Author Archives: Soccer America

Central midfielders Ronnie Ekelund and Richard Mulrooney receive little acclaim, but they played mammoth roles in San Jose’s success. One did not score during the regular season and five playoff games. The other scored one goal in that span. Neither was among the six San Jose players chosen for the All-Star Game. In statistics and […]

NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS First Round Thursday’s results at Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska 5 Boston College 0. Goals: Williams 12, Latham 17, Latham (Anderson) 20, Haxton (Saunders) 41, Williams (Rheem) 70. BYU 1 Kansas 0. Goal: Ojuka (Cramer, Viernes) 75. at Storrs, Conn. Connecticut 3 Sacred Heart 0. Goals: Borisjuk (Shepherd) 9, Ranta (Graczyk) 51, […]

D.C. United has waived defenders Mark Watson, 31, and Micah Cooks, 20. Acquired on January 13, 2001, as a discovery player, Watson is currently traveling with the Canadian national team. Cooks arrived as a fifth-round selection in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft (60th overall). Watson was limited to 11 MLS matches (10 starts) because of injury. […]

The San Jose Earthquakes finished last in MLS in 2000 and had not made the playoffs since 1996, but they proved anything is possible in MLS when they beat Los Angeles in the final. As the season had begun for the Los Angeles Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes, so did it end at MLS […]

A few days under the tutelage of a top referee can do wonders for the inexperienced official. Like many American men in their 50s, Joe Bean knew nothing about soccer when his elementary school-age son began playing several years ago. Like some of them, Bean – a freelance writer not to be confused with another […]

RESULTS Nov. 14 in Sao Luis, Brazil Brazil 3 (Luizao 12, 19, Rivaldo 35) Venezuela 0. Nov. 14 in Montevideo Uruguay 1 (D.Silva 18) Argentina 1 (C.Lopez 44). Nov. 14 in Santiago Chile 0 Ecuador 0. Nov. 14 in Asuncion Paraguay 0 Colombia 4 (Aristizabal 25, pen. 35, 63, Castillo 85). Nov. 14 in Lima […]

Ireland-Iran Nov. 10 in Dublin Ireland 2 (Harte pen. 45, Keane 50) Iran 0. Nov. 15 in Tehran Iran 1 (Golmohammadi 90) Ireland 0. (Ireland wins 1-0 on aggregate.) Slovenia-Romania Nov. 10 in Maribor Slovenia 2 (Acimovic 42, Osterc 70) Romania 1 (Niculae 26). Nov. 14 in Bucharest Romania 1 (Contra 65) Slovenia 1 (Rudonja […]

NAIA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS at Lindenwood University (St. Charles, Mo.) First round Thursday’s results Lindsey Wilson. Ky. 2 Trinity International, Ill. 1 (2OT) Lindenwood, Mo. 4 Huron, S.D. 1 Berry, Ga. 3 Embry-Riddle, Fla. 1 Azusa Pacific, Calif. 5 Indiana Wesleyan 1 Friday’s games St. Mary, Neb. (14-4-1) vs. Green Mountain, Vt. (17-4) Westmont, Calif. (15-4) […]

G KATHRYN CLEWLEY (UNC Greensboro) (1) Has six saves in Spartans’ 2-1 win over top seed Western Carolina to take Southern crown D MEGAN CROSS (Boston U.) (1) Leads Terriers’ defense that shut out Delaware (1-0 in OT) and Hartford (2-0) en route to the America East title D JENNY DAVIS (Liberty) (1) Scores on […]

G BRYAN STECKROTH (Navy) (1) Shuts out William & Mary (1-0) for ninth shutout of the year, giving Mids 8-0-1 record against non-league foes D J.R. POUNCEY (Massachusetts) (1) Leads Minutemen to Atlantic-10 title with wins over Dayton (4-1) and Richmond (0-0, 4-3 on penalties) D JOSH RIFE (Indiana) (1) Defensive MVP of Big Ten […]

Jan. 18 (Miami): Martinique (C3) vs. Costa Rica (C1) (7 pm); Haiti (D3) vs. Canada (D1) (9 pm) Jan. 19 (Pasadena): El Salvador (A3) vs. Mexico (A1) (1 pm); USA (B1) vs. South Korea (B2) (3 pm) Jan. 20 (Miami): Costa Rica (C1) vs. Trinidad & Tobago (C2) (3 pm); Ecuador (D2) vs. Haiti (D3) […]

Group A (Rose Bowl): Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador. Group B (Rose Bowl): USA, South Korea, Cuba. Group C (Orange Bowl): Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Martinique. Group D (Orange Bowl): Canada, Ecuador, Haiti.

A few of the league’s biggest names slipped out of the top slots as their teams faltered in 2001. The dilemma faced annually by Soccer America is how to rank players by position when many of them play different roles in different systems. This task is not only complicated by what form of 3-5-2 or […]

11/5 ranking … team (current record) … 10/29 ranking 1 SMU (17-0-0) 1 Missouri Valley tournament: 11/9 Vanderbilt (2-1, OT). 2 Virginia (16-0-1) 2 11/9 James Madison (2-1). 3 Saint Louis (15-1-0) 4 11/7 at Charlotte (3-1). 4 Stanford (14-1-1) 3 11/11 at California (2-0). 5 Connecticut (14-3-2) 6 11/6 St. John’s (2-1), Big East […]

11/5 ranking … team (current record) … 10/29 ranking 1 North Carolina (19-0-0) 1 ACC Tournament: 11/8 N.C. State (1-0), 11/9 Wake Forest (3-0), 11/11 Florida State (4-0). 2 Santa Clara (17-2-0) 3 11/10 Colorado College (4-0). 3 Portland (16-3-0) 2 11/9 at Pepperdine (3-1), 11/11 at Loyola Marymount (2-1). 4 UCLA (17-2-0) 6 11/9 […]

*Host institution for first and second rounds. FIRST ROUND 1 *North Carolina (19-0-0) vs. UNC Greensboro (15-7) Duke (8-9-0) vs. Tennessee (11-6-0) Boston U. (14-5-1) vs. Rutgers (12-7-1) Loyola (Maryland) vs. (9-8-2) vs. *Princeton (13-2-2) *Penn State (18-3-1) vs. Bucknell (12-6-0) Villanova (12-5-3) vs. Pennsylvania (13-1-3) Harvard (10-5-0) vs. Hartford (15-5) Sacred Heart (10-9-0) vs. […]

RESULTS Nov. 11 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 0. Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, M.Andrews, Elcock (Daniel, 75), Mason, Sancho (Belfon, 73), Dwarika, Eve, Saunders, Rougier, S.John, Pierre (McFarlane, 83). USA — Thornton, Cherundolo, Pope, Jeff Agoos, Vanney, O’Brien, D.Beasley (Jones, 46), Stewar, Kirovski, Donovan (Wolff, 67), Moore (Marsch, 82). Referee: […]

11/12 RANKING … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 11/5 RANKING 1 SMU (17-0-0) 1 2 Virginia (16-0-1) 2 3 Saint Louis (15-1-0) 3 4 Stanford (14-1-1) 4 5 Connecticut (14-3-2) 5 6 North Carolina (15-3-0) 7 7 Indiana (14-3-1) 9 8 Clemson (14-4-0) 10 9 Wake Forest (13-4-1) 6 10 St. John’s (12-2-3) 8 11 Penn […]

11/12 … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 11/5 1 North Carolina (19-0-0) 1 2 Santa Clara (17-2-0) 2 3 Portland (16-3-0) 3 4 UCLA (17-2-0) 4 5 Texas A&M (13-3-1) 5 6 Florida (17-3-1) 6 7 Notre Dame (17-2-1) 7 8 Penn State (18-3-1) 9 9 Stanford (13-3-2) 8 10 Texas (14-5-0) 11 11 Virginia (14-3-2) […]

Nov. 11 in Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 0 T&T — Shaka Hislop; Marvin Andrews, Ansil Elcock (Nigel Daniel, 75), Stokely Mason, Brent Sancho (Addison Belfon, 73); Arnold Dwarika, Angus Eve, Dale Saunders, Anthony Rougier; Stern John, Nigel Pierre (Errol McFarlane, 83). USA — Zach Thornton; Steve Cherundolo, Eddie Pope, Jeff […]

The USA wrapped up its qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup with a scoreless tie Nov. 11 in Trinidad & Tobago — a team that had managed only four points in its previous nine Hexagonal games. The game had no implications for either team. The USA had already qualified for the World Cup in […]

No. 1 North Carolina survived a scare in the quarterfinals of the ACC women’s tournament when Maggie Tomecka’s goal was all the Tar Heel attack could muster in a 1-0 win over N.C. State. It was only the third time this season that the Tar Heels were held to a one-goal margin of victory. It […]

11/5 ranking … team (current record) … 10/29 ranking 1 SMU (16-0-0) 1 Missouri Valley tournament: 11/9 Vanderbilt. 2 Virginia (15-0-1) 2 11/9 James Madison. 3 Saint Louis (14-1-0) 4 11/7 at Charlotte (3-1) 4 Stanford (13-1-1) 3 11/11 at California. 5 Connecticut (13-3-2) 6 11/6 St. John’s (2-1), Big East tournament: 11/10 West Virginia. […]

Ecuador (30 points) qualified for the World Cup for the first time when it clinched one of South America’s four automatic berths with a 1-1 tie with fifth-place Uruguay (26). Ivan Kaviedes’ second-half goal set off wild celebrations in Quito. With the result, Paraguay (30) also clinched a berth in the finals. Argentina, which hosts […]

WORLD CUP 2002: Finalists (24) DEFENDING CHAMPION France CO-HOSTS Japan South Korea CONCACAF Costa Rica USA EUROPE Poland Sweden Spain Russia England Croatia Portugal Denmark Italy SOUTH AMERICA Argentina Paraguay Ecuador AFRICA South Africa Cameroon Tunisia Senegal Nigeria ASIA China Saudi Arabia WORLD CUP 2002: Contenders (16) 25. CONCACAF 3 (Mexico OR Honduras: TBD Nov. […]