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RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UC Santa Barbara (6-0-0) 3 2. Maryland (5-0-1) 4 3. Santa Clara (6-0-0) 6 4. California (6-0-0) 7 5. Stanford (5-0-1) 8 6. St. John's (4-1-1) 9 7. New Mexico (6-0-0) 14 8. Indiana (5-2-0) 1 9. Notre Dame (4-1-1) 5 10. Creighton (5-1-0) 11 11. UCLA (4-1-1) 12 12. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (8-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (7-0-1) 2 3. Virginia (8-0-0) 3 4. Washington (6-0-0) 4 5. Penn State (5-1-1) 5 6. Portland (6-1-0) 6 7. Florida (6-1-1) 8 8. Florida State (7-1-0) 9 9. Santa Clara (4-2-1) 11 10. UCLA (5-2-0) 12 11. West Virginia (7-1-0) 18 12. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Indiana (5-2-0) 1 Sept. 15 — vs. Notre Dame W 2-0 Sept. 18 — vs. UCSB (adidas/Crescent Financial Solutions Classic at New Mexico) L 0-1, OT Sept. 19 — at New Mexico (adidas/Crescent Financial Solutions Classic) L 0-1, OT 2. Wake Forest (3-1-1) 5 Sept. 17 — vs. Virginia L […]

Syracuse 1 NOTRE DAME 2 Katie Thorlakson's goal in the 83rd minute helped the No. 1 Irish overcome a sluggish effort in Big East action. Notre Dame claimed an early lead on Jen Buczkowski's fourth goal of the season before host Syracuse tied the game on Molly McManus' goal midway through the second half. There […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (8-0-0) 2 Sept. 17 — at Connecticut W 1-0. Sept. 19 — at Syracuse W 2-1 (OT). 2. North Carolina (7-0-1) 1 Sept. 17 — vs. Furman in Durham, N.C. (Duke adidas Classic) W 5-0. Sept. 19 — vs. Georgia in Durham, N.C. (Duke adidas Classic) W 3-0. […]

Sept. 18 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 Chicago 1. Goals: Gomez (Moreno, Eskandarian) 8, Eskandarian (Moreno) 20, Olsen (Moreno) 40; Williams pen. 92+. D.C. United – Rimando, Petke, Nelsen, Namoff, Kovalenko, Carroll, Gomez (Adu, 71), Olsen, Gros (Stewart, 70), Eskandarian (Prideaux, 88), Moreno. Chicago – Ring, Clanton (Whitfield, 46), Brown, Curtin, Gray, Williams, Marsch […]

Ten years after becoming the first Canadian team to win the A-League title in 1994, the Montreal Impact ended the Canadian drought with its second A-League championship. The Impact beat Seattle, 2-0, in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 13,648 fans at Claude Robillard Stadium. Mauricio Vincello, the game's MVP, put the Impact on top […]

Sept. 18 in Montreal Montreal 2 Seattle 0. Goals: Vincello (Ze Roberto) 33, Commodore (Pizzolitto) 78. Montreal — Sutton, Gervais, Pizzolitto, Braz, Vincello, Grande, Ze Roberto, Leduc (Ribiero, 89), Biello, Bailey (Commodore, 58), Sebrango. Seattle — Burpo, Jackson, Edwards (Brown, 65), Sleeth (Jenkins, 84), Scott, Farrell, Sakuda, Somoza (Velez, 58), Bolanos (Tomlinson, 74), Sawatzky (Smith, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (7-0-0) 2 Sept. 17 — at Connecticut W 1-0. Sept. 19 — at Syracuse. 2. North Carolina (6-0-1) 1 Sept. 17 — vs. Furman in Durham, N.C. (Duke adidas Classic) W 5-0. Sept. 19 — vs. Georgia in Durham, N.C. (Duke adidas Classic). 3. Virginia (7-0-0) 5 Sept. […]

(all times ET unless noted, homes teams listed first) SATURDAY, Sept. 18 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League ARSENAL-BOLTON (live), 7:30 am. German Bundesliga BORUSSIA DORTMUND-BAYERN MUNICH (delay), 10 am. English Premier League NORWICH-ASTON VILLA (delay) noon. A-League final MONTREAL-SEATTLE (live) 7 pm. MLS DC UNITED-CHICAGO (delay), 10 pm. MLS WRAP midnight FOX SPORTS EN […]

2.02 Average goals per game scored by Maryland's in 2003 when it reached Men's College Cup. 5.80 Average goals per game through the first five games of the 2004 season. Jason Garey and Abe Thompson lead the Terps with nine goals apiece.

STRUGGLING GIANTS MEET. Bayern Munich has had a slow start under new coach Felix Magath, who accused his players of caring more about their hairstyles than soccer while his players have criticized his training methods. Bayern faces Borussia Dortmund, another German power that his limped out of the gate, and has come under fire for […]

Jose Pekerman is to be the new coach of Argentina, replacing Marcelo Bielsa, who resigned on Tuesday. Pekerman, 55, was the architect of the successful Argentina national youth team program in the 1990s. He led Argentina to World Youth Championship titles in 1995, 1997 and 2001. Twice before, after the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, […]

CONNECTICUT 0 NOTRE DAME 1 No. 1 Notre Dame improved to 7-0-0 with a win in its Big East opener. The contest remained scoreless until 83:34 when Amanda Cinalli scored off a feed from Kate Tulisiak. NORTH CAROLINA 5 FURMAN 0 Five different players scored for No. 2 North Carolina in the first game of […]

The men's college soccer scene is getting dicey as top teams go head to head this week. Already, No. 1 Indiana knocked off No. 5 Notre Dame, 2-0, on goals by Jacob Peterson and Brian Plotkin. The defending champion Hoosiers face No. 3 UCSB on Friday in New Mexico. In other midweek action, Portland beat […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Indiana (5-0-0) 1 Sept. 15 — vs. Notre Dame W 2-0 Sept. 18 — vs. UCSB (adidas/Crescent Financial Solutions Classic at New Mexico) Sept. 19 — at New Mexico (adidas/Crescent Financial Solutions Classic) 2. Wake Forest (3-0-1) 5 Sept. 17 — vs. Virginia 3. UC Santa Barbara (4-0-0) 13 Sept. […]

UEFA CUP First Round, First Leg Sept. 16 Aab (Denmark) 1 Auxerre (France) 1. A. Vienna (Austria) 1 Leg. Warsaw (Poland) 0. Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) 0 Benfica (Portugal) 3. Bodo/Glimt (Norway) 1 Besiktas (Turkey) 1. Club Bruges (Belgium) 4 Chateauroux (France) 0. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 2 Elfsborg (Sweden) 0. Egaleo (Greece) 1 Genclerbirligi (Turkey) 0. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 Sept. 17 — at Connecticut. Sept. 19 — at Syracuse. 2. North Carolina (5-0-1) 1 Sept. 17 — vs. Furman in Durham, N.C. (Duke adidas Classic). Sept. 19 — vs. Georgia in Durham, N.C. (Duke adidas Classic). 3. Virginia (6-0-0) 5 Sept. 17 — vs. George […]

Celtic's Champions League game kickoff against Barcelona on Tuesday was delayed for 30 minutes because of a turnstile failure at Celtic Park that locked out hundreds of fans. That's almost as long as the 90,000 fans in Calcutta's Salt Lake Stadium had to wait last week for the floodlights to go back on after a […]

WINNERS ROBBIE RUSSELL, the 25-year-old Massachusetts product and former Duke star, made his European Champions League debut when he came on for Norway's Rosenborg in the 23rd minute of a 2-1 loss Greece's Panathinaikos. BAYER LEVERKUSEN. The German club, fielding four of the 65 Brazilians involved in Champions League play, outplayed Real Madrid in a […]

The following 24 players will be brought into the first U.S. U-19 women's national team training camp in Bradenton, Fla., to prepare for the Under-19 Women's World Championship Nov. 10-27 in Thailand: GOALKEEPERS Player … Birthdate … Hometown … (Team) … GP/G Laura Comeau 12/13/85 Lee, N.H. (Virginia) 6/0 Ashlyn Harris 10/19/85 Satellite Beach, Fla. […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group A Sept. 15 Dep. Coruna (Spain) 0 Olympiakos (Greece) 0. Liverpool (England) 2 (Cisse 22, Baros 84) Monaco (France) 0. Group B Sept. 15 B. Leverkusen (Germany) 3 (Krzynowek 39, Franca 50, Berbatov 55) Real Madrid (Spain) 0. Roma (Italy) vs. Dyn. Kiev (Ukraine) – match abandoned. Group C Sept. 15 […]

GOALKEEPERS Vanessa Phillips-Bosshart (Tennessee), Jr. (1) Posts a shutout against top-ranked North Carolina, notching seven saves in 0-0 tie that snaps Heels' 31-game winning streak. Has seven saves in Tennessee's 2-1 victory over USC. DEFENDERS Kim Brandao (Rutgers), Jr. (1) Brandao leads the Scarlet Knights to a 1-0 upset win over Santa Clara, helping organize […]

GOALKEEPER T.J. Tomasso (SMU) Sr. (1)* Made 10 saves as Mustangs shut out host St. Louis, 1-0 in overtime. DEFENDERS Tony Lochhead (UCSB) Sr. (1) Directed the GauchosÆdefense to a pair of shutout victories, over Big East opponents, on the road: Seton Hall and Connecticut. Noah Merl (California) Sr. (1) Anchored the Golden BearsÆ back […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Soccer America Senior Editor There won't be national MLS telecasts on ESPN2 until the final day of the season, Oct. 17. College football has taken over Saturday afternoons. The Metros played three games on Sunday afternoons in August. For September and October, when ESPN2 theoretically would have Sunday time slots available, they […]