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Women’s NCAA Division I RANK/SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 N Carolina (10) 8-0-0 347 2 Notre Dame(3) 10-0-0 339 3 Connecticut 9-1-0 316 4 Maryland 11-0-0 305 5 Portland 6-0-1 300 6 Nebraska 9-0-0 281 7 Massachusetts 7-0-0 256 8 Texas A&M 9-1-0 248 9 Santa Clara 6-2-0 239 10 Florida 7-1-0 236 11 Wisconsin 5-2-2 […]

Leading Scorers Player (Team) G A P Cameron (Baylor) 24 5 53 Pearce (Monmouth) 18 9 45 Blalack (Texas A&M) 18 8 44 Rohbock (Brigham Young) 18 5 41 Strother (Eastern Illinois) 16 9 41 Streiffer (Notre Dame) 13 15 41 Doman (Utah) 17 6 40 Lord (UNC Greensboro) 17 6 40 Cooper (Louisiana State) […]

Quarterfinals Boston College 2, Connecticut 1 St. John’s 2, Syracuse 1 Pittsburgh 1, Seton Hall 1 (Pittsburgh wins 4-3 on PKs) Rutgers 2, Georgetown 2 (Rutgers wins 6-5 on PKs) Semifinals St. John’s 2, Boston College 1 Pittsburgh 3, Rutgers 1 Final St. John’s 2, Pittsburgh 0

Mountain Division TeamWLT Fresno State601 Washington502 Oregon State421 San Jose State331 Cal State Sacramento241 Air Force250 Stanford250 California160 Pacific Division TeamWLT UCLA700 UC Santa Barbara430 Cal State Northridge331 UNLV331 Cal State Fullerton340 New Mexico340 San Diego State241 UC Irvine152

Position: Midfielder/Striker. Height: 6-1. Weight: 172. Birthdate: June 9, 1969. Birthplace: Fullerton, Calif. College: San Diego State. First cap: Costa Rica (1990). First goal: Colombia (1990). Titles: Gold Cup (1991, 1995). Awards: Honda Player of the Year (1992). World Championships: World Cup (1990, 1994). College YearTeamGPGAP 1987San Diego St.–111133 1988San Diego St.–14836 1989San Diego St.–9624 […]

1995 — SMU

Business as usual for Ernie Stewart means tying Dutchleague defenders in knots. Fans of FC Zwolle, a modest club in the Dutch Second Division, could not understand why Ernie Stewart would weather the blistering cold to watch their team play. “What are you doing here?” they asked him. After all, why would a First Division […]

1978 — Harvard 1979 — Harvard 1980 — Brown 1981 — Harvard 1982 — Brown, Princeton 1983 — Brown 1984 — Brown 1985 — Brown 1986 — Brown 1987 — Brown, Cornell 1988 — Brown 1989 — Brown 1990 — Brown 1991 — Cornell, Dartmouth 1992 — Brown, Yale 1993 — Dartmouth 1994 — Brown […]

Goalkeeper — Tina Thompson (Washington); Defenders — Tari Beck (Washington State), Suzie Boots (Stanford), Jessica Fischer (Stanford); Midfielders — Tara Bilanski (Washington), Carmel Murphy (Stanford), Shannon Thomas (UCLA); Forwards — Kelly Adamson (Stanford), Traci Arkenberg (UCLA), Tara Koleski (USC), Valerie Williams (Oregon State). Player of the Year — Carmel Murphy (Stanford) Coach of the Year […]

In his travels with the East-West Soccer Club and the U.S. Olympic and national teams, Brad Friedel had traveled to many countries, but never Turkey. Now, he’s living in a hotel in east Istanbul that overlooks the Black Sea. The goalkeeper who tried to find employment in Nottingham, Newcastle and Sunderland with English clubs is […]

Position: Midfielder/Striker. Height: 5-7. Weight: 145. Birthdate: June 16, 1970. Birthplace: Detroit. College: UCLA. Titles: NCAA Division I (1990). Awards: All-America (1991). First cap: Canada (1992). First goal: Ivory Coast (1992). Titles: U.S. Cup (1995). World Championships: World Cup (1994), Olympic Games (1992). College YearTeamGPGAP 1988UCLA214715 1989UCLA238723 1990UCLA243511 1991UCLA2281834 England YearTeamGPGAP 94-95Coventry212–– Brazil YearTeamGPGAP 95-96Vasco […]

Head coach Steve Sampson notched his first international win as the U.S. unveiled a potent attack in the opening game of U.S. Cup ’95. Inferring profound meaning from one match result is a whimsical pursuit. Its unique dynamics imbue soccer with aberrant scorelines — many of which soon reveal themselves to be nothing more than […]

100 caps by the numbers 11: The number of goals Balboa has scored in his 100 games. 20: The age when Balboa won his first game, against Guatemala. 23: The number of games Balboa missed when he was out with a knee injury in 1993. 25: The number of players in the 100-cap club, as […]

The U.S. women’s national team got a mini-preview of this summer as it routed Denmark 7-0 Feb. 24 in Winter Park, Fla. Denmark, which features University of Hartford star Irene Stelling, will join the U.S., China and Australia in Group C at the Women’s World Championship in June. That draw prompted U.S. coach Tony DiCicco […]

Position: Midfielder/Striker. Height: 5-9. Weight: 155. Birthdate: Sept. 1, 1966. Birthplace: Athens, Greece. First cap: Canada (1987). First goal: El Salvador (1987). Titles: U.S. Cup (1995). World Championships: Olympic Games (1988). MISL YearTeamGPGAP 84-85Chicago364711 85-86Chicago39171128 86-87Chicago49391958 87-88Chicago168513 Greece YearTeamGPGAP 88-89AEK Athens71–– 89-90AEK Athens–––– 90-91AEK Athens204–– 91-92AEK Athens–––– 92-93AEK Athens80–– 94-95Apollon–––– U.S. national team YearTeamGPGAP 1987USA31–– […]

Mike Sorber has made a smooth transition to life and soccer South of the Border. Get a red card, go to the beach. Life has been good for Mike Sorber since he moved to Mexico City in January. Even when things went awry, they worked out well. He was ejected for two yellow-card offenses in […]

Norway forced the United States to trade in its world title for third-place medals. It took Norway coach Even Pellerud to point out the bitter truth: The United States wasn’t as good as four years ago, when it beat the Norwegians in the first Women’s World Cup final. “I was a bit disappointed by the […]

Position: Midfielder. Height: 5-4. Weight: 120. Birthdate: July 22, 1971. Birthplace: New York, N.Y. College: North Carolina. Titles: NCAA Division I (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992). Awards: All-America (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992), Soccer America Player of the Year (1990), Hermann Trophy (1991), MAC Award (1991), Adidas Female Player of the Year (1991). First cap: China (1987). […]

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U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco named the following roster for the series against Norway Feb. 2-4 in Florida: Goalkeepers — Mary Harvey, Briana Scurry. Defenders — Lorrie Fair, Jen Grubb, Carla Overbeck, Thori Staples, Staci Wilson. Midfielders — Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Holly Manthei, Tiffany Roberts. Strikers — Michelle […]

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MLS coaches and general managers will be looking at more than 200 players at its inaugural Player Combine Jan. 5-15 at UC Irvine in Irvine, Calif. They will be on hand to evaluate talent for the league’s player draft, tentatively set for Feb. 6-7 in New York. Players will be split into two groups, taking […]

The search for a commissioner, as hinted during months of interviews and evaluations, has taken Major League Soccer far away from the well-trodden path of pro sports executives and ex-NASL officials. No announcement has been made, but MLS has chosen Doug Logan to assume the position that current league chairman Alan Rothenberg had once envisioned […]

1971 – Kobluhn (Oberhausen) 24 1972 – G.Mueller (Bayern Munich) 40 1973 – G.Mueller (Bayern Munich) 36 1974 — G. Mueller (Bayern Munich), Heynckes (Bor. Moenchengladbach) 30 1975 – Heynckes (Moenchen.) 27 1976 – Fischer (Schalke 04) 29 1977 – D.Mueller (FC Cologne) 34 1978 – G.Mueller (Bayern Munich), D.Mueller (FC Cologne) 24 1979 – […]

Fresh off their USISL Premier League title, the Richmond Kickers completed their double championship season by winning the final of the U.S. Open Cup against the El Paso Patriots Aug. 27. A crowd of 7,378 at El Paso’s Socorro Sportsplex saw a competitive game that sadly had to be decided by a penalty kick shootout […]