Author Archives: Soccer America

Goalkeeper Matt Jordan (4) Dallas Defenders Clint Peay (1) D.C. United Diego Sonora (2) D.C. United Jorge Rodriguez (1) Dallas Midfielders Dario Brose (2) San Jose Mark Chung (2) MetroStars Chad Deering (1) Dallas Forwards Ronald Cerritos (5) San Jose Jeff Cunningham (4) Columbus Brian McBride (1) Columbus Eduardo Hurtado (2) MetroStars ò In parentheses […]

æIÆm focused up frontÆ Crew forward Brian McBride says heÆs going back to being a targetman after dabbling in midfield for much of the season. SA: Losing to Rochester in the Open Cup semis must rank as one of your most frustrating defeats. BM: Even more frustrating is walking around in the stands at the […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Wheaton 8-0-0 DH North Park 7-0, DA North Central 6-0, DA Kalamazoo 3-2 2 Macalester 7-1-0 DA St. Benedict 1-0, DH Cornell 3-1, DA Augsburg 3-0 3 Washington U. 7-1-0 DH Case Western 2-0 4 WI-Stevens Point 7-1-0 DA Whitewater 1-0, DA Stout 6-0 5 St. Mary’s 7-0-0 […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Great Lakes Region 1 Otterbein 7-0-0 DH Ohio Wesleyan 3-0 2 Earlham 9-0-0 DH Anderson 3-1, DA Wooster 1-0 3 Heidelberg 9-0-0 DA Kenyon 4-0, DA Rochester 9-0 4 Ohio Wesleyan 5-1-1 LA Otterbein 0-3, DA Ohio Northern 6-1 5 De Pauw 5-1-1 DH Trinity 2-1, DH Southwestern 3-2 6 Allegheny […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Lewis 6-2-1 DH Bellarmine 2-1, DH Kentucky Wesl. 4-1 2 Truman State 5-2-1 No activity 3 Wisconsin-Parkside 7-1-1 DH Kentucky Wesl. 3-0, DH Bellarmine 3-0 4 Indianapolis 6-3-0 DH IUP-Fort Wayne 2-0, DH No. Kentucky 2-0 5 IUP-Fort Wayne 7-2-0 LA Indianapolis 2-0, DA St. Joseph’s 5-0 Far […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Central Region 1 Nebraska 8-1-1 DH Tulsa 9-0, TA Clemson 0-0 2 Texas A&M 9-1-0 DA Texas 5-0, DA TCU 4-0 3 Baylor 7-2-0 DH Evansville 2-0 4 Missouri 7-2-0 DH Loyola 6-0 5 So. Methodist 6-3-0 DH Evansville 2-0 6 Iowa State 8-2-0 LA Arizona 1-3, DH N. Arizona 3-2 […]

Rochester advanced to the Eastern Conference finals against Hershey with a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh in Game 3 of their series at Frontier Field. The Rhinos open the Eastern Conference finals at Hershey Oct. 3. Sept. 28 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 2 Pittsburgh 0. Goals: D.Miller (Biello) 35, Daligcon 49. Rochester — Onstad, Restrepo, Schweitzer […]

Here’s a look at MLS and CONCACAF Champions Cup games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television September 29 *D.C. United vs. Olimpia (Honduras) 9:00 p.m. Fox Sports World September 29 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. No TV October 1 *Chicago Fire vs. Alajuela (Costa Rica) 9:00 p.m. Fox Sports World October […]

Group E Sept. 28 in Madrid Real Madrid (Spain) 3 Porto (Portugal) 1. Goals: Morientes 22, Helguera 37, Hierro pen. 67; M. Jardel 23. Half: 2-1. Att.: 27,000. Sept. 28 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 3 Molde (Norway) 1. Goals: Giovanni 15, 69, Luciano 77; Lund 58. Half: 1-0. Att.: 50,000. Club GP W T […]

METROSTARS 1 SAN JOSE 2 Sept. 22 Att.: 7,215 Goals MetroStars: Zambrano (Kelly, Lozzano) 35. San Jose: Brose 12, Cerritos (Brose, Sequeira) 53. SA Report Card MetroStars: Ammann 5, Petke 4, Semioli 5, Khakpour 5, Corrales 5, Villegas 5, Walsh 5, Lozzano 5 (Chung, 59th, 5), Kelly 6 (Joseph, 76th, 5), Zambrano 6, Hurtado 5. […]

Steve Schermerhorn Deerfield, Ill. I am a former high school coach. A parent recently contacted me about scholarships. I remember a publication that listed all of the colleges and universities in the country that had soccer programs. It also listed the names of coaches, available scholarships, cost, etc. Was that publication Soccer America? If so, […]

The following are quotes from the Sept. 28 MLS media teleconference, which featured D.C. United Head Coach Thomas Rongen, Chicago Fire General Manager Peter Wilt, Chicago Fire Midfielder Jesse Marsch. Thomas Rongen Opening Comments: “This tournament is very important for both Chicago and for us … The winner will allow some prestige for MLS … […]

Influx of right-sided talent sends American to the bench – until the Champions League starts Frankie Hejduk is dreaming about titles, two of them, but he should just be thankful that Bayer Leverkusen is in the chase for two. It allows him to get onto the field. Five months after Christophe Daum plucked him from […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Lewis 4-2-1 TH Wisconsin-Parkside 1-1, DA Indianapolis 3-2 2 Truman State 5-2-1 LA Midwestern State 1-4, DN West Texas 3-0 3 Wisconsin-Parkside 5-1-1 TA Lewis 1-1, DA St. Joseph 2-0 4 IUPU-Fort Wayne 6-1-0 DH Quincy 2-1, DH UMSL 1-0 5 Northern Kentucky 5-1-1 DH UMSL 2-1, TH […]

The U.S. U-17s extended their unbeaten streak to 17 games in official matches with a 3-1 win over Paraguay, runner-up in the ’99 South American U-17 tournament, Sept. 26 in Bradenton, Fla. Bobby Convey scored two goals and Abe Thompson tallied two assists. Kyle Beckerman had his second gamewinning goal of 1999. After a second […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through September 26: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Penn State 8-0-0 2 2. Indiana 6-2-0 3 3. UCLA 6-1-0 4 4. Santa Clara 8-0-0 5 5. Cal State Fullerton 7-0-0 6 6. Saint Louis 6-1-1 8 7. Duke 5-0-2 13 8. SMU […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Northern Kentucky 8-0-0 DA Morehead State 2-1 DH UMSL 3-1, DH Quincy 7-0 2 North Dakota State 7-0-1 DA St. Cloud State 2-1, DN National American 4-2 3 Minnesota State 6-2-1 DA Moorhead State 4-1, DA MN-Crookston 8-0 4 UMN-Duluth 3-1-0 No activity 5 Southern 2-2-0 DA Kentucky […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Great Lakes Region 1 Ohio Wesleyan 5-0-1 DA Hiram 4-0, TH De Pauw 0-0 2 Otterbein 6-0-0 DH Cedarville 3-0 3 Earlham 7-0-0 DH Taylor 5-0, DA Hanover 2-0 4 Heidelberg 7-0-0 DH Alma 3-0, DH Wooster 6-2 5 De Pauw 3-1-1 LH Wabash 0-1, TA Ohio Wesleyan 0-0 6 Allegheny […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Central Region 1 Nebraska 7-1-0 DA Stanford 2-1, LN Santa Clara 1-2 2 Texas A&M 7-1-0 LN Notre Dame 0-1, DN Vanderbilt 5-1 3 Baylor 6-2-0 DA Arizona 4-1, LH LMU 0-1 4 Iowa State 7-1-0 DA Vanderbilt 3-2, DA Tennessee 1-0 5 Missouri 6-2-0 DA Cal Poly 3-1, LN San […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Far West Region 1 Santa Clara 6-0-0 DH San Jose State 2-0, DH Hofstra 4-0 2 CS Fullerton 6-0-0 DN Dayton 3-1, DA Kentucky 1-0 3 UCLA 5-1-0 DA San Francisco 3-1, DA San Jose State 1-0 3 San Diego 6-0-0 DH Fairfield 3-2, DH FIU 3-2 5 Portland 3-1-1 DH […]

Gloria Chung Los Angeles, Calif. When Tony DiCicco decides that it is time to retire from coaching the women’s national team, who is likely to take over his job? Scott French: Good question, Gloria, and one that’s more difficult to answer than might be expected. It’s never easy to guess what the brass at U.S. […]

The U.S. women’s national team put together an impressive performance to earn Coach Tony DiCicco his 100th career international victory, as the Americans dominated a youthful Brazil team, 6-0, at Mile High Stadium. The win also tied a record for victories in a year for the USA, which currently stands at 22-2-2 in 1999. The […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Wheaton 5-0-0 DH Calvin 2-0, DH Eau Claire 1-0 2 Macalester 4-1-0 DA Hamline 7-0, DH Chicago 3-0 3 Washington U. 6-1-0 LA DePauw 0-2, DN Wittenberg 3-0 4 WI-Stevens Point 6-1-0 DA WI-Oshkosh 7-0, LA St. MaryÆs 1-4 5 WI-LaCrosse 6-0-0 DH Carleton 3-1, DA WI-Whitewater 3-1 […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’sTop 20, taking into account games played through September 26: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Santa Clara 9-0-0 1 2. Florida 9-0-0 4 3. North Carolina 7-2-0 3 4. Nebraska 8-1-1 2 5. Penn State 6-2-1 7 6. USC 6-2-0 6 7. Notre Dame 6-2-0 9 8. Virginia 6-2-0 15 […]

On a Sunday morning, the Oakland grocery store cashier said, “Looks like supplies for the Raiders game.” “No,” I said. She replied, “The 49ers, then?” I told the curious clerk I’d be watching soccer. But on the way home, remembering that MLS now has an NFL guy in charge — Commissioner Don Garber — I […]