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So Colin Clarke has taken the fall for his team being upset not once, but twice, in the MLS conference semifinals by Colorado despite being the higher-seeded team. Did he deserve it? Well, the blame for a disappointing performance always falls in the same direction, and for losing twice in the playoffs with a chance […]

The USA was eliminated from the FIFA Beach Soccer World Championship Tuesday when it lost to host Brazil, 10-6, in their Group A finale. The Americans finished tied with Poland and Japan for second place behind Brazil, but Japan went through on the tiebreaker. The Americans played Brazil tighter than Poland or Japan had in […]

Freshman Ryan Sorokawho helped St. John's capture the Big East Tournament, is the Soccer America Men's Player of the Week. The former U.S. U-17 star, who had game-winning goals in the Red Storm's first two games of the Big East Tournament the previous week, played a part in all three of the team's goals in […]

MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR (HOMETOWN) 20 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. (Lake Charles, La.) 18 Steven Holloway, Monmouth, Sr. (New Zealand) 17 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. (Kenya) 17 Riley O'Neill, Kentucky, Sr. (Canada) 17 Jeffrey Gonsalves, Rhode Island, Sr. (Canada) 15 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. (Manchester, N.H.) 15 Josh Trott, Holy Cross, Sr. […]

The NAIA's top-ranked team, Azusa Pacific, advanced to the NAIA Women's National Championship for the ninth straight year with a 4-0 win over Vanguard Tuesday night in the Region II final. Freshman Theresa Broad led the Cougars with two goals to give her 23 goals for the season. Lindsey Wilson, the 2004 NAIA women's champion, […]

John Tart, who guided Charlotte to the NCAA Division I Tournament semifinals in 1996, resigned as men's head coach Tuesday after 12 years with the 49ers. In 1996, Tate was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year after leading the 49ers to a school record 19 wins and the semifinals. He leaves as the […]

Texas, one of four No. 1 regional seeds in the NCAA Division I Women's Tournament, won't host on the first weekend of tournament play. Its regional quartet will be hosted by UConn. Penn State forward Barkley Miller's last name was misidentified in last Friday's story about the Nittany Lions. They finished with a 7-11-2 record, […]

Oregon's Nicole Garbinis the Soccer America Women's Player of the Week for leading the Ducks to big wins over No. 3 UCLA, 2-1, and USC, 3-1. Garbin settled a double overtime thriller with the Bruins, scoring from seven yards out off a throw-in by teammate Allison Newton in the 108th minute to snap UCLA's 10-match […]

Two of MLS's brightest young stars, forwards Freddy Adu (D.C. United) and Josmer Altidore (New York), head the group of 19 players Coach Thomas Rongen called up for the U.S. Under-20 national team's friendly match against Guatemala on Nov. 15 at Florida Atlantic University Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. The match comes just two months […]

Region I Concordia (Ore.) 1 Carroll 1 (Concordia wins 3-2 on penalties.) Region II Azusa Pacific 4 Vanguard 0 Region III Morningside 1 Midland Lutheran 0 Region IV Park 3 Kansas Wesleyan 1 Region VII Saint Xavier 1 Trinity Christian 0 Region VIII Siena Heights 1 Spring Arbor 0 Region IX/X Tiffin 1 Houghton 0 […]

Two of MLS's brightest youngest stars, forwards Freddy Adu (D.C. United) and Josmer Altidore (New York), head the group of 19 players Coach Thomas Rongen called up for the U.S. Under-20 national team's friendly match against Guatemala on Nov. 15 at Florida Atlantic University Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. The match comes just two months […]

By Mike WoitallaExecutive Editor, Soccer America Magazine Thanks to soccer, Ethan Zohn's reality-show celebrity has legs. Contestants on ''Survivor: Africa'' could each submit a list of five ''luxury'' items. If approved, they could bring one to Kenya. ''I wrote 'soccer ball' four times,'' says Ethan Zohn. ''On the fifth line, I wrote Hacky Sack.'' The […]