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Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 0 DC United 2. Goals: Olsen (Petke, Stewart) 12, Cerritos (Stewart) 67. MetroStars û Walker, Pope, Addo, Jolley, Clark, Guevara, Lisi (Juskowiak, 57), Williams, DiGiamarino (Bartolomeu, 63), Magee (Wolyniec, 46), Mathis. DC United û Rimando (Warren, 78), Prideaux, Namoff, Petke, Ivanov, Convey, Kovalenko, Stewart, Olsen, Cerritos (Alegria, 96+), […]

Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 0 DC United 2. Goals: Olsen (Petke, Stewart) 12, Cerritos (Stewart) 67. MetroStars û Walker, Pope, Addo, Jolley, Clark, Guevara, Lisi (Juskowiak, 57), Williams, DiGiamarino (Bartolomeu, 63), Magee (Wolyniec, 46), Mathis. DC United û Rimando (Warren, 78), Prideaux, Namoff, Petke, Ivanov, Convey, Kovalenko, Stewart, Olsen, Cerritos (Alegria, 96+), […]

It's true. An American played a major role in the Spanish League last season. Dimitri Piterman had a bought a quarter share of debt-ridden Racing Santander, making him majority owner and president of the First Division newcomer. But Piterman, a graduate of Cal Berkeley, wasn't planning on a luxury-box view of his new team. He […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (7-0-0) 1 9/24 — George Mason (5-1); 9/27 — Wake Forest 2 UCLA (5-1-0) 2 9/27 — Loyola Marymount 3 Saint Louis (6-0-1) 3 9/24 — Western Illinois (4-4); 9/27 — at Louisville 4 Old Dominion (7-0-0) 5 9/24 — UMBC (2-0); 9/27 at Campbell 5 St. John's […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Philadelphia The U.S. women moved to the verge of a quarterfinal showdown with Norway after destroying disorganized Nigeria, 5-0, Thursday night to extend their Women's World Cup winning streak to nine games. Mia Hamm, playing what U.S. coach April Heinrichs called the best soccer of her storied career, dominated […]

Sept. 25 in Philadelphia USA 5 Nigeria 0. Goals: Hamm pen. 6, 12, Parlow 47, Wambach 65, Foudy pen. 89. USA — Scurry, Bivens, Sobrero, Fawcett, Reddick, Boxx (Roberts, 71), Wagner (Wambach, 46), Foudy, Lilly, Parlow (Milbrett, 57), Hamm. Nigeria — Dede, Kayode, Ajayi, Chiejine, Omagbemi, Nkwocha, Mbachu, Okosieme, Mmadu, Avre, Akide. Referee: Florencia Romano […]

Ben Olsen and Ronaldo Cerritos scored to give D.C. United a 2-0 win over the MetroStars Sept. 25 at Giants Stadiums. The teams meet again Sunday in Washington, D.C. They also meet Oct. 1 in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals. Clint Mathis hit the post on a penalty kick in the 36th minute. D.C. UNITED […]

1. North Carolina (9-0-0) 1 9/26 — at Navy; 9/28 — Villanova (at Navy). 2. Florida (7-0-0) 4 9/26 — at BYU; 9/28 — at Utah. 3. Notre Dame (7-0-1) 2 9/28 — North Texas. 4. UCLA (5-1-2) 3 no games. 5. Pepperdine (7-1-0) 5 9/26 — at Colorado College; 9/28 — Wake Forest (at […]

Navy will try to set a national attendance record when it hosts No. 1 North Carolina Friday night. UNC is 9-0-0. Unranked Navy is 7-0-1 with a 34-game regular-season unbeaten streak dating back to 2001. The Midshipmen will be playing at the 34,000-seat Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the first time in the program's history. […]

Brazil pulled the first upset of the 2003 Women's World Cup when it crushed 2000 Olympic champion Norway, 4-1, Wednesday at RFK Stadium. Germany became the first team to clinch a berth in the second round when it beat Japan, 3-0. Japan will clinch a berth in the quarterfinals with a win or tie against […]

Pleas for patience in the Adu case For a brief period at least, the Freddy Furor has subsided. America's teenage wunderkind has gained his first experience at a world championship, during which agents and scouts from around the world observed him and met with his representative, Richard Motzkin. Motzkin proclaimed a deal should be done […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Philadelphia With the expected result Thursday against Nigeria, and a little help from the North Koreans, the U.S. women can nail down their place in the Oct. 1 quarterfinals at the fourth Women's World Cup. The Americans, coming off an emphatic 3-1 triumph Sunday over Sweden in their Group […]

GROUP A Thurs., Sept. 25 4:45 pm in Philadelphia Sweden vs. North Korea TV: ESPN2, Galavision Thurs., Sept. 25 7:30 pm in Philadelphia USA vs. Nigeria TV: ESPN2, Galavision GROUP D Thurs., Sept. 25 7:15 pm in Carson, Calif. Ghana vs. Russia TV: Galavision (delay, 9/25, 2 am ET; 9/24, 11 pm PT) Thurs., Sept. […]

GROUP A TEAM W-T-L GF GA P North Korea 1-0-0 3-0 3 USA 1-0-0 3-1 3 Sweden 0-0-1 1-3 0 Nigeria 0-0-1 0-3 0 GROUP B TEAM W-T-L GF-GA P Brazil 2-0-0 7 1 6 Norway 1-0-1 3 4 3 France 1-0-1 1 2 3 South Korea 0-0-2 0 4 0 GROUP C TEAM W-T-L […]

GROUP B Sept. 24 in Washington Brazil 4 Norway 1. Goals: Daniela 26, Rosana 37, Marta 59, Katia 68; Pettersen 45. Norway — Nordby, Sandaune, Stangeland, Knudsen, Folstad, Gulbrandsen (Klaveness, 74), Lehn (Riise, 74), Ronning, Pettersen, Mellgren, Rapp (Ormen, 46). Brazil — Andreia, Juliana, Tania, Renata Costa, Rosana, Maicon (Cristiane), Formiga (Rafaela, 88), Marta, Katia, […]

UEFA CUP, first round, first leg (Sept. 24) * Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL) at Lokeren (Belgium), 3-2. Started: 90 minutes * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, England) at Genclerbirligi (Turkey), 1-3. Started: 90 minutes * Oguchi Onyewu (La Louviere, D1) vs. Benfica (Portugal), 1-1. Started: 90 minutes. * Matt Jordan (OB, Denmark) vs.Crvena Zvezda (Yugoslavia), 2-2. […]

GOALKEEPER Cori Alexander (Portland), Fr. (1) Registers 10 saves in 2-0 win over Texas, then finishes Husky Invitational with another shutout against Fresno State (2-0). DEFENDERS Kim Brandao (Rutgers), Soph. (1) Helps shut out Penn State (0-0), marking the first time this season that the Lions have gone scoreless. Kara Kornfeld (Saint Louis), Jr., (1) […]

The Chicago Fire moved into the final of the U.S. Open Cup with a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy Tuesday night at Cardinal Stadium. The Fire got goals from DaMarcus Beasley, Damani Ralph and Ante Razov in the space of 14 minutes in the second half to open up a 3-0 lead before […]

UEFA CUP, first round, first leg (Sept. 24) Claudio Reyna got his first start for Manchester City in its 3-2 win over BelgiumÆs Lokeren in the first round, first leg of the UEFA Cup. He had previously come off the bench in one of Manchester CityÆs two Premier League games played since he joined the […]

Kroenke Sports Enterprises has purchased the Colorado Rapids from the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). Kroenke Sports Enterprises, whose holdings include the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, is headed by Stan Kroenke, 56, who is ranked No. 140 on Forbes' list of The Richest People in America with $1.5 billion. Kroenke Sports Enterprises, […]

GOALKEEPERS: Scott Conway (Rutgers) Sr. (1) Brother of San Jose Earthquakes' Jon Conway makes nine saves against UConn for his first career shutout. DEFENDERS: Kevin Goldthwaite (Notre Dame) Jr. (1) Leads the Fighting Irish to shutouts against Indiana and West Virginia. Scores game's only goal against Indiana. Trevor McEachern (Old Dominion) Jr. (2) Helps Monarchs […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine Nothing decided in the East although the Metros stun the Crew in overtime as D.C. and the Fire loses; Quakes slam Kansas City to widen their lead in the West as Los Angeles moves into third place. BEST GOALS: John Wolyniec's overtime goal that downed the Crew […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Portsmouth, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Arsenal, 0-0. Started: 90 minutes. Howard had a quiet day while Ruud van Nistlerooy hit a penalty kick against Arsenal's crossbar. Howard remains unscored upon at Old Trafford. […]

1. North Carolina (9-0-0) 1 2. Florida (7-0-0) 4 3. Notre Dame (7-0-1) 2 4. UCLA (5-1-2) 3 5. Pepperdine (7-1-0) 6. Virginia (6-1-1) 7 7. West Virginia (7-1-0) 8 8. Portland (6-2-0) 13 9. Texas A&M (6-1-0) 15 10. Penn State (6-1-2) 9 11. Santa Clara (3-2-3) 10 12. Connecticut (4-1-2) 12 13. Washington […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (7-0-0) 1 2 UCLA (5-1-0) 2 3 Saint Louis (6-0-0) 3 4 Old Dominion (6-0-0) 5 5 St. John's (5-2-0) 6 6 Santa Clara (6-0-2) 8 7 Virginia (4-3-0) 17 8 Notre Dame (4-1-2) 13 9 SMU (5-1-1) 9 10 Wake Forest (4-2-0) 7 11 North Carolina (5-1-1) […]