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Tiffeny Milbrett came off the bench to score one goal and set up another as the U.S. women's national team topped defensive-minded Trinidad Tobago, 3-0, Tuesday night at Cal State Fullerton in a CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup match that was not nearly as tight as the score suggests. The Americans dominated play throughout, but Trinidad […]

Brad Friedel helped Sunderland upset defending Premier League champion Arsenal, 2-1, at Highbury but faces the prospect of knee surgery after spraining his knee in practice before the game. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), at Arsenal, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. Despite spraining his knee prior to the match, Friedel was sensational in goal, frustrating […]

ENGLAND * Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL), at Bolton, 1-1. Started: 39 minutes. Doctors have not determined the extent of Reyna's knee injury suffered during the first half of Sunderland's Premier League match with Bolton. A scan was inconclusive as doctors are waiting until the swelling goes down in his knee. Ligament damage is suspected, however. […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena called up 11 uncapped players for the training camp before the international friendly against El Salvador on Sunday, Nov. 17, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. (TV: ESPN, live, 3 pm ET). Only four players from the U.S. World Cup team return: midfielders DaMarcus Beasley and Pablo Mastroeni and […]

10/28 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/21 Ranking 1 Wake Forest (10-0-4) 2 2 St. John's (11-1-4) 1 3 UCLA (10-1-2) 5 4 SMU (13-1-2) 6 5 Maryland (12-3-0) 7 6 Clemson (10-2-2) 4 7 Indiana (13-2-2) 3 8 California (11-3-1) 15 9 Stanford (11-3-1) 8 10 Furman (12-2-1) 14 11 Connecticut (12-4-0) 10 12 […]

It was a bad weekend for American players in the English Premier League. Brad Friedel helped Blackburn upset defending Premier League champion Arsenal, 2-1, at Highbury but faces the prospect of knee surgery after spraining his knee in practice before the game. Claudio Reyna was stretchered off the field during the first half of Sunderland's […]

Pepperdine vaults into Soccer America's College Women's Top 10 this week after toppling Santa Clara in a West Coast Conference showdown five days after upsetting Portland. The Broncos, who were without All-American playmaker Aly Wagner, drop from fourth to seventh. California, very talented but very inconsistent, falls from the Top 10, diving from seventh to […]

A day after beating No. 10 Connecticut, 1-0, on Rich Bradley's penalty kick before 2,266 fans in the pouring rain, No. 1 St. John's was tied by Long Island, 1-1, at the Red Storm's Daly Worldwide Communications Classic. Trinidadian Wendell Parris scored for the Blackbirds, who extended their unbeaten streak to six games. Defending national […]

10/21 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/14 Ranking 1 St. John's (11-1-4) 1 10/25 — Connecticut (1-0); 10/26 — LIU (1-1). 2 Wake Forest (10-0-4) 2 10/23 — Elon (3-1); 10/26 — at North Carolina (2-2). 3 Indiana (13-2-2) 3 10/25 — at Cal State Fullerton (1-2); 10/27 — UC Santa Barbara (3-1). 4 Clemson […]

MLS clubs won a pair of exhibitions against Central American opponents on Saturday. D.C. United beat Aguila of El Salvador, 4-0, before 17,453 fans at RFK Stadium. Eliseo Quintanilla had three assists against his old team, setting up Jaime Moreno twice and Bobby Convey for goals. Roy Lassiter closed out the scoring in the 80th […]

The United States got goals from Aly Wagner, Cindy Parlow and Shannon MacMillan to beat Mexico, 3-0, Sunday on the opening day of the Women's Gold Cup in Pasadena, Calif. The Americans outshot Mexico, 25-2, in a match played almost entirely in the Tricolores' half. ''IÆm pleased with the way we played in the first […]

Kristine Lilly figured in all three goals as the U.S. women's national team opened the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup with a 3-0 victory over overmatched Mexico at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Aly Wagner, Cindy Parlow and Shannon MacMillan scored for the Americans, who owned a 25-2 shot advantage and dictated every facet of […]

WAVES REDUX: No. 12 Pepperdine followed its upset last week at Portland with a 1-0 triumph Friday over No. 4 Santa Clara. Janelle Hilseth scored the goal for the Waves, who share the West Coast Conference lead with the Broncos and the No. 6 Pilots. Santa Clara was without star playmaker Aly Wagner, who scored […]

1. Stanford (15-1-0) 10/25 at Washington State (1-0), 10/27 at Washington (1-0) 2. North Carolina (13-1-3) 10/27 vs. Duke (0-0) 3. Texas (14-2-1) 10/25 vs. Kansas (4-1), 10/27 vs. Missouri (2-1 OT) 4. Santa Clara (12-4-1) 10/25 at Pepperdine (0-1), 10/27 at Loyola Marymount (1-0) 5. UCLA (12-3-0) 10/27 at USC (2-0) 6. Portland (14-3-1) […]

The Columbus Crew is the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champion, thanks to a 1-0 win, on a Freddy Garcia goal, over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday. The 89-year-old tournament took on Lamar HuntÆs name in 1999. Hunt is investor-operator of the Crew. The Guatemalan Garcia, a midseason acquisition, scored the winner in […]

The San Diego Spirit on Friday will announce it has hired Omid Namazi, a veteran player and coach who has spent most of his career in the indoor game, as its head coach. Namazi, 37, has little experience coaching women, but Spirit general manager Dave Presher — after being turned down by four prominent women's […]

10/21 Ranking … Team (Record) … 10/14 Ranking 1 St. John's (10-1-3) 1 10/25 — Connecticut; 10/26 — LIU. 2 Wake Forest (10-0-3) 2 10/23 — Elon (3-1); 10/26 — at North Carolina. 3 Indiana (12-1-2) 3 10/25 — at Cal State Fullerton; 10/27 — UC Santa Barbara (at Cal State Fullerton). 4 Clemson (10-1-2) […]

Four U.S. teams will qualify for the 2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Already assured of spots are: LOS ANGELES (as MLS Cup champ), NEW ENGLAND (as MLS Cup 2002 runner-up) and SAN JOSE (as regular-season runner-up). The fourth spot will go to COLUMBUS or DALLAS. The fourth spot will be decided by tonight's U.S. Open Cup […]

2002 U.S OPEN CUP FINAL (Thursday, Oct. 24) Columbus (MLS) vs. Los Angeles (MLS) at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio at 7 pm ET TV: Fox Sports World (live) 7 pm ET; Fox Sports en Espanol (tape) midnight tonight. DOUBLE: The Los Angeles Galaxy, which lifted the 2002 MLS Cup title on Sunday, will attempt […]

POINTS 1. Joseph Ngwenya (Coastal Carolina) 46 2. Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia) 40 3. Chris Goos (UNC Greensboro) 37 4. Antou Jallow (Wis.-Milwaukee) 35 4. Jeff Deren (Massachusetts) 35 6. Dimelon Westfield (Clemson) 34 7. Ryan Coiner (San Diego) 31 8. Francis Wakhisi (Winthrop) 30 9. Mike Littlefield (Coastal Caro.) 29 9. George Kithas (Detroit) 29. […]

POINTS 1. Marilyn Marin (North Texas) 59 2. Mandy Heintz (LSU) 47 2. Rosie Luzak (Niagara) 47 4. Krystal Sandza (UC Santa Barbara) 46 5. Holly Cohen (UTEP) 45 6. Miranda Cuthbertson (UTEP) 39 7. Courtney Crandell (Charlotte) 38 7. Chrissie Abbott (West Virginia) 38 9. Danelle Myrick (Tenn.-Martin) 37 10. Kim McNally (Southeastern Louisiana) […]

No. 2 Wake Forest remained one of only two unbeaten Division I men's teams with a 3-1 win over Elon for Coach's Jay Vidovich's 100th career victory. In other midweek action involving ACC teams in the Top 25, No. 4 Clemson beat Appalachian State, 3-2. Dimelon Westfield scored his 17th goal of the season. He […]

No. 2 Wake Forest remained one of only two unbeaten Division I men's teams with a 3-1 win over Elon for Coach's Jay Vidovich's 100th career victory. In other midweek action involving ACC teams in the Top 25, No. 4 Clemson beat Appalachian State, 3-2. Dimelon Westfield scored his 17th goal of the season. He […]

No. 2 Wake Forest remained one of only two unbeaten Division I men's teams with a 3-1 win over Elon for Coach's Jay Vidovich's 100th career victory. In other midweek action involving ACC teams in the Top 25, No. 4 Clemson beat Appalachian State, 3-2. Dimelon Westfield scored his 17th goal of the season. He […]

No. 2 Wake Forest remained one of only two unbeaten Division I men's teams with a 3-1 win over Elon for Coach's Jay Vidovich's 100th career victory. In other midweek action involving ACC teams in the Top 25, No. 4 Clemson beat Appalachian State, 3-2. Dimelon Westfield scored his 17th goal of the season. He […]