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BY RIDGE MAHONEY The bizarre format be damned: this year's MLS playoffs figure to be every bit as compelling and competitive as was the regular season. Flaws abound in the first-to-five system but even the most strident critics can't dispute that it does tend to reward the team playing better soccer. Any one game can […]

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

There was an abundance of defensive talent, starting with top pick Danielle Slaton, available in the WUSA Draft – a good thing. The league already has cornered most of the world's best attackers; somebody's got to shut them down. Nearly everybody got a chance to upgrade its back line – even Atlanta, even San Jose […]

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY The bizarre format be damned: this year's MLS playoffs figure to be every bit as compelling and competitive as was the regular season. Flaws abound in the first-to-five system but even the most strident critics can't dispute that it does tend to reward the team playing better soccer. Any one game can […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY The bizarre format be damned: this year's MLS playoffs figure to be every bit as compelling and competitive as was the regular season. Flaws abound in the first-to-five system but even the most strident critics can't dispute that it does tend to reward the team playing better soccer. Any one game can […]

Can you imagine if every MLS head coach was a woman except for one. You can't, can you? When the Women's United Soccer Association kicked off in 2001, every head coach was a man but for one. Remember the uproar? You don't, do you? Somehow it remains acceptable to hire males for jobs that, if […]

Goalkeeper Kristin Weegar (Tulane), Fr. (1) Earns shutouts against Nicholls State and Louisville, makes 11 saves as Green Wave halts Cincinnati's 15-game Conference USA winning streak in 1-1 tie Defenders Daniella Bosio (Pepperdine), Fr. (1) Scores tying goal in 89th minute of 2-2 draw at William & Mary, leads defensive effort as Waves limit George […]

GOALKEEPER Matt Smith (Boston University), Sr. (1) Makes nine saves in a 1-0 shutout of No. 4 Connecticut to lead the Terriers into the Top 25. DEFENDERS Nick Gannon (Saint Louis), Jr. (1) Anchors a Billiken defense that holds UAB to just four shots — and Blazers' top two threats without a shot on goal […]

9/23 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/16 Ranking 1 Stanford (7-0-0) 1 2 St. John's (5-1-1) 3 3 Wake Forest (4-0-2) 5 4 Indiana (5-1-2) 8 5 South Carolina (7-0-1) 6 6 Clemson (4-1-1) 10 7 UCLA (4-1-0) 2 8 San Diego (7-1-0) 11 9 Connecticut (4-2-0) 4 10 Maryland (7-1-0) 15 11 Portland (6-2-0) […]

QUARTERFINALS, GAME 1 (5) Colorado at (4) Dallas, Wednesday, September 25, 8:30 p.m. ET (6) Columbus at (3) San Jose, Wednesday, September 25, 10:00 p.m. ET (8) Kansas City at (1) Los Angeles, Wednesday, September 25, 10:30 p.m. ET (7) Chicago at (2) New England, Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) QUARTERFINALS, GAME 2 […]

Wake Forest and West Virginia continue their climbs through Soccer America's Top 25 this week, winning crucial conference matches and settling among the best 11. The Demon Deacons, off to an extraordinary 8-0-0 start, jumps from 15th to ninth after an impressive 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference triumph over Maryland. Wake Forest entered the Top 25, […]

Sept. 20 in Denver Colorado 1 Kansas City 1 (OT). Goals: Chung (Valderrama, Kingsley) 26; Klein (Preki, Zavagnin) 34. Colorado – Kramer, Herdsman (Stewart, 91), Titus (Hart, 72), Fraser, Mastroeni, Kingsley (Trembly, 93+), Chung, Valderrama, Henderson, Carrieri, Spencer. Kansas City – Meola, Garcia, Talley, Vermes, Klein, Zavagnin, Armstrong, Quill, Preki (McKeon, 99), Fabbro (Brown, 46), […]

9/16 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/9 Ranking 1 Stanford (7-0-0) 1 9/21 — Richmond (6-0); 9/22 — at Dartmouth (2-0). 2 UCLA (4-1-0) 3 9/22 — Loyola Marymount (0-2). 3 St. John's (5-1-1) 4 9/18 — at Villanova (2-0); 9/21 — Wake Forest (1-1). 4 Connecticut (4-2-0) 5 9/17 — at Boston University (0-1); […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor FINALLY! Chicago's victory — which broke a four-game losing streak — not only clinched a playoff spot, it moved Coach Bob Bradley into a tie with Dave Dir atop the all-time coaching list with 82 wins. It also enabled Bradley to tie Dir's record of making the playoffs five times […]

Jovan Kirovski made his English Premier League debut for Birmingham while Earnie Stewart and Tony Sanneh scored goal in wins for their respective clubs this weekend in Europe. In Chile, play resumed as a players' strike ended and American goalkeeper Jonny Walker was back in the win column with Universidad Catolica. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel […]

No. 2 UCLA was dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten and untied when the Bruins fell to Loyola Marymount, 2-0, Sunday in Los Angeles. Yugi Teranishi and Michael Erush scored for LMU (6-0-2), which dominated much of the action. The Bruins' loss leaves only No. 1 Stanford (7-0-0) and No. 20 Yale (4-0-0) as […]

OUT WEST: No. 2 Stanford put on a clinic in capturing its Nike Invitational, notching impressive 4-0 victories over previously unbeaten Oklahoma and No. 24 Florida. The Cardinal got two goals from Marcia Wallis in its opener and a dominant performance from central midfielder Callie Withers in the rout of the Gators. Stanford's defense, with […]

EASTERN GP W L T P GF GA *New England 28 12 14 2 38 49 49 *Columbus 28 11 12 5 38 44 43 *Chicago 28 11 13 4 37 43 38 MetroStars 28 11 15 2 35 41 47 D.C. United 28 9 14 5 32 < td>31 40 WESTERN GP W L […]

Marinette Pichon started the first official WUSA All-Star Game with a brilliant piece of work to fire the North All-Stars ahead, but the South All-Stars answered with a half-dozen for a 6-1 triumph Sunday before 14,208 at PGE Park in Portand, Ore. All-Star MVP Abby Wambach, the WUSA's Rookie of the Year in 2002, scored […]

Friday, Sept. 20 (9:00 pm ET) KANSAS CITY (9-10-8, 35 points) at COLORADO (13-11-3, 42 points) (TV: MetroSports/DIRECTV: 794/DISHNET: na/iNDemand TBD) Key Players Out: Kansas City – D Diego Gutierrez (21 caution points), D Jose Burciaga (torn ACL-L); Colorado – GK Scott Garlick (fractured thumb-L). Referee: Gus St. Silva. Saturday, Sept. 21 (7:30 pm ET […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor WHAT A SHOW: A riveting Act I of the four-part weekend series that will conclude the MLS season played out Thursday night at RFK Stadium. Dallas thwarted D.C.'s desperate surge toward the postseason by beating United, 4-3, in an overtime match of excruciating drama and seesawing momentum. D.C. trailed 1-0, […]