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By Paul Gardner Having been a tremendous flop during his three years with the RotMasters, it comes as no suprise to see Bob Bradley rewarded with another plum coaching job … that is the way it is with the MLS coaching clique … of course it smacks of jobs for the boys, a sort of […]

Bob Bradley, fired by the MetroStars with three games left in the 2005 regular season, will be named Chivas USA head coach. Bradley succeeds Dutchman Hans Westerhof, who had replaced Dutch-American Thomas Rongen, the 2005 expansion franchise's first coach, at midseason. Bradley had a 32-31-26 record at the MetroStars and guided them to playoffs his […]

NCAA Division II MenÆs Tournament (Nov. 20) Quarterfinals Nov. 20 Lynn 8 (Wallace 9, Scroggins pen. 16, 50, Porter pen. 33, Alexander 45, Young 58, Salvatore 88, Ando 90) Lander 0. Ft. Lewis 3 (Cunliffe 12, Sweetser pen. 43, 58, Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 (Rivas 23, Corona 87). SIU-Edwardsville 1 (Banner 77) Carson-Newman 0. […]

Nov. 19 Franklin Pierce 2 (Hughes 10, Hislop 21) West Chester 1 (Yetter 28). Seattle Pacific 0 Metro State 0. (Seattle Pacific wins 5-4 on penalties.) Nov. 20 Neb.-Omaha 2 (Iwansky 3, 51) Grand Valley State 0. Carson-Newman 2 (Angus 24, Moore 71) West Florida 0. Semifinals Dec. 1 in Wichita Falls, Texas Carson-Newman (17-4-0) […]

Quarterfinals Nov. 20 Lynn 8 (Wallace 9, Scroggins pen. 16, 50, Porter pen. 33, Alexander 45, Young 58, Salvatore 88, Ando 90) Lander 0. Ft. Lewis 3 (Cunliffe 12, Sweetser pen. 43, 58, Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 (Rivas 23, Corona 87). SIU-Edwardsville 1 (Banner 77) Carson-Newman 0. Franklin Pierce 1 (Joyce 34) NYIT 1 […]

THIRD ROUND Nov. 18 Portland 4 (Rapinoe 18, 84, Huie 28, Hume 90) Arizona 0. Att.: 4,892. Notre Dame 5 (Cinalli 16, Bock 22, Pinnick 40, Hanks 64, 85) Yale 2 (Karnes 32, Whitfield 51). Att.: 768. Nov. 19 North Carolina 6 (Guess 6, Chalupny 16, Tarpley 18, 63, 84, OÆReilly 35) Pepperdine 0. Att.: […]

First Round Nov. 18 Bradley 0 UW-Milwaukee 2 (Sperl 11, Francois 51). Att.: 1,006. Clemson 2 (Richards 22, Quintanar 28) Coastal Carolina 0. Att.: 1,160 Creighton 3 (Wieland 32, Kraus 37, Biggerstaff 90) Lafayette 0. Att.; 2,380. Hofstra 0 Providence 1 (Lynch 96) (OT). Att.: 1,251. Notre Dame 2 (Lapira 20, Martin 53) Western Illinois […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) SATURDAY, Nov. 19 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England WIGAN-ARSENAL (live), 7:30 am. Germany BORUSSIA DORTMUND-HERTHA BERLIN (delay), 10 am. England WEST BROM-EVERTON (live), noon. England CHARLTON-MANCHESTER UTD. (delay), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL England […]

Bethesda Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 12-13 Maryland Under 19 Girls Potomac 1. Reston FC Rovers 2. PWSI Cardinals Under 17 Girls Potomac 1. Reston FC Rockets 2. Beach FC MajiX Under 16 Girls Potomac Freestate Shooters 1 Richmond Strikers Orange 0 Under 15 Girls Potomac GSC Freedom 1 Bethesda SC Blast 0 Under 14 Girls Potomac […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America BARCA BRAND. News that Barcelona president Joan Laporta was in Frisco, Texas, last weekend for MLS Cup generated predictable but incorrect speculation the legendary Catalan club is primed to place a team in MLS. Laporta didnÆt rule out the possibility, and even ran down a list of possible […]

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Winners: For the first time in history, the Concacaf region will be represented by four teams at a World Cup. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO downed Bahrain, 1-0, in Manama on a Dennis Lawrence header to win the playoff series 2-1 on aggregate. T&T joined the Concacaf qualifiers USA, Mexico and Costa Rica AUSTRALIA, whose only other […]

CONCACAF (4) Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago. EUROPE (14) Germany (host), Ukraine, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, England, Portugal, Poland, France, Serbia & Montenegro, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic. SOUTH AMERICA (4) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador. OCEANIA (1) Australia AFRICA (5) Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Angola, Tunisia. ASIA (4) Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, Iran.

The betting shop Intertops is taking bets on the trial of German referee Robert Hoyzer, who is charged with fixing games in a $2 million fraud allegedly orchestrated by a Croatian crime gang. The Austria-based bookmaker offers 100-1 odds that all charges against Hoyzer will be dropped. But it doesn't look good for takers: Hoyzer […]

MENÆS SOCCER (Nov. 16-22 in Daytona Beach, Fla.) First Round Nov. 16 Bethel-Ind. (11-6-6) vs. Embry-Riddle (17-1-0) McKendree (15-5-3) vs. Grand View (18-3-2) Lee (19-4-0) vs. Virginia Intermont (17-5-2) Judson (18-3-1) vs. Concordia-Ore. (15-4-1) Second Round Nov. 17 Rio Grande (19-0-0) vs. Bethel-Embry-Riddle winner Auburn-Montgomery (22-1-0) vs. McKendree-Grand View winner Southern Nazarene (17-1-1) vs. Lee-Virginia […]

The Galaxy's MLS Cup victory gives Coach Steve Sampson a championship during his first full season as coach of a pro club. Sampson, the USA's coach at the 1998 World Cup, replaced Sigi Schmid late last season. Sampson guided Santa Clara to the 1989 Division I NCAA title, which the Broncos' shared with the University […]

Winners: The LOS ANGELES GALAXY, which finished the regular season in fourth place of the Wetsern Conference, is MLS champion thanks to a 1-0 overtime win over New England on a goal by late sub Guillermo "Pando" Ramirez, who saw only 30 minutes of action in the Galaxy's previous seven games. Ramirez had taken a […]

The USA settled for a 1-1 tie in its friendly with Scotland in Glasgow on Saturday in its final game of 2005. DaMarcus Beasley was taken down in the penalty area and Josh Wolff converted the penalty kick as the Americans took the lead in the ninth minute at Hampden Park. But the Scots equalized […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 18 St. JohnÆs (9-5-5) vs. Marist (10-8-1) Yale (10-3-4) vs. Stony Brook (12-4-4) SMU (10-5-3) vs. San Francisco (11-5-4) UNC Greensboro (15-5-0) vs. James Madison (12-6-2) South Florida (12-6-1) vs. Stetson (9-10-1) Hofstra (14-4-3) vs. Providence (6-3-9) Notre Dame (10-7-3) vs. Western Illinois (6-9-4) Clemson (11-5-3) vs. Coastal Carolina (11-8-1) Creighton (12-4-3) […]

Almost a third of the 48-team NCAA Division I MenÆs Tournament field comes from two conferences, the ACC and Big East. Top seed Maryland, one of a record eight teams selected from the ACC, headed the field that was announced Monday afternoon. Six ACC teams were seeded among the top 14 teams: Maryland, No. 4 […]

The USA settled for a 1-1 tie in its friendly with Scotland in Glasgow on Saturday in its final game of 2005. DaMarcus Beasley was taken down in the penalty area and Josh Wolff converted the penalty kick as the Americans took the lead in the ninth minute at Hampden Park. But the Scots equalized […]

The following are the MLS playoff ratings leaders, based on the SOCCER AMERICA Report Cards of each game. 1. Donovan Los Angeles) 7.25 2. Cancela (New England) 6.67 2. Mastroeni (Colorado) 6.67 2. Guerrero (Chicago) 6.67 2. Thiago (Chicago) 6.67 6. Djorkaeff (MetroStars) 6.50 7. Marsch (Chicago) 6.33 7. Curtin (Chicago) 6.33 9. Ihemelu (Los […]

The following is the final Soccer America MenÆs College Top 25 with records through Nov. 13: TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (17-1-2) 3 2. Connecticut (15-3-1) 4 3. New Mexico (15-1-2) 5 4. Duke (12-4-3) 9 5. Penn State (12-6-2) 14 6. Maryland (15-4-1) 1 7. Indiana (13-2-6) 2 8. UCLA (12-4-3) 6 9. […]

Nov. 12 UAE 0 Brazil 8 (Kaka 21, Adriano pen. 53, Fred 58, 85, Lucio 64, Juninho Pernambucano 71, 80, Cicinho 90) France 0 Germany 0. Portugal 2 (Petit 33, Pauleta 65) Croatia 0 Netherlands 1 (Babel 38) Italy 3 (Gilardino 41, own goal 45, Toni 50). South Korea 2 (Ahn Jung-Hwan 7, Kim Yong-Chul […]

Playoffs, First Leg Nov. 12 Spain 5 (Garcia 10, 18, 74, Fernando Torres pen 65, Morientes 79) Slovakia 1 (Nemeth 49). Switzerland 2 (Senedros 41, Behrami 86) Turkey 0. Norway 0 Czech Republic 1 (Smicer 32). Uruguay 1 (Rodriguez 37) Australia 0. Trinidad & Tobago 1 (Birchall 77) Bahrain 1 (Salman 72).