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The Women's United Soccer Association, which completed its third season in August, is ceasing operations. The WUSA's board of governors made the decision on Monday citing insufficient revenue to support a fourth year of play. A league statement, which revealed that WUSA's owners have invested more than $100 million to date to fund the league, […]

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

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

1. North Carolina (6-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 3. UCLA (4-0-2) 4 4. Florida (6-0-0) 6 5. Pepperdine (5-1-0) 7 6. Texas (4-2-0) 5 7. Virginia (4-1-1) 17 8. West Virginia (5-1-0) 8 9. Penn State (4-1-1) 10 10. Santa Clara (2-1-3) 3 11. Tennessee (5-1-0) 13 12. Connecticut (3-0-2) 18 13. Portland […]

Juan Carlos Osorio grew up in Colombia and spent his adult life playing and coaching in the United States. Not the usual background of a English Premier League coach. ''You could say I had two stigmas,'' says Osorio, the fitness coach/assistant coach of Manchester City. ''South American coaches are practically unheard of in England, and […]

At its shortest distance, the English Channel separates England and France by 21 miles, but their soccer cultures are worlds apart. While attendance at French games has improved dramatically since the 1998 World Cup, the Ligue 1's average of 19,805 fans a game in 2002-03 was almost half the Premier League's. French players complain that […]

Officials of the Women's United Soccer Association called a teleconference for 4 pm ET Monday at which time they were expected to announce that the three-year league has suspended operations. The teleconference with President/CEO Lynn Morgan and Founder/Chairman John Hendricks follows the reported decision made today by the league's Board of Governors to suspend operations […]

Semifinals, First Leg Sept. 12 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 0 Charleston 0. Rochester — Andracki, Demmin, Schweitzer, Mendez, Sedgewick, Mladenov, Hayes, K.Wilson, Steenkamp, Miller, Fuller. Charleston — Hudock, Lewis, Phelan, Watson, J.Wilson, Chronopoulos (Jackson, 74), Klein, Titus, Goos (Trout, 71), Conway, Henderson (Bagley, 84) Referee: Andrew Chapin. Att.: 10,071. Sept. 12 in Seattle Seattle 0 […]

Only two of the top 12 teams faltered this weekend: Third-ranked Wake Forest dropped a 2-1 decision at Virginia. Goals by Matt Oliver and Adam Cristman gave the Cavs the victory in front of 1,794 spectators at Klockner Stadium, ending Wake's 18-game unbeaten streak in the regular season. No. 10 Stanford fell apart in Providence, […]

Top-ranked North Carolina needed a pair of golden goals to knock off No. 5 Texas and No. 15 Texas A&M. Midfielder Maggie Tomecka scored in the 105th minute to beat UT and freshman Elizabeth Guess' goal in the 92nd minute stopped the Aggies. The big winner of the week was No. 17 Virginia, which beat […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (6-0-0) 2 9/10 — Loyola, Md. (4-0); 9/14 N.C. State (1-0) 2 UCLA (4-1-0) 1 9/14 — Cal State Fullerton (5-0) 3 Wake Forest (3-1-0) 3 9/13 — at Virginia (1-2) 4 Saint Louis (5-0-0) 10 9/13 — FIU (1-0) 5 North Carolina (5-0-1) 5 9/12 — Michigan […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) 9/1 RANK 1 North Carolina (6-0-0) 1 9/12 — Texas (1-0, OT); 9/14 — Texas A&M (1-0, OT). 2 Notre Dame (6-0-0) 5 9/11 — at St. John's (2-0); 9/13 — Western Kentucky (5-0). 3 Santa Clara (2-1-3) 4 9/12 — at Virginia (1-4); 9/14 — Penn State (2-2. OT). 4 UCLA (4-0-2) […]

Sept. 13 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 1 New England 2. Goals: Jolley (Pope, Magee) 81; Noonan 11, Noonan (Cancela) 72. MetroStars û Walker, Ziadie (Leitch, 80), Jolley, Pope, DiGiamarino, Gaven, Williams, Clark (LeBlanc, 77), Mathis, Guevara, Wolyniec (Magee, 63). New England û Brown, Heaps, Kante, Llamosa, Franchino, Ralston, Cancela, Joseph, Kamler, Fabbro (Cullen, 61), […]

Argentina 1 GK FERRO Romina 2 DF HUBER Clarisa 3 DF RICOTTI Mariela 4 DF GONSEBATE Andrea 5 MF GEREZ Marisa 6 DF LOPEZ Noelia 7 FW ALVARIZA Karina 8 MF GATTI Natalia 9 DF ARRIEN Yesica 10 MF GOMEZ Rosana 11 FW MEDINA Marisol 12 GK CORREA Vanina 13 DF DIAZ Nancy 14 FW […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (5-0-0) 2 9/10 — Loyola (4-0); 9/14 N.C. State. 2 UCLA (3-1-0) 1 9/14 — Cal State Fullerton. 3 Wake Forest (3-0-0) 3 9/13 — at Virginia. 4 Saint Louis (4-0-0) 10 9/13 — FIU. 5 North Carolina (3-0-1) 5 9/12 — Michigan (Nike Carolina Classic); 9/14 — […]

North Carolina puts its No. 1 ranking on the line when it travels to Spring, Texas, to play No. 5 Texas and No. 15 Texas A&M this weekend. At the Virginia Classic, the No. 17 Cavaliers and No. 10 Penn State face No. 4 UCLA and No. 24 USC. No. 7 Pepperdine meets No. 22 […]

In the only midweek contest between two ranked teams, St. John's dispatched Rutgers, 3-1 on its home turf. Maryland upheld its No. 1 ranking by blitzing Loyola (Md.), 4-0. The weekend again features several tournaments with quality inter-conference matchups: No. 5 North Carolina takes on Michigan and No. 17 VCU; Santa Clara tests its newfound […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) 9/1 RANK 1 North Carolina (4-0-0) 1 9/12 — Texas (in Spring, Texas); 9/14 — Texas A&M (in Spring, Texas). 2 Notre Dame (5-0-0) 5 9/11 — at St. John's (2-0); 9/13 — Western Kentucky. 3 Santa Clara (2-0-2) 4 9/12 — at Virginia (Virginia Classic); 9/14 — Penn State (Virginia Classic). 4 […]

MLS has struggled gaining respect in Mexican-American communities. The solution may be playing the Mexican card: drawing Chivas and Club America owners into MLS. The league founded on a business format some equate with socialism is ready to gamble. The American businessmen deemed critical to the growth of American soccer are taking on a Mexican […]

WITH ONLY A LITTLE TREPIDATION, I'm looking forward to the entry of CD Guadalajara owner Jorge Vergara into MLS. Assuming his finances are in order, his bravado will shake up the MLS board rooms and bring more fire to the games played in league stadiums. He's a fresh face and a long-needed new investor for […]

U.S. women's national team coach April Heinrichs and veteran Brandi Chastain talked to the media Wednesday in a conference call 11 days before the Americans' opening game. Here's what they had to say: APRIL HEINRICHS On the similarities between Abby Wambach and Michelle Akers. ''I think as a coach IÆm always reserved to making comparisons […]

MLS: Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Team W-L-T PTS Chicago 11 5 7 40 MetroStars 9 6 7 34 D.C. United 8 8 6 30 Columbus 7 9 7 28 New England 6 9 8 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE Team W-L-T PTS San Jose 12 4 7 43 Colorado 10 9 4 34 Kansas City 7 8 8 […]

Eight collegians were named to CanadaÆs 2003 Women's World Cup team. Even Pellerud selected Portland's Christine Sinclair, the 2002 SA Player of the Year, and Nebraska newcomers Sasha Andrews, Tanya Dennis and Brittany Timko, SMU goalie Erin McLeod, Penn State's Carmelina Moscato, TennesseeÆs Rhian Wilkinson and PrincetonÆs Diana Matheson to his 20-player roster. Dennis, Timko […]

WUSA players Unni Lehn, Dagny Mellgren, Anita Rapp and Hege Riise head Norway's World Cup roster. Riise, 34, has made a speedy recovery after suffering a complete tear of the ACL in her right knee on April 19 in her second match of the 2003 WUSA season with Carolina. Also returning to Age Steen's team […]

China coach Ma Liangxing is bringing 23 players to the United States and won't make a final decision on his 20-player squad until the FIFA deadline. Ma's decision to cut five other players came after the Chinese wrapped up a six-game warmup series with a 13-0 win over South Africa in Dalian. CHINA PRELIMINARY ROSTER: […]