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The U.S. Project-40 team, which plays the reserve team of Dutch Honor Division squad Utrecht today, lost the first three of its games of its Europe tour. It fell to the reserve squads of Germany's Borussia Moenchengladbach (2-1), Borussia Dortmund (2-1) and the Netherlands' PSV Eindhoven (4-0) Devin Barclay scored for the Americans against Borussia […]

The third time was a charm for French Second Division club Metz and its young American hopeful, Oguchi Onyewu. The DNCG, the French league committee that monitors club spending, approved the former Clemson standout's contract with Metz after twice previously rejecting it. The DNCG ruled that Metz couldn't justify signing the American defender, given its […]

1. Carmel (Ind.) 25-0-0 2. Wallingford, (Pa.) Strath Haven 24-2-0 3. New Canaan (Conn.) 21-0-1 4. Baldwinsville (N.Y.) Baker 19-2-3 5. Santa Rosa (Calif.) Carrillo 19-2-1 6. Arlington (Va.) Bishop O'Connell 14-2-1 7. Strongsville (Ohio) 19-3-2 8. East Longmeadow (Mass.) 20-0-1 9. Rockville Centre (N.Y.) South Side 17-2-1 10. Highstown (N.J.) Peddie 16-1-1 11. Portland […]

1. Asheville (N.C.) Roberson 28-0-0 1. Hudson (Ohio) 20-0-2 3. Sacramento (Calif.) Christian Brothers 26-0-2 4. Orland Park (Ill.) Sandburg () 26-1-2 5. Naugatuck (Conn.) 19-0-1 6. Penfield (N.Y.) 19-2-2 7. West Chester (Pa.) Henderson 21-1-2 8. Baltimore Calvert Hall 20-0-2 9. Milwaukee Marquette 26-2-0 10. St. Louis Chaminade 31-2-1 11. Littleton (Colo.) Columbine 18-2-0 […]

by Soccer America Youth Soccer Letter Executive Editor Dan Woog Once upon a time, long, long ago – way back when many of today's youth soccer coaches were growing up – a coach had two ways of motivating players: yelling and yelling louder. The more mistakes a coach could point out, the better. Today – […]

Top seed Wake Forest was knocked out of the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament when it fell to ACC rival Clemson, 2-1, in overtime in the third round Saturday night. Clemson sophomore Brett Branan scored the winning goal with his second goal of the night at the 99:28 mark to match his season total for […]

by Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French in Pasadena and Fullerton, Calif. How best to assess what the U.S. women accomplished in their most important competition, in terms of what was at stake, since the 2000 Olympics? It's a difficult proposition. The Americans, for the most part, looked sensational in winning the CONCACAF Women's Gold […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Fulham, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. Less than two weeks after undergoing surgery on cartilage in his knee, Friedel gave an amazing performance. He saved a long-range free kick from Steed Malbranque, thwarted a Luis Boa Morte breakaway, stopped a penalty kick from Steve Marlet and made three key […]

by Soccer America Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney It's taken a few years, but finally MLS teams are making the right coaching moves. The cadre of coaches in the league has never been stronger. Bora Milutinovic and Bob Houghton? Foreign fiascoes. Frank Stapleton and Walter Zenga? Great players, period. If a foreigner wants to make it […]

(Dec. 7-8) Clemson (14-4-3) at Stanford (15-4-2) Creighton (17-3-2) vs. Boston College (18-4-0) (at Northeastern) Penn State (16-7-0) at UCLA (15-3-3) Connecticut (17-5-0) at Maryland (19-4-0)

(Nov. 30-Dec. 1) Wake Forest 1 (Lowery 45) Clemson 2 (Branan 6, 100) (OT). UCLA 3 (Lopez 20, McKinley 28, Taylor 51) California 2 (Acosta 80, 83). Connecticut 1 (Cuellar 17) Indiana 0. St. John's 0 Creighton 1 (Ballouchy 108) (OT). Stanford 2 (Wilson 77, Marshall 104) Furman 1 (Dempsey 36) (OT). Boston College 4 […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Fulham, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. Less than two weeks after undergoing surgery on cartilage in his knee, Friedel gave an amazing performance. He saved a long-range free kick from Steed Malbranque, thwarted a Luis Boa Morte breakaway, stopped a penalty kick from Steve Marlet and made three key […]

GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Borussia Dortmund, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. Nuremberg is in 14th place. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. 1860 Munich, 3-4. DNP. Cottbus is in last place. * Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) vs. Schalke 04 (Sunday) * Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) vs. Schalke 04 (Sunday) * […]

The field for next week's NCAA Division I women's soccer final four in Austin, Texas, looks much like last year's field — and 1996's and 1998's, too. No. 4 Santa Clara and No. 7 Portland — the West Coast Conference's final-four perennials — on Saturday joined second-ranked North Carolina in the semifinals, the fourth time […]

NCAA DIVISION I Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 30 Portland 0 Stanford 0 (Portland advances on penalties, 4-2) Penn State 2 (Lentz 4, Hamilton 87) Connecticut 1 (Barakat 1) Santa Clara 3 (Hawkins 35, Zepeda 37, Wagner pen. 83) Michigan 1 (Morgan 86) Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Austin, Texas North Carolina (21-1-4) vs. Santa Clara (19-4-1) […]

Ohio Wesleyan's defense made Erika Howland's goal midway through the first half stand up, and the Battling Bishops claimed their second successive NCAA Division III women's soccer championship Saturday with a 1-0 triumph over Messiah at Geneva, N.Y. Howland, selected offensive MVP of the championships, finished off a loose ball following a corner kick as […]

Long Beach City College's women's soccer team seeks its third successive California State JC title next weekend in Lemoore, Calif., and archrival Cypress College could be the Vikings' stiffest competition. LBCC (22-0-1), the No. 1 seed from Southern California, will take Santa Rosa (19-3-2) in a semifinal on Saturday, Dec. 7, and Cypress (23-0-1) will […]

NCAA DIVISION I Quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 29 North Carolina 3 (Ramsey 1, 54, Tomecka 52) Texas A&M 0 Saturday, Nov. 30 Portland (17-4-2) at Stanford (21-1-0), 7 p.m. PST Penn State (18-3-1) at Connecticut (21-2-1), 1 p.m. EST Michigan (16-5-2) at Santa Clara (18-4-1), 1 p.m. PST Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Austin, Texas North […]

North Carolina advanced to its 21st successive NCAA Division I women's soccer final four on Friday, routing visiting Texas A&M, 3-0, to advance to next week's College Cup semifinals in Austin, Texas. Alyssa Ramsey scored two goals and assisted on Maggie Tomecka's for the second-ranked Tar Heels (21-1-4), who have won 16 of 20 NCAA […]

Defending champion Ohio Wesleyan and Messiah advanced on Friday to the NCAA Division III women's soccer championship game, capturing semifinal triumphs at Geneva, N.Y., in decidedly different fashions. The Battling Bishops (22-0-1) struck twice in the first nine minutes and coasted to a 3-0 victory over final-four host William Smith. Messiah (21-0-2) earned its second […]

Two seeded teams fell in the second round of the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Wednesday. No. 6 seed Virginia fell to William & Mary, 3-2, on penalty kicks after their game ended in a 1-1 tie. Alecko Eskandarian scored a Cavalier-record 25th goal in the first half, but Graham Albert, son of Tribe coach […]

SECOND ROUND (Nov. 27) Wake Forest 1 (White 88) Old Dominion 0. Boston College 2 (Arnault 74, Krause 78) Northeastern 1 (Cipriano 64). Connecticut 4 (Ralph 31, Thomas 34, Cuellar 38, Mordocco 84) Penn 0. Maryland 1 (Mediate 53) American 0. California 2 (Munoz 17, Berger 78) UC Santa Barbara 1 (McAthy 85). Indiana 1 […]

NCAA DIVISION I Quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 29 Texas A&M (18-4-3) at North Carolina (20-1-4), 3 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 30 Portland (17-4-2) at Stanford (21-1-0), 7 p.m. PST Penn State (18-3-1) at Connecticut (21-2-1), 1 p.m. EST Michigan (16-5-2) at Santa Clara (18-4-1), 1 p.m. PST NCAA DIVISION II Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Virginia […]

by Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla Kasey Keller's father couldn't fathom his son's desire to become a soccer star. At the time, career options in the United States didn't include professional soccer. The boy, it seemed, was squandering his superb athletic talents. That was a long ago. Before the King of Spain invited Keller […]

Seeing the world thanks to soccer inspired some young Americans to found Grassroot Soccer, which is attacking the HIV crisis in Zimbabwe. Tommy Clark has seen the world. Now he wants to give something back to it. The Dartmouth star of the early 1990s grew up in Scotland, Zimbabwe and the United States. After college, […]