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USISL commissioner Francisco Marcos sees a bright future for his league as a three-tiered minor league system to Major League Soccer. The 1995 USISL season was, unquestionably, the league’s best ever, says commissioner Francisco Marcos. “We achieved more on the field than we had in any previous season, maybe more than all [previous seasons] combined,” […]

Group A Sept. 13 Nantes vs. Porto Aalborg vs. Panathinaikos Sept. 27 Panathinaikos vs. Nantes Porto vs. Aalborg Oct. 18 Nantes vs. Aalborg Porto vs. Panathinaikos Nov. 1 Panathinaikos vs. Porto Aalborg vs. Nantes Nov. 22 Panathinaikos vs. Aalborg Porto vs. Nantes Dec. 6 Nantes vs. Panathinaikos Aalborg vs. Porto Group B Sept. 13 Legia […]

1994 Sept. 4Estonia 0Croatia 2 Sept. 7Slovenia 1Italy 1 Ukraine 0Lithuania 2 Oct. 8Estonia 0Italy 2 Oct. 9Croatia 2Lithuania 0 Oct. 12Ukraine 0Slovenia 0 Nov. 13Ukraine 3Estonia 0 Nov. 16Slovenia 1Lithuania 2 Italy 1Croatia 2 1995 March 25Italy 4Estonia 1 Croatia 4Ukraine 0 March 29Slovenia 3Estonia 0 Ukraine 0Italy 2 Lithuania 0Croatia 0 April 26Lithuania […]

Caribbean Zone 1996 First Round March 10 — Dominica-Antingua March 24 — Dominican Republic-Aruba March 29 — Guyana-Grenada March 31 — Antigua-Dominica March 31 — Aruba-Dominican Republic April 7 — Grenada-Guyana

The following is the draw for the Caribbean zone conducted Jan. 20 in the Caribbean: Group A First round Bermuda vs. Trin. & Tobago Aruba-Dominican Rep. winner vs. Neth. Antilles Group winner joins USA, Costa Rica and Nicaragua-Guatemala winner. Group B First round Guyana-Grenada winner vs. Haiti Cayman Islands v. Cuba Group winner joins Canada, […]

USA — Keller, Agoos, Balboa, Lalas, Dooley, Harkes, Burns, Jones, Ramos, Moore, Wynalda. El Salvador — Garcia, Mayen, Carcamo, Osorio, Cuvias, Rodriguez, Castro Borja, Cienfuegos, Burgos, Diaz Arce, Cerritos.

Goalkeeper — Melissa Liston (New Mexico); Defenders — Amy Felker (New Mexico), Cheryl Gano (Fresno State), Shelle Stucker (San Diego State); Midfielders — Aimee Jacobs (San Diego State), Stefanie Mathews (San Diego State), Catherine McGuire (San Diego State); Forwards — Laurie Hegedorn (New Mexico), Nicole Highfill (New Mexico), Michelle Jensen (BYU), Shauna Rohbock (BYU). WAC […]

First Round Brigham Young 7, Wyoming 0 Fresno State 2, Utah 1 Consolation Game Utah 1, Wyoming 0 Semifinals New Mexico 3, Brigham Young 1 San Diego State 2, Fresno State 1 Final San Diego State 2, New Mexico 1

TeamWLT William & Mary700 Old Dominion421 James Madison421 George Mason430 American322 VCU250 UNC Wilmington250 East Carolina070

Eric Wynalda became the ninth member of the U.S. national team preparing for the 1996 Gold Cup to sign with Major League Soccer. Wynalda, who will play for either the San Jose Clash or Los Angeles Galaxy, has spent the last four seasons in Germany, first with Saarbruecken and more recently with Bochum. With both […]

First Round Group A DateMatchSite June 8England vs. SwitzerlandLondon June 10Netherlands vs. ScotlandBirmingham June 13Switzerland vs. NetherlandsBirmingham June 14England vs. ScotlandLondon June 18Scotland vs. SwitzerlandBirmingham June 18Netherlands vs. EnglandLondon Group B DateMatchSite June 9Spain vs. BulgariaLeeds June 10Romania vs. FranceNewcastle June 13Bulgaria vs. RomaniaNewcastle June 15Spain vs. FranceLeeds June 18France vs. BulgariaNewcastle June 18Romania vs. […]

Sam Smith scored in the 21st minute to give Duke a 2-0 lead over Virginia in the NCAA Division I men’s semifinal.

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(All times Pacific) Group A Jan. 11 in San Diego: Mexico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines (8:00 p.m.) Jan. 14 in San Diego: Mexico vs. Guatemala (2:00 p.m.) Jan. 16 in Anaheim, Calif.: St. Vincent & Grenadines vs. Guatemala (6:00 p.m.) Group B Jan. 10 in Anaheim, Calif.: Canada vs. Honduras (7:00 p.m.) Jan. 12 […]

U.S. Draw ‘Sixteen is a lot of games’ “It’s a little unsettling not knowing who [Caribbean D] is — we’re hoping to get that resolved in a couple days [it was later announced that the second draw for Caribbean teams will be held at the Gold Cup by Sepp Blatter]. “Costa Rica is a truly […]

East TeamWLT Florida International600 Florida Atlantic321 Central Florida231 Stetson060 West TeamWLT Campbell611 Coll. of Charleston620 Mercer341 Centenary350 Georgia State170

Defenders — Luis Cardenas (Texas-Pan American), Michael Dewers (Vanderbilt), Dan Eardley (Arkansas-Little Rock), Soren Jorgenson (South Alabama), Mark Robson (Western Kentucky), Bryan Wilkinson (Jacksonville); Midfielder — Daniel Villareal (Jacksonville); Forwards — Papayaw Danso-Ampofo (Jacksonville), Tom Morgan (Western Kentucky), Jay Radtke (Vanderbilt), Shaun Rothuysen (South Alabama) Co-Players of the Year — Shaun Rothuysen (South Alabama), Bryan […]

Note: All conference standings through Nov. 3. ACC Final Standings TEAM W L T *North Carolina 7 0 0 Duke 3 3 1 Clemson 3 3 1 N.C. State 3 3 1 Virginia 3 3 1 Maryland 2 3 2 Florida State 2 5 0 Wake Forest 2 5 0 * clinched regular-season title. Note: […]

First Round Nov. 9 or 10 Bloomsburg (17-2-1) at Adelphi (16-1-0) SIU-Edwardsville (16-3-2) at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) (21-1-1) Northern Colorado (13-5-2) at Regis (14-4-2) Humboldt State (10-3-5) at UC Davis (15-3-1) Quarterfinals Nov. 16 or 17 Merrimack (16-3-1) Franklin Pierce (15-1-0) Barry (11-3-1) at Lynn (18-0-0) Bloomsburg-Adelphi winner vs. SIU-Edwardsville-St. Joseph’s winner Northern Colorado-Regis winner […]

Soccer America Men’s Freshman of the Year Jay Heaps (Duke) He is the man who humbled Virginia — Duke’s semifinal victim — by scoring four goals and three assists in three games against the four-time defending champ. He started all 24 games for the NCAA Division I runner-up and finished the season with 15 goals […]

Wojtek Krakowiak scored in the 27th minute to give St. John’s a 1-0 lead over Creighton in the first NCAA men’s semifinal in Richmond, Va. The Red Storm scored when English midfielder Ben Hickey’s shot from the edge of the penalty area was deflected by Creighton defender Marc Madeley into the path of the unmarked […]

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

Women’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 N. Carolina (15) 4-0-0 447 2 Notre Dame (3) 6-0-0 435 3 Santa Clara 5-0-0 410 4 Connecticut 6-0-0 394 5 Portland 4-0-0 378 6 Maryland 7-0-0 365 7 Texas A&M 6-0-0 365 8 Clemson 5-1-0 312 9 Massachusetts 5-0-0 301 10 Minnesota 5-1-0 275 11 Florida […]

Rank/Team 1995 Record 1995 Final Rank* Comment 1. Virginia 21-1-2 1 New coach, same star count 2. Duke 16-7-1 11 A red-hot forward line 3. SMU 16-4-1 3 Hernandez and co. are solid contenders 4. Maryland 13-6-2 15 Young guns are now mature 5. Portland 16-3-3 14 `95 semifinalist is West’s best 6. South Carolina […]

Virginia senior midfielder Mike Fisher and Notre Dame senior midfielder Cindy Daws were named 1996 men’s and women’s winners of the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year award Jan. 9 in St. Louis. Here are the results of the voting: Men Name School Points (First-Place votes) Mike Fisher Virginia 732 (190) Scott Coufal Indiana […]