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The United States and Canada have been on a collision course since well before the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup began. It is a growing rivalry in women's soccer, building since former Norway coach Even Pellerud took charge of the Canadian women following the 1999 Women's World Cup and played out at every level of the […]

Goalkeeper Kati Jo Spisek (Texas A&M), Fr. (1) Six saves — including PK stop on Kati McBain — lead Aggies past Texas in Big 12 title-decider Defenders Lindsay Givens (Maryland), Jr. (1) Delivers 1-1 tie with No. 2 North Carolina as throw-in deflects in off a defender; fine defensive work in 4-1 romp over James […]

Bowling Green University freshman Leslie Dawley died Tuesday after collapsing early in a Mid-American Conference tournament game against Buffalo. The 18-year-old midfielder, from Westerville, Ohio, received immediate medical attention and was then transported to Wood County Hospital, near the Bowling Green campus. No further details were released. The match was scoreless in the sixth minute […]

GOALKEEPER Tim Hogan (Georgetown), Jr. (1) Makes six saves in 0-0 tie with No. 2 St. John's and four second-half saves in 1-0 win over West Virginia. DEFENDERS C.J. Klaas (Washington), Soph. (1) First goal of the season gives Huskies a 2-1 win in overtime at No. 3 UCLA. Will Lee (Penn), Sr. (1) Nets […]

The MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy has acquired the rights to South Korean World Cup captain Hong Myung Bo. Hong, the first Korean player in MLS history, joins the Galaxy from Pohang Steelers of Korea's K-League after a bid to sign him after the 2002 World Cup fell through. Hong, who captained South Korea at […]

St. Gallen, with American Frankie Hejduk playing in midfield, lost its derby against FC Wil, 11-3. It was the highest scoring game in Swiss League history, its 14 goals surpassing a 11-2 win by Servette over Grenchen in 1962. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Aston Villa, 0-0. Started: 90 minutes. The visitors were […]

11/4 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/28 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (12-0-4) 1 2 St. John's (11-1-5) 2 3 SMU (14-1-3) 4 4 Indiana (14-2-2) 7 5 UCLA (11-2-2) 3 6 California (11-3-2) 8 7 Furman (14-2-1) 10 8 Connecticut (14-4-0) 11 9 Stanford (11-3-2) 9 10 Maryland (12-4-0) 5 11 Virginia (10-5-0) 20 12 […]

No. 1 Wake Forest captured its first ACC title when it beat Duke, 2-0, Friday night in Durham, N.C. Jeremiah White scored both goals for the Demon Deacons. The next six teams in the Soccer America Top 25 all tied or lost: No. 2 St. John's (0-0 at Georgetown), No. 3 UCLA (1-2 vs. Washington […]

U.S. national team assistant coach Dave Sarachan has been named head coach of the Chicago Fire, replacing Bob Bradley, who left the Fire after five years at the helm to take over the MetroStars. Most recently, Sarachan served as Bruce ArenaÆs full-time assistant on the U.S. national team. In 1998 MLS, he replaced Bradley as […]

UCLA, Texas A&M and Santa Clara made moves in the Top 10 and five teams jumped into the rankings in the penultimate Soccer America College Women's Top 25 for 2002. The Pacific-10 Conference has the top two teams in the Top 25, with UCLA moving up from fourth to second — with Stanford No. 1 […]

BATTLE OF TEXAS: Emma Smith scored a goal and assisted on Juli Goin's as No. 6 Texas A&M captured the Big 12 Conference regular-season championship with a 2-1 victory over No. 3 Texas, the defending champion. The Aggies, who extended their unbeaten streak to a school-record 14 games, have beaten Texas in all 12 meetings. […]

10/28 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/21 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (12-0-4) 2 10/29 — Gardner-Webb (10-0); 11/1 — at Duke (2-0). 2 St. John's (11-1-5) 1 11/2 — at Georgetown (0-0). 3 UCLA (11-2-2) 5 11/1 — Washington (1-2, OT); 11/3 — Oregon State (2-0). 4 SMU (14-1-3) 6 11/1 — at Drake (0-0); […]

1. Stanford (16-1-0) 11/2 at California (2-1) 2. North Carolina (14-1-4) 10/30 at Wake Forest (3-2), 11/1 vs. Maryland (1-1) 3. Texas (14-3-1) 11/1 at Texas A&M (1-2) 4. UCLA (14-3-0) 11/1 vs. Oregon (2-0), 11/3 vs. Oregon State (4-1) 5. Portland (14-4-1) 11/3 vs. Santa Clara (0-1) 6. Texas A&M (15-3-1) 11/1 vs. Texas […]

The U.S. women's national team was matched with the expected semifinal opponent in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup on Sunday when Canada completed an unbeaten first stage with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica at Victoria, British Columbia. The Americans (3-0-0) on Wednesday will face the Costa Ricans, who went 2-1-0 in Group 2 play, […]

Tiffeny Milbrett tied a U.S. women's national team record Saturday by scoring five goals — all by the 34th minute — as the Americans moved within one win of qualifying for the 2003 Women's World Cup with a 9-0 laugher over Panama in the Group 1 final of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. Shannon MacMillan […]

Emma Smith scored one goal and assisted another as No. 6 Texas A&M captured the Big 12 Conference regular-season championship with a 2-1 victory over No. 3 Texas on Friday night before 3,453 at the Aggie Soccer Complex in College Station. Juli Goin also tallied for the Aggies, who extended their unbeaten streak to a […]

Canada and Costa Rica on Friday secured spots in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup semifinals with one-sided victories in Group 2 play at Victoria, British Columbia. Kara Lang, a 16-year-old high-schooler, scored four goals and Christine Sinclair netted her fifth and sixth goals of the tournament to lead Canada in a 9-0 romp over Jamaica. […]

Major League Soccer MVP Carlos Ruiz remained on fire, scoring for Guatemala in a 1-1 tie with Jamaica Thursday night in Kingston. Ruiz, who had the winning goal for the Los Angeles Galaxy at MLS Cup 2002, and Freddy Garcia, who had the winning goal for the Columbus Crew in the U.S. Open Cup final, […]

10/28 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/21 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (11-0-4) 2 10/29 — Gardner-Webb (10-0); 11/1 — at Duke. 2 St. John's (11-1-4) 1 11/2 — at Georgetown. 3 UCLA (10-1-2) 5 11/1 — Washington; 11/3 — Oregon State. 4 SMU (13-1-2) 6 11/1 — at Drake; 11/3 — at Creighton. 5 Maryland […]

No. 1 Wake Forest blasted visiting Gardner-Webb (0-14-3), 10-0, on Tuesday night. Ten different Wake Forest players scored for the Deacons in their most lopsided victory in 19 years. Wake Forest led just 1-0 at halftime but got nine goals in 29 minutes after the break. In other action, Davidson tied No. 6 Clemson, 1-1. […]

GROUP A Oct. 27 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 3 (Wagner 5, Parlow 42, MacMillan 93+) Mexico 0. Panama 4 (Bedoya 29, De Mera 35, 61, 66) Trinidad & Tobago 2 (Attin-Johnson 39, St. Louis 64). Oct. 29 in Fullerton, Calif. USA 3 (Parlow 19, Chastain 54, Milbrett 62) Trinidad & Tobago 0. Mexico 5 (Gonzalez […]

Christine Sinclair scored four goals and Charmaine Hooper added a hat trick as the Canadian women's national team buried Haiti, 11-1, Wednesday in a Group 2 opener at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Victoria, British Columbia. Silvana Burtini added a pair of goals for the Canadians, who dictated every phase of the match and […]

Goalkeeper Britta Vogele (Iowa), Soph. (1) Notches fifth and sixth shutouts of the year, making 13 saves in 2-0 Big Ten win over Illinois and six in 1-0 overtime victory over Baylor Defenders Chrissy Creamer (Purdue), Sr. (1) Assists Lauren Sesselman's winner in Big Ten showdown vs. Indiana, part of back line that shuts out […]

GROUP 1 Oct. 27 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 3 (Wagner 5, Parlow 42, MacMillan 93+) Mexico 0. Panama 4 (Bedoya 29, De Mera 35, 61, 66) Trinidad & Tobago 2 (Attin-Johnson 39, St. Louis 64). Oct. 29 in Fullerton, Calif. USA 3 (Parlow 19, Chastain 54, Milbrett 62) Trinidad & Tobago 0. Mexico 5 (Gonzalez […]

GOALKEEPER Mark Muleady (San Francisco), Soph. (1) Records 18 saves to lead the WCC leader to a pair of 2-0 wins on the road against Gonzaga and No. 12 Portland. DEFENDERS Jeff Curtin (Georgetown), Fr. (1) Scores two goals in Hoyas' 3-2 win over No. 11 Notre Dame — his first goal gives the Hoyas […]