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Group A Oct. 11 India 0 Japan 3 Saudi Arabia 5 Yemen 0 Standings: Saudi Arabia 15 points; Japan 12; Yemen 3; India 0. Group B Oct. 11 South Korea 1 Syria 1 Taiwan 0 Iran 2 Standings: South Korea, Iran 11 points; Syria 5; Taiwan 0. Group C Oct. 11 Oman 2 UAE 1 […]

Group A Oct. 11 Belgium 3 (Simons pen. 24 Vandenbergh 46, Dembele 81) Azerbaijan 0. Poland 2 (Smolarek 10, 17) Portugal 1 (Nuno Gomes 90). Serbia 3 (Stankovic pen. 54, Lazovic 62, Zigic 90) Armenia 0. Kazakhstan 0 Finland 2 (Litmanen 29, Hyypia 64). Group B Oct. 11 France 5 (Saha 1, Henry 22, Anelka […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America The Los Angeles GalaxyÆs last two games encapsulated the 2006 season for the last yearÆs championship team and several of its players, notably outside back Chris Albright. In a 3-0 thumping of Chivas USA Sept. 30 that kept the GalaxyÆs playoff hopes alive, Albright set up two of […]

Several of Wednesday's European Championship qualifiers are available on U.S. TV and closed-circuit: CROATIA-ENGLAND. England hopes to rebound off last weekend's embarrassing 0-0 tie with Macedonia in Manchester when it faces Croatia, which is undefeated in qualifiers since gaining independence from Yugoslavia. England has not conceded a goal in four games but Coach Steve McClaren […]

East Tennessee State will add a men's soccer program starting in 2008. ETSU, in its second year as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference since moving from the Southern Conference, hopes to have a club program in place for the 2007 season. The construction of a new soccer complex is part of a $104 […]

For the second time this season, Notre Dame players swept Soccer America Player of the Week honors. Irish forward Joseph Lapira, the Men's Player of the Week, ran his streak of games with two goals to five with a pair of goals in the wins over Michigan (2-0) and Georgetown (4-1). The Lake Charles, La., […]

Campbell handed No. 3 North Carolina its first non-conference loss in the regular season in more than two years with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday night. The Tar Heels dominated play, outshooting the Camels, 17-4, but they were done in by an own goal in the 75th minute. The own goal came on a corner […]

Like David Trezeguet a decade ago, French-born Gonzalo Higuain is making a name for himself in Argentina soccer. Higuain, 18, scored twice for River Plate in its 3-1 win over Boca Juniors Sunday in Argentina's ''Superclasico,'' and River coach Daniel Passarella says his youngster has an enormous future ahead of him. ''I don't know how […]

Dowling is the only unbeaten and untied team in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II Men's Top 25. The Golden Lions improved to 13-0-0 and 6-0-0 in the East Coast Conference with a 6-0 win over Molloy. Morten Jensen, a 26-year-old graduate student from Norway, tallied a hat trick to up his total to 17 goals. […]

MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 17 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 14 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 13 Joshua Okoampa, Wis.-Green Bay, Sr. 12 Tommy Krizanovic, Jacksonville, Sr. 12 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. 12 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 12 Riley O'Neill, Kentucky, Sr. 11 Steven Holloway, Monmouth, Sr. 11 Jeffrey Gonsalves, Rhode Island, Sr. […]

Portland's Megan Rapinoe, the 2005 Soccer America Freshman of the Year, will miss the remainder of the 2006 season with a torn ACL in her left knee. The injury came less than a week after she scored her first two goals for the U.S. women's national team in a 10-0 win over Chinese Taipei in […]

In the middle of his senior year, Jonathan McClain has suddenly found himself doing double duty for the University of Akron. One of the key defenders on the Zips' soccer team, ranked No. 17 in the latest Soccer America Top 25, McClain has spent the last two weekends also kicking for the Akron football team. […]

Former Columbus Crew coach Greg Andrulis has transformed George Mason, the hottest Division I men's team in the country. With 1-0 wins over Delaware and Drexel last weekend, the Patriots ran their winning streak to nine games, the longest in the Division I ranks. After five years as a Crew assistant and five years as […]

Increasingly, Mexican pro clubs are looking north of the border for young Mexican-Americans. More than a dozen are on pro rosters, and four Mexican-Americans, all age 19 or 20, have played in this fall's First Division Tornero Apertura. EDGAR CASTILLO (Santos) Games: 2 (57 minutes) Age: 20. Starred at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, […]

U.S. men's national team assistant coach Glenn ''Mooch'' Myernick died on Monday morning after failing to regain consciousness following a heart attack he suffered on Thursday. Myernick, 51, died peacefully surrounded by his wife Nancy, daughter Kelly and son Travis, at the North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colo. Myernick was Bruce Arena's assistant coach […]

By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America, Senior Editor He looked like a hard-ass, with a boxer's misshapen nose, a hawkÆs menacing squint, and a tyrantÆs bald pate. Yet Glenn Myernick laughed a lot and liked a good story as well as anyone. He could tell more than a few tales after being steeped in soccer for […]

Glenn Myernick's NASL career Glenn Myernick, who died on Monday at age 51, was among the American field players who played in the most games in the foreigner-dominated North American Soccer League. PLAYER (YEARS) GP 1. Pat McBride (1967-76) 189 2. Don Droege (1977-83) 172 3. Bobby Smith (1973-81) 168 4. Steve Moyers (1977-84) 167 […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend Results) 1. Notre Dame (13-0-0) 1 b. Seton Hall 5-0 b. Rutgers 2-0 2. North Carolina (14-1-0) 2 b. Duke 3-0 3. Florida State (9-1-2) 3 t. Boston College 0-0 4. Portland (11-2-1) 4 b. Gonzaga 3-0 5. Santa Clara (11-2-0) 5 b. San Diego 2-0 6. UCLA (11-2-0) 6 […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend results) 1. SMU (12-0-1) 1 b. Kentucky 4-0 2. Maryland (10-1-1) 5 t. North Carolina 1-1 3. North Carolina (10-2-2) 3 t. Maryland 1-1 4. Duke (8-2-1) 6 b. Virginia 2-1 5. Wake Forest (10-2-1) 7 t. Boston College 2-2 6. Virginia (11-2-0) 4 l. Duke 1-2 7. Clemson (9-2-1) […]

U.S. menÆs national team assistant coach Glenn ''Mooch'' Myernick passed away on Monday morning after failing to regain consciousness following a heart attack he suffered on Thursday. Myernick, 51, died peacefully surrounded by his wife Nancy, daughter Kelly and son Travis, at the North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colo. The family wishes to express […]

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Kerri Hanks powered No. 1 Notre Dame to a pair of Big East wins over Seton Hall (5-0) and Rutgers (2-0). The Irish sophomore scored three goals and added an assist in the win over Seton Hall and set up Brittany Bock and Amanda Cinalli for goals in the win over Rutgers, which went into […]

By Ridge Mahoney The MLS flagship franchise has been sunk, and as its fluttering colors sink below the waves, the recriminations begin. Heading into Saturday night's battle with FC Dallas (16-11-4) at Pizza Hut Park, the Galaxy trailed fourth-place Colorado by three points and needed at least a tie to keep its playoff dreams. The […]

Scotland gained one of the biggest wins in its history when it beat France, 1-0, Saturday in Euro 2008 qualifying. Coming off its 3-1 over Italy in a rematch of the 2006 World Cup final, France was favored in Glasgow and came out strong, twice having goals disallowed for offside in the first 15 minutes. […]

Abby Wambach's second goal of the game two minutes into stoppage time gave the USA a dramatic 2-1 victory over Iceland in a women's friendly on Sunday afternoon in Richmond, Va. Wambach took a pass from Stephanie Lopez at the top of the penalty box on the left side, powered her way through the Icelandic […]