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Group A Jan. 2 in Phoenix Santos 1 (Altamirano 64) Guadalajara 1 (own goal 61). Tigres 2 (Soares 14, 57) Atlante 1 (Cervantes 31). Att.: 15,078. Jan. 5 in San Jose Tigres 4 (Saavedra 17, 22, 66, Soares 64) Santos 3 (Ruiz 51, Vuoso 74, Altamarino pen. 87). Guadalajara 3 (Bautista 45, Reynoso 56, Morales […]

PLAYER TEAM POS. YEAR Kendal Billingsley UCLA D Sr. The top defender for the Bruins, who allowed only one goal in six games in the NCAA Tournament — a penalty kick in the final. Lori Chalupny North Carolina M Jr. The attacking center midfielder's numbers (6 goals, 5 assists) don't begin to tell her value […]

Ryan Pore, Tulsa Pore dominated despite missing his strike partner, Kyle Brown, due to injury. His 55 points (22 goals, 11 assists in 23 games) led Division I. Tulsa lost to Indiana in the NCAA quarterfinals and scored 10 goals in its seven postseason games. Pore had five goals and three assists in those seven […]

Katie Thorlakson, Notre Dame From the beginning to end, the junior from Langley, B.C., dominated the champion Irish's season. Could have skipped NCAA Tournament to play for Canada in under-19 world championship but hung around to score or assist on 24 of Notre Dame's final 28 goals, including crucial penalty kick in final against UCLA.

WINNER: Manchester United's American goalkeeper TIM HOWARD lost his starting job by giving up some soft goals but none came close to the howler his replacement, Roy Carroll, let in during Tuesday's game against Tottenham, which means Man U boss Alex Ferguson must be considering a Howard return. In a Nov. 23 Champions League game, […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Miami (Fla.) Sunset 16-0-1 2 Coppell (Texas) 0-0-0 3 New Orleans Jesuit 17-0-2 4 American Heritage (Fla.) 16-0-1 4 Watsonville (Calif.) 7-2-0 6 Spring (Texas) Klein 0-0-0 7 Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 11-0-1 8 La Canada (Calif.) St. Francis 8-2-2 9 Acadiana (La.) 15-2-1 10 Davie (Fla.) Western 11-0-0 NSCAA/adidas Girls […]

The Mexican federation has banned Atlante striker SEBASTIAN GONZALEZ for four games after he reacted to his ejection from a 2-1 InterLiga Cup loss to Tigres in Phoenix, Ariz., by dousing a linesman with water. The Chilean received a one-game ban for the ejection and three games for emptying the bottle of water on the […]

Soccer teams and organizations from around the world contributing to the relief effort in wake of the tsunamis in Asia that killed at least 150,000 people and left millions without adequate food or shelter include: The GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM will play a Bundesliga all-star team of foreign players Jan. 25 at the 60,000-capacity Arena AufSchalke […]

The U.S. Under-18 men's national team will play its first international action in 2005 when it plays in the Copa Chivas Jan. 9-11 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Coach Bob Jenkins picked the following players for the 16-team tournament: Goalkeepers — Marcus Rein (Wake Forest Univ.), Stephen Sandbo (SMU). Defenders — Pavelid Castenada (BW Gottschee, N.Y.), Greg […]

The U.S. U-17 girls national team will train at the U.S. Soccer National Team Training Center Jan. 8-15 in Carson, Calif., running from Jan. 8-15. Erika Walsh, who was an assistant on the staff of the U.S. team that took third at the 2004 U-19 WomenÆs World Championship in Thailand, will serve an assistant coach […]

WINNERS: American winger EDDIE LEWIS set up two goals in Preston North End's 3-2 win over Sunderland on New Year's Day, four days after notching a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Reading. Against Sunderland, Lewis set up goals for Richard Cresswell with a free kick and a flick-on. Against Reading, he […]

(All times Eastern Standard Time. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) TUESDAY, Jan. 4 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League MANCHESTER UTD.-TOTTENHAM (live), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL English Premier League MANCHESTER UTD.-TOTTENHAM (live), 3 pm. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League SOUTHAMPTON-FULHAM (live), 3 pm. […]

Dec. 27 Anderlecht U-17 (Bel.) 1 Region III U-17 ODP U.S. U-17 national team '89 1 Region II U-17 ODP 0 Region I U-17 ODP 2 Benfica U-17 (Port.) 1 Region IV U-17 ODP 2 Canada U-17 national team 0 Dec. 28 Anderlecht U-17 (Bel.) 1 Region I U-17 ODP 1 Region III U-17 ODP […]

Group A Jan. 2 in Phoenix Santos 1 (Altamirano 64) Guadalajara 1 (own goal 61). Tigres 2 (Soares 14, 57) Atlante 1 (Cervantes 31). Att.: 15,078.

Boys U-18 Showcase Semifinals Weston (Fla.) Warriors/Fury 2 OKC Spirit (Okl.) 0 Dallas Texans Red 3 CASL Elite (N.C.) 0 Final Dallas Texans Red 1 Weston (Fla.) Warriors/Fury 0 Boys U-17 Showcase Semifinals Dallas Texans Red 2 Concorde Fire Elite (Ga.) 0 FC United (Wash.) 1 Houston Texans Red 0 Final FC United (Wash.) 2 […]

U.S. under-20 national team coach Sigi Schmid called up 22 players for the team's final training camp at the Home Depot Center before the U-20s attempt to qualify for the 2005 World Youth Championship. The players will arrive into camp on Jan. 2, and Schmid will select his final 18-player roster days before the U.S. […]

Forward DIPSY SELOLWANE, a Botswana national team forward who played college ball at St. Louis University, and defender EVAN WHITFIELD, a five-year MLS veteran, have been traded from the Chicago Fire to Real Salt Lake for a third-round 2005 draft selection and a second-round 2006 pick. Selolwane made five starts in 19 appearances and scored […]

Male Athlete 1984: Rick Davis,1985: Perry Van der Beck, 1986: Paul Caligiuri, 1987: Brent Goulet, 1988: Peter Vermes, 1989: Mike Windischmann, 1990: Tab Ramos, 1991: Hugo Perez, 1992: Marcelo Balboa, 1993: Thomas Dooley, 1994: Marcelo Balboa, 1995: Alexi Lalas, 1996: Eric Wynalda, 1997: Kasey Keller, 1998: Cobi Jones, 1999: Kasey Keller, 2000: Chris Armas, 2001: […]

FERNANDO CLAVIJO takes over as the Colorado Rapids' new head coach, replacing Tim Hankinson, who was let go after the Rapids were eliminated from the 2004 MLS playoffs at the quarterfinal stage. Clavijo, 47, a Uruguayan native who moved to the United States in 1979 and played for USA in the 1994 World Cup, coached […]

Since Danish World Cup veteran Stig Tofting was kicked off of his Danish First Division club AGF Aarhus for fighting at the team's Christmas party, bad behavior at yuletide bashes have come to England. Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton, 22, was fined six weeks wages, about $170,000, for poking teammate Jamie Tandy in the eye […]

(All times Eastern. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) TUESDAY, Dec. 28 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League LIVERPOOL-SOUTHAMPTON (live), 11:30 am. English Premier League ASTON VILLA-MANCHESTER UTD. (live), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL English Premier League ASTON VILLA-MANCHESTER UTD. (live), 3 pm. English Premier League LIVERPOOL-SOUTHAMPTON (delay), 8 […]

Dec. 20 in Carson, Calif. USA Grey 1 Canada 0. Goal: Peterson 22. USA –Westberg, Freeman, Phelan, Ianni, Sturgis (Wynne, 46), Fielhaber, Dalby, John, Kljestan (Szetela, 46), Adu (Barrett, 46), Peterson (Robbie Rogers, 46). USA Blue 4 California all-stars 1. U.S. Goals: Capano 3, Davies 16, 60, Patterson 80. USA — Hughes (Kartunen, 46), Ward, […]

Anguilla WORLD CUP 2006 QUALIFYING 19.03.2004 Dominican Republic – Anguilla 0-0 21.03.2004 Dominican Republic – Anguilla 0-6 Record 2 matches, 1 tie, 1 loss, 0 goal for, 6 goals against. Antigua & Barbuda WORLD CUP 2006 QUALIFYING 18.02.2004 Antigua & Barbuda – Netherlands Antilles 2-0 31.03.2004 Netherlands Antilles – Antigua & Barbuda 3-0 CFU DIGICEL […]

(All times Eastern. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) TUESDAY, Dec. 21 GOL TV Spanish Primera Division BARCELONA-LEVANTE (live), 2 pm. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 GOL TV Spanish Primera Division VALENCIA-ESPANYOL (live), 2 pm. Peruvian League SAN MARTIN-SPORTING CRISTAL (delay), 8:30 pm. THURSDAY, Dec. 23 GOL TV Spanish Primera Division REAL […]

Two soccer fans who made racial taunts at Barcelona players have been fined $8,000 each and banned for five months, but FIFA President Sepp Blatter has proposed another form of punishment Blatter has suggested that racist soccer fans be placed in the middle of the field to be shamed in public while the game is […]