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1029conf wom ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 1 in Cary, N.C. North Carolina 3 N.C. State 0 Boston College 1 Clemson 2 Florida State 2 Duke 0 Wake Forest 2 Virginia 1 Semifinals Nov. 3 in Cary, N.C. #1 North Carolina vs. #5 Clemson #3 Wake Forest vs. #2 Florida State Final Nov. 5 in Cary, N.C. […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America Both MLS conference finals will be played Sunday. The Eastern showdown will match two teams with a rich, if brief, history of playoff tussles, while the Western candidates have zero head-to-head postseason encounters but shared six goals when they met three weeks ago. With crowds of more than […]

CONCACAF won't invite guest teams to next year's Gold Cup, which will be played June 6-24 in the United States. Teams from South America, Africa and Asia have competed in the last six competitions. Brazil's U-23 team was runner-up in 1996 and 2003, and Colombia finished second in 2000. Brazil also sent a national team […]

The U.S. women's national team beat the Netherlands, 2-0, Thursday on goals from forward Lindsay Tarpley and defender Cat Whitehill in the first half to advance to the Peace Queen Cup final on Saturday against Canada. The USA-Netherlands result left Denmark needing to beat Australia by three goals in the following match to have a […]

Wednesday's battle between this week's No. 1 and the preseason No. 1 in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 at the ACC Tournament turned out to be a dud. Wake Forest, which moved into first in this week's Top 25 and North Carolina, ranked 10th, failed to score in 110 minutes of action before the […]

In a surprise move, the Canadian Soccer Association announced Thursday that it fired Chief Operating Officer Kevan Pipe, who headed the CSA's day-to-day operations since 1985. ''We're looking for someone that maybe can give us the vision for the future,'' CSA president Colin Linford said. ''Maybe someone that can lead us in a direction with […]

Like defending champion Barcelona, last year's runner-up, Arsenal, finds its chances of advancing to the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League compromised after drawing at home on the fourth day of group play. Coach Arsene Wenger called the Gunners' performance on Wednesday their best ever in Europe, but they could only manage to tie […]

UC Irvine earned the biggest win in its program history when it beat UC Santa Barbara, 2-0, Wednesday night before a record crowd of 1,561 fans at Anteater Stadium and took over first place in the Big West. Matt Murphy scored the game-winner in the 24th minute, and former U.S. U-20 Brad Evans put the […]

Soccer America's Women's Conference Tournament Scoreboard

On a day when women's conference tournament play moved into full swing, the biggest result was California's 1-0 victory over No. 4 Santa Clara in a non-conference game that could have huge implications for the NCAA Tournament. Reserve Stephanie Wieger scored on a 22-yard chip shot in the sixth minute of overtime to lift Cal […]

Soccer America's Men's Conference Tournament Scoreboard AMERICA EAST. Top seed Binghamton moved into the conference final for the fourth straight year with a victory over Boston University in a shootout after their semifinal game ended in a 1-1 tie. Binghamton hosts Vermont in Saturday's final. The Catamounts beat New Hampshire, 1-0, on Lee Stephane Kouadio's […]

Kristine Lilly scored her 115th career goal against Australia at the Peace Queen Cup, not her 155th as reported in Wednesday's Daily. Lilly is the U.S. women's second all-time leading scorer behind retired Mia Hamm (158).

The late George Best, who once said, ''I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered,'' will be featured on 5-pound ($10.61) bills issued by Ulster Bank Ltd., which begins distributing one million bills with Best's image in November to mark the one-year anniversary of his death. […]

As the MLS season comes to a close speculation begins on the fate of coaches whose teams fell short of expectations. John Ellinger, for example, has failed to reach the playoffs with Real Salt Lake for the second straight season. Colin Clarke's FC Dallas was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the […]

CONCACAF won't invite guest teams to next year's Gold Cup, which will be played June 6-24 in the United States. Teams from South America, Africa and Asia have competed in the last six competitions. Brazil's U-23 team was runner-up in 1996 and 2003, and Colombia finished second in 2000. Brazil also sent a national team […]

Defending champion Barcelona finds itself fighting for survival in the UEFA Champions League after a 2-2 tie at home Tuesday night with English champion Chelsea left it third in Group A with two games to play. Barca twice took the lead on goals by Deco and former Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen but twice gave up […]

The USA got spectacular first-half finishes from Kristine Lilly (her 115th career goal) and Natasha Kai (making her first start) to defeat Australia, 2-0, Tuesday and remain in contention for a berth in the final of the 2006 Peace Queen Cup in South Korea. Greg Ryan's Americans next face the Netherlands on Thursday at Suwon […]

Canada international Brittany Timko (Nebraska) was named the Big 12 Player of the Year for a record third time, sharing this year's award with Swede Yolanda Odenyo (Oklahoma State). Several other women's conferences announced their individual award winners. In the ACC, sophomore Yael Averbuch beat out her teammate, U.S. international star Heather O'Reilly, for the […]

BEST XI. For the second legs of the MLS quarterfinals played last weekend, here are the top performers: GOALKEEPER. Matt Pickens (Chicago). He staved off numerous Revs attacks with eight saves while surpassing his first playoff performance the week before. Not the equal of Matt Reis in the penalty-kick shootout, but who is? DEFENDERS: Pablo […]

California junior Javier Ayala-Hil and Texas sophomore Kasey Moore are the Soccer America Players of the Week. Ayala-Hil scored a hat trick and the game-winning goal in the Golden Bears' 4-1 win over UCLA to clinch the Pac-10 men's title. Ayala-Hil, a product of East Palo Alto, Calif., ranks second in the Pac-10 in points […]

The Mexican soccer federation (FMF) has confirmed it has narrowed the field down to two candidates for the position of national team coach. The unnamed candidates to succeed Ricardo La Volpe are believed to be a pair of Mexican league club coaches: former Mexico superstar Hugo Sanchez and former Argentina midfielder Americo Gallego. The outspoken […]

If the opening game is any indication, this year's ACC Men's Tournament should be sensational. Ninth seed N.C. State knocked off eighth seed Virginia Tech, 4-3, with all seven goals coming after halftime — the last three in the span of 105 seconds late in the see-saw game. The Wolfpack blew a 2-0 lead before […]

Play begins this week in the NCAA Division II men's and women's tournaments. The final fours for both men and women will be played Nov. 16-19 in Pensacola, Fla., as part of the NCAA Division II National Championship Festival, Here's a look at the eight men's regional seeds. FRANKLIN PIERCE. The Ravens captured both the […]

1029conf wom ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 1 in Cary, N.C. North Carolina 3 N.C. State 0 Boston College 1 Clemson 2 Florida State 2 Duke 0 Wake Forest 2 Virginia 1 Semifinals Nov. 3 in Cary, N.C. North Carolina 3 Clemson 0 Wake Forest 0 Florida State 0 (OT) (Florida State wins 4-2 on aggregate.) Final […]

The USA got spectacular first-half finishes from Kristine Lilly (her 155th career goal) and Natasha Kai (making her first start) to defeat Australia, 2-0, Tuesday and remain in contention for a berth in the final of the 2006 Peace Queen Cup in South Korea. Greg Ryan's Americans next face the Netherlands on Thursday at Suwon […]