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Cindy Parlow scored two goals and set up another as the U.S. women's national team crushed Australia, 4-0, Wednesday night in Cary, N.C., for its second one-sided victory at the exhibition U.S. Women's Cup. Parlow tallied in the 34th and 58th minutes and drew a penalty kick that Brandi Chastain converted in the 23rd for […]

Steve Sampson, coach of the U.S. national team from 1995 to 1998, will reportedly sign a four-year contract with the Costa Rica soccer federation to head coach its national team. Reuters news service reported that Costa Rica named Sampson head coach following a breakdown in negotiations to renew the contract of Alexandre Guimaraes, who guided […]

GOALKEEPER William Hesmer (Wake Forest), Jr. (1) Has two saves in 2-0 win over UNC Greensboro and six saves in 3-0 victory over No. 10 Maryland. DEFENDERS David Peoples (Davidson), Jr. (1) Scores second career goal in 4-0 win over VMI and helps shut down previously unbeaten South Carolina in 1-0 win. Shavar Thomas (Connecticut), […]

In Worthington League Cup play on Tuesday, Claudio Reyna scored the first goal in SunderlandÆs 7-0 rout over Cambridge United, which is in the middle of the standings in EnglandÆs fourth tier (Third Division). ENGLAND, Worthington League Cup, 2nd Round * Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL) at Cambridge United (D3) 7-0 Started: 66 minutes. Reyna opened […]

Goalkeeper Chrissy Dolan (Villanova), Jr. (2) earned fifth shutout of the season in scoreless tie with Rutgers, stopped 16 shots to beat Notre Dame, held off St. Joseph's in OT win as Wildcats improve to 7-1-3 Defenders Heather Herweh (Cincinnati), Sr. (1) Leads 7-2-1 Bearcats defense in two shutouts, limiting TCU and Houston to six […]

Oct. 2 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 Chicago 0. Goals: Kamler (Cullen, Harris) 12, Twellman (Hernandez) 65. New England — Brown, Franchino, Kante, Pierce (Cloutier, 46), Heaps, Hernandez, Ralston, Cullen, Kamler, Twellman, Harris (Griffiths, 76). Chicago — Thornton, Brown, Curtin (Vaudreuil, 70), Bocanegra, Marsch, Gray (Walsh, 78), Beasley, Nowak, Kovalenko, Stoitchkov (Selolwane, 64), Razov. […]

Brad Friedel played 90 minutes in goal for Blackburn on Monday in a 2-0 win that moved his club into eighth place of the English Premier League. ENGLAND Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at West Bromwich Albion (2-0) Started: 90 minutes. GERMANY * Mike Duhaney (Mainz, D2) vs. Freiburg (0-0) DNP. * Grover Gibson (Mainz, D2) […]

The San Jose CyberRays addressed its most pressing need Tuesday, trading their first-round selection in next year's WUSA draft to Philadelphia for forward Mandy Clemens. Clemens, 25, a three-time All-American at Santa Clara University, returns to the Bay Area after scoring seven goals with five assists — numbers far below expectations — in two seasons […]

Friday's showdown between Nos. 1 and 2 in college women's soccer has a new twist: It is Stanford, not North Carolina, that is No. 1. The Cardinal took the top spot in Soccer America's College Women's Top 25 after dominating Tennessee and Montana — just as it has dominated nearly ever foe before them — […]

FULL STRENGTH: Top-ranked North Carolina didn't have to do without three of its stars in its matchup with No. 5 Portland on Saturday, but the Tar Heels couldn't escape Merlo Field with a victory. Pilots defender Lauren Orlandos and midfielder Betsy Barr were instrumental in shutting down the Carolina attack in a 0-0 draw. Portland […]

San Diego and New York swapped first-round draft choices — with the Spirit picking up the No. 1 selection and New York the No. 2 pick — as part of a five-player trade, the biggest in WUSA history. New York, coming off a 3-17-1 campaign and in need of help in several areas, sent attacking […]

9/30 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/23 Ranking 1 St. John's (7-1-1) 2 2 Wake Forest (6-0-2) 3 3 Indiana (6-1-2) 4 4 Clemson (6-1-1) 6 5 Stanford (8-1-0) 1 6 UCLA (5-1-0) 7 7 Connecticut (6-2-0) 9 8 San Diego (9-1-0) 8 9 South Carolina (7-1-1) 5 10 Furman (7-1-1) 12 11 SMU (7-1-1) […]

SHORE LEAVE: The Crew will have a few days to savor its two-game sweep of San Jose and rest up for the next round. The other three series will be decided on Wednesday but Columbus can sit and watch after beating the Quakes, 2-1, for the second straight time. Freddy Garcia scored his second goal […]

Sinisia Angelovski's golden goal gave the Milwaukee Rampage a 2-1 win over the Richmond Kickers and its second A-League title. Angelovski scored in the 106th minute, nine minutes after entering the game, when it pounced on a loose ball and scored from 19 yards. Angelovski entered the match in the 97th minute. He had played […]

Ryan Pore scored two second-half goals to lead Tulsa to a 3-1 win over No. 1 Stanford, dropping the Cardinal from the ranks of the unbeaten. The Golden Hurricane rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win on goals by Pore at 54:46 and 82:35 and Kyle Brown's insurance goal at 87:30. Two days later, Cal […]

For the second straight weekend, Tony Sanneh and Earnie Stewart each scored a goal for their respective clubs. Stewart's tally helped NAC Breda become the first team not to lose to mighty Ajax this season as it earned a 2-2 draw in Amsterdam. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at West Brom, Monday * Kasey […]

Sept. 28 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 2 San Jose 1. Goals: Garcia (Cunningham, Martino) 50, McBride (Buddle) 81; Graziani (Donovan, Lagos) 58. Columbus — Busch, McCarty (West, 80), Clark, Dunseth, Denton, Oughton (Perez, 81), Buddle, Garcia, Martino (Maisonneuve, 66), Cunningham, McBride. San Jose — Cannon, Robinson, Agoos, Barrett, Conrad, Corrales, Russell (Ekelund, 77), Lagos (Barclay, […]

9/23 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/16 Ranking 1 Stanford (8-1-0) 1 9/27 — Tulsa (1-3); 9/29 — Santa Clara (3-0). 2 St. John's (7-1-1) 3 9/26 — Notre Dame (1-0); 9/28 — Pittsburgh (1-0). 3 Wake Forest (6-0-2) 5 9/25 — UNC Greensboro (3-0); 9/28 — Maryland (3-0). 4 Indiana (6-1-2) 8 9/27 — […]

Kelly Golebiowski's stunning 25-yard blast to the upper-left corner in the 64th minute lifted Australia's women's national team past Canada, 1-0, Saturday night in Victoria, British Columbia, as the teams split their two-game exhibition series. The Matildas, who face the U.S. women's team Wednesday in Cary, N.C., in the U.S. Women's Cup, played well in […]

Mia Hamm scored two second-half goals and Aly Wagner played a role in three scores after coming on at halftime as the U.S. women's national team buried Russia, 5-1, Sunday in the U.S. Women's Cup opener in Uniondale, N.Y. Hamm, enjoying a renaissance that began during the WUSA season, also created two first-half goals as […]

Freshman Stacy Lindstrom set up one goal and scored the next as UCLA's fourth-ranked women's team rallied to beat the Mexican national team, 2-1, Saturday at the Bruins' Drake Stadium. A thousand miles north, top-ranked North Carolina — with national-teamers Cat Reddick, Lindsay Tarpley and Lori Chalupny on the field — played No. 5 Portland […]

Isabelle Morneau scored two second-half goals Thursday night in Burnaby, British Columbia, to lead Canada's women's national team past Australia, 2-0, in the first of a two-game exhibition series. The teams meet again Saturday in Victoria, British Columbia. Morneau tallied in the 62nd and 84th minutes to carry the Canadians, preparing for the CONCACAF Women's […]

Iris Mora and Maribel Dominguez scored goals less than a minute apart as Mexico's women's national team rallied to beat Long Beach State in an exhibition Thursday afternoon on the 49ers' field. Mora, a freshman at UCLA, scored from a Maria de Jesus Castillo feed to pull the Mexicans even in the 65th minute. Dominguez, […]

John O'Brien's Ajax team put up a good fight, but eventually lost to Italian powerhouse Inter Milan, 1-0 at San Siro in the Champions League. In England, Eddie Lewis came on as a sub in a lopsided loss at Wolverhampton. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE * John O'Brien (Ajax, Netherlands) at Inter Milan (Italy) 0-1. DNP. Hernan Crespo's […]

(The MLS playoffs continue tonight with the first game of the New England-Chicago quarterfinal series. Soccer America Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney breaks down the series.) BY RIDGE MAHONEY On to the showcase series of the quarterfinals, and not just because Game 1 Thursday will be the only postseason match nationally televised until MLS Cup 2002 […]