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CASL Showcase Nov. 18-20 North Carolina Under 16 Girls A Bethesda Rapids 2 Colorado Rush Nike 1 Under 16 Girls B CESA Premier 2 Ohio Elite 1 Under 16 Girls C Richmond Strikers 2 Strikers 1 Under 16 Girls D FV Strikers 1 Fury 0 Under 15 Girls A Ohio Elite 1 OCSA Coastal Crew […]

Wake Forest coach Jay Vidovich On the game: ''They did a good job, they managed the game. They did a great job of getting the first goal and then defending well; obviously Cal is a very good team, very organized. They did some clever things up front on their movement off the ball. I thought […]

THIRD ROUND Nov. 27 in College Park, Md. Maryland 3 St. JohnÆs 1. Goals: King (Burch) 12, King (Burch) 63, Rogers (Garey, Seitz) 90; Alvarado-Ralph (Beltran) 20. Maryland — Seitz, Dello-Russo, Glaudemans, Bertz, Lancos, Godbolt, King, Rogers, Edu, Garey, Burch. Subs: Vallie, Zusi, Beckman. St. JohnÆs — Landers, Engstrom, Old, Spanos, Lewis, Carroll, Alvarado-Ralph, Shuleva, […]

Portland's Garrett Smith: ôThis team is surprising me each and every day we go out and play. Notre Dame gave us everything we could handle, but my team gave us even a little bit more.ö Florida StateÆs Mark Krikorian: ôWe knew coming in that it would be a difficult game and difficult to establish a […]

Portland 3 Notre Dame 1 1. Portland, M.Rapinoe, 13 (Budge) 14 2. Portland, Huie, 5 (M.Rapinoe) 19 3. Notre Dame, Bock, 12 (Shaner, Thorlakson) 25 4. Portland, M.Rapinoe, 14 (Lopez) 55. Att.: 4,892. UCLA 5 Virginia 0 1. UCLA. Adams, 17 (Mora) 4 2. UCLA. Adams, 18 (unassisted) 55 3. UCLA. Adams, 19 (DiMartino) 62 […]

George Best, who was to soccer what the Beatles were to music in 1960s England, died Friday at the age of 59 after a long battle with alcoholism. Best, who was born in Northern Ireland and starred for Manchester United, had a liver transplant three years ago and had been hospitalized since Oct. 1. He […]

NORTH CAROLINA-FLORIDA STATE. The Heels own the series, winning 17 of 18 times, including a 4-1 decision earlier this season. UNCÆs Lindsay Tarpley has back-to-back hat tricks. Kickoff: Friday, 3 pm ET. PORTLAND-NOTRE DAME. The top-ranked Pilots, undefeated in 22 games, face the Irish, who bring a 13-game winning streak into a match. UP's Christine […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group 1 Nov. 22 Bay. Munich (Germ.) 4 (Deisler 21, Karimi 54, Makaay 72, 77) R. Vienna (Austria) 0. Juventus (Italy) 1 (Del Piero 80) Club Brugge (Belg.) 0. Standings: Bay. Munich, Juventus 12 points; Club Brugge 6; R. Vienna 0. Group 2 Nov. 22 Ajax (Neth.) 2 (De Jong 68, 89) […]

SECOND ROUND Nov. 23 Connecticut 2 (Burns 65, White 89) Stony Brook 0. Att.: 666. Akron 5 (Tutich 32, 67, Sadler 43, McKenzie 65, Kalan 90) West Virginia 0. Att.: 512. Nov. 22 Maryland 1 (Burch 26) Brown 0. Att.: 1,571. New Mexico 2 (Boyens 19, Rowland 80) UW-Milwaukee 2 (Spielmann 5, Sperl 6) (OT). […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 ESPN DEPORTES European Champions League REAL MADRID-LYON (live), 2:30 pm. European Champions League LIVERPOOL-BETIS (delay), 4:45 pm. European Champions League ANDERLECHT-CHELSEA (delay), 10:30 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Sudamericana, Semifinal, […]

Under-17 Boys Storm Acad. 2 Chicago Magic 0 Kwame Holder and Sean Campbell scored second-half goals to upset the defending champion. Under-16 Boys MetroStars 2 Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus 1 (OT) Johnny ExantusÆ goal in the second overtime gave the Metros their first national championship. Under-15 Boys Schulz Acad. 2 Reading Rage 1 Schulz got […]

Only once has a coach with a previous MLS head-coaching stint with a different team reached MLS Cup: Thomas Rongen guided D.C. United to the 1999 title after coaching New England and Tampa Bay. With Chivas USA hiring Bob Bradley, who was fired by the MetroStars in October, three of MLS's 12 teams currently have […]

* Indicates State Champion . # Indicates Sectional Champion. ^ Indicates State Co-Champion BOYS Top 25 Rank/Team à Record à Last Week 1 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)* 23-0-0 1 2 St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.)* 23-0-0 2 3 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 23-0-0 3 4 Sandia Prep (Albuquerque, N.M.)* 24-0-0 4 5 Christian Brothers College […]

Boys 1989 Region 1 Matthew Brutto (Warrington, PA), Drew Kotler (Wynnewood, PA), Nirav Kadam Germantown, MD), Jeffeay Leach (New Canaan, CT), Andreas Chronis (Bayside, NY), Lucas Swertloff (Brooklyn, NY), John Tardy (Staten Island, NY), Stefan Lundberg (Lower Burrell, PA), Eathan Morrow (Shelburne, VT), Samuel Petrone (Glen Rock, NJ), Joseph Sorrentino (Hamilton, NJ), Nicholas Orozco (Moseley, […]

Winners: KASEY KELLER was Borussia Moenchengladbach's highest rated player by Kicker magazine in a 1-1 tie with Bayer Leverkusen. American defender STEVE CHERUNDOLO captained Hannover 96 under new coach Peter Neururer in its 2-2 tie at VfB Stuttgart. In the second tier of the English League, BOBBY CONVEY scored his third goal of the season […]

Georgia Perimeter won the NJCAA Division I menÆs championship with a 3-1 win over Yavapai in SundayÆs final in Tyler, Texas. Ricardo Cardoso, the JaguarsÆ 6-foot-2 striker from Tamarac, Fla., scored two goals in the first half to earn tournament MVP honors. CardosoÆs golden goal had lifted Georgia Perimeter to a 3-2 win over Mercer […]

Girls 1988 Region 1 Megan Ashforth (New Canaan, CT), Gina DeMaio (Parsippany, NJ), Gina DiMartino (Massapequa, NY), Akilah Duggan (Brentwood, NY), Kelly Eagan (St. James, NY), Rebecca Edwards (Downingtown, PA), Colleen Flanagan (Downingtown, PA), Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, NJ), Kelly Henderson (Baldwin, NY), Chantal Jones (Midlothian, VA), Meghan Klingenberg (Gibsonia, PA), Ashley Moore (Clifton Park, […]

NCAA D2 MEN. Lee Paul Scroggins scored two goals in LynnÆs 8-0 victory over Lander to tie an NCAA Division II record for goals in a tournament with six. Lynn joins top-ranked Ft. Lewis, No. 4 SIU-Edwardsville and No. 15 Franklin Pierce in the final four, which will be played Dec. 2-4 in Wichita Falls, […]

Kacey White set an NCAA Division I WomenÆs Tournament record with five assists in North CarolinaÆs 6-0 win over Pepperdine. White's five assists broke the record that had been held by four Tar Heel players For the second straight game, North CarolinaÆs Lindsay Tarpley had a hat trick, giving her 16 career goals in the […]

Eoin Lynch scored a golden goal in the 96th minute to give Providence a 1-0 win at Hofstra in the first round of the NCAA Division I MenÆs Tournament. The Friars, making their first tournament appearance since 1983, were one of only three teams to win on the road in the first round. Wisconsin-Milwaukee beat […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Real Salt Lake has begun the revamp of its roster by waiving several players, including Rusty Pierce, D.J. Countess and Matt Behncke, and trading Brian Dunseth to CD Chivas USA for defender Douglas Sequeira and midfielder Christian Jiminez. One player back on the block is Real Salt Lake […]

By Paul Gardner Having been a tremendous flop during his three years with the RotMasters, it comes as no suprise to see Bob Bradley rewarded with another plum coaching job … that is the way it is with the MLS coaching clique … of course it smacks of jobs for the boys, a sort of […]

Bob Bradley, fired by the MetroStars with three games left in the 2005 regular season, will be named Chivas USA head coach. Bradley succeeds Dutchman Hans Westerhof, who had replaced Dutch-American Thomas Rongen, the 2005 expansion franchise's first coach, at midseason. Bradley had a 32-31-26 record at the MetroStars and guided them to playoffs his […]

NCAA Division II MenÆs Tournament (Nov. 20) Quarterfinals Nov. 20 Lynn 8 (Wallace 9, Scroggins pen. 16, 50, Porter pen. 33, Alexander 45, Young 58, Salvatore 88, Ando 90) Lander 0. Ft. Lewis 3 (Cunliffe 12, Sweetser pen. 43, 58, Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 (Rivas 23, Corona 87). SIU-Edwardsville 1 (Banner 77) Carson-Newman 0. […]

Nov. 19 Franklin Pierce 2 (Hughes 10, Hislop 21) West Chester 1 (Yetter 28). Seattle Pacific 0 Metro State 0. (Seattle Pacific wins 5-4 on penalties.) Nov. 20 Neb.-Omaha 2 (Iwansky 3, 51) Grand Valley State 0. Carson-Newman 2 (Angus 24, Moore 71) West Florida 0. Semifinals Dec. 1 in Wichita Falls, Texas Carson-Newman (17-4-0) […]