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Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]

Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]

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 […]

The decisions made under duress at this year's MLS All-Star Game were hardly as appalling as some media outlets portrayed them. Considering the awful luck of the day, the solutions were reasonable. The simple fact is that the field was unplayable immediately after the storm. The 10 minutes attempted at that point were laughable. Simply […]

Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]

ENGLAND * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Charlton, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Keller made two key saves on shots by Radostin Kishishev to give unbeaten Spurs seven points in three games and a temporary share of the lead in the Premier League. * Gregg Berhalter (Crystal Palace, D1) at vs. Leicester, 0-0 DNP — not […]

ENGLAND * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Charlton, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Keller made two key saves on shots by Radostin Kishishev to give unbeaten Spurs seven points in three games and a temporary share of the lead in the Premier League. * Gregg Berhalter (Crystal Palace, D1) at vs. Leicester, 0-0 DNP — not […]

ENGLAND * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Charlton, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Keller made two key saves on shots by Radostin Kishishev to give unbeaten Spurs seven points in three games and a temporary share of the lead in the Premier League. * Gregg Berhalter (Crystal Palace, D1) at vs. Leicester, 0-0 DNP — not […]

ENGLAND * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Charlton, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Keller made two key saves on shots by Radostin Kishishev to give unbeaten Spurs seven points in three games and a temporary share of the lead in the Premier League. * Gregg Berhalter (Crystal Palace, D1) at vs. Leicester, 0-0 DNP — not […]

GOALKEEPERS Hope Solo (Washington) Senior DEFENDERS Lauren Orlandos (Portland) Senior Nandi Pryce (UCLA) Junior Cat Reddick (North Carolina) Junior MIDFIELDERS Aleisha Cramer Rose (Brigham Young) Junior Devvyn Hawkins (Santa Clara) Senior Joanna Lohman (Penn State) Junior Aly Wagner (Santa Clara) Senior FORWARDS Christine Sinclair (Portland) Sophomore Christie Welsh (Penn State) Senior Kelly Wilson (Texas) Sophomore

GOALKEEPER Doug Warren (Clemson) Senior DEFENDERS David Stokes (North Carolina) Junior Scot Thompson (UCLA) Senior Chris Wingert (St. John's) Junior MIDFIELDERS Brian Carroll (Wake Forest) Junior Ricardo Clark (Furman) Sophomore Nate Jaqua (Portland) Junior Diego Walsh (SMU) Senior FORWARDS Roger Levesque (Stanford) Senior Pat Noonan (Indiana) Senior Mike Tranchilla (Creighton) Senior

MLS youngsters Eddie Johnson and Devin Barclay scored to give the United States a 2-1, win over Italy Monday at the Torneo Internacional de La Alcudia in Spain. The match featured 15 cards — including red cards to Italian coach Francesco Rocca in the 37th minute and Italian Nicola Beati with two minutes remaining. The […]

Indiana is Soccer America's pick to win the NCAA Division I men's title. The Hoosiers have made the final four each of the last five years and won their fifth national title in 1999. Defending champion North Carolina is ranked third by Soccer America's editors, one spot behind ACC rival Virginia. The Men's College Cup […]

Three members of the WUSA champion Caroline Courage were called up for the U.S. training camp four days before the Americans face Scotland Sept. 8 at Columbus Crew Stadium (kickoff: 1pm; TV: ESPN, live). Danielle Slaton, Tiffany Roberts and Danielle Fotopoulos were among the 24 players called up by Coach April Heinrichs. Defender Christie Pearce, […]

(Top 8 teams qualify) 1. x * San Jose 42 pts (+13 goal difference) 2. * Chicago 34 (+8) 3. Dallas 40 (+4) 4. Los Angeles 39 (+5) 5. Colorado 36 (-5) 6. Columbus 34 (+1) 7. MetroStars 32 (0) 8. Kansas City 32 (-8) —————————- 9. New England 25 (-9) 10. D.C. United 23 […]

North Carolina is Soccer America's pick to win the NCAA Division I women's title. The Tar Heels have won 16 of 20 women's titles. Santa Clara, the defending champion, is ranked third by Soccer America's editors, one spot behind WCC rival Portland. The Women's College Cup will be played Dec. 6 and 8 in Austin, […]

By Ridge Mahoney, senior editor LOSS LEADER: The Quakes have the best record in the league (13-8-3, 42 points) despite their pathetic road mark, which dropped to 2-8-2 with a 3-0 loss to Colorado. Last year, San Jose was 5-5-3 on the road during the regular season and won two of three playoff games away […]

Goalkeepers Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel each earned their first victory of the young English Premier League season by posting a shutout. In Germany, Steve Cherundolo and Tony Sanneh faced each other and the latter emerged victorious. Earnie Stewart, meanwhile, saw his first action of the season in Holland and John O'Brien helped keep Ajax […]

Aug. 24 in Denver Colorado 3 San Jose 0. Goals: Carrieri (Valderrama, Mastroeni) 8, Kingsley (Chung) 67, Chung pen. 93. Colorado — Kramer, Stewart, Fraser, Titus, Mastroeni, Chung, Valderrama, Kingsley, Hart, Henderson, Carrieri (Trembly, 87). San Jose — Cannon, Barrett, Corrales, Conrad, Robinson (DeRosario, 58), Ekelund (Gonzalez, 82), Russell (Ibsen, 61), Lagos, Mulrooney, Donovan, Graziani […]

New Jersey high-schooler Heather O'Reilly scored twice in the first half-hour and University of Texas star Kelly Wilson added a hat trick as the United States tore up Denmark, 6-0, Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada. The Americans improved to 4-0 in the tournament — […]

Daniela's dipping shot from the top of the box squirted underneath Australian goalkeeper Luisa Marzotto 10 minutes into overtime Saturday in Burnaby, British Columbia, lifting Brazil to the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship semifinals with a 4-3 victory. Marta scored her fourth and fifth goals of the tournament as the Brazilians, 4-0 in the inaugural […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Atlanta Birgit Prinz, an unstoppable force since first stepping foot on a WUSA field, was more than the Washington Freedom's defense could deal with Saturday afternoon, scoring one goal and creating another to give the Carolina Courage the Founders Cup II championship. The Courage completed a remarkable worst-to-first campaign […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Atlanta Carolina and Washington, last year's WUSA weaklings bolstered by savvy roster enhancements, meet Saturday at Herndon Stadium in the league's second title game. The Courage, which rebounded from a last-place finish to win the regular-season title, then overcame Atlanta in the semifinals with a late penalty kick and […]

MID-CONTINENT: Oakland, which put together the best season ever by a Mid-Con team in 2001, was picked to finish first in the preseason poll. Oral Roberts was tabbed to finish second. Valparaiso is No. 4, followed by IUPUI, Western Illinois and Southern Utah. MISSOURI VALLEY: Illinois State, last year's regular-season champion, is No. 1 in […]

AMERICA SUN: Central Florida received seven of 12 first-place votes to finish first in the coaches poll. Florida Atlantic, which received the other five, is second. The rest of the field: 3. Jacksonville, 4. Campbell, 5. Georgia State, 6. Samford, 7. Jacksonville State, 8. Mercer 9. Gardner-Webb, 10. Troy State, 11. Stetson, 12. Belmont. BIG […]