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Note: Through games of Nov. 9 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1.Indiana 18-0-0 1 2. UCLA 16-2-0 2 3. SMU 15-2-0 3 4. Washington 14-2-2 4 5. South Carolina 14-2-1 5 6. Duke 15-4-0 6 7. St. John’s 16-2-2 7 8. Virginia 12-3-3 8 9. American 13-3-3 10 10. Creighton 13-4-1 12 11. Maryland 13-4-1 13 […]

First Round Nov. 15-16 New Hampshire Coll. (15-3-0) at Franklin Pierce (17-0-0) East Stroudsburg (16-4-0) at Adelphi (17-1-0) Ashland (Ohio) (12-6-0) at West Virginia Wesleyan (18-1-1) Truman State (14-5-1) at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) (16-4-2) Catawba (14-1-2) at Presbyterian (13-5-1) Barry (14-1-2) at Lynn (17-1-1) No. Colorado (13-5-2) at Mesa State (Colo.) (16-3-0) Sonoma State (14-3-2) […]

Nov. 9 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 USA 3. Goals: Reyna 5, Wegerle 81, 90 Canada — Dolan, Yallop, DeVos, I.Fraser, Watson, Miller, Dasovic (Aunger, 69), Bent (Mobilio, 46), Corrazin, Nash (Kusch, 59), Bunbury. USA — Friedel, Pope, Balboa, Lalas, Burns, Dooley, Reyna, Moore, Wynalda (Jones, 71), Radosavljevic (Stewart, 46), Wegerle. Yellow cards: Canada — […]

Claudio Reyna has scored to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Canada in the fourth minute of play. Roy Wegerle took a pass on the left side and dribbled along the edge of the box before sliding a pass on the ground to Reyna in the middle of the area. Reyna, whose back was […]

The USA continues to lead Canada 1-0 at halftime of their World Cup qualifier in Burnaby, B.C. Claudio Reyna’s fourth-minute goal was the lone tally of the half. U.S. coach Steve Sampson, without suspended Jeff Agoos and John Harkes and injured Ernie Stewart, started a backline of Eddie Pope, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas and Mike […]

Roy Wegerle scored in the 80th minute to put the U.S. ahead 2-0. Claudio Reyna sent a perfect long ball to Wegerle in the box, and the D.C. United forward slotted a low shot past the Canadian keeper Dolan from about 15 yards out. Should the result stand, the U.S. will clinch a berth for […]

The USA defeated Canada 3-0 in Burnaby B.C., and clinched a berth at France ’98 when El Salvador and Jamaica tied 2-2 in El Salvador. The result leaves the U.S. second in the hexagonal with 14 points. (leader Mexico has 17), while Jamaica has 13 and El Salvador 10. Costa Rica and Canada have been […]

Results Nov. 9 in Mexico City Mexico 3 (Chavez 1, Galindo 41, Hermosillo 68) Costa Rica 3 (Medford 52, Soto 71, Wanchope 86). Half: 2-0. Att.: 60,000. Nov. 9 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 USA 3 (Reyna 5, Wegerle 81, 90). Half: 0-1. Att.: 8,420. Nov. 9 in San Salvador El Salvador 2 (Nildeson 47, […]

Group B Nov. 9 in Abu Dhabi UAE 1 (Bakhit 58) South Korea 3 (Lee Sang Yoon 11, Kim Do Hoon 42, 67). Half: 0-2. Att.: n/a. Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *So. Korea 8 6 1 1 19 8 19 **Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 13 UAE […]

Nov. 7 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose 1 Atlas (Mexico) 1. Goals: Welton 67; Zepeda 79. San Jose — Kramer, Martin, Emenalo, Draguicevich (Brown, 46), Vanney, Urbanyi (B. Johnson, 60), Sullivan (Farias, 46), Medved (E. Rodriguez, 83), Lewis, Baicher, Welton (Baena, 73). Att.: 11,533.

Group B Nov. 8 in Tokyo Japan 5 (Akita 12, Nakata 16, Nakayama 44, Ihara 67, Takagi 79) Kazakhstan 1 (Yevteyev 73). Half: 3-0. Att.: 56,032. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *So. Korea 7 5 1 1 16 7 16 **Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 13 UAE 7 2 3 […]

Rich Oswald Annandale, NJ Was the Jamaican player (Deon Burton) who scored against the U.S. at RFK offside? I was there and at a point in the stands on the same side of the field and just about even with Agoos when he made the attempted pass that led to the goal. In my mind’s […]

Lazio (Italy) vs. Rapid Vienna (Austria) Schalke (Germany) vs. Braga (Portugal) Twente Enschede (Netherlands) vs. Auxerre (France) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain) Strasbourg (France) vs. Inter Milan (Italy) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. Aston Villa (England) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. VfL Bochum (Germany) Karlsruhe (Germany) vs. Spartak Moscow (Russia) (Matches to be played over […]

Group A Nov. 7 in Doha Qatar 2 (al-Enazi 36, 80) Iran 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 22,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 8 3 3 2 13 8 12 S. Arabia 7 3 2 2 7 6 11 Qatar 7 3 1 3 7 9 10 Kuwait 7 2 2 3 […]

Chicago selected New England defender Francis Okaroh. New England chose to protect midfielder Steve Klein. Miami picked Tampa Bay defender Cle Kooiman. The Mutiny then withdrew midfielder Sam George.

Chicago selected midfielder/defender Diego Gutierrez of the Kansas City Wizards. Kansas City then protected midfielder Brian Johnson. Miami took San Jose defender Ramiro Corrales with its pick. The Clash then withdrew midfielder Shawn Medved.

Nov. 6 in Bochum VfL Bochum (Germany) 4 (Donkov pen. 13, 56, Yuran 83, Wosz 89) Club Bruges (Belgium) 1 (Jbari 37). Half: 1-1. Att.: 24,000. (Bochum wins 4-2 on aggregate.)

Chicago drafted MetroStars defender Andrew Lewis with its ninth-round pick. Lewis was the third player taken from the Metros, so they did not need to protect a player. Miami selected defender Matt Kmosko of the Colorado Rapids. The Rapids then protected defender/midfielder Sean Henderson.

Nov. 6 in Izmit Kocaelispor (Turkey) 0 Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 0. Att.: 12,000. (Lokomotiv Moscow wins 2-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in Copenhagen FC Copenhagen 1 (Nielsen pen. 61) Real Betis (Spain) 1 (Urena 78). Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,140. (Real Betis wins 3-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in London Chelsea (England) 7 (Petrescu 13, 86, […]

Chicago selected forward/midfielder Jason Farrell of the Columbus Crew. Columbus then withdrew midfielder Billy Thompson. Miami picked defender Joey Martinez of the Dallas Burn. Dallas then protected defender Eric Dade.

U.S. national team and New England Revolution defender Alexi Lalas will be loaned to Emelec of Ecuador for a month after the completion of World Cup qualifying. Lalas will depart for Ecuador on Nov. 23 and is expected to return in mid-December. He will join the team for its final regular season games and post-season […]

Chicago chose Columbus midfielder Jorge Salcedo. Columbus then withdrew defender Mike Clark. Miami’s fifth-round pick was goalkeeper Jeff Cassar of the Dallas Burn. Dallas protected forward/midfielder Temoc Suarez.

Here are the complete selections made in the 1998 MLS Expansion Draft: Chicago Fire Round Player Position Previous Team 1 Danny Pena D Los Angeles Galaxy 2 Kevin Hartman GK Los Angeles Galaxy 3 Manny Lagos MF MetroStars 4 Jason Farrell MF/F Columbus Crew 5 Jorge Salcedo MF Columbus Crew 6 Zach Thornton GK MetroStars […]

Group A Nov. 6 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1 (Masaad 4) China 1 (Hao Haidong 12). Half: 1-1. Att.: 60,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 7 3 3 1 13 6 12 S. Arabia 7 3 2 2 7 6 11 Kuwait 7 2 2 3 7 7 8 China 7 […]

Thomas Ravelli, the Swedish national team goalkeeper who starred at World Cup ’94, has signed a multi-year contract with MLS, Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati announced today. The 38-year-old Ravelli, who led Sweden to a third-place finish at the ’94 World Cup, has earned 143 caps with Sweden’s national team — the highest number on record […]