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USL First Division Wednesday, August 16 Montreal 0 Charleston 1 (Daley 90). Friday, August 18 Virginia Beach 0 Miami 3 (Ramirez 53, Sandoval 67, Perez 89). Rochester 1 (Martinez 58) Toronto 1 (Dodds pen. 83). Portland 3 (Alvarez 8, 57, own goal 47) Puerto Rico 0. Saturday, August 19 Atlanta 2 (Smith 1, 59) Miami […]

Aug. 19 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 1 Colorado 1. Goals: Gomez (Moreno) 56; Beckerman (Hernandez) 32. D.C. United — Perkins, Stokes (Walker, 46), Boswell, Erpen, Adu, Carroll, Gomez (Mediate, 70), Olsen, Gros, Eskandarian (Dyachenko, 87), Moreno. Colorado — Cannon, Freeman, Karanka, Petke, Gargan, Hernandez, Beckerman, Mastroeni, Wasson (Clark, 83), Peterson, Martins. Yellow Cards: D.C. […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and http://www.soccerTV.com) FRIDAY, Aug. 25 GOL TV Germany SCHALKE-WERDER BREMEN (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England QUEENS PARK RANGERS-IPSWICH TOWN (live), 2:30 pm SATURDAY, Aug. 26 ESPN2 MLS CHIVAS USA-HOUSTON (live), 11 pm. HDNET MLS D.C. UNITED-LOS ANGELES […]

NSCAA Division I 1 Portland 23-0-2 2 UCLA 22-2-2 3 Penn State 23-0-2 4 North Carolina 23-1-1 5 Notre Dame 22-3-0 6 Florida State 20-4-1 7 Santa Clara 17-5-2 8 Virginia 18-6-1 9 Texas A&M 18-4-2 10 California 16-4-2 10 Boston College 13-6-2 12 Duke 14-6-1 13 Illinois 12-7-3 14 Tennessee 15-6-2 15 Cal State […]

HereÆs a look at the top 10 teams in Soccer America's Preseason Top 25: 1. NORTH CAROLINA. (ACC) Elmar BolowichÆs Tar Heels have all the tools. They have a game-breaker in Englishman Ben Hunter (13 goals in his first season of NCAA ball). They have goalkeeping in Justin Hughes (13 shutouts in 25 career starts). […]

The USA struggled to put away the Democratic Republic of Congo in the opening game of the Under-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. Goals on either side of halftime came from Stanford recruit Kelley O'Hara and USC star Amy Rodriguez, who converted a penalty, gave the Americans a 2-0 lead, but the Congolese made it […]

A first for Arena NEW YORK 0 D.C. UNITED 0. A 0-0 tie and each team gets one point. That never happened during Bruce Arena's first stint as an MLS coach, when he headed D.C. United in 1996-98. Back then, there were no ties. Games like Arena's first with the Red Bulls against his old […]

When 25-year-old goalkeeper Chris Kirkland came on for England in the second half of its 4-0 friendly rout over Greece his father earned nearly $19,000. That's because when Chris was 15 years old, Eric Kirkland wagered $190 that his son would play on the national team. Eric got 100-1 odds from bookmaker William Hill. ''We […]

Intro: North Carolina is Soccer AmericaÆs pick to win the 2006 NCAA Division I title, which will be decided at the MenÆs College Cup Dec. 1-3 in St. Louis. First, the Heels will have to get out of the ACC, which has four teams ranked in the top six and seven teams ranked in the […]

Here's a look at the top 10 teams in Soccer America's Preseason Women's Top 25: 1. UCLA (Pac-10) The third time should be a charm for Jillian Ellis' Bruins. They fell to Notre Dame, 2-1, in the 2004 Women's Cup final and were blown out by Portland, 4-0, in the 2005 final. This year Ellis […]

NCAA DIVISION I 1 Maryland 20-4-1 2 Connecticut 16-3-2 3 New Mexico 18-2-3 4 Virginia 12-5-3 5 North Carolina 17-4-3 5 Clemson 15-6-3 7 SMU 14-6-3 8 Creighton 15-5-3 9 Akron 18-1-4 10 UCLA 12-5-3 11 California 14-4-3 12 Indiana 13-3-6 13 Penn State 13-7-2 14 Duke 12-5-3 15 Notre Dame 12-8-3 16 Wake Forest […]

UCLA, which has played in national championship games in three of the last six seasons, is Soccer America’s pick to win the 2006 NCAA Division I title, which will be decided at the Women’s College Cup Dec. 1-3 in Cary, N.C. Soccer America Preseason Women's Top 25 TEAM (2005 RECORD) 1 UCLA (22-2-2) 2 Portland […]

Wednesday, Aug. 16 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/5:30 pm MT/4:30 pm PT COLUMBUS (4-10-8, 20 pts) vs. REAL SALT LAKE (6-10-5, 23 pts) TV: Fox Soccer Channel, FSN-Ut, Direct Kick. Key Players Out: Columbus – MF Danny Szetela (R knee), MF Leonard Bisaku (R quadriceps), GK Jonny Walker (lower back), DF Jed Zayner (L knee […]

Botafogo goalkeeper Lopes is expected to be sidelined for at least a month after suffering an injury in Rio de Janeiro's famous Maracana Stadium – in the locker room. Following their game against Palmeiras on Sunday, Botafogo players struggled to get the hot water to work in the showers. Lopes was then suddenly struck by […]

U.S. Open Cup, Round of 16 Aug. 14 in Bridgeview, Ill. Chicago 2 Kansas City 0. Goals: Carr (Barrett) 18, Herron (Plotkin ) 65. Chicago — Pickens, Brown (Jaqua 46), Curtin, Griffin, Franks (Guerrero, 82), Carr, Montz, Pause, Plotkin, Herron, Barrett (Thiago 68). Kansas City — Hesmer, Watson (Johnson, 80), Roberts, Wahl, Shirley, John, McMahen […]

Barcelona downed the New York Red Bulls, 4-1, while Real Madrid beat Real Salt Lake, 2-0, on Saturday in the final games of the Spanish clubs' U.S. tours that drew huge crowds in five American cities. 1. 92,650 (Chivas Guadalajara 1 Barcelona 1) in Los Angeles. 2. 79,002 (Red Bulls 1 Barcelona 4) in East […]

THE WORST. The Columbus Crew is now winless in its last 12 games, having been thumped, 4-0, by the Kansas City Wizards, who snapped a nine-game winless streak. The Crew, which Coach Sigi Schmid took over this season, is in danger of finishing the season with the fewest goals and points in club history. Its […]

For the fifth year in a row, UC Santa Barbara is the preseason pick to win the Big West Conference men's crown. UCSB returns seven starters from last year's squad that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Among the returnees are two-time All-American and 2005 Big West Defensive Player of the Year […]

VCU, which returns eight starters from its 13-5-5 squad that went unbeaten in CAA women's regular-season play, has been picked to finish first again in 2006, according to the vote of the conference's 12 coaches. Defending CAA champion Hofstra was picked second, while James Madison ranked third, followed by perennial power William & Mary, Delaware, […]

Robbie Rogers, a 2005 second-team Soccer America All-Freshman pick, signed a multi-year contract with Dutch Eredivisie club Heerenveen and will not return to defending national champion Maryland. ''This was a once in a lifetime opportunity that came suddenly,'' Rogers continued. ''The past seven days have been the toughest of my life in terms of making […]

Portland, the defending NCAA Division I women's champion, is favored to win the 2006 West Coast Conference regular-season title. The Pilots, who return eight starters from last year's championship squad, received five first-place votes in voting by conference coaches. Santa Clara, which welcomes back 10 starters from last season's team that advanced to the NCAA […]

Two-time defending conference champion San Francisco is the pick to win the WCC men's title. The Dons bring back seven starters, including the team's top four goal scorers from the 2005 campaign. Senior Aaron Chandler, the 2004 WCC Player of the Year, returns in the attack and will be joined in the starting lineup by […]

North Carolina is the pick to win both the ACC men's and women's championships. With 10 returning starters and one of the nationÆs top recruiting classes, the Carolina men were picked ahead of Virginia and defending national champion Maryland in the vote of conference coaches. Eight of the nine ACC men's teams advanced to the […]

USL First Division Wednesday, August 9 Charleston 2 (Daley 6, Glinton 45) Puerto Rico 2 (Marcina 23, Lopuski 75). Montreal 2 (Lyssand 43, Di Lorenzo 49) Rochester 0. Thursday, August 10 Minnesota 3 (Gibson 57, Toure 90, D Branan pen. 90) Toronto 0. Portland 1 (Kreamalmeyer 49) Virginia Beach 0. Friday, August 11 Rochester 1 […]

The Michigan Bucks scored twice in the first nine minutes and went on to beat the host Laredo Heat, 2-1, to win the Premier Development League championship in front of nearly 7,000 fans. The Bucks won their first league title in their 11th season in the USL. The Bucks, who got goals from Kenny Uzoigwa […]