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UCLA possibly lost two stars — Maxwell Griffin, last week's Soccer America Player of the Week, and U.S. U-20 player Tony Beltran — with serious injuries in its 3-1 loss to  California Friday. Griffin went down with a possible ACL injury in the third minute, and in the 20th minute, Beltran left the game after […]

Scott Campbell and Eddie Ababio scored second-half goals to lead No. 8 North Carolina to a 2-1 win over the No. 1 Virginia Friday night in front of 3,223 fans at Fetzer Field. It was the second time in 24 hours a Carolina team had beaten a No. 1 team at home. The Heels beat […]

In Germany, 10th place Borussia Moenchengladbach, with American Kasey Keller in goal, faces fourth place Borussia Dortmund on Friday (2:25 pm ET on Gol TV). Fulham, with Carlos Bocanegra and Brian McBride, faces two-time defending champ Chelsea on Saturday (9:45 am ET on Setanta Sports). English Premier League newcomer Reading, with Americans Marcus Hahnemann and […]

Defender Kate Markgraf, veteran of the last two Women's World Cups and last two Olympic Games, returns to the U.S. nation team camp for the first time since giving birth to her son in July. The 30-year-old Markgraf is part of Coach Greg Ryan's roster for the 24-player training camp from which he'll pick a […]

All 12 MLS teams, each with four games left in the regular season, take the field on Saturday. The top four teams in each six-team conference qualifying for the playoffs. Here's how the six games could affect the playoff race: Saturday, Sept. 23 D.C. UNITED-NEW YORK TV: 7:30 pm ET, Fox Soccer Channel, Direct Kick, […]

Several streaking teams are poised to move into the Soccer America Men's Top 25 for the first time this season with the right results over the weekend. Here's a look at the standouts who have contributed to their recent surges: GORDON KLJESTAN (Seton Hall). Younger brother Sacha turned pro and starts for MLS's Chivas USA. […]

UNC Greensboro and Coastal Carolina, the defending Southern and Big South men's champions, respectively, are both headed in the same direction — the wrong direction. UNCG and Coastal Carolina, which meet in Friday's NSCAA College Match of the Week on Fox Soccer Channel (live, 8 pm ET), are both 0-2-1 in their last three games. […]

U.S. international Heather O'Reilly showed why she's the best striker in college soccer as she scored a pair of goals to power No. 4 North Carolina to a 2-1 victory over top-ranked Florida State Thursday night before a crowd of 2,181 in Chapel Hill, N.C. O’Reilly scored the opening goal of the ACC showdown on a brilliant […]

Manchester City, which has won just two of its last 15 English Premier League games dating back to last season, suffered further embarrassment in the second round of the Carling League Cup, going down, 2-1, to third-tier Chesterfield. Claudio Reyna started and played 71 minutes wide left in the midfield for Man City while DaMarcus […]

Fire ants, who attack and sting when their mounds are disturbed, have infested soccer fields in Chesapeake, Va., disrupting the season for hundreds of children in the Chesapeake United Soccer Club. Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspector Mike Tilley is working on an extermination plan.

The New England Revolution won 2-0 at New York on Wednesday despite the absence of midfielder Shalrie Joseph, who is out for the rest of the regular season with a hand injury. According to reports in the Boston Globe and SIcnn.com, Joseph hurt his hand last week during an altercation at a Boston nightclub. He […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) FRIDAY, Sept. 22 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL MenÆs College NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO-COASTAL CAROLINA (live), 8 pm. GOL TV Germany BORUSSIA MÆGLADBACH-BORUSSIA DORTMUND (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England PRESTON NORTH END-BARNSLEY (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Sept. 23 MLS DIRECT KICK […]

North Carolina will be out for revenge Thursday night when the Tar Heels host top-ranked Florida State in an ACC women's match televised live on Fox Soccer Channel (8 pm ET). In 2005, the Tar Heels had assembled one of the best teams in their storied history, but the Seminoles upset them on penalty kicks […]

Defending men's champion Maryland continues to impress. The No. 5 Terrapins earned their third shutout in a row by defeating Penn State, 2-0, on Wednesday night before 2,323 fans at Ludwig Field. Maryland got goals from sophomore Graham Zusi and freshman Jason Herrick — the team-leading fifth goal of the season for both players. Both […]

Just how big a role do foreign players play at men's programs? Through the years, many foreigners have starred in the college ranks. Nigerian Andy Atuegbu (San Francisco, 1974-77) and Honduran Armando Betancourt (Indiana, 1979-81) were the dominant players of their generation. In the last decade, foreign players had a major role in the success […]

Sept. 20 in East Rutherford, N.J. New York 0 New England 2. Goals: Twellman (Ralston) 16, Dorman 48. New York – Conway, Parke, Wynne, Graham, Stammler, Kovalenko, Djorkaeff, Henderson (Schopp, 46), Guevara (Camp, 77), Buddle (Altidore, 59), Wolyniec. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, Franchino, John, Larentowicz, Ralston, Dorman, Riley, Twellman, Dempsey. Yellow Cards: New […]

Junior midfielder Nico Colaluca's second goal of the evening 152 seconds into overtime gave Virginia, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men's Top 25, a 2-1 win over No. 8 and previously unbeaten West Virginia Tuesday night in front of 2,171 fans at Klockner Stadium. Colaluca knocked in Yannick Reyering's flick header from just […]

Boston University senior Lauren Erwin is the Soccer America Women's Player of the Week. Erwin, a forward from Orange, Conn., scored her first two goals of the season, both game-winning goals, last week. She scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory over Fairfield on Wednesday, then scored the goal that gave the Terriers a […]

When, last weekend, American DaMarcus Bealsey made his debut for Manchester City, a team nicknamed the Blues, he entered the field as a first-half sub wearing shiny red shoes. "Blue boots, you'd better wear blue boots," chanted the City fans. (They call soccer shoes ''boots'' in Britain.) Beasley came out after halftime wearing white shoes, […]

Felix Magath, coach of German defending champion Bayern Munich, excused his players for a 2-1 league loss to lowly Arminia Bielefeld last weekend, citing the rigors of having to play German Cup and Champions League games the same week, but Magath's boss would have none of that. Said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, ''It is imperative […]

On Tuesday, the New York Red Bulls broke ground on the stadium scheduled to be completed in 2008. So far in MLS, Columbus, the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA, FC Dallas and Chicago play their home games in soccer-specific stadiums. The Colorado Rapids and future MLS club Toronto are set to move into new soccer […]

WEDNESDAY, ESPN2, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT ''Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos'' The rise and fall of America's greatest soccer club is chronicled in a documentary the New York Times described as, ''Fielding heroes and villains, gentlemen and rogues, booze and women, it plays like the 'Dynasty' of […]

UMass is back! The Minutewomen pulled off one of their biggest victories in recent years when they upset No. 12 Connecticut, 2-1, on Tuesday night in Amherst. The victory was their first over UConn in 12 games and improved their 2006 record to 6-1-0. Massachusetts and Connecticut were among the first women's collegiate powerhouses. UMass […]

UCLA sophomore Maxwell Griffin, who led the Bruins to big victories over a pair of Top 10 teams last weekend, is the Soccer America Men's Player of the Week. In a 2-1 victory over then-No. 9 Santa Clara on Friday, Griffin broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the 67th minute, and just 19 […]

Carin Gabarra, winner of the Golden Ball as the best player at the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991, is one of the great players in the history of women's soccer. Less well known is her success as a college coach. It isn't easy to attract top players to the Naval Academy, what with its […]