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Santa Clara is the first team other than North Carolina to enter the season ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America poll. Former NCAA champion Notre Dame looks to challenge again, while defending champion Florida drops after the graduation of a large senior class. Rank/Team 1998 Record 1998 Postseason 1. Santa Clara 22-1-1 Semifinals 2. […]

FINAL STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P s-South Jersey 18 16 2 63 21 72 *West. Mass. 18 14 4 56 28 64 *New Hamp. 18 13 5 48 27 62 *New Jersey 18 11 7 42 32 46 *Reading 18 10 8 33 39 45 Cape Cod 18 7 11 33 29 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 22 18 4 40 18 75 Staten Island 23 16 7 45 22 69 Long Island 23 16 7 45 30 64 Pittsburgh 23 13 10 50 36 57 Boston 24 11 13 37 26 55 Lehigh Vly. 21 10 11 28 32 43 […]

Featuring SA player ratings METROSTARS 1 D.C. UNITED 4 Aug. 11 Att.: 6,876. Goals MetroStars: Curcic (pen.) 9. D.C. United: Talley (Etcheverry) 21, Moreno (Etcheverry) 41, Olsen 71, Wood (Talley, Sonora) 75). SA Report Card MetroStars: Ammann 4, Petke 3, Khakpour 6, Knight 4, Corrales 4, Kalonji 5, Walsh 5, Joseph 5 (Fernandes, 85th, NR), […]

The Raleigh Wings won their second consecutive W-League title with a dramatic 3-2 shootout win over the Chicago Cobras in front of a team record crowd of 2,260 fans in Raleigh, N.C. Megan Jeidy scored the clincher in the sixth round of the tiebreaker, and Raleigh goalie Siri Mullinix made the save on Chicago’s Courtney […]

After months of anticipation, Major League Soccer has officially signed German national team superstar Lothar Matthaeus to a one-year contract, MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis announced during the league’s weekly media teleconference call on Aug. 17. The 1998-99 German Footballer of the Year and former FIFA World Player of the Year will join the […]

The Colorado Rapids have signed Littleton native and U.S. U-17 national team defender/midfielder Seth Trembly to a Major League Soccer Project-40 contract. Trembly starred at Arapahoe High School from 1996 to 1998, and is currently in residency with the U.S. U-17s in Florida, foregoing his senior season this fall. Trembly, who trained with the Rapids […]

U.S. gets career performances in the back and uses unexpected depth to finish in third The United States’ accomplishment in Mexico this summer had less to do with the results, as marvelous as they may be, than with how the Americans performed. It was meant to be a learning trip, Bruce Arena acknowledged beforehand, but […]

Indiana is favored to repeat its national title, but it will get challenges from Maryland and UCLA, which are loaded with U.S. national youth team talent and were able to retain their best players. On the other side, pro defections hit Clemson and Virginia hard. Rank/Team 1998 Record 1998 Postseason 1. Indiana 23-2-0 Champion 2. […]

U-15 FINAL STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 54 points; Brooklyn 43; Westchester 24; No. Virginia 23; Ironbound 14; Staten Island 0. West Division — SCYSO 32 points; Calif. Central Elite 29; San Fern. Valley 14; Sacramento Elite 0. U-14 FINAL STANDINGS Northeast Division — Brooklyn 39 points; Staten Island 11; South Jersey 9. West […]

Third-Place Game Aug. 3 in Guadalajara USA 2 Saudi Arabia 0. Goals: Bravo 27, McBride 78. USA ù Friedel, Hejduk, Balboa, Brown, Berhalter (Fraser, 75), McKeon, Lewis, Olsen, Kirovski (Williams, 68), Bravo (Jones, 59), McBride. Saudi Arabia ù Al Deayea, Zubromawi, Al Khilaiwi, Harthi, Sulimani, Al Harbi (Gahwji, 70), A.Al Shahrani, Al Jahani (Al Subaie, […]

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NSCAA/adidas Women’s NCAA Division II 1 Lynn (19-1-0). 2 Sonoma State (22-2-1). 3 Franklin Pierce (21-1-0). 4 Ashland (17-3-1). 5 Bloomsburg (16-1-4). 5 Mesa State (17-4-1). 7 Cal State Dom. Hills (14-5-2). 8 West Virginia Wesleyan (13-3-2). 9 Barry (12-4-1). 10 Southern Indiana (18-3-1). 10 SIU-Edwardsville (13-3-2). 10 Belmont Abbey (20-4-0). 13 C.W. Post (14-6-1). […]

NSCAA/adidas Men’s NCAA Division II 1 Southern Connecticut (1998 record: 20-2-1). 2 USC Spartanburg (22-1-0). 3 Lynn (18-1-0). 4 Mercyhurst (17-4-0). 5 Seattle Pacific (14-7-2). 6 New Hamp. College (16-3-2). 7 Truman State (14-3-2). 8 Grand Canyon (17-6-1). 9 West Florida (16-4-0). 10 East Stroudsburg (16-5-0). 11 Franklin Pierce (14-6-0). 12 Barry (11-6-0). 13 Quincy […]

Aug. 13 in Tampa Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) 0 Colorado Rapids (MLS) 1. Goal: Dely Valdes (Anderson) 90. Tampa Bay — Garlick, Kinnear (Kotschau, 28), Addo, Houser, Lagos, Keller, Ralston, Valderrama, Ramos, Diaz Arce, Shannon. Colorado — Feuer, Vaudreuil, Balboa, Vermes, Martinez, DiGiamarino, McKeon, Bravo (Anderson, 69), Paule (Sawatzky, 42), Dely Valdes, Harris. Red card: […]

The Confederations Cup television fiasco is a stark reminder that U.S. Soccer is far more adept at coining slogans than it is at actually putting them into practice. “Turn Us On” proclaimed U.S. Soccer a few months ago. But turning on the U.S. men’s team to see its efforts at the Confederations Cup proved to […]

The Dallas Burn traded Colombian midfielder Leonel Alvarez and future considerations to the New England Revolution for Ecuadorian striker Ariel Graziani, who played just three games for the Revs after being allocated to them on June 26. The 28-year-old Graziani, who played for Mexican club Morelia before joining New England, has 12 goals in 21 […]

New England was busy on Friday the 13th. The Revolution traded midfielder Jair to the San Jose Clash for midfielder Jeff Baicher. Earlier, the Revs traded newcomer Ariel Graziani to Dallas for Leonel Alvarez. “Today we have added a great defensive midfielder and a great attacking midfielder,” Revolution coach Walter Zenga said. “Leonel is one […]

Los Angeles traded midfielder Daniel Hernandez to Tampa Bay for former Galaxy midfielder Jorge Salcedo. “We are excited to have Jorge back in Los Angeles,” Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid said. “He is a good passer of the ball, giving us someone who can play in a deeper part of midfield. Also, he is a versatile […]

‘Happy as I’ve ever been’ Brad Friedel has been the No. 2 U.S. goalkeeper since the buildup to the 1994 World Cup, making 57 appearance as the backup first to Tony Meola and, in recent years, Kasey Keller. He got his chance to star in the Americans’ Confederations Cup win over Germany. SOCCER AMERICA: Bruce […]

Aug. 11 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 2 Dallas Burn (MLS) 1 (OT). Goals: Biello (Hardy) 71, Kirmse (Tilley) 110; Kreis (Broome) 85. Rochester — Onstad (Andracki, 46), Demmin, Hardy, Restrepo, Walton, Daligcon (Kirmse, 73), Tanner (Dietrich, 84), Allnutt, Sedgewick, Biello, Tilley. Dallas — Jordan, Pollard, Rodriguez, Farrer (Dade, 56), Santel, Eck (Deering, 75), […]

Goalkeeper Garth Lagerwey (1) Miami Defenders Lubos Kubik (6) Chicago Brandon Pollard (2) Dallas Tom Soehn (1) Chicago Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (5) Los Angeles Ansil Elcock (4) Columbus Simon Elliott (2) Los Angeles Forwards Saul Martinez (1) Miami Ante Razov (5) Chicago Musa Shannon (3) Tampa Bay A.J. Wood (1) D.C. United ò In parentheses […]

Qualifying Round, First Leg Aug. 10 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 3 Sileks Kratovo (Macedonia) 1 Aug. 11 HJK Helsinki (Finland) 2 FC Shirak (Armenia) 0 Aug. 12 Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Georgia) 1 Linfield (No. Ireland) 0 Sherif Tiraspol (Moldova) 1 Sigma Olomouc (Czech Rep.) 1 Yerevan (Armenia) 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) 2 Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan) 2 […]

Third Qualifying Round, First Leg Aug. 10 in Lyon Olympique Lyon (France) 0 Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) 1 (Filipovic 89). Half: 0-0. Att.: 25,000. Aug. 11 in Moscow Spartak Moscow (Russia) 2 (Shirko 39, Tikhonov 73) Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 45,000. Aug. 11 in Teplice Teplice (Czech Republic) 0 Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1 […]

U-15 STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 50 points; Brooklyn 38; Westchester, No. Virginia 15; Ironbound 14; Staten Island 0. Southeast Division — Miami T. 10 points; Bradenton, Pinellas Utd., Stone Mountain, Tampa Wanderers, Miami B. 0. West Division — Calif. Central Elite 29 points; SCYSO 22; San Fern. Valley 14; Sacramento Elite 0. U-14 […]