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NCAA Division II Men Christopher Joyce, Franklin Pierce. The Englishman led Division II with 67 points on 29 goals and nine assists to help FPC to the Division II championship game. He set the NCAA career record with nine goals in Division II tournament play. NCAA Division II Women Shannon Lovejoy. Lovejoy recorded eight goals […]

The following are the individual and pool bonuses U.S. national team players will receive for the 2006 World Cup with 2002 World Cup bonuses in parentheses. INDIVIDUAL $37,5000 ($25,000): Making World Cup roster $3,750 ($2,500): For each game played during World Cup. POOL $1,350,000 ($900,000): For qualifying for the World Cup. $150,000 ($100,000): For each […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, Jan. 6 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Argentina RACING-SAN LORENZO (delay), 2 am. SATURDAY, Jan. 7 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English FA Cup, 3rd Round HULL CITY-ASTON VILLA (live), 7:30 am. English FA Cup, 3rd […]

Why make a soccer film when the game itself throws up so many good stories? It's a question movie directors might ask themselves before they churn out another formulaic turkey about a rags-to-riches kid who overcomes all odds to achieve glory and prove the skeptics wrong. Or if it's not one skillful individual fighting doubters […]

A longtime Bundesliga coach, the late Ernst Happel, once told his players, ''If you start thinking, you're out of here.'' Hertha Berlin general manager Dieter Hoeness takes a different apporach. In the wake of a German Cup ouster to a Third Division club and a couple of poor performances in December, he told his players […]

Simon Elliott, a New Zealander who played college ball at Stanford University, has become the latest MLS player to move to the English Premier League. Elliott, 31, joins Fulham after two seasons with Columbus, which he joined after a five-year stint with the Los Angeles Galaxy that included winning the 2002 MLS title. At 14th […]

The rankings of U.S. players abroad for the first half of their 2005-06 seasons take into account players' form and their clubs' success, primarily in league play, and is weighted based on the competitive level of the league in which they play. FIELD PLAYERS: McBride is No. 1 after holiday scoring spree 1. Brian McBride […]

1 San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.) 14-1-0 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 12-0-0 3 Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) 0-0-0 4 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 7-1-0 5 Catalina Foothills (Tucson, Ariz.) 14-0-0 6 Kingwood (Kingwood, Texas) 0-0-0 7 Satellite (Satellite Beach, Fla.) 18-0-0 8 Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 13-1-2 9 Plano West (Plano, […]

Canada coach Frank Yallop called up 19 players for the friendly against the USA Jan. 22 in San Diego. Goalkeepers PLAYER AGE CLUB Kenny Stamatopoulos 26 Tromso/NOR Greg Sutton 28 Montreal Impact Defenders PLAYER AGE CLUB Adam Braz 24 Montreal Impact Gabriel Gervais 29 Montreal Impact Andrew Hainault 19 Montreal Impact Atiba Hutchinson 22 Helsingborg/SWE […]

By Mike Woitalla, in Leipzig, Executive EditorSoccer America Magazine A supermodel, a magician, a pantless Lion and soccer-playing cows provided the entertainment at the 2006 World Cup draw in the former East Germany. YOUÆLL FIND 140 STORES and restaurants in EuropeÆs largest train station, LeipzigÆs Hauptbahnhof. They include a McDonaldÆs on each level of the […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior EditorSoccer America Magazine Bruce Arena has less than four months to pick his 23-player squad for the 2006 World Cup. Will new faces burst onto the scene as they did in the lead-up to the 2002 World Cup? U.S. coach Bruce Arena has two objectives before the USA is off to […]

By Mike Woitalla, Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine Several World Cup-bound Americans play or have played club ball in the Germany. We checked in with a quartet of them for an update on the World Cup host country. Claudio Reyna (Bundesliga 1994-99) Hamburg, the right choice ''I started my career in Germany and to come […]

Following the departure of the U.S. womenÆs national team and U-20 national team, the U.S. U-17 and U-15 girls national teams head to the Home Depot Center for training in January. U.S. Under-17 Girls National Team Roster: GOALKEEPERS: Wendy Balogun (Bowie, Md.), Bianca Henniger (San Jose, Calif.), Jordan Kussman (Lakewood, Wash.) Kira Maker (Potomac, Md.); […]

DisneyÆs Soccer Showcase Dec. 27-Jan. 2 Florida Under 18 Boys Showcase Concorde Fire Elite 3 TSC Texans Red 2 Under 17 Boys Showcase Colorado Rush Nike 1 Solar 0 Under 16 Boys Showcase Dallas Texans Red 2 Westside Metro Gunners 2 (Dallas Texans Red win 4-3 on penalties.) Under 15 Boys Predator DeAnza Force Blue […]

Ghana, which will face the USA at the 2006 World Cup, began a three-week training camp Dec. 27 in Tunisia in preparation for the African Nations Cup Jan. 20-Feb. 10 in Egypt. Ten players made the trip û six local and four foreign-based players. Most of the players will not join the team until late […]

(Schedules are always subject to change. Check your local listings) WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England EVERTON-LIVERPOOL (live), 3 pm. England BOLTON-MIDDLESBROUGH (delay), 5 pm. England BIRMINGHAM-MANCHESTER UNITED (delay) 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL England BOLTON-MIDDLESBROUGH (live), 3 pm. England EVERTON-LIVERPOOL (delay), 6 pm. England BIRMINGHAM-MANCHESTER UNITED (delay) 8 pm. THURSDAY, Dec. 29 […]

DECEMBER 3-4 Germantown Invitational Showcase Dec. 3-4 Dec. 10-11 Tennessee Under 19 Boys Lou Fusz 2 CISA 0 Under 17 Boys Little Rock FC 1 Jackson FC 0 Under 16 Boys Premier Stars SC 1 CUP White 0 Under 15 Boys Premier Scott Gallagher 2 MTSC Magic 0 Under 19 Girls Ohio Galaxies Elite 1 […]

U.S. womenÆs national team head coach Greg Ryan has called in 28 players for a week of training Jan. 3-9 at the Home Depot Center before the team heads to Guangzhou, China, for the Four Nations Tournament Jan. 18-22 against host China, Norway and France. The USAÆs tournament opener against Norway could mark a historic […]

1943/44 – Asturias 1944/45 – Espana 1945/46 – Veracruz 1946/47 – Atlante 1947/48 – Leon 1948/49 – Leon 1949/50 – Veracruz 1950/51 – Atlas 1951/52 – Leon 1952/53 – Tampico 1953/54 – Marte 1954/55 – Zacatepec 1955/56 – Leon 1956/57 – Guadalajara 1957/58 – Zacatepec 1958/59 – Guadalajara 1959/60 – Guadalajara 1960/61 – Guadalajara 1961/62 […]

WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. Sao Paulo was crowned world club champion after beating Liverpool 1-0, in the final Sunday in Yokohama, Japan. A goal from Mineiro in the 27th minute was the first Liverpool had allowed in 12 games. CONCACAF champion Saprissa of Costa Rica beat Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, 3-2, for third place in the […]

ROUND OF 16 Chelsea-Barcelona (!) Real Madrid-Arsenal (!) Werder Bremen-Juventus Bayern Munich-AC Milan PSV-Lyon Ajax-Inter Milan Benfica-Liverpool Rangers-Villarreal First Leg: Feb. 21-22 Second Leg: March 7-8

Mexico will play five 2006 World Cup tune-ups in the United States. Four opponents are set; the obvious choice for the fifth opponent, at the Rose Bowl May 12, is the USA. The two teams have met in the buildup to the last three World Cup. DATE OPPONENT CITY STADIUM Jan. 25 Norway San Francisco […]

The following are the individual and pool bonuses U.S. national team players will receive for the 2006 World Cup with 2002 World Cup bonuses in parentheses. INDIVIDUAL $37,5000 ($25,000): Making World Cup roster $3,750 ($2,500): For each game played during World Cup. POOL $1,350,000 ($900,000): For qualifying for the World Cup. $150,000 ($100,000): For each […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena named 30 players to the training camp roster that will begin workouts Jan. 4 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The group will prepare for three World Cup 2006 warmups this winter in California. All but one player (Heath Pearce of […]

The U.S. Under-15 boys national team will take on France during the Disney's Soccer Showcase Dec. 27-30 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Also competing are four U.S. Youth Soccer U-16 regional teams. Out of the 22 players, 13 of them are already in U.S. SoccerÆs Residency Program, while the other nine are hoping to get […]