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GOALKEEPER Adriene Giese (Rice), Fr. Records shutouts in all three WAC games to lead the conference title and their second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. DEFENDERS Jenny Jeffers (Tennessee), Jr. Has outstanding SEC Tournaments for the Lady Vols, who donÆt give up a goal en route to the title. Emily King (Valparaiso), Sr. Scores two goals […]

Brian Plotkin (Indiana), Sr. Scores golden goal to lead Hoosiers past previously unbeaten Indiana (1-0).

TUESDAY SCORES ACC First Round Nov. 8 in Cary, N.C. #8 Wake Forest 4 (Curfman 38, Moose 63, Thompson 68, Brown 87) #9 Boston College 0. CAA Quarterfinals Nov. 8 in Harrisonburg, Va. #3 James Madison 4 (Kokko 39, Totten 55, Haensel 62, Britton 87) #6 Towson 0. Nov. 8 in Richmond, Va. #4 VCU […]

According to the Sunday Times of London, Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy is considering suing former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira for statements in his autobiography, due to hit book stands this month. In the book, Vieira calls the Dutchman ''a cheat,'' ''a coward,'' ''deceitful,'' ''a nasty piece of work'' and a ''son of a […]

The USA, whose last game of 2005 is Saturday's friendly at Scotland, will face Norway in its first game of 2006 – Jan. 29 at the Home Depot Center (live on ESPN2, 5 pm ET/2 pm PT). Norway faces a playoff with the Czech Republic (Nov. 12-16) for a 2006 World Cup spot. According the […]

Coach Bruce Arena has named a 20-man roster for Saturday's friendly at Scotland (live on Fox Soccer Channel at 11 am ET/8 am PT). The roster is comprised of 11 foreign-based players and nine MLS players. Newcomers included former U-20 star Benny Feilhaber, now playing for Hamburg SV's German Third Division squad, Chicago Fire rookie […]

ACC First Round Nov. 8 in Cary, B.C. #8 Wake Forest 4 Curfman 38, Moose 63, Thompson 68, Brown 87) #9 Boston College 0.

* Indicates State Champion BOYS Top 25 Rank/Team à Record à Last Week 1 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 21-0-0 1 2 St. Benedicts Prep (Newark, N.J.) 20-0-0 2 3 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 20-0-0 3 4 Sandia Prep (Albuquerque, N.M.)* 24-0-0 5 5 Brentwood (N.Y.) 19-0-1 6 6 Wayzata (Minn.)* 20-1-1 7 7 Christian Brothers […]

COLORADO 0 LOS ANGELES 2 Galaxy rides Donovan to final Nov. 5 in Denver Colorado 0 Los Angeles 2. Goals: Donovan (Jones) 28, Donovan 88. Yellow Cards: Colorado – Mastroeni 22; Los Angeles – Ihemelu 25, Marshall 71. Referee: Brian Hall. Att.: 12,789. Now aren't we glad that Landon Donovan didn't stay in Germany? His […]

Winners: Coach Steve Sampson's LOS ANGELES GALAXY has reached MLS Cup in much the same fashion that the Galaxy of Coach Sigi Schmid won the 2002 title – thanks to the extraordinary scoring skills of one individual. Schmid's team had Carlos Ruiz, who scored eight goals in the six 2002 postseason games. This time, LANDON […]

PENN STATE BRACKET Nov. 11 & 13 in University Park, Pa. 1-Penn State (19-0-1) vs. Bucknell (11-8-1) Hofstra (14-3-3) vs. West Virginia (11-5-3) Nov. 11 & 13 in Santa Clara, Calif. 2-Santa Clara (14-4-2) vs. Fresno State (10-9-1) Stanford (10-6-3) vs. Saint Louis (15-4-0) Nov. 10 & 12 in Storrs, Conn. 3-Connecticut (15-4-2) vs. Boston […]

The following is the final Soccer America WomenÆs College Top 25 with records through Nov. 6: TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Portland (18-0-1) 2 2. North Carolina (20-1-0) 3 3. Penn State (19-0-1) 1 4. UCLA (17-1-2) 4 5. Notre Dame (19-2-0) 5 6. Virginia (15-5-1) 7 7. Florida State (17-3-0) 6 8. California (14-3-2) […]

SOCCER AMERICA MenÆs College Top 25 The following is the Soccer America MenÆs College Top 25 with records through Nov. 6: TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Maryland (14-3-1) 2 2. Indiana (11-1-6) 4 3. Akron (16-1-1) 1 4. Connecticut (12-3-1) 5 5. New Mexico (13-1-2) 3 6. UCLA (11-3-3) 7 7. Old Dominion (14-2-2) 9 […]

ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 2 in Cary, N.C. #2 Virginia 2 (Redmond 15, Huffman 56) #5 Wake Forest 1 (Remy 56). #3 Florida State 4 (Odebrecht 38, Peltzer 73, 74, Kuralay 77) #6 Clemson 0. #1 North Carolina 3 (Tarpley 1, 8, Gilbert 10) #8 Maryland 1 (Kennedy 69). #4 Duke 2 (Kroyer 5, McCabe 73) […]

Nov. 4 #10 Virginia Tech 1 (Boateng 52) #2 Maryland 2 (King 83, Bucrh 103) (OT). (Game draws record crowd of 2,412 in Blacksburg.) San Jose State 1 (Pender 52) #3 New Mexico 3 (Barklage 2, Rowland 80, Boyens 82). #6 Santa Clara 1 (Kristensson 67) San Diego 1 (Rendahl 17). Stanford 0 #7 UCLA […]

AMERICA EAST Quarterfinals Nov. 5 #4 Vermont vs. #5 Albany 0 (OT). (Albany wins 5-4 on penalties.) #3 Binghamton 1 (Neilson 25) #6 Boston University 1 (Erlichman 80). (Binghamton wins 5-3 on penalties.) BIG EAST Quarterfinals Nov. 5 #2R South Florida 4 (Hidalgo 65, 73, Marshall 67, Schoendorf 69) #3B West Virginia 1 (Wright 21). […]

MLS Summaries: Conference Finals (Nov. 5-6) Nov. 5 in Denver Colorado 0 Los Angeles 2. Goals: Donovan (Jones) 28, Donovan 88. Colorado – Cannon, Denton, Petke, Cullen (Noel, 65), Kirovski, Beckerman (Serna, 79), Ben Dayan (Kotschau, 54), Mastroeni, Cooke, Cunningham, Peguero. Los Angeles – Hartman, Marshall, Dunivant, Ihemelu, Albright, Grabavoy (Saragosa, 70), Nagamura, Vagenas, Jones […]

America East Nov. 5 in Boston #1 Boston University 2 (Lee 12, Marschall 106) #2 Maine 1 (Hathorn 80) (OT). Atlantic Sun Nov. 5 in Boiling Springs, N.C. #1 Florida Atlantic 2 (Brolley pen. 17, Tirelli 28) #2 Campbell 0. Big Sky Nov. 5 in Ogden, Utah #1 Weber State 4 (Hoover 22, 46, McCoy […]

Iowa Boys Under 18 Menace Under 17 CSRA Under 16 CSRA Under 15 Menace Girls Under 18 CRSA Under 17 WDM Royal Fuerza Under 16 CRSA Under 15 WDM Xtreme Michigan Girls Under 18 Vardar Stars Under 17 Michigan Hawks Under 16 Michigan Hawks Under 15 Michigan Gators FC Under 14 Michigan Hawks Black Utah […]

#10 Virginia Tech 1 (Boateng 52) #2 Maryland 2 (King 83, Bucrh 103) (OT). (Game draws record crowd of 2,412 in Blacksburg.) San Jose State 1 (Pender 52) #3 New Mexico 3 (Barklage 2, Rowland 80, Boyens 82). #6 Santa Clara 1 (Rendahl 17) San Diego 1 (Kristensson 67). Stanford 0 #7 UCLA 1 (Griffin […]

ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 2 in Cary, N.C. #2 Virginia 2 (Redmond 15, Huffman 56) #5 Wake Forest 1 (Remy 56). #3 Florida State 4 (Odebrecht 38, Peltzer 73, 74, Kuralay 77) #6 Clemson 0. #1 North Carolina 3 (Tarpley 1, 8, Gilbert 10) #8 Maryland 1 (Kennedy 69). #4 Duke 2 (Kroyer 5, McCabe 73) […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America The MLS playoffs, so goes conventional wisdom, reward the teams that finish strongly and maintain that momentum in the postseason. Such wisdom isn't so wise. Champions have staggered through the final weeks only to gear up just in time, and teams riding long unbeaten streaks the past two […]

Chivas USA, which has been sharing the Home Depot Center with the Los Angeles Galaxy, will have a training facility of its own next spring in the city of Bells Gardens, where ground was broken on the $10 million Bell Gardens Sports Center. It will include four natural grass fields and two artificial turf fields. […]

In MLS semifinal action, Coach Fernando Clavijo's Colorado takes on Steve Sampson's Los Angeles on Saturday (9 pm ET, live on Fox Soccer Channel). On Sunday, it's Coach Steve Nicol's New England hosting Dave Sarachan's Chicago (3 pm ET, live on ESPN2). Coached a national team Sampson (USA, 1995-98), Costa Rica (2002-03), Clavijo (Haiti, 2003-04). […]

Nov. 1 Philadelphia 1 (Tompkins 96) #19 Hartwick 0 (OT). Nov. 2 Campbell 0 #12 N.C. State (Fusilier 73, King 85). Elon 2 (Willis 36, Paschall 94) #18 UNC Greensboro 1 (Patterson 10) (OT). #21 Cal State Northridge 1 (Paladini 14) #22 UC Santa Barbara 0. Nov. 3 #4 Indiana 1 (Plotkin 95) #1 Akron […]