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Sept. 3 in Frisco, Texas FC Dallas 0 San Jose 2. Goals: Cerritos (Chung) 40, Moreno 53. FC Dallas – Garlick, Rhine, Jolley, Vanney, Wagenfuhr, O'Brien, Mina (Alvarez, 63), Talley (Wilson 54), Valakari (Pareja 77), Nunez, Johnson, San Jose – Onstad, Gray, Califf, Robinson (Cochrane 69), Barrett, Mullan, Clark, O'Rourke, Chung, Cerritos (Ching 75), Moreno, […]

Sept. 1 #3 Duke 2 (Loftus 36, Grella 60) Long Island 0. #6 UNC Greensboro 2 (Patterson 67, Carlson 87) UNC Wilmington 3 (Masters 73, Clark 89, Leger 108) (OT). #15 San Francisco 2 (Smith 3, Valentino 49) Dominican 0. #20 Tulsa 1 (Goddard 53) Oral Roberts 3 (Leung 6, Pinto 9, Flor 82). (TulsaÆs […]

Goalkeepers – Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Matt Reis (New England Revolution) Defenders – Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Nick Garcia (Kansas City Wizards), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Greg Vanney (FC Dallas) Midfielders – Chris Armas (Chicago Fire), Bobby Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution), […]

Aug. 31 #4 Portland 6 (Rapinoe 5, Sinclair 10, 16, 31, 51, 62) Oregon 0. James Madison 0 #5 Virginia 1 (Quinn 83). Sept. 1 #6 Penn State 5 (Krieger 11, 30, Weimer 65, Aden-Buie 75, Daus 89) Loyola (Md.) 0. Pittsburgh 2 (Kritch 22, 71) #17 West Virginia 1 (Kanela pen. 21). #19 Florida […]

EUROPE Group 1 Sept. 3 Andorra 0 Finland 0. Armenia 0 Netherlands (Van Nistelrooy 63). Romania 2 (Mutu 28, 56) Czech Rep. 0. Group 2 Sept. 3 Albania 2 (Myrta 54, Bogdabi 56 ) Kazakhstan 1 (Nizovtsev 64). Georgia 0 Ukraine 1 (Gakhokidze 69). Turkey 2 (Buruk 48, Metin 81) Denmark 2 (Jensen 41, Larsen […]

U.S. coach BRUCE ARENA On whether qualifying for the World Cup is sweeter because the clinch came against Mexico: ''The two top teams in CONCACAF are the U.S. and Mexico. We had the one blemish on our record in the first part of the final round when we lost in Mexico City. So it's nice […]

Sept. 3 in Columbus, Ohio USA 2 Mexico 0. Goals: Ralston 53, Beasley 58. USA – Keller, Hejduk, Onyewu, Berhalter, Lewis, Ralston (Quaranta, 81, Reyna, Armas, Beasley, Donovan (Mastroeni, 74), McBride (Cunningham, 90+) Mexico – Sanchez, Rodriguez (Mendez, 59), Marquez, Davino, Salcido, Torrado, Morales, Galindo, Naelson (Bravo, 69), Fonseca (Medina, 58), Borgetti. Yellow cards: USA […]

The USA clinched its fifth straight appearance in the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Mexico Saturday night in Columbus, Crew. After a slugglish first half, the United States scored twice off set pieces within three minutes to stun the Tricolores, who needed only a tie to clinch a berth in next yearÆs World […]

(1=low; 5=average; 10=high) STARTERS: Kasey Keller 6 Frankie Hejduk 5 Oguchi Onyewu 7 Gregg Berhalter 6 Eddie Lewis 7 Steve Ralston 6 Chris Armas 5 Claudio Reyna 7 DaMarcus Beasley 7 Landon Donovan 5 Brian McBride 5 SUBS: Mastroeni 5 Quaranta nr Cunningam nr

Aug. 31 #4 Portland 6 (Rapinoe 5, Sinclair 10, 16, 31, 51, 62) Oregon 0. James Madison 0 #5 Virginia (Quinn 83). Sept. 1 #6 Penn State 5 (Krieger 11, 30, Weimer 65, Aden-Buie 75, Daus 89) Loyola (Md.) 0. Pittsburgh 2 (Kritch 22, 71) #17 West Virginia 1 (Kanela pen. 21). #19 Florida State […]

Sept. 1 #3 Duke 2 (Loftus 36, Grella 60) Long Island 0. #6 UNC Greensboro 2 (Patterson 67, Carlson 87) UNC Wilmington 3 (Masters 73, Clark 89, Leger 108) (OT). #15 San Francisco 2 (Smith 3, Valentino 49) Dominican 0. #20 Tulsa 1 (Goddard 53) Oral Roberts 3 (Leung 6, Pinto 9, Flor 82). (TulsaÆs […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Columbus, Ohio Most of the familiar faces will be in their regular places Saturday when the U.S. national team faces Mexico with a chance to clinch a spot in the 2006 World Cup. One face, though, that of Revs midfielder Steve Ralston, hasn't been seen all that often in such a […]

Sept. 2 #1 Indiana 1 (Plotkin 83) #18 Wake Forest 0. (Opener of 23rd adidas/IU Credit Union Classic draws 4,272 fans.) #2 UCLA 2 (Harvey 50, Griffin 65) #13 Santa Clara 3 (Lowry pen. 30, pen. 35, Devey 88). (UCLAÆs Brandon Owens red carded for handball in 35th minute.) Cal State Fullerton vs. #4 Maryland […]

By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine The gathering of the nation's top teen talent at this summer's adidas ESP scouting and player development event demonstrated the diversity of America's young soccer stars. James Jaramillo (Orem, Utah) SOCCER WITH FOOTBALL DAD Jaramillo's father, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive tackle for the BYU squad that Jim […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America Magazine A 145-acre soccer park 30 miles north of Dallas is the setting for MLS's newest stadium and another sign of American soccer's progress. The ball traced a precise parabola through the warm Texas night, looped over the forlorn figure of the hopelessly beaten goalkeeper as he gazed […]

By Paul Kennedy Managing Editor, Soccer America Magazine Teams wishing to travel have hundreds of youth soccer tournaments to choose from, but which tournaments are the best? Soccer America Magazine surveyed leading youth coaches across the country and asked them to name the best tournaments, taking into account everything they consider important: competition, organization, facilities, […]

By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine World Cup veteran's double-duty at Cal Poly Pomona makes for busy 'retirement' It's been 15 years since the United States broke out of the soccer hinterlands and qualified for the World Cup in Italy, making its first appearance at the finals in 40 years. Three members of […]

By Mike Woitalla, Executive Editor Soccer America Magazine Few teams impressed as Mexico did in the first round of the 2002 World Cup. It looked possible that for the first time in history El Tri, which had been to 12 World Cups, would finally do better than a quarterfinal finish. But its round-of-16 opponent would […]

The winner of the USA-Mexico qualifier will clinch a berth in the 2006 World Cup finals. Mexico will qualify in case of a tie, but there are scenarios by which both teams will qualify, regardless of the outcome of the Columbus game. USA USA will qualify for the finals if: 1. USA beats Mexico. 2. […]

U.S. and Mexican national team players have teamed together, joining MLS players in contributing autographed game-worn jerseys that will be auctioned to raise funds for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Players competing in the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 3 and all MLS games on Sept. 3 and 4 will sign […]

Aug. 31 #4 Portland 6 (Rapinoe 5, Sinclair 10, 16, 31, 51, 62) Oregon 0. James Madison 0 #5 Virginia (Quinn 83). Sept. 1 #6 Penn State 5 (Krieger 11, 30, Weimer 65, Aden-Buie 75, Daus 89) Loyola (Md.) 0. Pittsburgh 2 (Kritch 22, 71) #17 West Virginia 1 (Kanela pen. 21). #19 Florida State […]

Highlights Grella scores in Duke debut à Oral Roberts stuns Tulsa à FDU beats BC à Sept. 1 #3 Duke 2 (Loftus 36, Grella 60) Long Island 0. #6 UNC Greensboro 2 (Patterson 67, Carlson 87) UNC Wilmington 3 (Masters 73, Clark 89, Leger 108) (OT). #15 San Francisco 2 (Smith 3, Valentino 49) Dominican […]

Sept. 2 Hightlights: Hat trick for OÆReilly. Hanks scores 8th goal. Nebraska, Texas A&M, Texas fall to Big-10 teams. Tennessee loses to home to Washington State Sept. 2 #1 North Carolina 6 (Gilbert 33, OÆReilly 51, 83, 85, Chalupny 69, Fletcher 76) Davidson 0. (Heather OÆReilly records first collegiate hat trick.) #2 Notre Dame 4 […]

The USA's 26-man roster for qualifiers against Mexico (Saturday) and Guatemala (Wednesday): Goalkeepers Marcus Hahnemann (Reading) Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach) Matt Reis (New England Revolution) Defenders Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy) Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus) Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC) Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards) Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew) Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) Oguchi Onyewu (Standard […]

FC Dallas has signed 26-year-old Mark Wilson as its fourth senior international. In the past three and half years, the midfielder has played for the Scottish Premier League's Livingston (5 games), English third-tier club Doncaster (3 games), English fourth-tier club Swansea (12 games), English third-tier Sheffield Wednesday (3 games) and English second tier Stoke (3 […]