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Sept. 30 in Columbus Columbus 3 FC Dallas 1. Goals: Ngwenya (Garey, Kotschau) 22, Thomas (Oughton) 66, Garey (Gaven, Thomas) 76; Ruiz (Thompson, McCarty) 91+. Columbus – Gaudette, Pierce, Gonzalez, Marshall, Kotschau, Gaven, Moss, Oughton, Ngwenya (Leitch, 80), Garey (Hendrickson, 83), Virtuoso (Thomas, 50). FC Dallas – Hislop, Rhine, Moor, Vanney, Wagenfuhr (Oduro, 76), Nunez […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Pac-10 game between California and Stanford scheduled for Saturday at Cal's Edwards Stadium was postponed due to the absence of the referee and assistant referees. The game will now be played the weekend of Oct. 21.

Freshman midfielder Jonathan Villanueva scored his first collegiate goal in the 75th minute to give No. 6 Virginia a 1-0 win over No. 2 Clemson in front of 7,428 fans, the second largest crowd for soccer in Klockner Stadium history. Virginia (10-1-0) handed the Tigers (8-1-1) their first loss of the season. Villanueva received a […]

Mid-Continent of Kentucky was the only NAIA Top 10 men's team that remained unbeaten from the Sept. 20 rankings after Embry-Riddle's pair of losses. Joe Zakowicz's Cougars, ranked No. 9 this week, are 4-0-2. The only other unbeaten NAIA teams in this week's Top 25 are Oklahoma's Science & Arts at No. 7 and Fresno […]

No. 3 Maryland hosts No. 7 Duke Friday night in the NSCAA Match of the Week on Fox Soccer Channel (live, 8 pm ET). The match features two of the country's top sophomore strikers. Maryland's Graham Zusi, last week's Soccer America Player of the Week, has tallied a point in each of the Terps' last […]

No. 2 North Carolina won its 11th game in a row with a 2-0 win at Clemson thanks to first-half goals by freshman defender Ali Hawkins and sophomore midfielder Yael Averbuch. Sophomore Anna Rodenbough picked up her eighth solo shutout of the season in the Tar Heels' 12 games. No. 3 Florida State's troubles with […]

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 […]

Longtime North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance has called it the biggest change in women's soccer in the last decade. Canadian players have played a growing role in the success of nationally ranked teams. In 2002 and 2005, Canada national team star Christine Sinclair led Portland to NCAA Division I titles. In 2004, Canadian Katie Thorlakson […]

With three games left in the regular season, three teams have clinched playoff berths – D.C. United, FC Dallas and the Chicago Fire. Nine are vying for the remaining five playoff berths. Here's how this weekend's six games can shape the postseason. SATURDAY, Sept. 30 NEW ENGLAND-COLORADO 7:30 pm ET. TV: Direct Kick, FSN-NE. New […]

Three-time champ Rochester Rhinos host final debutant Vancouver in the USL-1 championship game on Saturday (live at 7 pm ET on Fox Soccer Channel). If the Rhinos win the title of the nation's second-tier league they'll set the title record at four; defending champion Seattle Sounders having also lifted the crown three times.

Energy drink Red Bull, which owns the New York MLS franchise of the same name, is launching a U-17 national championship that comprises 16 teams and consists of four weekend-long tournaments, the first of which takes place Nov. 17-19, 2006, in Raleigh, N.C., in conjunction with the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) Shootout. ''Red Bull […]

The Madrid derby between second-place Real and fifth-place Atletico (TV: Gol TV, Sunday, live, 12 pm ET) takes on new significance this year as both teams are off to strong starts. This weekend's headline match at Real's Bernabeu Stadium pits Real coach Fabio Capello and against Atletico's Javier Aguirre, the former NASL player. Both clubs […]

Field hockey coach Bernhard Peters, who became the symbol of Juergen Klinsmann's efforts to remake German soccer, was finally hired by the German federation (DFB) to work as an ''external advisor'' two weeks after he led Germany to a second straight field hockey World Cup title. Peters, 46, was Klinsman's choice for the job of […]

By Mike WoitallaExecutive Editor, Soccer America Magazine The U.S. Soccer Federation is reevaluating the nation's approach to youth player development and coaching education. Even before the USA's unsatisfactory performance at the 2006 World Cup, U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati, elected in March, decided to launch a complete review of all the Federation's technical areas. […]

How over-coaching and the emphasis on winning stifle young American talent. The little boy dribbled and kept dribbling. He had taken the ball away from the midfield pack and zoomed toward his own goal. This surprised the other children and allowed him to keep the ball to himself for much longer than any player had […]

By Bryan Alvarez Assistant Editor, Soccer America Magazine On the field, they played in Freddy Adu's shadows. Even today they marvel at the moves he executed, contributing to the making of a legend. Off the field, they were Freddy's older brothers, all two years older than the phenom who entered the U.S. U-17 residency program […]

By Ridge MahoneySenior Editor, Soccer America Magazine By forming a provision by which ''homegrown'' players can sign pro contracts and bypass the leagueÆs distribution procedures, MLS has provided incentive for teams to get serious about finding and developing talent. Argentinos Juniors isnÆt the equal of glamorous Buenos Aires neighbors River Plate and Boca Juniors, yet […]

UCLA lost its leading scorer, sophomore forward Maxwell Griffin (5 goals, 1 assist), for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee, and transfer Tony Beltran will have a right ankle arthroscopy on Friday and will be out 6-8 weeks. The Bruins are already without former U-17 defender Brandon Owens (torn ACL suffered […]

No. 12 Texas A&M won a battle of teams unbeaten in Big 12 play with a 3-1 win over No. 22 Oklahoma State before 3,636 fans at Aggie Soccer Stadium on Thursday night. Allison Martino dished out assists on all three goals. Suzette Devloo scored twice and Nicole Ketchum added an insurance goal in the […]

No. 10 West Virginia celebrated Coach Marlon LeBlanc's return to Penn State, where he was an assistant for five years, with a 2-1 victory over the Nittany Lions on Wednesday night. New Zealander Paul Cunningham and Englishman Andrew Wright scored unassisted goals in the second half to erase Penn State's 1-0 first-half lead and give […]

In a lively U.S. Open Cup final, the Chicago Fire prevailed over Los Angeles, 3-1, to win the competition for the fourth time. The last four Open Cup finals were settled with 1-0 scores. On Wednesday, Coach Dave Sarachan's team took a 2-0 lead after 16 minutes on headed goals Nate Jaqua and Costa Rican […]

The British tabloid The Sun claims newly promoted English Premier league club Reading, which already has the two Americans Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahnemann in its squad, wants to acquire Freddy Adu on a six-month loan starting in January.

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, Sept. 29 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL MenÆs College MARYLAND-DUKE (live), 8 pm. GOL TV Germany BORUSSIA DORTMUND-HANNOVER (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England COLCHESTER UTD.-IPSWICH TOWN, League ôChampionshipö (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Sept. […]