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(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, Dec. 9 ESPN2 FIFA World Cup 2006 Draw (live), 3 pm. NCAA Div. I Men's College Cup Semifinal MARYLAND-SMU (live), 4 pm. ESPNU NCAA Div. I Men's College Cup Semifinal MARYLAND-SMU (live), 4 […]

Dec. 3 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 2 SMU 3 (OT). Goals: Beach 62, Odgers 79; Guarda 40, Hashimoro 52, Uremovich 104. North Carolina — Hughes, Harrington, Boole, Sherard, Odgers, Beach, Callahan, McCarty, Campbell, Hunter, Ashe. Subs: Sgull, Shriver. SMU — Wideman, Gonzalez, Lopez, Mirsky, Needham, Zindel, Guarda, Chun, Saintus, Hashimoto, da Silva. Subs: […]

Portland 0 Penn State 0 (OT). (Portland wins 4-3 on penalties.) UCLA 4 (DiMartino 39, 59, Adams 43, Lang 78) Florida State 0 Att.: 6,701.

New Mexico 1 (Rowland 94) California 0 (OT). Att.: 5,600. Clemson 1 (Roberts 90) Creighton 0. Att.: 6,680.

''If you ever see the replay, you can see me blond head going from side to side. It was like, `Go on George, go on son!' Kenny Fogarty was the last one he had to beat, and Foggy said it was like being on a surfboard because he had him going every which way.'' — […]

Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann, who resides in Southern California, tabs Argentina and Brazil as the favorites for next summer's World Cup, but includes the U.S. among his dark horse picks. ''It would be excellent for Germany and Brazil to meet in the final on July 9,'' Klinsmann said during a visit to Brazil, ''but the […]

Munich 1860 midfielder Nemanja Vucicevic of Serbia-Montenegro has been banned for six months by the German federation for taking a drug he says he used to treat his receding hairline. The drug Finasteride, which restores hair by converting testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, is considered a masking agent and banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

U13 Boys Goalkeeper – Cesar Rocha (SCC Breakers) Defender – Alex Bramall (New York Rough Riders) Defender – Brendon Layden (South Jersey Barons) Defender – Jessie Ortiz (Chicago Magic) Midfielder – Mark Luxama (New York Rough Riders) Midfielder – Keiran Oppenhein (FC Calgary) Midfielder – John Roche (FC Westchester) Midfielder – Alejandro Pena (HC United) […]

Penn State COACH PAULA WILKINS: ''I'm extremely proud of our team and what we've accomplished this year. We're excited to play in this atmosphere. (Portland) has a great cast of talented players that you have to respect. We need to play good defense in all parts of the field.'' SENIOR GOALKEEPER ERIN MCLEOD: ''(Christine Sinclair) […]

Dec. 1 in Bradenton, Fla. U.S. under-17 national team 3 Dallas Texans U-18 2. Goals: Arvizu 7, Zimmerman 19, 55; Brown 4, Villanueva 47. USA — Restrepo (Rueckner, 46), Igwe, Sarkodie, Edgar, Lichaj, Soroka, Nakazawa, Subotic, Hall (Kelly, 84), Arvizu (Gonzalez, 46), Zimmerman. Dallas Texans — Sullivan (Gravely, 46), Miner, Dennis, Murphy, Renner (Guerra, 72), […]

Winners: Two American goalkeepers helped their English Premier League teams to English League Cup wins on Wednesday. Tim Howard, who has yet to see league action for Manchester United this season, received a 6 out of 10 rating by The Sun for his efforts in a 3-1 win over West Brom. Guiseppe Rossie, Man U's […]

Jan. 22 vs. Canada in San Diego Jan. 29 vs. Norway in Carson, Calif. Feb. 10 vs. Japan in San Francisco March 1 TBA in Europe March 22 vs. Germany in Dortmund

A slump by the Kaizer Chiefs, winners of South Africa's last two league titles, has taken its toll on the players' personal lives. Midfielder John ''Shoes'' Moshoeu told Johannesburg's Business Day: ''We cannot go to restaurants because the waiters do not serve us and instead want to know what is going on [with the club]. […]

National team goalkeeper Kasey Keller became was named the 2005 U.S. Honda Player of the Year Award, making him the third player to win the 15-year-old award more than once. In a vote by American soccer media, Keller edged Landon Donovan, winner of the last three. Eric Wynalda (1996 and 1992) is the other multi-winner. […]

GOALKEEPERS: Ray Burse (Ohio State); Eric Kronberg (California); Chris Dunsheath (Bradley); Andy Gruenbaum (Kentucky); DEFENDERS: Kenny Bertz (Maryland); Chris Lancos (Maryland); Daniel Wasson (Tulsa); Kyle Veris (Ohio State); Tyson Wahl (California); Trevor McEachron (Old Dominion); Jeff Curtin (Georgetown); Cory Farabi (Drake); Justin Moore (Clemson); Anthony Noriega (George Mason); John Queeley (North Carolina State); Danny Wynn […]

Barry Barto is out as UNLV menÆs coach. ôThis decision was based on performance, and in the best interest of the menÆs soccer program that we make this change,ö said UNLV Athletic Director Mike Hamrick. ôWe would like to see the program go in a new direction, as we aspire for all of our sports […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, Dec. 2 ESPN2 NCAA Div. 1 Women's College Cup Semifinal PENN STATE-PORTLAND (live), 4:30 pm. ESPNU NCAA Div. 1 Women's College Cup Semifinal PENN STATE-PORTLAND (live), 4:30 pm. NCAA Div. 1 Women's College […]

Australia's qualification for the 2006 World Cup came thanks to television presenter and filmmaker John Safran ending a 32-year-old curse, according to Safran. Safran, often called the Down Under's Michael Moore, discovered that Australia had an outstanding debt to a Mozambique witch doctor. In 1969, Australia faced Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in a World Cup qualifying […]

Barcelona star Ronaldinho became the third Brazilian player to win the European Player of the Year award when he captured 2005 honors ahead of Englishmen Frank Lampard, the Chelsea midfield player, and Steven Gerrard of Liverpool. The Ballon dÆor, organized by Paris magazine France Football celebrated its 50th year, and the result of this yearÆs […]

The 2005 NAIA MenÆs All-American First Team is unique in that it contains no Americans. The 11 players selected hail for seven countries: Kenya (4), Iceland (2), England (1), Haiti (1), Northern Ireland (1), Ukraine (1) and Uruguay (1): PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR (COUNTRY) G Jorundur Kristinsson, Auburn-Montgomery, Soph. (Iceland) D Hugh Davey, Embry-Riddle, Soph. (Northern […]

Since the start of postseason play, junior transfer Ben Hunter has accounted for every goal North Carolina has scored. Hunter, an Englishman who played his first two years at NAIA school Rio Grande, has seven goals in the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament after scoring only six goals in the regular season. All seven goals […]

The U.S. U-14 boys national team was divided into two squads and came away with three wins against regional teams at the US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregional. The Blue team beat the White team, 2-1, in the final game. RESULTS: Nov. 26 U.S. Blue Region III 1992 0-2 L — Nov. 26 U.S. […]

The U.S. U-16 girls national team put together an impressive three-game run at the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Event in Boca Raton, Fla., winning two matches and tying one against older regional teams one year older. RESULTS: Nov. 21 Region I 1988s 3-2 Nogueira, Mathias, Noyola Nov. 23 Region IV 1988s 5-0 Baddley […]

The U.S. Under-17 Æ90 team finished up the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP BoysÆ Thanksgiving Interregional on Monday morning with a 2-0 loss to Region II '89 to finish 1-3-0. Coach John Hackworth divided the 22 players on his roster into two teams, one comprising players already in U-17 Residency Program and the other of players […]

WINNERS: American striker BRIAN McBRIDE's two first-half goals sent Fulham to a 2-1 win over Bolton that marked the Cottagers third straight victory. McBride tapped a low cross past keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen for the first goal in the fourth minute. Fourteen minutes later, McBride ran on to a punt from his keeper, Mark Crossley, and […]