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IN A SEASON OF CONTRACTION AND A WORLD CUP, PLAYERS AND FORMATIONS WERE JUGGLED and switched extensively as coaches sought the right mix. The imperfect science of ranking players for 2002 included the opinions of coaches and players and statistics with an emphasis on performances following the World Cup and in the playoffs. As always, […]

Anson Dorrance's teaching methods – along with his passion for his sport and his players – are grooming first-rate coaches for the women's game. Anson Dorrance, as he readily admits, didn't see much value in being a coach when he was starting out a quarter-century or so ago. ''I didn't think of it as a […]

By most measurements, the 2002 MLS season was a success. MLS enjoyed its most exciting regular season ever with every team still in contention for the playoffs until the final week of the season. Attendance was up for the second straight year. The weekend games during the last two weeks of the regular season averaged […]

There are two reliable ways to measure the progress of a country's soccer: national team results and the success of its players in foreign leagues. Start investigating the U.S. national team's rise to respectability, and you'll notice how closely the two are linked. In 1989, when the United States qualified for the World Cup for […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor Texas A&M (18-4-3) at North Carolina (21-1-4) Friday, 3 p.m. EST. Freshman keeper Kati Jo Spisak has done amazing things the past two weeks, carrying the Aggies to shootout victories over SMU and UCLA. A&M didn't get off a shot against the Bruins, whose domination meant nothing against Spisak: She […]

Forwards James Gledhill, Mobile Boyzzz Khumalo, Lindsey Wilson Michael Ritch, Auburn-Montgomery Rodrigo Pardo, Mid-Continent Midfielders Chris Williams, Mobile Simon Mulama, Park Andre Cooper, Lindsey Wilson Sigthor Juliusson, Auburn-Montgomery Defenders Eric Ongao, Park Jamie Ferguson, University of Mobile Gavin Oldham, Lindsey Wilson Sigurdur Thorsteinsson, Auburn-Montgomery Goalkeepers Scott Wood, Park Andrew Bayliss, Mobile Outstanding Defensive Player Award […]

The University of Mobile won its first NAIA men's title when it beat Park University, 2-1, in the final at the Lovers Lane Soccer Complex in Bowling Green, Ky. Mike Fricke and tournament MVP James Gledhill scored for the Rams, who had entered the nationals as the fifth seed. Mobile upset top-seed Auburn-Montgomery, 1-0, in […]

Kristi Sullivan scored a pair of second-half goals and Westmont College of Santa Barbara, Calif., captured its second successive NAIA women's soccer championship — and its third in four years — by edging archrival Azusa Pacific, 2-1, in the final at St. Charles, Mo. Sullivan, a junior, tallied in the 65th and 75th minutes, her […]

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at St. Charles, Mo. Final Tuesday, Nov. 26 Westmont, Calif. 2 (Kristi Sullivan 65, 75) Azusa Pacific, Calif. 1 (Arbizu 88)

RESULTS FIRST ROUND Nov. 21 Auburn Montgomery 6 John Brown 2 Mid-Continent 2 Flagler 1 Lindsey Wilson 9 Martin Luther 0 Rio Grande 2 Goldey-Beacom 1 Nov. 22 Covenant 2 Illinois-Springfield 1 Mobile 1 Bethel 0 (OT) Park 2 Concordia (Calif.) 1 (OT) Simon Fraser 1 Baker 0 QUARTERFINALS Nov. 23 Lindsey Wilson 2 Simon […]

Lindsey Wilson's reign as NAIA men's champion is over. The host Blue Raiders' bid for a fifth straight title ended in the semifinals Monday night when they lost to Park University, 4-3, on penalty kicks after the Pirates rallied for two second-half goals to tie LWC, 2-2. Chris Lisaka (68th minute) and Mekete Gashaw (84th) […]

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 […]

It's an all-Southern California final in the NAIA women's soccer championships after archrivals Azusa Pacific and Westmont captured semifinal victories Monday at St. Charles, Mo. Westmont (19-1-3), the defending champion, pounded Union, Ky., 4-0, and Azusa Pacific (16-3-0) edged host Lindenwood, 1-0, in overtime. Both games were played in sub-freezing temperatures. Tuesday's championship game will […]

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at St. Charles, Mo. Semifinals Monday, Nov. 25 Westmont, Calif. 4 (Kristi Sullivan 6, 70, Karin Sullivan 38, Kaden 77) Union, Ky. 0 Azusa Pacific, Calif. 1 (Arbizu 92) Lindenwood, Mo. 0 (OT) Final Tuesday, Nov. 26 Westmont, Calif. (19-1-3) vs. Azusa Pacific, Calif. (16-3-0), 6 p.m. CST

ENGLAND * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Leeds, 2-0. Started: 90 minutes. Tottenham ended a three-game losing streak and moved into seventh place. * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Charlton Athletic, 1-3 DNP. Recovering from knee surgery. After 14 consecutive league starts, Friedel missed his first action of the season. Blackurn is in ninth place. […]

Nov. 21/Quarterfinals CC Rhode Island 4 CCBC/Catonsville 1 Young Harris 2 Meramec 1 Monroe 5 Wm. Rainey Harper 0 Dixie State 5 Iowa Central 0 Nov. 22/Semifinals CC Rhode Island 3 Young Harris 0 Monroe 1 Dixie State 1 (Monroe wins 5-4 on penalties.) Nov. 24/Final CC Rhode Island 3 Monroe 2

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21 Schoolcraft 2 Louisburg 1 Mercer County 4 Barton County 0 San Jacinto-South 1 Yavapai 1 (Yavapai wins 3-2 on penalties.) Iowa Central 4 Dean 1 SEMIFINALS Nov. 22 Mercer County 1 Schoolcraft 0 Yavapai 3 Iowa Central 0 FINAL Nov. 24 Yavapai 2 Mercer County 1

Yavapai of Prescott, Ariz., won the NJCAA Division I title with a 2-1 win over Mercer County (N.J.) Sunday in the final in Tyler, Texas. Marcus Bailey and Maurice Hughes scored for the Roughriders, who won their fourth national JC title. They also beat Mercer County in the 1997 final. Yavapai has also lost five […]

Ryan Kneipper scored five goals to lead defending champion North Carolina to a 6-0 win over Winthrop in the first round of the NCAA Division I men's tournament. Kneipper scored in the 10th, 18th, 64th, 70th and 71st minutes for the Heels to give him 12 NCAA tournament goals in his career, one shy of […]

RESULTS FIRST ROUND Nov. 21 Auburn Montgomery 6 John Brown 2 Mid-Continent 2 Flagler 1 Lindsey Wilson 9 Martin Luther 0 Rio Grande 2 Goldey-Beacom 1 Nov. 22 Covenant 2 Illinois-Springfield 1 Mobile 1 Bethel 0 (OT) Park 2 Concordia (Calif.) 1 (OT) Simon Fraser 1 Baker 0 QUARTERFINALS Nov. 23 Lindsey Wilson 2 Simon […]

COLLEGE: NCAA Division III Men's Scoreboard Nov. 13/First Round Messiah 1 Johns Hopkins 0 Merchant Marine 2 Johnson & Wales 1 Babson 3 Medgar Evers 0 Williams 3 Salve Regina 1 Ithaca 2 Worcester State 0 Otterbein 2 Westminster (Pa.) 0 Hope 4 Dominican (Ill.) 0 Concordia (Wisc.) 1 St. Norbert 0 (OT) Wisc.-Whitewater 2 […]

Matt Bills had his fourth straight game-winning goal in the NCAA Division III men's tournament, leading Messiah to a 3-2 win over Drew in overtime that moves it into the final four for the third straight year. Messiah (21-2-1) meets St. Lawrence (16-1-3), which has advanced to the final four for the first time since […]

RESULTS Nov. 16-17/First Round West Chester 1 East Stroudsburg 1 (East Stroudsburg wins 4-2 on penalties.) So. New Hampshire 1 So. Connecticut State 0 Mercyhurst 6 District of Columbia 0 Rockhurst 2 Lewis 1 Cal State Dom. Hills 2 Sonoma State 3 Incarnate Word 2 Midwestern State 3 USC-Spartanburg 1 Queens 0 Barry 1 Central […]

Central Arkansas got a hat trick from Canadian Sheldon Cooper to beat USC Spartanburg, 3-0, on the road to advance to the NCAA Division II men's final four and extend its unbeaten streak to 18 games. In the process, the Bears became the first team from Arkansas to advance as far as the semifinals in […]

Canadian national-teamer Christine Sinclair netted a hat trick in a seven-minute span midway through the first half and Portland romped into the NCAA Division I women's soccer quarterfinals for the seventh time in nine seasons Sunday with a 4-0 rout over visiting Richmond. Sinclair tallied in the 21st, 23rd and 27th minutes — her 21st, […]