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U.S. star Mia Hamm won the first FIFA Women’s World of the Year award, edging Chinese star Sun Wen and fellow American Tiffeny Milbrett in voting by national team coaches from around the world. Hamm picked up 154 points in the 5-3-1 point system. Sun Wen had 79 points, and Milbrett picked up 47. All […]

The Women’s United Soccer Association will enter its second season with a new television partner, PAX TV. The WUSA’s 2002 national television schedule will feature games live on Saturday afternoons from 4-6 pm ET for a total of 22 matches beginning April 2002 for PAX TV’s 84 million homes. The 2003 season will showcase a […]

FIFA has approved a plan, boosting payments to the 2002 World Cup finalists by 51 percent over 1998 World Cup payments. For the first time, a sliding scale has been implemented, increasing per-game payments as teams advance in the tournament. Here’s a breakdown of the payments: First round (per game): $916,800. Second round: $977,920. Quarterfinals: […]

NSCAA/ADIDAS First Team Goalkeeper — Leah Cornwell (William Smith). Defenders — Trisha Barbosa (Williams), Felicia Crump (William Smith), Carrie Webster (Lynchburg). Midfielders — Michelle Jacobs (Wisconsin-Stevens Point), Cathy Poor (Amherst), Stacey Supanich (Albion). Forwards — Amy Morris (Willamette), Annie Schenck (Emory), Katy Sturtz (Ohio Wesleyan), Sara Suchoski (Scranton). Second Team Goalkeeper — Andrea Pawliczek (Emory). […]

Joe-Max Moore scored his first goal for Everton in 18 months and Claudio Reyna made his English Premier League debut in a loss with Sunderland. Moore lifted his club over Derby after coming on as a substitute at halftime. Moore, who has only made five appearances this season, dove bravely at the back post to […]

North Carolina men’s team has finally broken out of the shadows of the famous Tar Heel women’s team. UNC (21-4-0) won the NCAA Division I men’s title for the first time with a 2-0 win over five-time champion Indiana, 2-0, Sunday before a crowd of 7,113 at Columbus Crew Stadium. Ryan Kneipper (12th minute) and […]

Here’s a look at the NCAA Division I final four by the numbers: 1 Bret Simon is the first coach to make back-to-back appearances at the Men’s College Cup with different teams. He led Creighton to the final in 2000 and has directed Stanford to the final four this year. 1 St. John’s and Indiana […]

Mike Gell’s goal in the 136th minute gave North Carolina a 3-2 win over Stanford in the first game of the NCAA Division I men’s semifinals in Columbus, Ohio, and lead the Heels into the final for the first time. The goal completed a miracle comeback for UNC, which needed a pair of goals 64 […]

Major League Soccer Friday morning denied reports out of Miami that it had finalized plans to eliminate its two Florida clubs, Fusion FC and the Tampa Bay Mutiny. “Contrary to published media reports, Major League Soccer has not finalized any decisions regarding how many teams will compete in the league during the 2002 season,” said […]

U.S. national team coach April Heinrichs called up 24 players for the camp to prepare the international friendly with Mexico Jan. 12 in Charleston, S.C., and a trip to Guangzhou, China, where the Americans will play Norway (Jan. 23 in Huadu Stadium), Germany (Jan. 25 Panyu Stadium) and China (Jan. 27 in Tianhe Stadium). Of […]

Soccer on campus is not an easy sell. The men’s programs that draw well have to earn their support. From bullhorns to bonfires, orthodontists to QuickTime videos, men’s college soccer programs will use almost any gimmick, tap any resource to try and increase attendance at their games. It is not an easy sell, but when […]

The college season concludes this weekend with the Men’s College Cup at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Here’s a rundown of the weekend action: SEMIFINALS: Stanford (19-1-1) vs. North Carolina (19-4-0). Kickoff: Friday, Dec. 14, 5 pm ET. Live Satellite Coordinates: KU Band — SBS 6, Transponder 7. TV: delayed, Saturday, Dec. 15, 11 […]

Vijay Dias’ goal in the second overtime gave Indiana a 2-1 win over St. John’s and move the Hoosiers in Sunday’s NCAA Division I final against North Carolina (ESPN, live, 1 pm ET). IU rallied from a 1-0 deficit to tie the game on freshman Mike Ambersley’s goal in the 66th minute. Jeff Matteo had […]

North Carolina (19-4-0) faces Stanford (19-1-1) Friday in the semifinals of the Men’s College Cup in Columbus, Ohio. Here’s look at the key players in the Stanford-North Carolina matchup (kickoff: Friday, Dec. 14, 5 pm; TV: delayed, Saturday, Dec. 15, 11 am). STANFORD: Morrison and Levesque lead Cardinal Senior LEE MORRISON and junior ROGER LEVESQUE […]

Heartbreak for former U.S. international David Wagner and his Darmstadt teammates in the Germany Cup: The Regionalliga (Third Division) club lost to First Division Schalke, 1-0, on a golden goal in the round of 16 of the German Cup. Joe Enochs started for Regionalliga Osnabrueck in a 2-0 loss to Bundesliga power Bayern Munich. John […]

St. John’s (17-2-3) meets Indiana (17-3-1) Friday in the semifinals of the Men’s College Cup in Columbus, Ohio. Here’s look at the key players in the Indiana-St. John’s matchup (kickoff: Friday, Dec. 14, 7 pm ET; TV: delayed, Saturday, Dec. 15, 1 pm ET). INDIANA: Noonan leads Hoosiers Junior All-America PAT NOONAN, this year’s runner-up […]

When FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced that he wanted to see referees red-card players who dive or feign injuries, I thought about two Americans: Cobi Jones and Jeff Agoos. In 1999, Jones was twice cautioned after being fouled because the refs thought he dived. MLS referee boss Joe Machnik is honest: “After we instructed referees […]

Youth Soccer Letter: Young Americans get taste of major clubs from the November 26, 2001 issue of Soccer America Magazine Two former national team coaches have embraced a program that takes American youth teams to major foreign clubs. For years, American youth soccer teams wishing to travel overseas had only one option: tournaments. Recently, European […]

Earnie Stewart, the U.S. national team’s leading scorer in World Cup qualifying, has been selected as the 2001 Honda Player of the Year as the top American in a vote by the American sports media. Stewart’s five goals in 2001 against Mexico, Honduras and Trinidad & Tobago made him the U.S. all-time leading scorer in […]

U.S. goalie Brad Friedel moved closer to his first English cup final when Blackburn Rovers crushed Arsenal, 4-0, in the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Friedel came up with a big save early on French star Sylvain Wiltord before Blackburn steamrolled the Gunners, who were not at full strength. Matt Jansen had a hat trick […]

American defender Steve Cherundolo started and played the whole 90 minutes as Hannover 96 notched a 6-2 rout on the road against MSV Duisburg. Second Division Hannover remains the only the team in German pro soccer without a loss this season (9 wins, 7 ties and 34 points for second place). Cherundolo has played every […]

There are plenty of candidates but no clear favorite for the two major Player of the Year awards. A new generation of young stars has emerged on the scene. Their confirmation should take place at next year’s World Cup. It’s that time of year when balloting begins on the two major international player awards: the […]

Pat Noonan struck twice and Indiana made Clemson its 16th shutout victim this season, grabbing a 2-0 quarterfinal victory Sunday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind., to claim its fifth successive berth in the NCAA Men’s College Cup. The Hoosiers (17-3-1), who have reached the final four 15 times in 29 seasons and take aim at their […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, Senior Editor in Dallas Santa Clara’s 3-2 victories over Virginia and Florida in its past two NCAA playoff matches aren’t the least bit indicative of its mastery of the opponent. They were woefully one-sided clashes — would-be routs consisting largely of one Bronco attack after another — that quickly turned into fierce […]

Yoo Sang-Chul’s goal off a corner in the 23rd minute gave South Korea a 1-0 win over the United States in a battle of future World Cup opponents in the opening game of the Jeju World Cup Stadium in Seogwipo. “I thought in the first half the Koreans did a good job of putting us […]