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MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Rockhurst 8-2-1 TA Midwestern 1-1, DN Incarnate Word 5-1 1 Truman State 6-2-2 TH St. Edwards 2-2, LH Missouri-Rolla 1-2 (OT) 3 Charleston 9-3-1 DH Alderson-Broaddus 4-0, LA Davis & Elkins 1-2 4 Mercyhurst 9-2-1 DA Wheeling 1-0 (OT), DH Hillsdale 7-0, DH Ashland 4-1 5 Gannon 10-3-0 […]

MEN’S NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 12-1-1 DH Western Washington 3-0, TA Victoria BC 1-1, DH Evergreen State 7-0 2 Seattle 7-4-1 LA Seattle Pacific 2-4, DA Pacific 3-0, DA George Fox 1-0 3 Westminster 9-6-2 3 George Fox 8-4-1 DA Willamette 2-1, DH Puget Sound 2-1, LH Seattle 0-1 5 Concordia Far […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 N. Carolina 13-0-0 300 2 Notre Dame 11-1-0 283 3 Santa Clara 12-0-1 282 4 Connecticut 12-0-1 257 5 Florida 11-1-0 256 6 Penn State 12-0-1 242 7 Portland 9-0-2 227 8 Vanderbilt 9-3-0 205 9 Dartmouth 8-1-1 191 10 William & Mary 8-1-1 190 11 San […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 11-1-0 50 DA Butler 3-0, DA Evansville 2-1 (OT) 2 Butler 10-2-0 44 LH Indiana 0-3, DA Illinois-Chicago 2-1 (OT) 3 Akron 9-2-1 41 DH Miami 5-0, DH Kentucky 4-0 4 Notre Dame 6-3-3 33 DH IUPUI 1-0 (OT), LA Santa Clara 1-3, DA Saint Mary’s […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 13-0-0 50 DH Carthage 3-0, DH Macalester 3-2 2 Trinity (Texas) 9-2-0 45 DA Chicago 5-1, DN Wash. U. 1-0 3 Sewanee 10-1-0 38 DA Millsaps 1-0, DA Oglethorpe 1-0 (OT) 4 Centre 8-3-0 33 DA Oglethorpe 6-0, DA Millsaps 4-1 5 Rhodes 9-2-1 32 […]

MLS has announced the finalists for its array of year-end awards Honda Most Valuable Player Finalists — Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United), Cobi Jones (Los Angeles Galaxy), Piotr Nowak (Chicago Fire). The MVP is awarded to “the player whose presence made the biggest impact on his team’s overall play during the regular season.” BIC Defender of […]

G Mike Haberman (Drexel) (1) 11 saves against Phila. Textile, no goals in 335 mins. D Carlos Bocanegra (UCLA) (1) Scored on header to beat Stanford D Jeff Rigby (Seton Hall) (1) Backbone on D that shut out 2 Big East opponents M Maurizio Rocha (Connecticut) (3) Hat trick against Long Island, scored PK against […]

G Kristin Luckenbill (Dartmouth) (1) Shuts out Hartford 1-0, Penn 3-0 D Abby Bausman (Maryland) (1) Set up gamewinning goal vs. JMU D Kelly Lindsey (Notre Dame) (1) Goal, assist in rout of Providence M Kacy Beitel (Michigan) (1) Scores winners vs. Indiana, Illinois M Maria De Giovanni (Wisconsin) (1) 2 goals, back save in […]

Group A Oct. 13 in Auckland Fiji 5 Samoa 0 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *N. Zealand 2 2 0 0 35 0 6 *Fiji 2 1 0 1 5 14 3 Samoa 2 0 0 2 0 26 0 *-qualifies for semifinals. Group B Oct. 13 in Auckland Papua New Guinea […]

Eastern Conference Final, Game 1 Oct. 11 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 Columbus 0. Goals: Sanneh (Agoos, Moreno) 68, Etcheverry (Olsen) 78. D.C. United — Presthus (6), Pope (7), Llamosa (7), Agoos (6), Gori (5), Harkes (6), Olsen (6), Williams (6), Etcheverry (8), Wood (5), Moreno (5). Subs: Talley (5) for Gori in 48th […]

The final two European representatives in the 1999 Women’s World Cup were decided Oct. 11, as Russia and Germany clinched berths to the finals in the USA. In Helsinki, a record crowd of 3,500 saw the Finns take an early lead when Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti scored on a 26th-minute penalty kick. The goal tied the aggregate […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 11: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 13-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 12-1-0 2 3. Santa Clara 12-0-1 3 4. Florida 11-1-0 4 5. Connecticut 12-0-1 5 6. Penn State 12-0-1 6 7. Portland 9-0-2 7 8. Dartmouth 8-1-1 […]

Tickets for the rescheduled 1998 U.S. Open Cup final between the Chicago Fire and the Columbus Crew on Oct. 30 at Soldier Field will go on sale Oct. 13 at 10:00 a.m. (CT). Tickets will be available through TicketMaster charge-by-phone at (312) 559-1212 and the Chicago Fire office at (888) MLS-FIRE. In addition, fans can […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 11: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 11-1-0 1 2. UCLA 9-1-0 2 3. Duke 11-1-0 3 4. Clemson 11-1-0 4 5. Connecticut 12-0-0 7 6. Washington 10-1-0 11 7. Stanford 8-3-0 8 8. South Carolina 8-3-0 9 9. Creighton […]

Group A Oct. 9 in Auckland New Zealand 21 Samoa 0 Oct. 11 in Auckland New Zealand 14 Fiji 0 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *N. Zealand 2 2 0 0 35 0 6 Fiji 1 0 0 1 0 14 0 Samoa 1 0 0 1 0 21 0 *-qualifies for […]

Group 1 Oct. 10 in Udine Italy 2 (Del Piero 19, 61) Switzerland 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 40,000. Oct. 10 in Copenhagen Denmark 1 (Frederiksen 58) Wales 2 (Williams 59, Bellamy 86). Half: 0-0. Att.: 36,009. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 Wales 2 1 […]

Conference Finals Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. COLUMBUS Oct. 11 — D.C. United 2 Columbus 0 Oct. 18 — D.C. United at Columbus Oct. 21 — Columbus at D.C. United (if nec.) Western Conference LOS ANGELES VS. CHICAGO Oct. 10 — Los Angeles 0 Chicago 1 Oct. 16 — Los Angeles at Chicago Oct. 21 […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team GP G A P PPG 1 Missy Wycinsky, William & Mary 9 12 5 29 3.22 2 Danielle Fotopoulos, Florida 10 14 4 32 3.20 3 Jessica Powers, Creighton 11 14 7 35 3.18 4 Anne Makinen, Notre Dame 9 9 10 28 3.11 5 Mary Frances Monroe, Connecticut 11 […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team GP G A P PPG Andrew Mittendorf, Lehigh 9 16 1 33 3.67 Nesa Stefanovic, Jacksonville 11 13 9 35 3.18 Wojtek Krakowiak, Clemson 10 12 5 29 2.90 Bole Acimovic, Jacksonville 11 13 5 31 2.82 Richie Moller, Towson 10 13 2 28 2.80 Rafael Solano, LIU-Brooklyn 10 12 […]

Eastern Conference Columbus — D Mike Lapper (torn ACL) and MF Andrew Gregor (undetermined heart condition) are out; MF Brian Maisonneuve (sprained ankle) and F Jeff Cunningham (sprained knee) are doubtful. D.C. United — D Curt Onalfo (Achilles tendon surgery) and MF Brian Kamler (broken foot) are out; MF Tony Sanneh (strained groin) is questionable; […]

The U.S. national futsal team, which competes internationally in the world’s five-a-side game, will depart on Oct. 10 for Brazil and the Second Rio de Janeiro Futsal Tournament. The event marks the U.S. squad’s second trip to Brazil in 1998, following a third-place finish at the Mundialito de Futsal in January. The four-team, round robin […]

In March of 1996, on the eve of MLS’s inaugural season, the editors of Soccer America offered their predictions for the new league. I forecast that losing coaches would be saying, “Don’t blame me, Sunil picked the players.” You can look up the predictions I got wrong on your own, but complaining about deputy commissioner […]

The Oceania qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup begins this Friday, Oct. 9 and runs until Oct. 17, in Auckland, New Zealand, as six nations will compete for one berth to the United States next summer. The smallest of FIFA’s six Confederations, Oceania will send only its tournament champion to the USA. […]

In March of 1996, on the eve of MLS’s inaugural season, the editors of Soccer America offered their predictions for the new league. I forecast that losing coaches would be saying, “Don’t blame me, Sunil picked the players.” You can look up the predictions I got wrong on your own, but complaining about deputy commissioner […]

In March of 1996, on the eve of MLS’s inaugural season, the editors of Soccer America offered their predictions for the new league. I forecast that losing coaches would be saying, “Don’t blame me, Sunil picked the players.” You can look up the predictions I got wrong on your own, but complaining about deputy commissioner […]