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Round 9 Columbus CrewRamiro Corralesdefender Colorado RapidsIan Butterworthdefender Dallas BurnJohn Kerr Jr.midfielder Los Angeles GalaxyManny Motajodefender New England RevolutionTom Lipsdefender Kansas City WizUche Okafordefender Tampa Bay MutinyMike DuHaneymidfielder San Jose ClashVictor Mellaforward New York/New Jersey MetroStarsGiovanni Savareseforward Washington D.C. UnitedClint Peaydefender Round 10 Columbus CrewMarcelo Carreraforward Colorado RapidsFelipe Rodriguezmidfielder Dallas BurnJimmy McGeoughdefender Los Angeles GalaxyJoey […]

What lies ahead for the U.S. women’s team, on and off the field, as it attempts to defend its world championship in Sweden and prepares for the 1996 Olympic Games? Soccer America interviewed several of the individuals involved for their observations. Hank Steinbrecher U.S. Soccer “In general terms of sports marketing, women’s sports is still […]

This has been a watershed season for Holly Manthei. In November, the freshman midfielder from Burnsville, Minn., helped lead Notre Dame to the NCAA final in Portland, against North Carolina. Since then, Manthei’s spent much of her time in Florida, where she’s training along with 25 or so other players who hope to be representing […]

Note: All times Eastern DateOpponentKickoff April 13NY/NJ10:00 pm April 20at Washington7:30 pm April 28San Jose7:30 pm May 5Washington4:00 pm May 12at San Jose7:00 pm May 19Kansas City7:30 pm May 26Columbus4:00 pm June 1at Tampa Bay7:30 pm June 6at New England7:30 pm June 9at NY/NJ2:00 pm June 16Tampa Bay7:30 pm June 26Colorado10:00 pm June 30at Colorado4:00 […]

The U.S. women’s national team has taken a step backwards on its road to Atlanta. Nine starters from the 1995 Women’s World Championship team — Michelle Akers, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, Carin Gabarra, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Carla Overbeck, Briana Scurry and Tisha Venturini — will not participate in the U.S. camp set for Dec. […]

The Seattle Sounders picked up Dominic Kinnear and traded for Brian Haynes to reinforce their bid for the A-League Championship. Consider it some short-term pain for the good of some ultimate gain. The Seattle Sounders seeking to strengthen themselves for the A-League’s stretch run, acquired two national team players on the eve of the transaction […]

As expected, U.S. national team star Eric Wynalda has been allocated by MLS to the San Jose Clash. Wynalda, who has spent the last four years in Germany with Saarbruecken and Bochum, became the all-time U.S. national team leading scorer with 22 goals when he scored a tournament-high four goals at the Gold Cup. Wynalda, […]

A trend can clearly be traced in regards to the head coaching choices made by MLS for its three league-run teams. Tampa Bay searched far and wide before settling on longtime Florida fixture Thomas Rongen. Dallas signed the league’s scouting director Dave Dir, whose wife was born and raised in Big D. And the San […]

(Note: Home team is listed first. The Spanish league will shift dates for television, as well as allow teams with European commitments to reschedule matches.) Sept. 3 Rayo VallecanoReal Madrid Real ZaragozaReal Oviedo MeridaReal Betis Real ValladolidBarcelona Deportivo CorunaValencia CeltaCompostela EspanolSalamanca SevillaTenerife Sporting GijonAlbacete Atletico MadridReal Sociedad Athletic BilbaoRacing Santander Sept. 10 Real MadridAthletic Bilbao […]

The following are the teams that are not in the USISL in 1996 and those teams that have replaced them, as provided by the USISL national office: 20 teams out S.F. Bay Diablos L.A. Salsa U-23s Texas Lightning St. Louis Knights Louisville Thoroughbreds Atlanta Magic (still plays indoor) Florida Stars Puerto Rico Islanders Boston Storm […]

Group A Preliminary Round Panathinaikos 0, Hajduk Split 0 Hajduk Split 1, Panathinaikos 1 (Aggregate: 1-1; Panathinaikos wins on away goal) Dynamo Kiev 1, Aalborg 0 Aalborg 1, Dynamo Kiev 3 (Dynamo Kiev wins 4-1 on aggregate) Champions’ League Sept. 13 in Nantes Nantes (France) 0 Porto (Portugal) 0. Att.: 25,000. Sept. 13 in Kiev […]

1994 April 20N. Ireland 4Liechtenstein 1 Sept. 7Liechtenstein 0Austria 4 N. Ireland 1Portugal 2 Latvia 0Ireland 3 Oct. 9Latvia 1Portugal 3 Oct. 12Austria 1N. Ireland 2 Ireland 4Liechtenstein 0 Nov. 13Portugal 1Austria 0 Nov. 15Liechtenstein 0Latvia 1 Nov. 16N. Ireland 0Ireland 4 Dec. 18Portugal 8Liechtenstein 0 1995 March 29Ireland 1N. Ireland 1 Austria 5Latvia 0 […]

England March 27 — Bulgaria. April 24 — Croatia. May 18 — Hungary. Switzerland March 13 — at Luxembourg. March 27 — at Austria. April 24 — *at Bulgaria. June 1 or 2 — Czech Republic. Netherlands Feb. 14 — Belgium (cancelled). April 24 — at Germany. Scotland March 27 — TBD. April 24 — […]

Eric Wynalda scored on a header from a cross by Claudio Reyna in the 34th minute to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Guatemala.

Jan. 12 in Los Angeles Brazil 4, Canada 1. Goals: Andre Luis (3), Caio (6), Savio (15), Leandro (89); Radzinski (66th) Brazil — Dida, Ze Maria, Narciso, Carlinhos, Flavio Conceicao, Andre Luis, Amaral, Arilson, Caio, Savio (Leandro, 75), Jamelli. Canada — Forrest, Yallop, Fraser, Miller, Fletcher, Hooper, Aunger (Limniatis 45), Holness (Thompson 56), Radzinski, Bunbury, […]

BRAZIL Goalkeepers — Danriel (Gremio, 22), Dida (Cruzeiro, 22). Defenders — Alexandre Lopes (Corinthians, 21), Andre Luis (Sao Paulo, 21), Carlinhos (Gremio, 22), Gelson (Cruzeiro, 21), Narciso (Santos, 22), Ze Maria (Portuguesa, 22), Ze Roberto (Portuguesa, 21). Midfielders — Amaral (Palmeiras, 22), Arilson (Kaiserslautern, 22), Beto (Botafogo, 21), Flavio Concelcao (Palmeiras, 21), Iranildo (Botafogo, 19), […]

TeamWLT UNC Greensboro500 UNC Asheville410 UMBC320 Charleston So.230 Radford140 Liberty050

U.S. men’s Olympic team coach Bruce Arena named 18 players for the U.S. U-23 team’s series against Norway Feb. 2-4 in Florida: Goalkeepers — Zach Thornton (free agent), Jeff Cassar (FIU). Defenders — Frankie Hejduk (free agent), Scott Vermillion (Virginia), Clint Peay (MLS), Mike DuHaney (MLS), Brandon Pollard (Virginia). Midfielders — Imad Baba (Clemson), Miles […]

50 entrants: 14 qualify, plus host France. Group 1 — Bosnia, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Slovenia. Group 2 — England, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Poland. Group 3 — Azerbaijan, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Switzerland. Group 4 — Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Scotland, Sweden. Group 5 — Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, Russia. Group 6 — Czech Republic, Faeroe Islands, […]

Jon Belskis Madison, Wisc. Email: Jbelskis@students.wisc.edu The final four was a great experience. I fully enjoyed the entire weekend, including the events on Saturday. I know that some of the other teams didn’t attend all of the functions. I’m glad that we were able to experience it all. It’s a weekend that I’ll never forget. […]

Sean Feary scored for Virginia in the 56th minute to reduce Duke’s lead over Virginia to 2-1 in the NCAA Division I men’s semifinal.

Dec. 8 in Richmond, Va. Duke 3, Virginia 2. Goals: Heaps (17), Smith (21), Jeidy (72); Feary (56), Leonard (79). Duke — Morton, Jeidy, Whitfield, Dunne, Maynard, Smith, Stein, Heaps, Shattuck, Kwon, Kelly. Subs: Henderson, Tao, Moghim, Volpe. Virginia — Sagatov, Pollard, Chulis, Vermillion, Feary, Olsen, Silvera, Walsh, Shapowal, Leonard, Fisher. Subs: Frisco, Fitzmaurice. (Duke […]

SMU sophomore Danielle Garrett hit a hat trick in her U.S. women’s national team debut to lead it to a 6-0 win over Ukraine at the Brazil Soccer Cup. The USA meets host Brazil in the final Jan. 20. The USA had edged Brazil 3-2 in first-round action. In other matches involving U.S. national teams […]

The U.S. national team’s top two goalies, Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel, are not ending the year on a positive note. Keller’s Millwall lost to Derby 1-0 Dec. 16 at home to drop its fifth straight game and fall into a four-way tie for seventh place. Millwall, which now has lost five games at home […]

Semifinals Boston Univ. 4, Hartford 0 Towson State 4, Drexel 1 Final Boston Univ. 3, Towson State 1