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First Round Nov. 10 or 11 Brown (10-4-3) vs. Adelphi (11-6-1) Rutgers (10-6-2) vs. Rhode Island (12-5-4) UAB (10-6-3) vs. Gardner-Webb (9-7-3) Harvard (13-4-0) vs. Binghamton (9-6-5) St. John's (13-5-2) vs. Monmouth (14-3-3) UIC (12-2-5) vs. Western Illinois (15-7-0) San Francisco (12-6-1) vs. New Mexico (13-3-3) George Mason (12-5-3) vs. Bucknell (8-7-6) UC Santa Barbara […]

In celebration of its 35th anniversary, Soccer America selects the 35 people making the biggest impact on American soccer. Many are familiar names with long service in the U.S. game, but others are only starting to influence the American game. In several cases, people are paired for the impact they have through the team or […]

David Beckham, who has yet to start a home game for Real Madrid this season, has resisted signing a contract renewal while he explores his options, which, according to reports in the British press, include a move to the English Premier League or MLS. Beckham's contract with Real runs out this summer and the Spanish […]

Both of the conference finals featured early goals; how teams coped with them dictated which two advanced to MLS Cup 2006. Here's a rundown of the top 11 performers for the two matches last weekend: GOALKEEPER: Matt Reis (New England). The Revs survived waves of D.C. United attacks after taking a 1-0 lead in the […]

So impressive was Houston against Colorado that it might be considered to be the favorite in MLS Cup, and it could have a few thousand fans making the four-hour trip to Dallas as well. But with midfielder Ricardo Clark suspended because his caution against the Rapids was his second of the playoffs, midfield control might […]

Region I 92 Boys First Name Last Name City State Club Jonathan Aguirre Madison NJ Larson PDA Samir Badr Fairfax VA Bethesda Roadrunners Robert Barrera Union NJ Larson PDA Samuel Bradley Potomac MD Bethesda Roadrunners Alex Bramall Newburgh NY Larson PDA Dalton Carroll Wallingford PA YMS Premier Xplosion James Doherty Mansfield MA Tri Valley Eagle […]

Region I 93 Boys First Name Last Name City State Club Damian Bziukiewicz Middle Village NY B.W. Gottschee Celeste Gianluca Cuomo Rochester NY Rochester Jr. Rhinos Felix DeBona Everett MA Boston Blast F.C. Anthony Escamilla Bayport NY Albertson Academy 92 Steve Gallego Fresh Meadows NY Not available Oscar Gonzalez Clifton NJ NJ Crew/ Red Bulls […]

1106youth teams Region I 90 Boys First Name Last Name City State Club Christian Barreiro Hydes MD Baltimore Casa Mia Bays Nathan Bourdeau Baldwinsville NY Rochester Rhinos Thomas Brandt Palmyra PA Baltimore Casa Mia Bays Peter Bulat Lancaster PA FC Delco Jesse Derksen Glen Rock PA Super Nova FC Conor Fitzpatrick Coventry CT Oakwood Soccer […]

First Round Brown vs. Adelphi Rutgers vs. Rhode Island UAB vs. Gardner-Webb Harvard vs. Binghamton St. JohnÆs vs. Monmouth UIC vs. Western Illinois San Francisco vs. New Mexico George Mason vs. Bucknell UC Santa Barbara vs. San Diego State Old Dominion vs. Winthrop Cincinnati vs. Northwestern UNC Greensboro vs. Virginia Tech Northern Illinois vs. Loyola […]

Nov. 10-12 in Chapel Hill, N.C. 1. North Carolina (21-1-0) vs. UNC Asheville (10-6-3) William & Mary (16-1-3) vs. Navy (21-1-0) Nov. 10-12 in Knoxville, Tenn Louisville (13-4-2) vs. Duke (9-8-2) 4. Tennessee (11-6-3) vs. UAB (8-11-1) Nov. 10-12 in Winston-Salem, N.C. 3. Wake Forest (15-5-1) vs. Old Dominion (17-4-1) West Virginia (14-3-3) vs. Virginia […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK< > (Last week's results) 1. Notre Dame (20-0-1) 1 2, North Carolina (21-1-0) 2 3. UCLA (17-3-0) 3 4. Santa Clara (15-4-1) 4 5. Texas (17-3-0) 7 6. Portland (14-3-3) 5 7. Florida State (14-3-4) 6 8. Penn State (15-4-3) 16 9. West Virginia (14-3-3) 9 10. Utah (15-4-1) 10 11. […]

Notre Dame and North Carolina won the Big East and ACC titles to finish 1-2 in the final Soccer America Women's Top 25. Both teams are assured of all-important regional seeds that will keep them at home through the quarterfinals — if they keep winning — but last week's results did nothing to settle the […]

The final weekend of the men's college regular season resulted in 22 conference champions clinching automatic berths into the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament, which begins on Friday. Soccer America's Men's Conference Tournament Scoreboard The NCAA Division I men's committee must decide by this afternoon the other 26 teams that will complete the 48-team field. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week's results) 1. Duke (16-3-1) 4 2. SMU (17-1-4) 3 3. Wake Forest (15-3-3) 1 4. Indiana (14-4-2) 7 5. West Virginia (15-2-3) 2 6. Virginia (14-3-1) 5 7. Maryland (15-4-1) 6 8. Santa Clara (12-4-4) 8 9. Clemson (12-4-2) 9 10. North Carolina (11-5-3) 10 11. California (12-5-1) 11 […]

It was a rough weekend for the top clubs in Europe's major leagues. Chelsea, the defending English Premier League champion, lost to London rival Tottenham for the first time in 33 league meetings to fall to second place, three points behind Manchester United, which downed Portsmouth, 3-0, to celebrate 20 years under its manager, Sir […]

Jonathan Spector, in his fourth start of the season, helped West Ham upset Arsenal, 1-0. The 20-year-old Illinois product, who is on loan from Manchester United, kept his starting spot after last week helping the Hammers end an five-game losing streak. Watford, which earned promotion to the English Premier league with contributions from unsung American […]

Besides seeding the teams, the NCAA men's soccer committee's other main task is to pick the 26 at-large teams. Here are some questions the committee must examine: Does it again give the nine-team ACC eight berths? Champion Duke, Wake Forest, Maryland, Virginia, Clemson and North Carolina are locks. Boston College should get in. Virginia Tech […]

MEN Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Berths: Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Medaille (20-1-0) American Southwest Conference Hardin-Simmons (14-5-1) Capital Athletic Conference York (Pennsylvania) (19-0-2) Centennial Conference Johns Hopkins (17-1-2) City University of New York Athletic Conference Baruch (12-6-1) College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Wheaton (Illinois) (12-7-3) Commonwealth Conference Elizabethtown (11-5-2) Commonwealth Coast Conference Roger […]

WOMEN Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Berths: Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference: Penn State-Behrend American Southwest Conference: Hardin-Simmons Atlantic WomenÆs Colleges Conference: Notre Dame (Maryland) Capital Athletic Conference: Salisbury Centennial Conference: Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin: Wheaton (Illinois) Commonwealth Conference: Elizabethtown Commonwealth Coast Conference: Endicott Empire 8: Nazareth Freedom Conference: Scranton Great Northeast […]

1029conf wom Conference Champions ACC: North Carolina America East: Hartford Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville Atlantic-10: Saint Louis Big East: Notre Dame Big Sky: Idaho State Big South: UNC Asheville Big Ten: Penn State Big 12: Texas Big West: Cal State Fullerton CAA: Old Dominion Conference USA: UAB Horizon: Loyola (Ill.) Ivy: Columbia MAAC: Niagara Mid-American: Toledo […]

1025conf men scores Conference Champions ACC: Duke America East: Binghamton Atlantic Soccer: Adelphi Atlantic Sun: Gardner-Webb Atlantic 10: Rhode Island Big East: St. John's Big South: Winthrop Big Ten: Indiana Big West: UC Santa Barbara CAA: Hofstra Conference USA: SMU Horizon: Loyola (Ill.) Ivy: Harvard MAAC: Fairfield Mid-American: Northern Illinois Mid-Continent: Western Illinois Missouri Valley: […]

Nov. 5 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 0 New England 1. Goal: Twellman (Pat Noonan, Jay Heaps) 4 D.C. United – Perkins, Namoff, Boswell, Erpen, Gros, Carroll, Gomez (Simms, 81), Olsen, Adu (Donnet, 65), Eskandarian (Dyachenko, 76) Moreno. New England – Reis, John, Parkhurst, Riley, Heaps, Franchino (Smith, 67), Joseph, Hernandez (Larentowicz, 44), Dorman, Noonan, […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America In both stadiums hosting MLS conference finals Sunday, the play was intense, the crowds raucous, and the results justified. D.C. United outshot New England, 18-6, at a rowdy RFK lit up by flares and shrouded by smoke but were undone, 1-0, by an early Taylor Twellman goal, a […]

For the second straight year, UNLV claimed the Mountain West tournament championship, as the Rebels topped 10th-ranked Utah, 6-5, in a shootout after they played to a 0-0 tie on Saturday afternoon at Ute Field. It was the second straight game, the Rebels won in this year's tournament in a shootout, after UNLV advanced past […]

  U.S. head coach Greg Ryan on the match: ''We were really happy with the performance. Canada is just a very difficult team to play against. They knock a ton of long balls, you have to win them in the air, and they are great at knocking them in behind you afterwards. So I think, […]