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Mike Campbell’s goal in the second minute of overtime gave Ohio Wesleyan a 2-1 win over Greensboro and the school’s first soccer championship. Campbell took a pass from midfielder Jason Chadima and danced along the top of the box before drilling a right-footed shot into the upper right corner of the goal. “My first thought […]

The U.S. men’s Under-20 national team will play its Jamaican counterpart in a friendly international match on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the University of Richmond Soccer Complex, with the kickoff set for 5 p.m. ET. The international match will take place on the off-day during the NCAA Men’s Division I Final Four, and it will […]

Fourteen Project-40 players and six guest players will meet in Manchester, England on December 2 for the first-ever Project-40 international tour under the direction of U.S. Pro-40 Select Head Coach Lothar Osiander and assistant coach Frank Yallop. The team will play five matches against reserve squads from the Premier League and the First Division to […]

SECOND ROUND Nov. 28 in Adelphi, N.Y. St. John’s 1 Penn State 0. Goal: Kulego (Theorides) 31:45. St. John’s — Popik, Cusano, Parkin, Champagnie, Buscemi, Matteo, James, Miglioranzi, Theorides, Budna, Kulego. Subs: Acquista, Taylor, Wile, Sprague. Penn State — Gibson, Makipaa, Stout, Novotny, Thompson, Villar, Potteiger, Shellenberger, Oldfield, Parsa, McClay. Subs: Krumpe, Leahy, Diveto. Att.: […]

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) won its first-ever soccer championship with a 2-1 victory over Simon Fraser (B.C.) in the NAIA Women’s final match played in Mobile, Ala. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish for Simon Fraser, which won the 1996 title but fell to Mobile in the 1997 final. Azusa forward Kendra Payne opened the […]

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) capped a 25-0-0 season by rallying to defeat Illinois-Springfield 2-1 in the NAIA championship match at Birmingham, Ala. The Blue Raiders have now won three national titles in the past four years. Illinois-Springfield jumped out to an early lead on a 29th-minute goal by Dan Butler, but Lindsey Wilson tied the match […]

Nov. 29 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida 3 Penn State 1. Goals: Yohe (Bell) 38:40, Doran (Wambach) 48:59, Tullis (Fotopoulos) 86:05; Convey 22:31. Florida — Flaherty, Bell, Reynolds, Mitts, Gilhart, Hall, Doran, Pini, Baxter, Fotopoulos, Wambach. Subs: Yohe, Tullis, Stevens, Moriera. Penn State — Oleksiuk, Samuel, Strom, Mills, Verdrager, Pickett, Lawson, Medina, Convey, Young, Dutchka. Subs: […]

SECOND ROUND Nov. 28 St. John’s 1 Penn State 0 Santa Clara 4 UNC Greensboro 1 Stanford 3 San Diego 1 (2OT) Nov. 29 Maryland 3 Jacksonville 0 Clemson 1 William & Mary 0 Indiana 2 Butler 1 (2OT) Virginia 1 South Carolina 0 UCLA 0 Creighton 2 QUARTERFINALS Dec. 5-6; date and site TBA […]

SECOND ROUND Nov. 28 St. John’s 1 Penn State 0 Santa Clara 4 UNC Greensboro 1 Stanford 3 San Diego 1 (2OT) Nov. 29 Jacksonville (19-4-0) at Maryland (14-7-0) William & Mary (15-7-2) at Clemson (21-1-0) Butler (19-4-1) at Indiana (19-2-0) Creighton (15-3-2) at UCLA (17-3-0) South Carolina (16-4-0) at Virginia (15-3-3) QUARTERFINALS Dec. 5-6 […]

Nov. 27 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 3 Dartmouth 0. Goals: Sheppard (Remy) 36:38, Borgman (McDowell, Remy) 66:40, Karvelsson (Remy) 84:17. North Carolina — Mullinix, Fair, Stoecker, Borgman, Roberts, McDowell, Schwoy, Kluegel, Parlow, Florance, McDonald. Subs: Karvelsson, Sheppard, Remy, Lawler, Marslender, Murphy. Dartmouth — Luckenbill, Eastman, Castro, Rasala, Hearey, Lang, Prairie, Roda, Post, Murray, […]

Nov. 28 in Santa Clara, Calif. Santa Clara 1 Connecticut 0. Goal: Horvath (Slaton, Celio) 6:50. Santa Clara — Gordon, Kraus, Nanez, Pickup, Slaton, Serlenga, Hollis, Celio, Horvath, Little, Clemens. Subs: Weber, Aldama, Cathcart. Connecticut — Eskerud, Dorn, McCann, J.Tietjen, Gardiner, M.Tietjen, Molinaro, Zimny, Borisjuk, Carlson, Monroe. Subs: Spinelli, Butler, Carabino, Toups. Att.: 2,351. SEMIFINALS […]

Nov. 28 in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame 1 Portland 2. Goals: Heft (Makinen, Grubb) 72:21; O’Hanley 27:44, Talbot (Koleski) 87:06. Notre Dame — Beene, Grubb, Lindsey, Brown, Boxx, Vanderberg, Makinen, Streiffer, Gerardo, Erikson, Heft. Sub: Jones. Portland — Harrison, Eaton, Sharpe, Smart, French, Stiles, Johnson, O’Hanley, Talbot, Barton, Koleski. Sub: Del Bosque. Att.: 1,062. […]

Nov. 27 in Birmingham, Ala. Lindsey Wilson 4 William Carey 0. Goals: Odhiambo (Digollo) 47:31, Odhiambo (pen.) 51:40, Menyongar (Bueso) 62:11, Bueso (Menyongar) 79:34. Illinois-Springfield 1 Seattle 0. Goal: Butler (Lee) 87:22. CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 28 in Birmingham, Ala. Lindsey Wilson (24-0-0) vs. Illinois-Springfield (20-6-1)

The policies of a recreational league I joined discourage “the manipulation of the rules to further winning.” I think they mean cheating. Why use such a round-about description? Have words like restroom — you can get charged with vagrancy if you took a nap in one — made us euphemism-mad? Or do sports people have […]

Nov. 27 in Mobile, Ala. Mobile 1 Azusa Pacific 1 (Azusa Pacific wins 3-1 on penalties). Goals: Law 76:20; Alfiler 74:14. Simon Fraser 3 Lindenwood 2. Goals: Trotman (Maglio) 18:14, Maglio (Lehnert) 63:07, Trotman (Seabrook) 88:48; Buchanan (Wade) 24:51, Massman (Gaultney) 47:09. CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 28 in Mobile, Ala. Azusa Pacific (24-0-0) vs. Simon Fraser (15-3-2)

First Round Pool A Nov. 23 in Birmingham, Ala. Illinois-Springfield 1 Harris-Stowe State 0. Goal: Lee (Avdogdu) 77:47. Nov. 24 in Birmingham, Ala. Life 5 Harris-Stowe State 3. Goals: Cvetkovic (Leach) 3:47, Lowther (Austin) 14:49, Connolly (Cvetkovic) 22:59, Lowther (pen.) 61:20, Leach (Connolly) 82:50; Kipnusu (Wilson) 40:26, Wilson (Joako) 70:00, Joako 72:09. Nov. 25 in […]

First Round Pool A Nov. 23 in Mobile, Ala. Mobile 4 Dominican (N.Y.) 0. Goals: Froberg (Grant) 14:26, South (Landeen) 21:00, Law 56:32, Froberg 80:04. Nov. 24 in Mobile, Ala. Transylvania 2 Dominican (N.Y.) 2. Goals: Byrd 66:45, Campbell (Kelley) 82:37; Irwin (Dmochowski) 49:17, Irwin (DiMaria) 70:32. Nov. 25 in Mobile, Ala. Mobile 2 Transylvania […]

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FIRST ROUND Group A: Central 3 (Panama or El Salvador), Caribbean 3 (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba or Bahamas) and Bermuda. Group B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Caribbean 2 (Dominica, St. Kitts/Nevis or Jamaica), Central 4 (Nicaragua or Honduras). Group C: Canada, Central 1 (Belize or Guatemala), Caribbean 1 (Guyana, Surinam, Aruba or Netherlands Antilles), Caribbean 4 […]

GROUP A Nov. 25 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 2 (Gogic 17, Djordjevic 55) Porto (Portugal) 1 (Zahovic 76). Half: 1-0. Att.: 70,000. Nov. 25 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0 Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 1 (Simic 68). Half: 0-0. Att.: 30,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Olympiakos 5 3 1 1 7 […]

Former Tampa Bay Mutiny defender Frank Yallop will re-join the team as an assistant coach for the 1999 MLS season. Yallop, waived by the Mutiny on Nov. 1, will begin his new duties on Jan. 1. He will join holdover assistant coach Perry Van Der Beck on the Mutiny coaching staff. “It’s always great when […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 19 in Trenton, N.J. Yavapai 2 DuPage 0 State Fair 0 Mt. Ida 0 (State Fair wins on penalties.) Springfield 3 Mercer Co. 2 Reinhardt 3 Tyler 2 SEMIFINALS Nov. 20 in Trenton, N.J. State Fair 0 Yavapai 0 (State Fair wins on penalties.) Reinhardt 0 Springfield 0 (Reinhardt wins on penalties.) THIRD-PLACE […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 19 in Baltimore Brevard 5 Rhode Island CC 1 Meramec 1 Anne Arundel 0 Dixie 1 Monroe 0 Champlain 4 Brookdale 0 SEMIFINALS Nov. 20 in Baltimore Meramec 4 Brevard 3 (PK) Champlain 2 Dixie 1 THIRD-PLACE MATCH Nov. 22 in Baltimore Brevard 2 Dixie 1 (3OT) CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 22 in Baltimore Champlain […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21-22 St. Lawrence 2 Williams 2 (Williams wins on penalties.) Ohio Wesleyan 2 Trinity (Texas) 1 Rowan 1 Johns Hopkins 0 (3OT) Greensboro 2 Macalester 1 (3OT) SEMFINALS Nov. 28 in Delaware, Ohio Williams (17-1-0) at Ohio Wesleyan (16-6-0) Rowan (16-5-1) vs. Greensboro (17-3-0) CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 29 in Delaware, Ohio Semifinal winners

FIRST ROUND Nov. 20 in Tampa South Florida 1 William & Mary 2 (2OT). Goals: K.Alvero (Curry, Houser) 87:06; Dominguez (Knott) 14:12, Pillari 117:49. South Florida — Miller, Elias, Hanaes, Loevland, Beaudoin, Scrivens, B.Alvero, Houser, Curry, K.Alvero, Waltrip. Subs: Zigler, Anatol, Nicoletto, Cudjoe, Alva-Cavero. William & Mary — Brown, Chittum, Ross, Coffin, Hernandez, Knott, Stoddart, […]