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Less than a week after his Women of Troy pulled one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Division I women's tournament history, Jim Millinder is out as USC head coach. USC athletic director Mike Garrett announced Thursday that Millinder's contract was not renewed, ending his 11-year tenure with the Women of Troy. ''We appreciate all […]

The 2006 Women's Gold Cup, which serves as qualifying for the 2007 Women's World Cup, kicks off Sunday when Mexico plays Trinidad & Tobago with Panama takes on Jamaica in the first round at Miami's Tropical Park Stadium. The USA faces the Mexico-T&T winner and Canada meets the Jamaica-Panama winner next Wednesday at the Home […]

DuPage of Illinois stunned defending champion and top seed Georgia Perimeter with two late goals and won, 2-1, to advance to the semifinals of the NJCAA Division I Men's Tournament in Tyler, Texas. Soccer America's NJCAA Men's & Women's Championship Scoreboard West Chicago products Jose Villa and Ignacio Correa scored in the 79th and 84th […]

One of the surprises of the NCAA Division I Women's Tournament is Virginia, which moved into the Sweet 16 with 2-0 wins over No. 9 West Virginia and No. 19 Wake Forest. If the Cavs beat No. 18 Texas A&M Friday night in College Station, they will return to the quarterfinals for the second year […]

Northwestern has come a long way. When Coach Tim Lenahan took over in 2001, he inherited a program that went winless in 2000, and it was not until the final game of his opening season that he got his first victory. Five years later, the Wildcats are in the Sweet 16. Northwestern upset 11th seed […]

The 2006 Super Y-League North American Finals begin Friday and run through next Wednesday in the Tampa area with more than 140 teams competing in 10 boys and girls age groups (U-13 to U-17). 2006 Super Y-League North American finalists MLS's New York Red Bulls and D.C. United will be represented. The Red Bulls will […]

Mexican club Toluca, because it reached the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana and the wild-card playoffs of the Mexican league, ended up with two games on the same day. On Thursday, the Red Devils sent their first team to the Chilean capital of Santiago and fell, 2-1, to Colo Colo in the first-leg of the […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, Nov. 17 SETANTA SPORTS USA England CARDIFF CITY-QPR (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Nov. 18 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England SHEFFIELD UTD.-MANCHESTER UTD. (live), 10 am. England MIDDLESBROUGH-LIVERPOOL (live), noon. England EVERTON-BOLTON (delay), 2:15 pm. […]

With only one fit striker available, Spanish leader Barcelona faces a tough test when it travels to Real Mallorca on Sunday (TV: Gol TV, live, 1 pm ET). How the Catalan team fares against La Liga's best defense (only six goals conceded in 10 outings) should give a clue of how it will do in […]

Bora Milutinovic has been hired as head coach of Jamaica, which will be the fifth team he coaches from the CONCACAF region. The Serbia-born Milutinovic has coached Mexico twice – at the 1986 World Cup it hosted and during qualifying for the 1998 World Cup. (Milutinovic succeeded in qualifying El Tri but was replaced before […]

Several veterans, including New York Red Bull Tony Meola and MLS's all-time leading scorer Jason Kreis on Salt Lake, have been left unprotected byá for tomorrow's expansion draft in which 2007 newcomer Toronto may pick 10 players. Each MLS team was allowed to protect 11 players on its current 28-man roster. Among the unprotected veterans […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Frisco, Texas Droplets of champagne glistened on his cheeks as all around him delirium reigned. The jubilant Houston locker room was jammed with players, coaches, family members and friends. A large plastic sheet, pooled by melting ice and liquids of a more potent nature, covered the floor as journalists, reporters and […]

The NCAA Division II men's tournament continues Thursday with the semifinals at the 2006 DII Championship Festival in Pensacola, Fla. The final four will have a decidedly foreign flavor: Ft. Lewis is led by Englishman John Cunliffe, considered one of the top strikers in the college game at any level. Cunliffe enters the semifinals with […]

SMU, the top-ranked team in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 for most of the regular season, fell in the second round of the NCAA Division I Tournament on Wednesday night when it lost at home to UC Santa Barbara, 3-1. Also knocked out were North Carolina, the preseason No. 1, and West Virginia, which […]

Opening as the No. 20 seed in the 20-team finals, defending champion Lindsey Wilson began the title defense of its NAIA men's title with a 3-1 win over Judson Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Blue Raiders had to play on the opening day for the first time since the NAIA expanded to a 20-team […]

Germany coach Joachim Loew was correct in his assessment that his team's trip to Cyprus would be its toughest test yet in Euro 2008 qualifying. Cyprus held Germany to a 1-1 tie on Wednesday in their Group D match in Nicosia. Germany created few good chances after Michael Ballack put it ahead in the 15th […]

Less than a week after his Women of Troy pulled one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Division I women's tournament history, Jim Millinder is out as USC head coach. USC athletic director Mike Garrett announced Thursday that Millinder's contract was not renewed, ending his 11-year tenure with the Women of Troy ''We appreciate all […]

Group A Nov. 15 Portugal 3 (Simao 9,84, Cristiano Ronaldo 30) Kazakhstan 0 Belgium 0 Poland 1 (Matusiak 19) Finland 1 (Nurmela 10) Armenia 0 Group D Nov. 15 Ireland 5 (own goal 7, Doyle 4, Keane, 31, pen. 58, 85) San Marino 0. Cyprus 1 (Okkas 43) Germany 1 (Ballack 15) Group E Nov. […]

Spain 0 Romania 1 (Marica 59). France 1 (Henry 26) Greece 0. Italy 1 (Di Natale 40) Turkey 1 (own goal 42). Austria 4 (Aufhauser 14, 24, 43, Feldhofer 80) Trinidad & Tobago 1 (Samuel 22) Switzerland 1 (own goal 71) Brazil 2 (Luisao 23, Kaka 35). Czech Republic 1 (Baros 90) Denmark 1 (Lovenkrands […]

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Monroe Community College is seeking its third straight national title in the NJCAA Division I women's championship that begins Thursday in Albany, Ga. The Tribunes, this year's top seeds, feature Northern Ireland international Roisin Havelin and Aveann Douglas and Ayana Russell, who are on Trinidad & Tobago's roster for the Women's Gold Cup that starts […]

Top-ranked Georgia Perimeter looks to defend its NJCAA Division I men's title at the national finals that kick off Thursday in Tyler, Texas. The Jaguars (21-0-1) are led by a pair of freshmen from the Miami area, Martin Nunez and Heber Hernandez, who ranked No. 2 and No. 4 nationally among JC scores and have […]

Wednesday, Nov. 15 No. 1 Duke (16-3-1) vs. Brown (11-4-3) No. 16 Lehigh (15-1-2) vs. Rhode Island (12-5-5) No. 9 Clemson (12-4-2) vs. Gardner-Webb (9-7-4) No. 8 UCLA (10-5-4) vs. Harvard (14-4-0) No. 5 Maryland (15-4-1) vs.á St. John's (14-5-2) No. 12 Notre Dame (13-5-2) vs. UIC (13-2-5) No. 13 California (12-5-1) vs. New Mexico […]

The NCAA Division I Men's Tournament moves into full swing Wednesday with second-round action. The top 16 seeds make their first appearance in this year's tournament after receiving first-round byes. There are several intriguing matchups. MARYLAND-ST. JOHN'S. This is the big one. Two seasoned NCAA Tournament teams meet for the fourth straight year in the […]

The USA's first game since the 2006 World Cup will take place at the Home Depot Center Jan. 20 against Denmark — a game that should mark the debut of the USA's new coach. The USA and Denmark have met four times in their history. The USA lost once and tied three. The game, which […]