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MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Clemson 20-1-0 478 2 Washington 16-3-0 423 3 Indiana 18-2-0 418 4 Duke 18-3-0 410 5 Virginia 14-3-3 377 6 UCLA 16-3-0 362 7 St. JohnÆs 14-4-3 356 8 SMU 15-4-1 259 9 Brown 12-2-2 246 10 So. Carolina 15-4-0 232 11 Akron 17-2-1 227 12 Connecticut […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 14-15 Franklin Pierce 4 American Int’l 0 Bloomsburg 2 C.W. Post 3 Lynn 1 Barry 0 Francis Marion 1 Belmont Abbey 3 SIU-Edwardsville 1 So. Indiana 2 West Va. Wesleyan 0 Ashland 3 Mesa State 3 Metro State 1 Sonoma State 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 2 (Sonoma State wins on penalties.) […]

Major League Soccer has accepted an offer from the Kraft Sports Group to acquire operating control of the San Jose Clash. Kraft Sports Group, the investor-operator of MLS’ New England Revolution and the owner of the National Football League’s New England Patriots, will assume control of the team immediately. Major League Soccer had been negotiating […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 11 Williams 2 Bowdoin 0 Amherst 2 Keene State 1 Centre 1 Washington (Mo.) 0 Earlham 0 Otterbein 1 Gettysburg 3 Drew 0 Richard Stockton 3 Western Conn. 0 Cal Lutheran 0 Chapman 1 Luther 1 Macalester 3 (2OT) SECOND ROUND Nov. 13-14 Williams 5 Middlebury 0 Plymouth State 1 Amherst 0 […]

FAR WEST Semifinals Westmont 2 Notre Dame (Calif.) 1 The Master’s 3 Pt. Loma Nazarene 2 (OT) Final Westmont 2 The Master’s 1 GREAT LAKES First Round Rio Grande 5 Ind. Wesleyan 1 Dominican (Ill.) 1 Geneva 0 (OT) Semifinals Madonna 3 Rio Grande 1 Illinois-Springfield 2 Dominican (Ill.) 1 Final Illinois-Springfield 4 Madonna 0 […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 14-15 Coll. of New Jersey 1 Conn. College 0 Tufts 0 Ithaca 1 (2OT) Willamette 2 Mary Washington 0 Macalester 1 Washington (Mo.) 1 (Macalester wins on penalties.) SEMIFINALS Nov. 21 in Ithaca, N.Y. Coll. of New Jersey (18-2-1) at Ithaca (16-3-1) Willamette (18-0-4) vs. Macalester (20-1-0) CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 22 in Ithaca, N.Y. […]

The U.S. men’s and women’s national teams will play separate matches in early 1999 at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The U.S. women will take on Portugal live on ESPN on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. (ET), while the U.S. men will battle Chile a month later on Feb. 21 at 3:30 p.m. (ET), […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 18-2-0 50 DN Wisconsin 4-0, DN Penn State 1-0 (OT) 2 Akron 17-2-1 45 DH Bowling Green 4-1 3 Butler 18-4-1 40 TH Howard 1-1 (OT) 4 Cincinnati 11-4-3 35 5 Notre Dame 9-6-3 30 6 Oakland 12-4-0 24 7 Dayton 13-9-0 20 LH Lafayette 0-1 […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 14-15 Lynn 3 Barry 0 USC Spartanburg 3 West Florida 1 Truman State 3 Quincy 2 (2OT) Mercyhurst 1 East Stroudsburg 0 So. Connecticut 4 Dowling 0 New Hampshire Coll. 4 Franklin Pierce 1 Seattle Pacific 4 Fort Lewis 3 Grand Canyon 3 Cal Poly Pomona 1 QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21-22 USC Spartanburg […]

G Josh Campbell (Clemson) (1) ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player D Tony Powell (Jacksonville) (1) Goal and an assist in play-in win D Keith Burden (Santa Clara) (1) Hit winner over St. Mary’s on 45-yard shot M Andy Dixon (Brown) (1) Goal against Dartmouth sealed Ivy crown M Steve Jackson (Rider) (1) 2 goals in […]

Group A July 29 — Bolivia vs. Egypt, Mexico vs. Saudi Arabia in Mexico City. July 31 — Saudi Arabia vs. Bolivia, Mexico vs. Egypt in Mexico City. Aug. 2 — Egypt vs. Saudi Arabia, Bolivia vs. Mexico in Mexico City. Group B July 28 — Brazil vs. France, New Zealand vs. USA in Guadalajara. […]

Bolivian international midfielder Marco Etcheverry will be returning to Ecuador on loan from D.C. United to Club Sport Emelec in Guayaquil. Etcheverry, 28, played for Emelec’s city rival Barcelona last winter, leading the Canaries to the Ecuadoran Primera A championship. He scored six goals in his 12 games with Barcelona. The terms of Etcheverry’s loan […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny has re-signed head coach Tim Hankinson through the 2000 MLS season. In addition to being retained as the head coach, Hankinson has also been given the title of Director of Player Personnel, in which he will be responsible for all player movements. In keeping with MLS policy, no terms of the […]

The U.S. women’s national team will play its final game of 1998 against Ukraine in Fresno, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 20. The match will take place at Fresno State University’s Bulldog Stadium, with kickoff at 1 p.m. (PT) and will be broadcast live on ESPN. This will also be the last game before the USA […]

Following meetings of the FIFA Women’s Football Committee this week in Zurich, Switzerland, the world governing body of soccer has determined the four seeded teams for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in the United States this summer. FIFA announced that China, Germany, Norway and the USA will head the four groups, […]

Seedings 1. Clemson. 2. Virginia. 3. Duke. 4. Washington. 5. St. John’s. 6. UCLA. 7. Cal State Fullerton. 8. Indiana First Round Nov. 20-22 Lafayette (16-4-0)at (1) Clemson (20-1-0) William & Mary (14-7-2) at South Florida (12-7-2) Cincinnati (11-4-3) at Butler (18-4-1) Akron (17-2-1) at (8) Indiana (18-2-0) Brown (12-2-2) at (5) St. John’s (14-4-3) […]

The MetroStars have loaned forward Eduardo Hurtado to Liga Deportivo de Quito of Ecuador for two months. “This loan presents Eduardo Hurtado with a great opportunity for serious competition this off-season,” said MetroStars GM Charlie Stillitano. “I wish him and Liga Deportivo de Quito well in their upcoming playoff run for the Ecuadorian Championship.” Hurtado, […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Nov. 15. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Clemson 20-1-0 2 2. Indiana 18-2-0 3 3. Duke 18-3-0 4 4. Washington 16-3-0 10 5. UCLA 16-3-0 1 6. South Carolina 15-4-0 6 7. Virginia 14-3-3 5 8. St. John’s 14-4-3 8 9. […]

Nov. 14 in Indianapolis, Ind. Butler 1 Howard 1 (Butler wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Beck (Armstrong) 31:30; Clark 89:02. Butler — B.Anderson, Aldrich, Babinski, B.Foxworthy, Donaldson, Harkins, Beck, Armstrong, Prosser, Griest, R.Foxworthy. Subs: Long, Trivelloni, Sheray. Howard — Burgess, J.Anderson, H.Anderson, Ja.Chang, Hoo, Cham, Williams, Goodlett, Rutland, Simmons, Clark. Subs: Virtue, Jo.Chang, Chapman. Penalty […]

Nov. 14 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 6 UNC Charlotte 0. Goals: McDonald (Roberts) 2:58, Roberts (Florance) 21:35, Stoecker (Kluegel, McDowell) 41:09, Parlow (Kluegel) 46:02, Florance (Parlow) 55:54, Remy (Karvelsson, Murphy) 65:57. North Carolina — Mullinix, Fair, Stoecker, Borgman, Roberts, McDowell, Schwoy, Kluegel, Parlow, Florance, McDonald. Subs: Karvelsson, Remy, Sheppard, Murphy, DePlatchett, Mitchell, Lawler. […]

Star defender Felipe scored in the 69th minute to lead Brazilian club Vasco da Gama to a 1-0 victory over D.C. United of MLS in the first leg of the InterAmerican Cup at RFK Stadium. Against the run of play in the second half, Vasco scored on a counterattack. Guilherme took a quick ball from […]

Nov. 14 in Washington D.C. D.C. United (USA) 0 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 1. Goal: Felipe 69. D.C. United — Presthus, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Olsen, Harkes, Williams, Sanneh (Wood, 81), Etcheverry, Moreno, Lassiter. Vasco da Gama — Carlos Germano, Filipe Alvim, Odvan, Henrique, Felipe, Luizinho (Nelson, 80), Nasa, Donizete, Gian (Zada, 66), Guilherme, Luizao (Valber, […]

Second Round Nov. 14 (1) North Carolina 6 UNC Charlotte 0 (3) Santa Clara 5 Pacific 0 UCLA 0 BYU 2 Hartford 3 Harvard 0 (6) Connecticut 2 Syracuse 1 Nov. 15 Maryland (11-10-1) at William & Mary (15-2-2) Georgia (13-5-1) at Virginia (13-6-2) Wisconsin (11-7-2) at (8) Dartmouth (14-1-2) Minnesota (14-5-1) at (5) Portland […]

Second Round Nov. 14 (1) North Carolina 6 UNC Charlotte 0 (3) Santa Clara 5 Pacific 0 UCLA 0 BYU 2 Hartford 3 Harvard 0 (6) Connecticut 2 Syracuse 1 Nov. 15 William & Mary 2 Maryland 0 Virginia 2 Georgia 2 (Georgia wins 3-1 on penalties.) (8) Dartmouth 1 Wisconsin 0 (5) Portland 3 […]

POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Wojtek Krakowiak (Clemson) 19 25 8 58 3.05 2. John Wolyniec (Fordham) 20 25 10 60 3.00 2. Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 20 24 12 60 3.00 4. Siggi Eyjolfsson (UNC Greensboro) 21 25 12 62 2.95 5. Heikki Ritvanen (Central Fla.) 19 24 4 […]