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by Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla Ups and downs. That's the life of the professional soccer player, says Claudio Reyna, two days after learning that a knee injury suffered Oct. 28 would sideline him for the rest of the season. ''Injuries happen to soccer players, no matter where they play,'' says Reyna, who left […]

11/18 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/11 Ranking 1 Maryland (17-4-0) 10 2 Wake Forest (14-1-4) 1 3 St. John's (12-2-5) 2 4 Indiana (14-3-2) 4 5 Boston College (16-4-0) 15 6 UCLA (13-3-3) 6 7 SMU (15-2-3) 3 8 Furman (17-2-1) 7 9 Connecticut (15-5-0) 8 10 Stanford (14-4-2) 9 11 Virginia (15-6-0) 11 […]

11/18 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/11 Ranking 1 Maryland (17-4-0) 10 2 Wake Forest (14-1-4) 1 3 St. John's (12-2-5) 2 4 Indiana (14-3-2) 4 5 Boston College (16-4-0) 15 6 UCLA (13-3-3) 6 7 SMU (15-2-3) 3 8 Furman (17-2-1) 7 9 Connecticut (15-5-0) 8 10 Stanford (14-4-2) 9 11 Virginia (15-6-0) 11 […]

DRAW: Richmond (10-7-3) at Old Dominion (9-8-1) Winner at Wake Forest (14-1-4) Coastal Carolina (18-2-2) at South Carolina (11-7-1) Winner at Clemson (12-4-3) Oregon St. (13-7) at Portland (12-5-1) Winner at Stanford (14-4-2) Loyola (Md.) (13-4-3) at Furman (17-2-1) Winner at Va. Commonwealth (15-4-1) Northeastern (11-7-2) at Lehigh (11-7-2) Winner at Boston College (16-4) UCF […]

The U.S. U-20 men's national team, which had earned a berth in the 2003 World Youth Championship, fell to Canada, 3-2, on the final day of Group B play in Charleston, S.C. Canada joined the United States and Panama and Mexico from Group A as the CONCACAF representatives at UAE '03. The Americans trailed 3-0 […]

ACC Regular-season champion: Wake Forest. Conference tournament Quarterfinals: Nov. 14 in Cary, N.C. Virginia 4 Duke 1 Maryland 4 NC State 0 North Carolina 2 Clemson 3 Semifinals Nov. 15 in Cary, N.C. Wake Forest 0 Virginia 1 Maryland 4 Clemson 3 (OT) Final Nov. 17 in Cary, N.C. Maryland 3 Virginia 0 AMERICA EAST […]

ACC — Maryland. America East — Northeastern. Atlantic Soccer — Florida International. Atlantic Sun — UCF. Atlantic 10 — George Washington. Big East — Boston College. Big South — Winthrop. Big Ten — Penn State. CAA — Virginia Commonwealth. Conference USA — Saint Louis. Horizon — Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Ivy League — Penn. MAAC — Loyola (Md.). […]

Following a rash of upsets on Friday night — the top five teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 all lost — the men's regular season concluded with 20 conference champions. (The NCAA Men's Division I draw will be announced at 4:30 pm ET on ESPN News.) Sunday saw two conference tournaments end with […]

11/11 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/4 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (14-1-4) 1 Nov. 15 — Virginia (0-1, ACC semifinals). 2 St. John's (12-2-5) 2 Nov. 15 — Connecticut (2-2, 5-6 on penalties, Big East semifinals). 3 SMU (15-2-3) 3 Nov. 15 — Bradley (0-0, 1-3 on penalties, Missouri Valley semifinals). 4 Indiana (14-3-2) 4 […]

NCAA TOURNAMENTS DIVISION I Third round Saturday, Nov. 23 Notre Dame (13-7-0) at Stanford (20-1-0), 7 p.m. PST Pepperdine (18-1-2) at Michigan (15-5-2), noon EST Nebraska (16-5-3) at Santa Clara (17-4-1), 11:30 a.m. PST Texas A&M (18-4-2) at UCLA (18-3-0), 7 p.m. PST Tennessee (18-5-1) at North Carolina (19-1-4), 5 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 24 […]

No. 24 Virginia used a Sarah Lane goal in the closing seconds of the first half and a superb defensive effort in the second half to upset No. 8 West Virginia, 1-0, Sunday afternoon in an NCAA Division I third-round clash at Morgantown, W.Va. Goalkeeper Anne Abernethy's solid play was critical for the Cavaliers (13-6-2), […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Sunday, Nov. 17 DIVISION I Second round Stanford 1 California 0 Notre Dame 3 Purdue 1 Richmond 1 James Madison 0 Virginia 1 West Virginia 0 Penn State 2 Maryland 1 Florida State 2 Auburn 1 Connecticut 2 Rhode Island 1 (OT) Pepperdine 2 Wisconsin 1 (OT) Michigan 4 Miami, Ohio 0 Nebraska […]

In its first international game since the 2002 World Cup, the USA defeated El Salvador, 2-0, in a friendly in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Ben Olsen and Sasha Victorine provided the goals either side of halftime — Olsen heading home a Chris Klein cross and Victorine slotting from close range after Mathis found him unmarked […]

NCAA DIVISION I CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARIES America East Conference Hartford 4 (Engman 29, Mucha 35, Akerlund 58, 70) Stony Brook 0. Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 6 (Bush 8, Reddick 20, 76, White 42, Murphy 65, Gervais 82) Clemson 0. Atlantic Sun Conference Central Florida 3 (Blagriff 8, own goal 51, Baines 79) Jacksonville […]

GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Hamburg SV, 1-3. Started: 70 minutes. Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 5.5. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. Arminia Bielefeld, 2-1. Entered as a sub in the 43rd minute, with Cottbus leading, 1-0. Last-place Cottbus celebrated its first win in nine games and its first goal after […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Everton, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Friedel, who was schedule to undergo knee surgery after the game, was scored on by Kevin Campbell in the 19th minute. * Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL) at Blackburn, 1-0. DNP. Not on bench. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Arsenal, 0-3. Started: 90 […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Everton, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Friedel, who was schedule to undergo knee surgery after the game, was scored on by Kevin Campbell in the 19th minute. * Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL) at Blackburn, 1-0. DNP. Not on bench. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Arsenal, 0-3. Started: 90 […]

NAIA REGIONAL FINALS Saturday, Nov. 9 III: Mary, N.D. 3 St. Scholastica, Minn. 0 Saturday, Nov. 16 I: Concordia, Ore. 4 Western Baptist, Ore. 1 II: Westmont, Calif. 1 Azusa Pacific, Calif. 0 IV: Park, Mo. 3 St. Mary, Neb. 0 V: Lindenwood, Mo. 2 Missouri Baptist 0 VI: Oklahoma Christian 0 Oklahoma City 0 […]

St. John's got a last-minute goal to force overtime, then triumphed on penalty kicks Sunday to capture the East Coast Athletic Conference Division I women's soccer title. Goalkeeper Tina Fogg stopped three penalties as the host Red Storm (10-6-5), the top seed in the four-team invitational tournament, outfired Cornell, 3-1, in the shootout following a […]

Corinne Diacre scored nine minutes into the second half and France outclassed England, 1-0, Saturday in Saint-Etienne to claim its place in next year's Women's World Cup in China. The French finished off a 2-0 aggregate victory before more than 23,000 at Geoffroy Guichard Stadium, a national attendance record for women's soccer. WUSA MVP Marinette […]

Christine Sinclair scored her third and fourth postseason goals — and her 19th and 20th of the season — to lead No. 7 Portland past Utah, 3-0, Saturday in an NCAA Division I women's soccer third-round match at Provo, Utah. Sinclair, who has scored an additional 17 goals for Canada's U-19 and full national teams […]

Erin McCallum scored one goal and set up another as SMU upset No. 11 Texas in an NCAA Division I women's soccer first-round match for the second successive year, edging the Longhorns, 2-1, Friday at College Station, Texas. Kim Harvey finished McCallum's deflected shot in the 27th minute, her 16th goal of the season, and […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Saturday, Nov. 16 DIVISION I Second round Portland 3 Utah 0 DIVISION II Second round Franklin Pierce 2 Merrimack 1 (OT) Nebraska-Omaha 3 Truman State 0 Northern Kentucky 2 Ashland 1 (OT) North Florida 1 Kennesaw State 1 (North Florida advances on penalties, 5-4) Christian Brothers 2 Barry 1 DIVISION III Second round […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Friday, Nov. 15 DIVISION I First round Stanford 4 Cal Poly 0 California 2 Denver 0 Notre Dame 3 Ohio State 1 Purdue 1 Eastern Illinois 1 (Purdue advances on penalties, 3-1) James Madison 1 Charlotte 0 Richmond 1 Clemson 0 West Virginia 3 Loyola, Md. 0 Virginia 3 Dayton 2 Penn State […]

No. 5 Cal lost at Washington, 2-1, on junior Sean Giudice's golden goal at the final horn of the first overtime period to cap a miserable day for the top five teams in Soccer America's Men's Top 25. No. 1 Wake Forest lost for the first time this season when the Demon Deacons fell to […]