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Leading Scorers Pro LeagueGAP Ferri (San Antonio)29866 Delgado (El Paso)251161 Young (Charleston)23955 Savarese (L. Island)23854 Eales (Hampton R.)24452 Ilaironov (Chatt.)181450 Thompson (Hawaii)21749 Robinson (N. Jersey.)21547 M.Lagos (Minn.)19745 Vanbuskirk (Lou.)21345 Premier LeagueGAP Jones (Austin)20848 Schneidt (Birmingham)17943 Dresser (Gr. Rapids)20242 Adams (Sioux City)18440 Enders (Cocoa)15838 Siikala (Nashville)15434 Sharpe (Cocoa)14230 Gonzalez (North Bay)13026 Leventhal (Des Moines)9725 Ukrop (Richmond)10424 […]

The prospect of winning an all-expenses paid trip anywhere in the world if it captures the title inspired the Atlanta Ruckus to a shooutout win in Game 1 of the championship series. Of all the debts Atlanta Ruckus owner Johnny Imerman faced this season — and there were some doozies — one of the biggest […]

Birmingham Stadium: Villa Park (capacity: 40,530). Population: 995,000. Distance from London: 116 miles. Train: from London Euston Station to Birmingham New Street Station (1 hour 50 minutes). Home of Aston Villa, Vila Park is one of England’s most traditional stadiums. It has been renovated on all four sides for Euro ’96. Leeds Stadium: Elland Road […]

Europe Group 1 1996 April 24 — Greece-Slovenia Sept. 1 — Greece-Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia-Denmark Oct. 9 — Denmark-Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina-Croatia Nov. 9 or 10 — Slovenia-Bosnia-Herzegovina Nov. 10 — Croatia-Greece 1997 March 29 — Croatia-Denmark April 2 — Croatia-Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina-Greece April 30 — Denmark-Slovenia, Greece-Croatia June 8 — Denmark-Bosnia-Herzegovina Aug. 20 — Bosnia-Herzegovina-Denmark Sept. 6 — Croatia-Bosnia-Herzegovina […]

The following is the USA starting lineup for the Gold Cup third-place match against Guatemala today at the Los Angeles Coliseum: Keller; Burns, Lalas, Balboa, Agoos; Reyna, Jones, Harkes, Ramos; Wynalda, Moore.

The USA and El Salvador were scoreless at the end of the first half in the final first-round match of the Gold Cup. If the game remains scoreless, both teams will advance to the semifinals, but a toss of the coin will needed to determine first and second place and their placement in the semifinal […]

Jan. 11 in San Diego Mexico 5, St. Vincent & Grenadines 0. Goals: L.Garcia (29, 37), Pelaez (70, 90), A.Garcia (80). Mexico — Campos, Suarez, Astivia, Gutierrez, Davino, Lara, Ramirez, Del Olmo (Pelaez, 63), Garcia Aspe (A.Garcia, 67), L.Garcia, Blanco (Hernandez, 65). St. Vincent & Grenadines — Bramble, Huggins, Sutherland, Hendrickson, Walker, Ollivierre (Browne, 65), […]

Goalkeeper — Merit Elzey (Indiana); Defenders — Marcie Dart (Michigan State), Jennifer Plante (Ohio State), Heather Maier (Wisconsin); Midfielders — Debbie Flaherty (Michigan), Jennifer McElmury (Minnesota), Jodie Stranges (Ohio State), Marci Miller (Wisconsin); Forwards — Kristen Lester (Michigan State), Jennifer Walek (Minnesota), Rachel Hoffman (Penn State). Most Valuable Player — Jennifer Walek (Minnesota) Co-Freshmen of […]

TeamWLT Cincinnati410 Louisville410 UNC Charlotte221 Evansville221 Marquette140 Memphis140

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 […]