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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 […]

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 Marian 0 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 Westminster […]

The top four teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 were all knocked off in conference tournament semifinal action Friday night. No. 1 Wake Forest lost for the first time this season when the Demon Deacons fell to No. 11 Virginia, 1-0, on an own goal in the ACC semifinals. No. 2 St. John's […]

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 vs. Virginia TV: Live, 1 […]

The United States qualified for the World Youth Championship for the ninth time when it beat El Salvador, 1-0, Friday night in Charleston, S.C., to clinch one of the two berths from CONCACAF's qualifying group. Once again, the U.S. performance wasn't pretty. Santino Quaranta was red carded in the 19th minute for a nasty foul, […]

Marcia McDermott, who last season engineered a worst-to-championship turnaround at the helm of the Carolina Courage, abruptly resigned on Friday, citing a desire to pursue other interests. McDermott declined the WUSA's offer to exercise the option year of her contract. ''It was an extremely hard decision,'' McDermott said in a statement. ''I really enjoyed coaching […]

Tournament action in the ACC with No. 12 Clemson knocking off No. 14 North Carolina, 3-2, in Cary, N.C. Dimelon Westfield scored two goals and Steven Rhyne had the game-winner in leading sixth-seeded the Tigers past Carolina. They meet No. 10 Maryland, a 4-0 winner over N.C. State, in the semifinals Friday night. In the […]

11/11 Ranking … Team (Record) … 11/4 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (14-0-4) 1 Nov. 15 — Virginia (ACC semifinals); Nov. 17 — ACC final. 2 St. John's (12-1-5) 2 Nov. 15 — Connecticut (Big East semifinals); Nov. 17 — Big East final. 3 SMU (15-1-3) 3 Nov. 15 — Bradley (Missouri Valley semifinals); Nov. 17 […]

With many of MLS's American stars on World Cup duty, other players were given a chance to shine in MLS this season. Here's your pick for the 2002 MLS MVP. Results are based on 181 votes. 1% – Alexi Lalas (Los Angeles) 2% – Ante Razov (Chicago) 2% – Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago) 29% – Carlos […]

With many of MLS's American stars on World Cup duty, other players were given a chance to shine in MLS this season. Here's your pick for the 2002 MLS MVP. Results are biased on 181 votes. 1% – Alexi Lalas (Los Angeles) 2% – Ante Razov (Chicago) 2% – Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago) 29% – Carlos […]

Utah stunned No. 17 Brigham Young in overtime on Thursday to set up a rematch with No. 7 Portland as the NCAA women's college soccer tournament kicked off in Provo, Utah. Megan Maxwell's 25-yard blast from a short feed on free kick ended the suspense nine minutes into the extra period, sending the Utes (13-3-3) […]

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 vs. Virginia Maryland vs. Clemson Final Nov. 17 in Cary, N.C. TV: Live, 1 p.m., Fox Sports Net South, Comcast […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD Thursday, Nov. 14 DIVISION I First round Utah 3 Brigham Young 2 (OT) Portland 3 Idaho State 0 DIVISION III First round Bridgewater State 0 Western New England 0 (Bridgewater State advances on penalties, 1-0)

COLLEGE WOMEN: NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT Seeds 1. Stanford (18-1-1), Pacific-10 Conference 2. North Carolina (17-1-4), Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Pepperdine (16-1-2), West Coast Conference 4. Connecticut (18-2-1), Big East Conference 5. West Virginia (17-2-1), Big East Conference 6. Santa Clara (15-4-1), West Coast Conference 7. UCLA (16-3-0), Pacific-10 Conference 8. Portland (14-4-2), West Coast […]

U.S. keeper Brad Friedel's UEFA Cup run has come to end following Blackburn's 2-0 loss yesterday to Glasgow Celtic in Blackburn. Celtic prevailed, 3-0, on aggregate. Friedel was rarely tested in the game and had little chance on the goals by Henrik Larsson and Chris Sutton. John O'Brien remains the only American whose team remains […]

The U.S. U-20 men labored to a 2-0 win over Haiti Wednesday night to open their qualifying campaign for the 2003 World Youth Championship. Also in Group B — the four-team round-robin from which the top to finishers will qualify — Canada downed El Salvador, 2-0. The USA meets El Salvador Friday night. Against the […]

NCAA SCOREBOARD DIVISION II First round Wednesday's results Adelphi 2 Bloomsbury 1 Merrimack 2 St. Rose 0 Truman State 1 Northern Colorado 0 Ashland 3 Wheeling Jesuit 2 North Florida 2 Catawba 0 Christian Brothers 5 West Florida 0 Metro State 1 West Texas A&M 1 (Metro State advances on penalties, 1-0) UC Davis 4 […]

Chicago Fire general manager Peter Wilt and forward Ante Razov were among the Fire delegation that traveled to Morelia on Monday to finalize a partnership between the MLS club and Los Monarcas. Included in the agreement are open exchanges of first-team players and coaches and of youth team players from the Fire Academy and Fuerzas […]

The U.S. U-20s meet Haiti tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET in Charleston, S.C., in their opening game of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Youth Championship. The game is available live on pay-per-view through DirecTV and Time-Warner cable (New York City). ''Haiti is a very well-balanced and organized team with 2-3 special attacking […]

By Mike Woitalla In its first international game since the 2002 World Cup, Coach Bruce Arena's U.S. squad will face a very young El Salvador squad on Sunday at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. (3 pm ET, live on ESPN). Comprised of under-22 players, the Salvadorans arrive with a team preparing for the Central American […]

GOALKEEPER Matt Haefner (Penn), Jr. (1) Recordx his eighth shutout of the season, stopping six shots in 0-0 tie with Princeton that clinches Quakers' first NCAA bid in 25 years. DEFENDERS Bobby Gehring (Wake Forest), Sr. (1) Scores in 4-0 win over Davidson and adds hat trick in 8-0 win over Georgia Southern. Alan Keely […]

Goalkeeper Michelle Mattos (UNC Asheville), Fr. (1) Makes 35 saves in four games — three in penalty-kick shootouts — as the Bulldogs play Western Carolina to a non-conference tie, then score PK triumphs over Elon and top-seeded Liberty to advance to the Big South tournament final. Eleven saves keep UNCA close in 2-0 loss to […]

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 […]

Pacific-10 Conference champion Stanford is the No. 1 team in Soccer America's final Top 25 rankings for the 2002 college women's soccer season. The Cardinal, in the top spot the past five weeks and six of the past seven, completed a perfect Pac-10 campaign on Sunday, going 9-0-0 and surrendering only one goal. Stanford (18-1-0), […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Soccer America Senior Editor No. 1 Stanford was given a grueling path to the College Cup women's soccer final four and West Region teams were again handicapped by NCAA strictures on travel as the 64-team Division I Tournament bracket was unveiled Monday. The top-seeded Cardinal (18-1-0) were given the most difficult of […]