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On paper they looked great. They had the Bay Area’s premier organizer as GM, a veteran coach, experienced players who knew each other from the old days, a marquee goalscorer and funds to find that vital final piece of the puzzle, the name Mexican star who would pull at the gate, draw all-comers and wow […]

G Mary Kidd (Army) (1) 8 saves in 1-0 win over rival Navy D Lorrie Fair (North Carolina) (1) Defensive MVP of Notre Dame tournament D Kassie Kees (Tennessee) (1) Standout in pair of Vols’ wins M Justi Baumgardt (Portland) (1) Goal, assist in shutout of Duke M Eva Gussias (Hartford) (1) Gamewinners against Harvard, […]

G Matthew Westfall (Villanova) (1) 25 saves in win over UConn, tie with Rutgers D Nick Dutka (N.C. State) (1) Scored lone goal in upset of Maryland D Jamie Clark (Stanford) (1) Offensive MVP at St. Mary’s tourney M Jay Heaps (Duke) (1) Hat trick in trouncing of Clemson M Sasha Victorine (UCLA) (1) A […]

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Major League Soccer’s executive committee has approved the Miami Fusion’s plan to play at Ft. Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium, the home of the old Ft. Lauderdale Strikers, after negotiations with the city of Miami over the use of the Orange Bowl collapsed. Fusion owner Ken Horowitz was empowered to complete negotiations with the Broward County school […]

San Jose general manager Peter Bridgwater has been at the center of the Clash’s turbulent season. His club has had to deal with strife among its players and problems with the media during its disappointing campaign. SOCCER AMERICA: Give us a summary of the problems you’ve faced over the last two years. PETER BRIDGWATER: The […]

Eastern Conference Second Game Sept. 21 in High Point, N.C. Carolina 2 Long Island 0. Goals: Loftin (Mitchell) 85, Own goal (Piturro) 87. Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Rosario (Mitchell, 75), Chan, Care, Radwanski, Breslin (Haupt, 80), Stockton, Allnutt, Loftin, Hamid (Saunders, 68) Long Island — Carou, Piturro, Rinker, Mohammed, McElderry, Price, Leon (Ledesma, 60), Leanti, […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 21 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 7-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 7-0-1 2 3. Texas A&M 8-0-0 3 4. Virginia 6-0-1 5 5. Portland 4-3-0 7 6. Santa Clara 6-0-1 4 7. Connecticut 6-1-0 8 8. Maryland 6-1-1 10 9. Duke 5-2-0 6 10. Clemson 5-2-0 12 11. […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 21 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 7-0-0 1 2. St. John’s 6-0-1 3 3. Washington 5-0-2 4 4. SMU 4-1-0 5 5. Duke 6-1-0 7 6. Virginia 4-1-2 8 7. South Carolina 4-1-1 10 8. UCLA 6-1-0 11 9. N.C. State 5-1-0 nr 10. Maryland 5-1-1 2 11. Portland […]

Sept. 16 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Dallas 1. Goal: Kreis (Suarez) 33. MetroStars — Meola (5), Semioli (5), Lewis (6), Branco (5), Bliss (5), Sorber (4), Ramos (5), Donadoni (6), Kelly (6), De Avila (4), Savarese (5). Subs: Joseph (5) for Ramos in 27th minute, Bartlett (5) for Bliss in 46th. Dallas — […]

Championship Sept. 21 in Cairo Brazil 2 Ghana 1. Goals: Matuzalem 63, Andrey 87; Afriyie 39. Brazil — Fabio, Andrey (Henrique, 88), Fernando, Abel, Jorginho Castro, Diogo (Geovanni, 54), Ferrugem, Fabio Pinto, Ronaldo Moreira, Matuzalem, Gaviao. Ghana — Boateng, Razak, Awule Quaye (Owusu, 55), Abdul Rahamani, Mohammed, Abbey (Coffie, 73), Adjogu, Attram, Ansah, Dan Quaye, […]

Results D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 2 San Jose 2 Los Angeles 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 30 20 10 52 64 49 *Tampa Bay 30 17 13 45 53 54 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 New England 31 14 17 34 38 52 MetroStars 30 12 […]

Group B Sept. 20 in Almaty Kazakhstan 1 (Baltiyev pen. 84) Uzbekistan 1 (Shatskikh 85). Half: 0-0. Att.: 5,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P South Korea 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 UAE 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 Japan 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 Uzbekistan 3 0 […]

Results New England 3 MetroStars 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 20 9 52 63 47 *Tampa Bay 29 16 13 42 51 53 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 New England 31 14 17 34 38 52 MetroStars 30 12 18 32 40 51 Shootout records: Tampa […]

Eastern Conference First Game Sept. 19 in Hempstead, N.Y. Long Island 1 Carolina 2. Goals: Piturro (Leon) 71; Loftin (Stockton) 72, Loftin (pen.) 89. Long Island — Carou, Lips, Mohammed, Anderson, Leon, Rooney, Leanti, Price (Ledesma, 46), Piturro, Ferri (Riley, 57), Inneh (Martinez, 66). Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Ball, Radwanski, Breslin, Loftin, Chan, Stockton, Allnutt […]

Soccer America Online has issued a challenge to soccer fans across the web. Click here and match wits with a soccer 'super computer,' by predicting the performance of the U.S. national team in their crucial World Cup qualifier against Jamaica, Friday October 3. The Soccer America Online Challenge, a contest devised by Soccer America in […]

Group A Sept. 19 in Tehran Iran 1 (Bagheri 63) Saudi Arabia 1 (al-Swayed 35). Half: 0-1. Att.: 110,000. Sept. 19 in Doha Qatar 0 Kuwait 2 (Houaidi 17, Abdallah 89). Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 S. Arabia 2 1 […]

Results Los Angeles 2 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 20 9 52 63 47 *Tampa Bay 29 16 13 42 51 53 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 MetroStars 29 12 17 32 38 48 New England 30 13 17 31 35 50 Shootout records: Tampa […]

Scoring Name (School) GP G A P John Wolyniec (Fordham) 6 10 3 23 Jeff McAllister (Gonzaga) 6 9 4 22 Jeff Cunningham (South Florida) 5 9 3 21 Richie Moller (Towson State) 6 8 3 19 Mike Brizendine (James Madison) 5 8 1 17 Justin Sells (New Mexico) 6 8 1 17 Jorge Ferreira […]

Sept. 16 in Kansas City Kansas City (MLS) 1 Veracruz (Mexico) 1. Goals: Preki (Johnston) 24; Mercado (J.Hernandez, Rodriguez) 31. Kansas City — Snitko, Tinsley, Gough (Dancy, 46), McKeon, Pittman (Johnson, 36), Bowers (Sebwe, 46), E.Rodriguez, Johnston, Preki (Da Silva, 27), Wright (Mitchell, 46), Takawira. Veracruz — Higuita (Cuevas, 65), Rayas (Cruz, 65), L.Garcia (Fernandez, […]

Scoring Name (School) GP G A Pts. Christy Johnson (North Texas) 6 13 2 28 Robin Confer (North Carolina) 6 5 10 20 Casey Wheeler (UNC-Wilmington) 6 8 3 19 Amanda Gruber (Xavier) 5 8 2 18 Mirela Ninic (Mercer) 5 9 0 18 Holly Pedley (Army) 5 6 6 18 Laurie Schwoy (North Carolina) […]

Sept. 18 in Ismailya Brazil 4 Germany 0. Goals: Adiel 3, Geovanni 85, Ferrugem 86, Ronaldo Moreira (pen.) 88. Brazil — Fabio, Andrey, Fernando, Jorginho Castro, Diogo (Geovanni, 53), Ferrugem, Fabio Pinto (Anailson, 89), Ronaldo Moreira, Matuzalem, Gaviao, Adiel (Abel, 67). Germany — Weidenfeller, Hauschild (Backer, 34), Straub, Zepek, Truckenbrod, Kehl, Deisler, Hoffman (Auer, 46), […]

Sept. 18 in Minsk Belshyna Bobruisk (Belarus) 1 (Khlebosolov pen. 14) Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 2 (Loskov 49, Borodyuk 71). Half: 1-0. Att.: 7,000. Sept. 18 in Zagreb NK Zagreb (Croatia) 3 (Lalic 44, Sopic 50, Baturina 52) Tromsoe (Norway) 2 (Johansen 56, Arst 80). Half: 1-0. Att.: 5,000. Sept. 18 in Athens AEK Athens (Greece) […]

The U.S. Open Cup final between defending champion D.C. United and the Dallas Burn will be played at the Track and Field Stadium at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on Oct. 29, U.S. Soccer announced Sept. 17. The match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. (ET) and will be televised nationally on the Fox Sports Network. […]

Results Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 20 9 52 63 47 *Tampa Bay 29 16 13 42 51 53 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 MetroStars 29 12 17 32 38 48 New England 30 13 17 31 35 50 Shootout records: Tampa […]