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After three weeks, No. 2 Notre Dame's Michele Weissenhofer has emerged as the nation's top women's freshman. She added to her nation-leading assist total with passes that led to second-half header goals by Jill Krivacek and Brittany Bock in the Irish's 2-0 victory at TCU on Friday night. Weissenhofer, who has eight assists in six […]

Of the five unbeaten and untied teams left in the NCAA Division I men's ranks, No. 10 Washington (5-0-0) is the only team that didn't make last year's NCAA Tournament. A big reason for the fast start is the return of junior Kevin Forrest, who red-shirted last season with an injury. Forrest scored the game-winner […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and http://www.soccerTV.com) FRIDAY, Sept. 15 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL Men's College CLEMSON-NORTH CAROLINA (live), 8 pm. GOL TV Germany WOLFSBURG-HANNOVER (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England HULL CITY-SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Sept. 16 MLS DIRECT KICK MLS […]

FREDDY ADU scored on a curling 24-yeard free kick in D.C. United's 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake. It was the 17-year-old's second goal of the season and 11th career MLS goal, and is a MLS Goal of the Week nominee. … NATE JAQUA and C.J. BROWN got Chicago's goals in a 2-1 win over […]

The U.S. under-17 boys national team recovered from a 3-0 loss to Brazil in its first game to defeat Mexico, 2-0, and Portugal, 4-2, at the Nike National Team Friendlies on the Nike Campus in Beaverton, Ore. A pair of defenders, Mykell Bates and Sheanon Williams, combined for five goals against Mexico and Portugal. Williams […]

History isn't on Barcelona's side. No team has won back-to-back European Cup titles since the great AC Milan teams with Dutchmen Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard did in 1989 and 1990. Rijkaard is now coach of Barcelona, which begins the defense of its UEFA Champions League title against Levski Sofia on Tuesday. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. SMU (6-0-0) 2 2. Virginia (5-0-0) 3 3. Clemson (5-0-0) 5 4. Duke (5-0-0) 6 5. North Carolina (5-1-0) 1 6. Maryland (4-1-0) 4 7. Wake Forest (4-1-0) 7 8. San Francisco (5-0-1) 9 9. Santa Clara (4-0-1) 15 10. Washington (5-0-0) 16 11. UIC (4-0-2) 18 12. Akron (4-1-0) […]

* B list. Group A Barcelona (Spain) Goalkeepers 1 Victor Valdes ESP 25 Albert Jorquera ESP 28 Ruben Martinez ESP Defenders 2 Juliano Belletti BRA 4 Rafael Marquez MEX 5 Carles Puyol ESP 11 Gianluca Zambrotta ITA 12 Giovanni van Bronckhorst HOL 15 Edmilson BRA 16 Sylvinho BRA 21 Lilian Thuram FRA 23 Oleguer Presas […]

Despite playing the last 29 minutes with 10 men, Clemson held on for a 2-1 victory over defending champion Maryland and handed the Terrapins their first loss of the season before 6,821 fans, the second largest crowd in Riggs Field history. Brazilian Frederico Moojen put the Tigers ahead in the second minute, and Jamaica international […]

Fans packed the Seminole Soccer Complex, where attendance was listed at a record 4,582 fans, 3,000 above listed capacity. They stood on the hills in the stadium and on the parking garage across the street. They didn't go home disappointed as Florida State, No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25, beat No. 24 Florida, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Florida State (4-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 3. Santa Clara (5-1-0) 3 4. UCLA (5-1-0) 5 5. North Carolina (6-1-0) 7 6. West Virginia (6-0-0) 9 7. Texas A&M (3-2-1) 4 8. Portland (3-2-1) 6 9. Penn State (2-2-2) 8 10. Missouri (6-0-0) 11 11. Rice (5-0-1) NR […]

Thursday, September 7 Portland 0 Atlanta 2 (Millwood 32, 70). Friday, September 8 Montreal 0 Toronto 0. Puerto Rico 4 (Marcina pen. 28, Norambuena 53, 72, Delgado 81) Miami 2 (Romario 6, Zinho 19). Vancouver 3 (Sebrango 40, Gjertsen 57, Testo 63) Seattle 2 (Sutton 30, 88). Saturday, September 9 Rochester 1 (Menyongar pen. 53) […]

Americans Brian McBride and Carlos Bocanegra both scored late goals for Fulham in a 2-1 come-from-behind win at Newcastle Saturday in the English Premier League. Brad Friedel saved two penalties for Blackburn its 0-0 tie with Sheffield United. He has now saved three penalties in four games. ''He is one of the best in the […]

No. 18 California outshot Vanderbilt, 11-4, but had to settle for in a 0-0 tie on Saturday afternoon at the St. MaryÆs Fall Classic at Garaventa Field. The Golden BearsÆ record is 4-0-2 after posting their fifth shutout of the season. No. 23 Boston College overcame an early 1-0 deficit and held off a furious […]

No. 2 SMU crushed previously unbeaten Brown, 5-1, to win its Mi Cocina Classic on Saturday. Guatemalan international Mynor Gonzalez and Pat Corbin scored two goals apiece, and Adrian Chevannes added the fifth goal in the Mustangs' five-goal onslaught in the first 46 minutes. SMU improved its record to 6-0-0 with the win. Freshman Darren […]

Despite playing the last 29 minutes with 10 men, No. 5 Clemson held on for a 2-1 victory over defending champion Maryland and hand the No. 4 Terrapins their first loss of the season before 6,821 fans, the second largest crowd in Riggs Field history. Brazilian Frederico Moojen showed why he is one of college […]

No. 2 SMU improved to 5-0-0 with a 1-0 win over No. 13 before 2,201fans at the SMU Mi Cocina Classic. Dario Saintus scored off a pass from Brown transfer Scott Geppert in the 76th minute, and senior goalkeeper Matt Wideman came up with several acrobatic saves to keep the Hoosiers off the scoreboard. The […]

Fans packed the Seminole Soccer Complex, where attendance was listed at a record 4,582 fans, 3,000 above listed capacity. They stood on the hills in the stadium and on the parking garage across the street. They didn't go home disappointed as Florida State, No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25, beat No. 24 […]

Two big ACC men's showdowns take place Friday night when No. 4 Maryland travels to No. 5 Clemson and No. 6 Duke visits No. 7 Wake Forest. They are four of the six ACC teams with perfect records. No. 1 North Carolina lost for the first time in 2006 when it fell to N.C. State, […]

U.S. U-20 women's national team players have returned to campuses across the country after spending the first two weeks of the 2006 season in Russia, where the USA finished fourth at the Under-20 Women's World Championship. No team missed more players than No. 5 UCLA, which welcomes back five U-20s for this weekend's UCLA Women's […]

Manfred Schellscheidt, one of the most influential coaches in modern American soccer history, picked up his 200th career win last Friday when Seton Hall beat Adelphi, 2-0, at Monmouth's Soccer Post Classic. Following the Pirates' 3-1 victory over Monmouth on Sunday, Schellscheidt now owns a career mark of 201-120-36. He led SHU to 17 winning […]

A new era in Hawaiian soccer begins this fall when four NCAA Division II schools launch men's and women's programs. It's rare to find a school adding men's soccer these days, but that's what happened at BYU-Hawaii, Chaminade, Hawaii Pacific and Hawaii-Hilo, which added men's and women's soccer as part of their expansion of their […]

Holy Cross will open its 1,320-seat Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium on Friday night when the Crusader men face St. Bonaventure. The dedication of the first permanent home for soccer at the Worcester, Mass., school will take place before the game. On Saturday afternoon, alumni games will be followed by the Holy Cross-Maine women's game.

Brazilian 1994 World Cup champion Romario will try to take the USL-1 scoring lead when his Miami FC takes on the Puerto Rico Islanders on Friday in a game aired live by Fox Soccer Channel and Fox en Espanol (8 pm ET/5 pm PT). FC Miami needs just a tie to clinch a playoff spot […]

On Monday in the English Premier League, newly promoted Reading, with Marcus Hahnemann in goal and Bobby Convey in midfield, hosts Manchester City, where DaMarcus Beasley has joined Claudio Reyna in the midfield. Three games into the season, ninth-place Manchester City has already played two title favorites, beating Arsenal, 1-0, after falling to Chelsea, 3-0, […]