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Joe Clarke has announced his resignation as Saint Louis University men’s coach after 14 years on the job. Clarke, a former star at Saint Louis, had a 205-74-30 record with the Billikens, who qualified for 12 NCAA tournaments. SLU, which won or shared 11 national titles under the late Bob Guelker and Harry Keough between […]

The U.S. national indoor soccer team fell 1-0 to Uruguay in an unusually low-scoring match at the 1996 FIFA World Championship in Spain. It was the first match for both teams in Group C pool play. The U.S. faces a crucial test on Tuesday, when it faces Italy, a 10-1 winner over Malaysia in its […]

USA 3 3 0 0 5 0 9 Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 4 1 6 Guatemala 4 1 1 2 2 6 4 Trinidad & Tobago 4 0 1 3 1 5 1 o USA will qualify Dec. 1 if it beats Costa Rica in San Jose OR if Guatemala does not beat […]

MEN Scott Coufal (Indiana), Leo Cullen (Maryland), Mike Fisher (Virginia), Daniel Hernandez (SMU), Clint Mathis (South Carolina), Ben Olsen (Virginia), Ross Paule (Creighton), Temoc Suarez (North Carolina), Johnny Torres (Creighton), Andrew Williams (Rhode Island). WOMEN Justi Baumgardt (Portland), Bryn Blalack (Texas A&M), Cindy Daws (Notre Dame), Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida), Debbie Keller (North Carolina), Jennifer Lalor […]

Nov. 24 in Los Angeles Guatemala 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Plata (pen.) 33. Guatemala — Estrada, G.Ruano, Acevedo, Miranda, Giron, Funes (Calderon), Jorge Rodas, Machon, Valencia (Lemus), Julio Rodas, Plata (Quintana). Costa Rica — Barrantes, Marin, Quesada (Ramirez), Wright (Berry), Lopez, Madrigal, Delgado, Solis, J. P. Fonseca (P.Wanchope), R.Fonseca, R.Gomez. Att.: 22,000.

Quarterfinals Brevard 3 Genesee 0 Ocean County 1 SUNY Farmingdale 0 Monroe 3 CC of Rhode Island 0 Meramec 3 Essex (Md.) 2 (OT) Consolation Round SUNY Framingdale 5 Genesee 0 CC of Rhode Island 1 Essex (Md.) 0 Semifinals Monroe 1 Meramec 0 Brevard 2 Ocean County 0 Fourth-Place Game SUNY Farmingdale 2 CC […]

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Carolina Dynamo Charleston Battery Hampton Roads Mariners Hershey Wildcats Jacksonville Cyclones Raleigh Flyers Richmond Kickers Northeast Division Connecticut Wolves Long Island Rough Riders Montreal Impact Rochester Rhinos Toronto Lynx Worcester Wildfire Western Conference Central Division Atlanta Ruckus Milwaukee Rampage Minnesota Thunder Nashville Metros New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Orlando Sundogs Pacific Division […]

Nov. 24 in Charlottesvile, Va. Virginia 0 George Mason 1. Goal: own goal 77:40. Att.: 2,236. Nov. 24 in Kingston, R.I. Rhode Island 2 Hartford 3 (OT). Goals: Robinson (McDaniel) 20:21, Robinson 47:25; Weekes (O’Hara) 33:48, Weekes (Jachym) 67:38, Natale (Dulude) 95:32. Att.: 2,063. Nov. 24 in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard 3 Boston Univ. 2. Goals: […]

Nov. 24 in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame 5 Wisconsin 0. Goals: VanLaecke (Daws, Streiffer) 12:03, Daws (Manthei) 26:11, Daws (VanLaecke) 33:25, VanLaecke (Gerardo) 45:12, VanLaecke (K. Brown, Streiffer) 59:27. Att.: 874. Nov. 24 in Storrs, Conn. Connecticut 2 Massachusetts 0. Goals: M. Tietjen 4:57, McCann 78:28. Att.: 1,681. Nov. 24 in College Park, Md. […]

Semifinals Nov. 22 in Boca Raton, Fla. Franklin Pierce 2 St. Joseph’s (IN) 0 Lynn 2 Regis 1 Championship Nov. 24 in Boca Raton, Fla. Lynn 0 Franklin Pierce 1

Nov. 23 Kenyon 2 Luther 0 Nov. 24 Ithaca 3 Bethany 2 Williams 0 Coll. of New Jersey 1 (OT) Greensboro 1 Chicago 2 Semifinals Nov. 29 or 30 at site TBA Coll. of New Jersey (16-5-0) vs. Ithaca (14-4-1) Chicago (15-3-2) vs. Kenyon (17-2-1)

Nov. 24 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 1. Goal: Moore 34. Trinidad & Tobago — Maurice, Theodore, Francis, Thomas, Rougier, Nakhid, Charles, Elcock, L. Andrews, Nixon, Yorke. Subs: M. Andrews for Rougier in 46th minute, Faustin for Elcock in 46th, S. John for L. Andrews in 58th. USA — Keller, Dooley […]

Group 1 Nov. 24 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 1. Goal: Moore 34. Referee: Marc Forde (Barbados). Att.: 8,000. Nov. 24 in Los Angeles, Calif. Guatemala 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Plata (pen.) 34. Att.: 22,727. Group 1 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P USA 3 3 0 […]

Nov. 24 in Charlottesvile, Va. Virginia 0 George Mason 1. Goal: own goal 77:40. Att.: 2,236. Nov. 24 in Kingston, R.I. Rhode Island 2 Hartford 3 (OT). Goals: Robinson (McDaniel) 20:21, Robinson 47:25; Weekes (O’Hara) 33:48, Weekes (Jachym) 67:38, Natale (Dulude) 95:32. Att.: 2,063. Nov. 24 in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard 3 Boston Univ. 2. Goals: […]

NJCAA Men’s Division I Quarterfinals DeKalb 1 Springfield (Ill.) 0 Mercer County 3 Forest Park 1 (OT) Yavapai 2 Tyler 1 DuPage 1 Mt. Ida 0 (2 OT, PK) Consolation Round Springfield (Ill.) 3 Forest Park 0 Mt. Ida 2 Tyler 1 Semifinals Mercer County 3 DeKalb 0 Yavapai 2 DuPage 0 Fifth-Place Game Mt. […]

Nov. 23 Lynn (Fla.) 5 Tampa 3 So. Connecticut 3 Dowling (N.Y.) 0 Oakland (Mich.) 1 Mercyhurst (Pa.) 0 (OT) Grand Canyon 2 Seattle Pacific 1 (sudden death OT) Semifinals Dec. 5 or 6 Lynn (Fla.) (12-3-4) vs. Grand Canyon (10-4-5) So. Connecticut (20-0-1) vs. Oakland (Mich.) (14-5-2)

Nov. 23 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida 5 Wake Forest 0. Goals: Fotopoulos (Olinyk) 8:13, Bridges 19:09, Pini 30:38, Fotopoulos (Olinyk) 43:55, Pini 54:21. Att.: 2,041. Nov. 23 in Portland, Ore. Portland 3 Vanderbilt 1 (OT). Goals: Holan 31:08, McIntosh (Koleski) 95:12, Dutra (Baumgardt) 114:25; Koerner (Pulliam) 25:59. Att.: 2,536. Nov. 23 in Chapel Hill, N.C. […]

Nov. 23 in Miami Florida International 6 South Florida 1. Goals: Marshall (Vargas) 31:40, Kozic (Pino) 36:11, Vargas (Kozic) 38:42, Fajardo (Kozic) 60:17, Marshall (Vargas) 85:00, Andersen 88:36; Holmen (Metrius) 67:03. Att.: 901. Nov. 23 in College Park, Md. Maryland 2 James Madison 1 (OT). Goals: Dougherty (Beach) 80:25, Armas 98:27; Brizendine (Antonnson) 72:07. Att.: […]

Note: Some responses have been edited. General Comments Anu Khare So far, so good for the USA!!! I can’t believe they’ve done great with two victories. I just know they will be at France ’98. I am very impressed with the team’s performance. Looks like the 3-5-2 formation works after just a little practice. I […]

Block tickets for first-round matches at the 1998 World Cup in France go on sale to the public Nov. 27. Individual tickets range in price from $29-70 for first-round matches and as high as $590 for the final. The France ’98 organizing committee will not announce plans for the sale of tickets abroad, to tour […]

The venue for the Trinidad & Tobago-USA World Cup qualifier has been switched from Queen’s Park Oval cricket ground back to the Hasley Crawford Stadium, the old National Stadium where the two teams met in their historic match in 1989. Kickoff time is noon local time (11:00 am EST). The match will be showed with […]

Michael Moore’s book Downsize This! notes a propensity to scapegoat immigrants when the economy struggles. So he includes the Mayflower’s passenger list and suggests if your relatives’ names aren’t on it, you’re in no position to bash the more recent arrivals. You wouldn’t expect complaints about immigrants from the soccer community, which profits immensely from […]

Features U.S. Rides Wynalda’s Rich Run Of Important Goals By Ridge Mahoney Jamaica Takes CONCACAF’s Group 3 Title John Kowalski and Glenn Myernick Come Aboard By Ridge Mahoney Pierre Vendetti Awakens To Maryland’s Delight By Rob Daniels Washington’s Wurzberger Preaches Consistency By Poul Swain Late Adjustment Gives Vanderbilt The Edge By Dean Caparaz Manchester United […]

The Colorado Rapids have hired Glenn Myernick as their head coach, the team announced Nov. 19. The U.S. Olympic team assistant coach replaces Bob Houghton, who resigned Sept. 9. Myernick joins the Rapids after spending the past five years in Colorado Springs as one of the National Coaching Coordinators for U.S. Soccer. He worked on […]

Nov. 19 in Copenhagen Broendby (Denmark) 1 Karlsruhe (Germany) 3. Goals: Bagger 89; Haessler 43, 44, Dundee 77. Broendby — Krogh, Colding, Eggen, P. Nielsen, Skarbalius (Thoegersen, 62), Bjur, Jensen (Bagger, 74), Vilfort, Daugaard, Hansen (Sand, 46), Moeller. Karlsruhe — Reitmaier, Hengen, Schuster, Reich (Metz, 46), Keller (Ritter, 79), Fink (Wittwer, 83), Haessler, Tarnat, Wueck, […]