Category: College Soccer Reporter

Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast the first men’s game of the season in its NSCAA College Match of the Week series Thursday night when St. John’s hosts UConn in a battle of perennial national contenders (kickoff: 8 pm ET). The Big East opponents find themselves unranked after three weeks but are on the rebound. UConn (2-2-1) […]

Florida State, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25, got goals from Australian Sel Kuralay (her fourth straight game with at least one goal) and Japanese midfielder Mami Yamaguchi to beat Central Florida, 2-0, on Wednesday in a game played in the driving rain. The skies didn’t open up until FSU and […]

Freshmen Jason Herrick and Jeremy Hall scored goals in the second half to lead Maryland, ranked No. 6 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, to a 2-0 victory over visiting Mt. St. Mary’s on Wednesday night.   For both Herrick, a Chicago Magic product, and Hall, a former U.S. U-17 resident, it was their […]

No. 4 Duke fell from the ranks of the unbeaten and untied men’s teams Tuesday night when the Blue Devils were held to a 0-0 tie by No. 15 Virginia Tech in ACC action. “That’s a part of the nature of the game — sometimes the goals don’t come,” said Duke coach John Rennie. “[Virginia […]

Two Portland stars have been named to the U.S. women’s national team squad for Wednesday’s match against Mexico in Rochester, N.Y. (TV: ESPN2, 8 pm ET). Sophomore Megan Rapinoe replaced North Carolina forward Heather O’Reilly, who suffered a minor ankle injury when Portland and UNC played on Sunday. Rapinoe joins UP junior Stephanie Lopez as […]

U.S. U-20 star Danesha Adams is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. Playing her first matches of the season after returning from the Under-20 Women’s World Championships in Russia, Adams led UCLA to wins over No. 4 Texas A&M, 2-1, and No. 12 Connecticut, 3-0, at the UCLA Women’s Cup. Adams, who won the […]

Sophomore Mike Grella, whose brilliant second-half goals lifted Duke to a 4-3 victory over Wake Forest in a battle of unbeaten and untied ACC teams last Friday night before a record crowd of 4,323 at Wake’s Spry Stadium, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week. Grella tied the score at 2-2 in the […]

The father in the Burke coaching family was misidentified in the Sept. 6 College Reporter. Doug Burke, who coached at Houghton, was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1990. Son Steve, who coaches Judson, recently became the 21st men’s coach at a four-year school to reach the 400-victory mark.

York snapped Messiah’s 31-game winning streak dating back to the 2004 season when it held the Falcons to a 1-1 tie in Division III men’s action. Andrew Wheeler‘s goal in the second half earned the Spartans the tie. Eric Frey‘s header had put Messiah ahead in the 9th minute. It had a chance to put […]

After three weeks, No. 2 Notre Dame’s Michele Weissenhofer has emerged as the nation’s top women’s freshman. She added to her nation-leading assist total with passes that led to second-half header goals by Jill Krivacek and Brittany Bock in the Irish’s 2-0 victory at TCU on Friday night. Weissenhofer, who has eight assists in six […]

Of the five unbeaten and untied teams left in the NCAA Division I men’s ranks, No. 10 Washington (5-0-0) is the only team that didn’t make last year’s NCAA Tournament. A big reason for the fast start is the return of junior Kevin Forrest, who red-shirted last season with an injury. Forrest scored the game-winner […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Florida State (4-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 3. Santa Clara (5-1-0) 3 4. UCLA (5-1-0) 5 5. North Carolina (6-1-0) 7 6. West Virginia (6-0-0) 9 7. Texas A&M (3-2-1) 4 8. Portland (3-2-1) 6 9. Penn State (2-2-2) 8 10. Missouri (6-0-0) 11 11. Rice (5-0-1) NR […]

Fans packed the Seminole Soccer Complex, where attendance was listed at a record 4,582 fans, 3,000 above listed capacity. They stood on the hills in the stadium and on the parking garage across the street. They didn’t go home disappointed as Florida State, No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25, beat No. 24 Florida, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. SMU (6-0-0) 2 2. Virginia (5-0-0) 3 3. Clemson (5-0-0) 5 4. Duke (5-0-0) 6 5. North Carolina (5-1-0) 1 6. Maryland (4-1-0) 4 7. Wake Forest (4-1-0) 7 8. San Francisco (5-0-1) 9 9. Santa Clara (3-0-1) 15 10. Washington (5-0-0) 16 11. UIC (4-0-2) 18 12. Akron (4-1-0) […]

Despite playing the last 29 minutes with 10 men, Clemson held on for a 2-1 victory over defending champion Maryland and handed the Terrapins their first loss of the season before 6,821 fans, the second largest crowd in Riggs Field history. Brazilian Frederico Moojen put the Tigers ahead in the second minute, and Jamaica international […]

Holy Cross will open its 1,320-seat Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium on Friday night when the Crusader men face St. Bonaventure. The dedication of the first permanent home for soccer at the Worcester, Mass., school will take place before the game. On Saturday afternoon, alumni games will be followed by the Holy Cross-Maine women’s game.

Manfred Schellscheidt, one of the most influential coaches in modern American soccer history, picked up his 200th career win last Friday when Seton Hall beat Adelphi, 2-0, at Monmouth’s Soccer Post Classic. Following the Pirates’ 3-1 victory over Monmouth on Sunday, Schellscheidt now owns a career mark of 201-120-36. He led SHU to 17 winning […]

A new era in Hawaiian soccer begins this fall when four NCAA Division II schools launch men’s and women’s programs. It’s rare to find a school adding men’s soccer these days, but that’s what happened at BYU-Hawaii, Chaminade, Hawaii Pacific and Hawaii-Hilo, which added men’s and women’s soccer as part of their expansion of their […]

U.S. U-20 women’s national team players have returned to campuses across the country after spending the first two weeks of the 2006 season in Russia, where the USA finished fourth at the Under-20 Women’s World Championship. No team missed more players than No. 5 UCLA, which welcomes back five U-20s for this weekend’s UCLA Women’s […]

Two big ACC men’s showdowns take place Friday night when No. 4 Maryland travels to No. 5 Clemson and No. 6 Duke visits No. 7 Wake Forest. They are four of the six ACC teams with perfect records. No. 1 North Carolina lost for the first time in 2006 when it fell to N.C. State, […]

Alabama A&M goalie Mlondi Mdluli, who started the first two games of the 2006 college season before returning to his native Swaziland, was killed Monday night when the Toyota Corolla he was driving drove into a ditch and then hit a concrete wall. Three other passengers — two former soccer players and a female companion […]

Bongomin Otii is fast becoming one of the country’s most feared strikers in the box. The freshman scored his fourth goal in four games to help No. 12 Santa Barbara beat Cal Poly, 2-0, Tuesday night in the Big West opener for both teams. He scored twice in his college debut in the Gauchos’ 5-0 […]

North Carolina, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, lost its first game of the season when it fell to N.C. State, 3-1, in the ACC opener. Santiago Fusilier connected on a 35-yard strike in the 72nd minute, and freshman Alan Sanchez followed with a penalty kick goal five minutes later to […]

NCAA MEN’S D1. 1. Maryland, 2. Virginia, 3. SMU, 4. Clemson, 5. Wake Forest. NCAA MEN’S D2. 1. Franklin Pierce, 2. Lynn, 3. Carson-Newman, 4. Lander, 5. Ft. Lewis. NCAA MEN’S D3. 1. Messiah, 2. Trinity (Texas), 3. Plattsburgh State, 4. Ohio Wesleyan, 5. Gustavus Adolphus. NCAA WOMEN’S D1. 1. Notre Dame, 2. Florida State, 3. […]

All-American Henry Ring‘s first name misidentified in the story on great South Carolina goalkeepers. Judson coach Steve Burke, who recently won his 400th career men’s game, has not (yet) been inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame. It was his father of the same name who was inducted in 1990 for his accomplishments at Houghton.