephenson (Campbell)2023955 Pierce (Monmouth)19191553 Koop (Texas A&M)24211052 Neaton (William & Mary)22191452 Browning (CS Fullerton)1924351 Gerardo (Notre Dame)25201151 Parlow (North Carolina)26191351 Walek (Minnesota)23161850 Marusak (Centenary)2021446 Jones (Central Florida)2120646 Williamson (J. Madison)2519846 LeDuc (Massachusetts)20181046 McCarthy […]

Dec. 9 in Richmond, Va. U.S. U-23 national team 3, College All-Stars 1. Goals: Friends (71), DuHaney (77), Baumhoff (87); Harris (70). U.S. U-23 team — Thornton (Walker, 46), DuHaney, Hejduk, Peay, Rodriguez (Petke, 46), Johnson, Smith, Vargas, Maisonneuve (Baumhoff, 46), Faklaris (Friends, 46), Marino (Carithers, 46). College All-Stars — Cassar (Grafer, 46), Mitchell, Clifford, […]

June 7 Cheers for the home team Before leaving town for the Japan-Brazil game, images of the U.S. tie with China linger in my mind: a distraught Tiffany Roberts squatting on the field after the game; Carin Gabarra getting through an interview even though it seems to be the last place she wants to be; […]

Favorites Mexico (Dec. ’95 FIFA ranking: 12) — The Tricolores were pounded recently by Yugoslavia and upset by Slovenia’s U-23s, but do you really believe that when things get serious, Bora’s boys won’t qualify? Azteca Stadium is an imposing place to play. Just ask the United States, which lost 4-0 in the ’93 Gold Cup […]

Tickets for the 1996 Gold Cup can be purchased by calling (800) 811-GOLD. Tickets range in price from $15-25 for the first-round matches Jan. 10-16, $18-30 for the semifinals Jan. 18-19 and $20-35 for the third-place game and championship doubleheader Jan. 21. Additional information may be obtained by calling (310) 767-4994.

Group A Nov. 29 in San Salvador El Salvador 3, Belize 0. Goals: Cienfuegos 55, Rivera 57, Diaz Arce 75. El Salvador — R.Garcia, Meza, Carcamo, Hernandez (Osorio), Cuvias, Castro Borja, J.Rodriguez (Iraheta), Cienfuegos, Rivera (Menjivar), Diaz Arce, Cerritos. Belize — Slusher, Gladden, Nolberto (J.Garcia), Swift, Madrid, Moss, Casey (Pienlo), Usher, D.Rodriguez, Pandy, Pipersburg. Att.: […]

Reebok announced the 12 finalists for the 1995 Hermann Trophy Dec. 7. Men’s Finalists Hamisi Amani-Dove (Rutgers), Mike Fisher (Virginia), Wolde Harris (Clemson), Miles Joseph (Clemson), Clint Mathis (South Carolina), Matt McKeon (St. Louis), Eddie Pope (North Carolina), Steve Ralston (Florida International), Ante Razov (UCLA), Toni Siikala (Campbell), Damian Silvera (Virginia), Temoc Suarez (North Carolina). […]

Craig Jeidy scored for Duke in the 72nd minute to extend Duke’s lead over Virginia to 3-1 in the NCAA Division I men’s semifinal.

Tim Leonard scored for Virginia in the 79th minute to reduce Duke’s lead over Virginia to 3-2 in the NCAA Division I men’s semifinal.

Lars Hansen scored in the eighth minute to give Wisconsin a 1-0 lead over Duke in the NCAA Division I men’s final.

Dec. 8 in Richmond, Va. Duke 3, Virginia 2. Goals: Heaps (17), Smith (21), Jeidy (72); Feary (56), Leonard (79). Duke — Morton, Jeidy, Whitfield, Dunne, Maynard, Smith, Stein, Heaps, Shattuck, Kwon, Kelly. Subs: Henderson, Tao, Moghim, Volpe. Virginia — Sagatov, Pollard, Chulis, Vermillion, Feary, Olsen, Silvera, Walsh, Shapowal, Leonard, Fisher. Subs: Frisco, Fitzmaurice. (Duke […]

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Wisconsin defeated Portland 1-0 in the first NCAA men’s semifinal. Goal: Lars Hansen (63).

Lars Hansen scored in the 63rd minute to give Wisconsin a 1-0 lead over Portland in the first NCAA men’s semifinal.

First Team Goalkeeper — Chris Snitko (UCLA); Defenders — Scott Lamphear (Wisconsin), Ian McIntyre (Hartwick), Brandon Pollard (Virginia); Midfielders — Ben Hickey (St. John’s), Jess Marsch (Princeton), Clint Mathis (South Carolina); Forwards — Mike Fisher (Virginia), Matt McKeon (St. Louis), Toni Siikala (Campbell), Andrew Williams (Rhode Island). Second Team Goalkeeper — Paul Grafer (William & […]

Dec. 10 in Richmond, Va. Wisconsin 2, Duke 0. Goals: Hansen (8), Cole (63). Wisconsin — Belskis, Lamphear, Cole, Provan, Steel, Gentile, B.Doherty, Huston, Roy, Hansen, Grimm. Subs: Broadhurst, Sporcich, Watson, Kehoe, DeAmicis. Duke — Morton, Whitfield, Jeidy, Smith, Maynard, Dunne, Heaps, Stein, Kelly, Henderson, Kwon. Subs: Otto, Moghim, Shattuck, Volpe.

Dec. 1 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 0, Notre Dame 1. Goal: Own goal 19:21 North Carolina — Noonan, Fettig, Wilson, A. Roberts, Rubio, T. Roberts, Uritus, Dacey, Parlow, Confer, Keller. Subs: Sheppard, Falk, Karvelsson. Notre Dame — Renola, Scharff, Sobrero, Vogel, Boxx, Fisher, Manthei, Daws, VanLaecke, McCarthy, Gerardo. Subs: Vanderberg, Guerrero. Att.: 7,212

Goalkeepers No.NameYearGPGAASHO 1Mark PetersSenior81.072 25Yuri SagatovSophomore160.813 26Brock YetsoFreshman26.820 Defenders No.NameYearGPGAP 2Tom BakerJunior12000 3Sam FranklinSophomore17000 4Matt ChulisFreshman22248 12Brandon PollardSenior23044 20Scott VermillionFreshman22226 Midfielders No.NameYearGPGAP 5Sean FearyJunior234614 6Billy WalshSophomore1912832 7Mike FisherJunior21211557 8Andriy ShapowalSophomore206517 9Damian SilveraSenior2331420 10Ben OlsenFreshman236820 13Ryan BorstJunior10000 16David FitzmauriceSenior22066 18Matt LauglinSophomore9215 24Josh DunnFreshman14419 Forwards No.NameYearGPGAP 17Steve JohnsonJunior6102 19Matt LeonardSophomore2012327 23Tim PriscoJunior176618