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While preparing to take a penalty for Lazio against Sampdoria, Simone Inzaghi had the ball wrestled out of his hands by Paolo Di Canio, who then shoved Inzaghi away and buried the shot that gave Lazio a 1-0 win. Inzaghi did not join the celebrations, but instead argued with Di Canio on the way back […]

Quavas Kirk of Aurora, Ill., on an assist from Nikolas Besagno of Maple Valley, Wash., scored the U.S. goal in a 2-1 loss to Argentina in the opening game of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Futbol Sub-16 Tournament in Paraguay (Sept. 12-26). The Argentines outshot the Americans, 20-6. Sept. 12 in Encarnacion, Paraguay Argentina 2 USA […]

Coach John Ellinger's roster for the Campeonato Sudamericano de Futbol Sub-16 Tournament in Paraguay (Sept. 12-26): GOALKEEPERS Brian Perk (Santa Margarita, Calif.) Bryant Rueckner (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) DEFENDERS: Carlos Borja (Anaheim, Calif.) Richard Edgar (Mechanicsville, Md.) Jeremy Hall (Tampa, Fla.) Eric Lichaj (DownerÆs Grove, Ill.) Patrick Rickards (Sacramento, Calif.) Ofori Sarkodie (Huber Heights, Ohio) Joel […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Indiana (4-0-0) 1 2. Wake Forest (3-0-1) 5 3. UC Santa Barbara (4-0-0) 13 4. Maryland (4-0-0) 15 5. Notre Dame (3-0-1) 4 6. Santa Clara (4-0-0) 6 7. California (4-0-0) 9 8. Stanford (3-0-1) 10 9. St. John's (2-1-1) 3 10. Washington (4-1-0) 20 11. Creighton (3-1-0) 25 12. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 2. North Carolina (5-0-1) 1 3. Virginia (6-0-0) 5 4. Washington (5-0-0) 12 5. Penn State (3-1-0) 9 6. Portland (5-1-0) 10 7. Kansas (6-0-0) 13 8. Florida (4-1-1) 11 9. Florida State (4-1-0) 3 10. Clemson (5-1-0) 4 11. Santa Clara (2-2-1) 7 12. UCLA […]

6 Pouncing on a mistake by American keeper Tim Howard, Les Ferdinand scored Saturday in Bolton Wanderers' 2-2 tie with Manchester United to become the first player to score league goals with six top-flight English clubs. He scored for QPR (80 goals), Newcastle (41), Tottenham (33), West Ham (2), Leicester (12) and Bolton (1). 11 […]

WINNERS COLORADO knocked Kansas City out of first place and took the Western Conference lead with a 3-1 win over the Wizards on goals by Mark Chung (PK), Jordan Cila and Kyle Beckerman. Rapids' keeper Joe Cannon, who was beaten from the penalty spot by Josh Wolff on the game's first goal, saved Wolff's second […]

The following is the 10-game schedule for the U.S. women's national team this fall: Sept. 25 Iceland at Frontier Field; Rochester, N.Y. 7:30 p.m. ET Sept. 29 Iceland at Heinz Field; Pittsburgh, Pa. 7:30 p.m. ET Oct. 3 New Zealand at PGE Park; Portland, Ore. 5 p.m. PT Oct. 10 New Zealand at Paul Brown […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Indiana (4-0-0) 1 Sept. 10 — vs. Cal State Fullerton (Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament at Notre Dame) W 2-1, OT Sept. 12 — vs. Evansville (Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament at Notre Dame) W 4-0 2. UCLA (3-1-0) 2 Sept. 10 — vs. Creighton (UNLV Fila Invitational) L 2-3 Sept. 12 […]

It took three tries, but Connecticut coach Len Tsantiris finally registered his 400th career victory as the Huskies shut out Hartford, 3-0, Sunday, in New Haven. Tsantiris joined Anson Dorrance as only the second coach in women's soccer history to achieve 400 wins. Tsantiris won his 399th game when UConn opened the 2004 season with […]

Semifinals, First Leg Sept. 10 in Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse 0 Montreal 2. Goals: Commodore 70, Biello (Sebrango) 73. Syracuse — Foss, Lyssand, Perry (Vendegh, 75), Sanfilippo, Schweitzer, Rivas, Suarez, Steele (Hall, 68), Woan, Maher (O'Neil, 57), Carbajal. Montreal — Sutton, Williams, Gervais, Pizzolitto, Vincello, Biello, Ze Roberto, Ribeiro (Grande, 67), Leduc, Bailey (Commodore, 61), Sebrango […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (5-0-1) 1 Sept. 10 — at No. 15 Tennessee (Lady Vol Classic) T 0-0 (OT). Sept. 12 — vs. Mississippi State in Knoxville, Tenn. (Lady Vol Classic) W 4-1. 2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 Sept. 10 — at No. 16 Arizona State W 2-1. Sept. 12 — at […]

Sept. 10 in Denver Colorado 3 Kansas City 1. Goals: Chung pen. 24, Cila (Henderson, Spencer) 60, Beckerman (Trembly, Peguero) 92+; Wolff pen. 11. Colorado — Cannon, de la Torre (Lewis, 80), Borchers, Kotschau, Crawford, Henderson, Cila (Trembly, 80), Mastroeni, Chung, Peguero, Spencer (Beckerman, 87). Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Burciaga, Conrad, Thomas (Gomez, 46), Graham […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (4-0-1) 1 Sept. 10 — at No. 15 Tennessee (Lady Vol Classic) T 0-0. Sept. 12 — vs. Mississippi State in Knoxville, Tenn. (Lady Vol Classic). 2. Notre Dame (5-0-0) 2 Sept. 10 — at No. 16 Arizona State W 2-1. Sept. 12 — at Texas Tech. 3. […]

No. 1 North Carolina had its 31-game winning streak snapped Friday night when it had to settle for a 0-0 tie with No. 15 Tennessee before 2,083 fans at the Lady Vol Soccer Classic at the Tennessee Soccer Complex Sophomore forward Kristin Doukakis appeared to end the match 1:10 into the second overtime, heading a […]

CALIFORNIA CLASICO: Archrivals Los Angeles and San Jose meet at the Home Depot as Galaxy coach Steve Sampson aims for his first win since taking over. The teams are third and fourth in the Western Conference, separated by a point, and a loss by either could send it to the cellar. TV: Saturday, 10 pm […]

1.33 The Colorado Rapids' 12 home games have produced only 16 goals (11 for the Rapids, 5 for their opponents) for an average of 1.33 goals per home game. No MLS team's home games have averaged less than 2.0 goals a game for a season. 459 Tony Sanneh's last-minute goal for Columbus in its 1-0 […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Indiana (2-0-0) 1 Sept. 10 — vs. Cal State Fullerton (Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament at Notre Dame) Sept. 12 — vs. Evansville (Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament at Notre Dame) 2. UCLA (2-0-0) 2 Sept. 10 — vs. Creighton (UNLV Fila Invitational) Sept. 12 — at UNLV (UNLV Fila Invitational) 3. […]

WINNERS PANAMA. The Canaleros first vied to reach a World Cup during qualification for the 1978 finals. In the last two campaigns their efforts ended at the semifinal round and their most acclaimed results were a 0-0 tie with Canada and a 1-0 loss in Mexico. Yesterday they tied the USA for their fourth point […]

GOALKEEPER Andrew Kartunen (Stanford) So. Filling in for injured starter Robby Fulton, Kartunen totaled 11 saves in a pair of shutouts against Missouri Valley Conference powers Tulsa (0-0) and SMU (2-0). DEFENDERS Michael O'Reilly (Michigan) So. Started all three matches as the Wolverines surprised Connecticut, 1-0, and shut out Western Illinois and St. Francis (N.Y) […]

Group 1 Andorra 1 (Pujol pen. 28) Romania 5 (Cernat 1, Pancu 5, 83, Niculae 16, 70). Armenia 0 Finland 2 (Forssell 24, Eremenko 67). Netherlands 2 (Van Hooijdonk 33, 84) Czech Rep. 0. Standings: Romania 9 points; Finland 6; Netherlands, Macedonia 3; Czech Rep., Armenia, Andorra 0. Group 2 Kazakhstan 1 (Karpovich 35) Ukraine […]

Sept. 8 in San Jose San Jose 0 Columbus 1. Goal: Sanneh (Elliott) 91+. San Jose — Conway, Waibel, Agoos, Dayak, Dunivant, Russell (Hart 87), Ekelund, Corrales, Mulrooney, Mullan (Dombrowski 89), Brown (Walker 82). Columbus — Busch, Akwari, Fraser, Marshall, Oughton, Elliott, Paule, Sanneh, Wingert (Testo, 89), Buddle (Cunningham, 65), Martino (Lagos, 79). Referee: Kevin […]

By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America Magazine Senior Editor in Panama City, Panama The nadir of Coach Bruce Arena's lengthy and successful stint as U.S. head coach nearly arrived, but for the fifth time this year the Americans conjured a goal in the final minutes. A lackluster U.S. team was rescued by one of the nearly […]

U.S. Coach Bruce Arena On the match: ôFirst of all, I give the U.S. credit for passing a character test. Give the Panama team credit for what I thought was a superb second half. Their forwards really won the battle and made a difference in the second half. I still think the big part of […]

Group 1 Sept. 8 Panama 1 (Brown 70) USA 1 (Jones 90). El Salvador 0 Jamaica 3 (King 6, 37, Hyde 39). Standings: USA 5 points; Jamaica, Panama 4; El Salvador 3. Group 2 Sept. 8 Honduras 2 (Guevara 51, Suazo 63) Guatemala 2 (Ruiz 18, Pezzarosi 48). Costa Rica 1 (Wanchope 46) Canada 0. […]