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Some of America's biggest stars recount crucial aspects of their youth soccer experiences By Mike Woitalla CLAUDIO REYNA: 'Play first, win later' The veteran of four World Cup teams has played top-flight soccer in Europe longer than any American in history. Starting with German club Bayer Leverkusen in 1994, Claudio Reyna, 33, is now in […]

Maryland junior Maurice Edu's first two goals of the 2006 season earned him Soccer America Men's Player of the Week honors. The goals could not have come at a more important time as they were the only goals in the No. 3 Terrapins' 1-0 victories over Loyola (Md.) and Duke. The midfielder from Fontana, Calif., […]

The women's rivalry between Princeton and Rutgers, steeped in their proximity and a history dating back to 1980, extends literally to the playing field. Princeton coach Julie Shackford notes that the playing surface at the Scarlet Knights' home, Yurcak Field, may be one of the best in the country. ''I tell our groundskeepers to take […]

A World Cup year. His MLS club up for sale. A hamstring injury. A collapsed deal with an English club. A wife and two young sons living in the family home a thousand miles away from his Kansas City apartment. It's been a tumultuous season for Josh Wolff, who in the Wizards' seesaw 3-3 tie […]

No. 5 Clemson's slump continued as it lost to Wake Forest, 2-0, at home on Tuesday night, extending its winless streak to three games after it opened with eight straight wins, its best start in 28 years. Wells Thompson and Steve Curfman scored second-half goals to lead the No. 7 Demon Deacons. Thompson launched a […]

Midfielder Clint Dempsey, the only American to score at last summer's World Cup and a member of the 2005 MLS runner-up New England Revolution, has won the 2006 Honda Player of the Year award, which is voted on by American media. Dempsey received 237 points and was followed by Kasey Keller (184 points), Brian McBride […]

For months, the elephant in the living room has been USA '10 — the possibility that South Africa won't be able to organize the 2010 World Cup and that the tournament will then be moved to a country like the United States that is capable of organizing the event on short notice. The general consensus […]

Unranked Midwestern State snapped NCAA Division II men's defending champion Ft. Lewis' 33-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory. The Mustangs opened up a 3-0 lead on goals by Brandon Swartzendruber, Sun Potter and Scott Leonard after 51 minutes. Ft. Lewis, ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas Top 25, had previously allowed only one goal […]

MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 13 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 13 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 12 Tommy Krizanovic, Jacksonville, Sr. 12 Riley O'Neill, Kentucky, Sr. 11 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 11 Joshua Okoampa, Wis.-Green Bay, Sr. 10 Braden Fleak, Wright St., Fr. 10 Kevin Forrest, Washington, Jr. 10 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. […]

The rise of UC Irvine, the hottest men's team on the West Coast, should be no surprise. Last year, Anteaters came within one game of winning their first Big West title, and they returned eight starters, including Brad Evans, a Soccer America Preseason All-American. The Anteaters moved up to No. 14 in this week's Soccer […]

The U.S. U-17 boys national team will train in Uruguay and Argentina for the entire month of October. The U-17s will begin their month-long tour by spending five days in Montevideo, Uruguay, before traveling to Argentina, where they will split time training in Buenos Aires, San Luis and Rosario. U-17 coach John Hackworth named a […]

The outcome of qualifying for the 2007 Women's World Cup went down to the final day in four of Europe's five groups. Norway, the 1995 world champion, qualified with a game to spare, but the other four qualifiers — defending champion Germany, England, Sweden and Denmark — all clinched with victories in their final games. […]

American Brian McBride scored on a volley from close range to ignite a Fulham comeback in an English Premier League game at Watford Monday that ended in a 3-3 tie. McBride came on a substitute with the Cottagers trailing, 2-0, and scored their first goal. Fulham eventually went ahead on a shot Watford's Damien Francis […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) FRIDAY, Oct. 6 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL U-21 Championship ENGLAND-GERMANY, Qualifying (live), 3 pm. MenÆs College NORTH CAROLINA-MARYLAND (live), 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Mexico UAG-QUERETARO (live), 8 pm. SATURDAY, Oct. 7 MLS DIRECT KICK MLS D.C. UNITED-NEW ENGLAND […]

U.S. U-17 national team Sept. 28 — San Diego Surf U-18 4-0 (DaCosta 11, Morgan 63, Foxhoven 66, 89). Sept. 29 — U.S. U-16 national team 2-1 (Noyola pen. 65, Mathias 76) Sept. 30 — Dallas Texans U-18 5-1 (Henderson 26, Foxhoven 71, 72, Taylor 84, Mathias 85). ROSTER: Goalkeepers: Wendy Balogun (Bowie, Md.), Bianca […]

Notre Dame remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25 with a pair of wins in Big East games that drew almost 6,000 fans at Alumni Field. The Irish rallied from a goal down at halftime to beat previously unbeaten West Virginia, 3-1, before 3,056 fans on Friday night. The Irish got goals […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (11-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (12-1-0) 2 3. Florida State (8-1-1) 3 4. Portland (9-2-1) 4 5. Santa Clara (9-2-0) 5 6. UCLA (9-2-0) 6 7. West Virginia (9-1-2) 7 8. Texas A&M (8-3-1) 12 9. BYU (9-1-1) 14 10. California (7-1-2) 15 11. Villanova (11-0-2) 13 12. […]

The incorrect rankings for Monday's Soccer America Men's Top 25 were published. These are correct rankings with changes in teams ranked No. 2 and No. 5. Maryland and Clemson were incorrectly switched. RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. SMU (11-0-1) 1 2. Maryland (10-1-0) 3 3. North Carolina (10-2-0) 5 4. Virginia (10-1-0) 6 5. Clemson […]

By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America Senior Editor Mexican striker Jose Manuel Abundis celebrated his Revs' debut by heading in the second goal as New England clinched a playoff spot with a 3-1 thumping of Colorado Saturday. The absence of Pat Noonan (only one goal and three assists in 14 games) has stilted the Revs' attack […]

Jonathan Villanueva was good enough to earn an extended tryout at famous Dutch club Ajax over the summer, but it took him 11 games to score his first collegiate goal for Virginia. The former Dallas Texans star picked an opportune time for his first goal as it gave the Cavs a 1-0 win over Clemson […]

American goalkeeper Brad Friedel, the U.S. iron man in English Premier League play with nearly 200 starts, was replaced at halftime because of a groin injury in Blackburn's 2-1 win over Wigan. It was Blackburn's fourth straight win. Reading celebrated a 1-0 at West Ham. The newly promoted Royals, with Marcus Hahnmenn and Bobby Convey, […]

The USA scored the most goals in a women's international match in more than six years with a 10-0 blowout of Chinese Taipei at The Home Depot Center. Abby Wambach recorded her fifth career hat trick and picked up three assists to lead the U.S. effort that saw a three players — Megan Rapinoe, Leslie […]

Spanish star Raul broke a 11-month drought in La Liga to score in Real Madrid's 1-1 tie with crosstown rival Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Raul's goal against the team started out with as a youth came two days after Spain coach Luis Aragones left him out of Spain's squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier […]

The Vancouver Whitecaps captured their first USL First Division championship in their 14th season in the league with a 3-0 victory over Rochester on Saturday night. It was the first win by the visiting team in a single-game USL-1 final in 16 occasions. The Caps opened the scoring just before halftime when a Joey Gjertsen […]

For his first goal in more than two months, Brian Ching struck one of the shots of the season to highlight a Saturday during which every team with a reasonable chance of reaching the MLS postseason kept those hopes alive. Ching's 11th goal of the season downed D.C. United, 1-0, and clinched a playoff spot […]