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Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been chosen to finish first in the Horizon League in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. The Panthers received two first-place votes and 31 total points. UWM coach Michael Moynihan, who received 2000 Co-Coach of the Year honors, led his team to an undefeated record in the league last year (5-0) to […]

Florida has been selected as the favorite to claim the 2001 title in the Southeastern Conference by the league’s 12 head coaches. This marks the seventh consecutive year that the Gators have been tabbed by the coaches to win the title. Coming off their fifth straight SEC title in 2000, the Gators earned nine first-place […]

Titans were selected to win the 2001 Big West title in a vote by the conferenceÆs coaches. CSF received three first-place votes and 32 points to claim the top spot. The Titans are coming off a 15-win season and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They return only four starters, but two were All-MPSF picks […]

Newcomer American and defending champion Lehigh each picked up 82 points and shared 12 of the 16 first-place votes in the preseason poll of coaches and sports information directors. American joins the Patriot League this season after posting a 7-9-2 overall record last season, including a 5-2-1 mark for a third-place finish in the Colonial […]

Colgate is favored to take the Patriot League title. No surprise here: The Raiders have won the Patriot League regular-season women’s soccer title four times in the last five years and seven times in the 11-year history of the Patriot League and also captured top honors in the post-season championship tournament nine times in 11 […]

The Sun Belt coaches expect defending champion Florida International to repeat as league champions with Denver placing second. Third was North Texas followed by South Alabama, Middle Tennessee, Arkansas State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Lafayette. FIU received six first place votes and 71 points in the balloting, while Denver received one first place vote […]

Finishing with 160 of 169 possible points, Miami (Ohio) was picked to win its first regular-season Mid-American Conference title by the league coaches in the 2001 preseason poll, receiving nine first-place votes. The Red Hawks, who return All-MAC first-team member Andrea Cunningham, finished tied for third in the 2000 regular-season with a mark of 7-4. […]

Mixed results came of Kansas City and the MetroStarsÆ first forays into South America for official competition. … The MLS defending champ Wizards, losers in their first two Merconorte games (Group C) against MexicoÆs Santos and PeruÆs Sporting Cristal, won in Ecuador, downing Barcelona 3-2. … The MetroStars, who won their Group B opener against […]

BYU was selected as the favorite to capture its third straight Mountain West Conference title in a vote by the league’s coaches. The Cougars received five first-place votes and collected 36 points to capture the top spot in the poll. Utah was picked to place second with 31 points and one first place vote, followed […]

Qualifiers are preceded by intense preparation. There’s pressure on coaches to get it right. The USA-Honduras match has special demands. The game kicks off at 10 a.m. and is followed four days later by another World Cup qualifier in Costa Rica. Here’s Coach Bruce Arena’s pregame method. Ask Bruce Arena how the U.S. men’s national […]

Tennessee Tech, which won the 2000 Ohio Valley Conference tournament title, is the favorite to capture the regular-season crown in 2001, according to a poll of the leagueÆs head soccer coaches. The Golden Eagles received three first-place votes and 22 total points in the balloting, edging out two-time defending regular-season champion Eastern Illinois, which earned […]

One year after making its fifth trip to the womenÆs soccer College Cup, Portland has been voted to finish first in 2001 WCC preseason poll, as selected by the conference coaches Portland garnered 49 points to edge Santa Clara by two points for the top position in this yearÆs poll. The Pilots are coming off […]

NCAA runner-up UCLA has been tabbed as the favorite to win the Pacific-10 Conference women’s soccer title in a preseason vote of the head coaches. The Bruins received eight of 10 first-place votes, with California (1) and Washington (1) also picking up first-place support. Just six points separate the second- through fifth-place teams, as Stanford […]

Quinnipiac has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the 2001 NEC Championship. The Braves (7-2-1 NEC), who tied for the regular-season title last year before winning the NEC Tournament, will be guided by 2000 NEC Coach of the Year David Clarke. In only his third season at the helm, Clarke returns an outstanding […]

Oakland has been the team to beat in the Mid-Continent Conference since the league began sponsoring the sport in 1999. The Golden Grizzlies have nabbed a pair of Mid-Con regular-season crowns, and last year, they won their first-ever tournament championship. Mid-Con women’s soccer coaches don’t expect a new look to the league this season, as […]

Fairleigh Dickinson, coming off a tour of England, is favored to again take the Northeast title. The Knights return NEC Rookie of the Year Dirceu Hurtado (43 points) in a bid to become the first NEC team to repeat since St. Francis (N.Y.) (1995-96). Also back for Seth Roland’s team are all-NEC picks Danny Lozano, […]

The Southern Conference womenÆs soccer coaches have selected Furman to win the 2001 regular season title, edging last yearÆs tournament champion, UNC Greensboro, by one vote. Two-time defending regular-season champion Furman placed six players on the team. Emily Turgeon, the 2000 Freshman and Player-of-the-Year, highlights the Paladins picks. She is joined by her frontcourt teammates […]

Richmond, which has moved from the CAA, was the preseason pick to take the Atlantic-10 title ahead of Dayton. Teams Conf. Record/Overall 1. Richmond* 13-7 2. Dayton 9-1/16-5 3. Xavier 8-1-1/14-7-1 4. Massachusetts 7-2-1/11-7-1 5. Rhode Island 6-3-1/15-4-1 6. George Washington 4-6/5-14 7. La Salle 5-5/12-6 8. Temple 4-6/11-9 9. St. Bonaventure 3-6-1/5-11-3 10. Duquesne […]

Nebraska was picked to win its third straight and fourth overall Big 12 Conference title in 2001 in a preseason poll voted on by the league head coaches. The Huskers received nine first-place votes (coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team) and totaled 99 points, eight points ahead of second-place Texas A&M, […]

Liberty, last yearÆs tournament champion and the 1999 runner-up, is the 2001 favorite in the Big South, picking up 10 first-place votes. Elon, last yearÆs runner-up, was picked second, and Radford, finished in third place. Coastal Carolina, which started itÆs womenÆs soccer program last year, was chosen fourth and Charleston Southern finished fifth in the […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played Aug. 25 and 26. GOALKEEPER Zach Thornton (1) Chicago DEFENDERS Eddie Pope (2) D.C. United Jorge Rodriguez (4) Dallas Diego Sonora (1) Tampa Bay MIDFIELDERS Stephen Armstrong (1) D.C. United Daniel Hernandez (2) MetroStars Manny Lagos (6) San Jose FORWARDS Junior Agogo […]

After battling for the conference championship last November, Notre Dame and Connecticut have been picked to capture the 2001 Big East WomenÆs Soccer regular season divisional titles as voted by the conference coaches. The Fighting Irish are the unanimous choice to repeat as Mid-Atlantic Division champions, while the Huskies are picked to finish the regular […]

For the fifth consecutive year, Montana has been predicted to win the Big Sky title. Montana tallied the maximum 36 points to finish six points ahead of Idaho State in the 2001 Big Sky preseason coaches poll. The Grizzlies earned six first place votes, while Idaho State earned one first place vote to finish with […]

Richmond, which has moved from the CAA, was the preseason pick to take the Atlantic-10 title ahead of Dayton. Teams Conf. Record/Overall 1. Richmond* 13-7 2. Dayton 9-1/16-5 3. Xavier 8-1-1/14-7-1 4. Massachusetts 7-2-1/11-7-1 5. Rhode Island 6-3-1/15-4-1 6. George Washington 4-6/5-14 7. La Salle 5-5/12-6 8. Temple 4-6/11-9 9. St. Bonaventure 3-6-1/5-11-3 10. Duquesne […]

U.S. coach John Ellinger has selected his 18-player roster for the U-17 World Cup Sept. 13-30 in Trinidad & Tobago. It includes two MLS players — the Dallas BurnÆs Eddie Johnson and D.C. UnitedÆs Santino Quaranta. Johnson has scored 22 goals in 20 U-17 games. In seven international matches this year, Quaranta leads the team […]