Author Archives: Soccer America

Fans packed the Seminole Soccer Complex, where attendance was listed at a record 4,582 fans, 3,000 above listed capacity. They stood on the hills in the stadium and on the parking garage across the street. They didn't go home disappointed as Florida State, No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25, beat No. 24 Florida, […]

Despite playing the last 29 minutes with 10 men, Clemson held on for a 2-1 victory over defending champion Maryland and handed the Terrapins their first loss of the season before 6,821 fans, the second largest crowd in Riggs Field history. Brazilian Frederico Moojen put the Tigers ahead in the second minute, and Jamaica international […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Florida State (4-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 3. Santa Clara (5-1-0) 3 4. UCLA (5-1-0) 5 5. North Carolina (6-1-0) 7 6. West Virginia (6-0-0) 9 7. Texas A&M (3-2-1) 4 8. Portland (3-2-1) 6 9. Penn State (2-2-2) 8 10. Missouri (6-0-0) 11 11. Rice (5-0-1) NR […]

Thursday, September 7 Portland 0 Atlanta 2 (Millwood 32, 70). Friday, September 8 Montreal 0 Toronto 0. Puerto Rico 4 (Marcina pen. 28, Norambuena 53, 72, Delgado 81) Miami 2 (Romario 6, Zinho 19). Vancouver 3 (Sebrango 40, Gjertsen 57, Testo 63) Seattle 2 (Sutton 30, 88). Saturday, September 9 Rochester 1 (Menyongar pen. 53) […]

Americans Brian McBride and Carlos Bocanegra both scored late goals for Fulham in a 2-1 come-from-behind win at Newcastle Saturday in the English Premier League. Brad Friedel saved two penalties for Blackburn its 0-0 tie with Sheffield United. He has now saved three penalties in four games. ''He is one of the best in the […]

No. 18 California outshot Vanderbilt, 11-4, but had to settle for in a 0-0 tie on Saturday afternoon at the St. MaryÆs Fall Classic at Garaventa Field. The Golden BearsÆ record is 4-0-2 after posting their fifth shutout of the season. No. 23 Boston College overcame an early 1-0 deficit and held off a furious […]

No. 2 SMU crushed previously unbeaten Brown, 5-1, to win its Mi Cocina Classic on Saturday. Guatemalan international Mynor Gonzalez and Pat Corbin scored two goals apiece, and Adrian Chevannes added the fifth goal in the Mustangs' five-goal onslaught in the first 46 minutes. SMU improved its record to 6-0-0 with the win. Freshman Darren […]

Despite playing the last 29 minutes with 10 men, No. 5 Clemson held on for a 2-1 victory over defending champion Maryland and hand the No. 4 Terrapins their first loss of the season before 6,821 fans, the second largest crowd in Riggs Field history. Brazilian Frederico Moojen showed why he is one of college […]

No. 2 SMU improved to 5-0-0 with a 1-0 win over No. 13 before 2,201fans at the SMU Mi Cocina Classic. Dario Saintus scored off a pass from Brown transfer Scott Geppert in the 76th minute, and senior goalkeeper Matt Wideman came up with several acrobatic saves to keep the Hoosiers off the scoreboard. The […]

Fans packed the Seminole Soccer Complex, where attendance was listed at a record 4,582 fans, 3,000 above listed capacity. They stood on the hills in the stadium and on the parking garage across the street. They didn't go home disappointed as Florida State, No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25, beat No. 24 […]

Two big ACC men's showdowns take place Friday night when No. 4 Maryland travels to No. 5 Clemson and No. 6 Duke visits No. 7 Wake Forest. They are four of the six ACC teams with perfect records. No. 1 North Carolina lost for the first time in 2006 when it fell to N.C. State, […]

U.S. U-20 women's national team players have returned to campuses across the country after spending the first two weeks of the 2006 season in Russia, where the USA finished fourth at the Under-20 Women's World Championship. No team missed more players than No. 5 UCLA, which welcomes back five U-20s for this weekend's UCLA Women's […]

A new era in Hawaiian soccer begins this fall when four NCAA Division II schools launch men's and women's programs. It's rare to find a school adding men's soccer these days, but that's what happened at BYU-Hawaii, Chaminade, Hawaii Pacific and Hawaii-Hilo, which added men's and women's soccer as part of their expansion of their […]

Manfred Schellscheidt, one of the most influential coaches in modern American soccer history, picked up his 200th career win last Friday when Seton Hall beat Adelphi, 2-0, at Monmouth's Soccer Post Classic. Following the Pirates' 3-1 victory over Monmouth on Sunday, Schellscheidt now owns a career mark of 201-120-36. He led SHU to 17 winning […]

Holy Cross will open its 1,320-seat Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium on Friday night when the Crusader men face St. Bonaventure. The dedication of the first permanent home for soccer at the Worcester, Mass., school will take place before the game. On Saturday afternoon, alumni games will be followed by the Holy Cross-Maine women's game.