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Round of 16 Sept. 10 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 2 Lehigh Valley 1. Goals: Zavala 70, Biello 72; Checcio 89. Rochester — Onstad, Restrepo, Schweitzer, Walton, Daligcon (Zavala, 63), Young (Kirmse, 54), Allnutt, Sedgewick, Biello, Tilley (Dietrich, 86), Tim Hardy. Lehigh Valley — Dutra, Franzke, Zaun, Dale Edwards, Imler, Oudin, Stockton (Boney, 63), B.Marshall (Houser, […]

Group A Sept. 14 in Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1 Lazio (Italy) 1. Goals: Neuville 14; Mihajlovic 18. Half: 1-1. Att.: 22,500. Sept. 14 in Kiev Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 0 Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) 1. Goal: Simundza 74. Half: 0-0. Att.: 30,000. Club GP W T L GF GA P Maribor Teatanic 1 0 0 0 […]

Dutch clubs have won six European Cup titles, more than any other country can claim except Italy, Spain and England, but they face long-term problems because of the flight of young talent. While youth development remains critical, alternative business arrangements are now essential to clubs’ continued success. The landscape has been drastically altered since Ajax […]

3: Anderson crosses from the left to Dely Valdes at the top of the box. Dely Valdes chests down and tries to split two defenders, but is stripped as he enters the area. 6: Dely Valdes races toward goal with Restrepo hanging all over him, and gets off a shot as he is pulled down, […]

Frank Lopez San Francisco, Calif. I read in one of your past publications (I’m a subscriber) about a soccer tournament in Las Vegas that is part of the World Club Championship playoffs. I would like to find out more so that I might attend and I cannot find anything about it anywhere. Mike Woitalla: The […]

NEW ENGLAND 3 KANSAS CITY 2 Sept. 7 Att.: 7,260. Goals New England: Savarese (Moore) 67, Savarese (Moore, Torres) 81, Moore (Beasley, McKinley) 87. Kansas City: Preki 8, Henderson (Bunbury, Klein) 49. SA Report Card New England: Zenga 6 (Causey, 87th, NR), McKinley 6, Gori 6, Parra 5 (Torres, 51st, 5), Burns 7, Harkes 5, […]

RANK/TEAM RECORD LAST WEEK 1. Santa Clara 5-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 2-1-0 3 3. Nebraska 6-0-0 4 4. North Carolina 4-1-0 2 5. Florida 6-0-0 5 6. Penn State 3-1-0 6 7. Hartford 3-0-0 7 8. Duke 5-1-0 11 9. USC 4-1-0 NR 10. Boston College 2-1-0 NR 11. Stanford 3-1-0 13 12. Clemson […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Sunday, September 12: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Maryland 3-1-0 4 2. Penn State 3-0-0 6 3. SMU 3-0-0 7 4. Indiana 2-2-0 3 5. UCLA 3-1-0 1 6. St. John’s 3-0-1 10 7. Creighton 2-0-0 13 8. Santa Clara 4-0-0 […]

South Jersey Coach Matt Driver circled 12 players on his roster as starters, before realizing he had one too many. After losing to Western Mass in front of a pro-Pioneer crowd of 5,223, he probably felt as though he played a man short. Playing in front of a club-record home crowd at Lusitano Stadium, the […]

Stan Sansone Houston, Texas What constitutes, or what is the definition of, a shot and an assist? Are there definitions or conventions associated with statistical record keeping? Mike Woitalla: Let’s start with assists, Stan. Coincidentally, Soccer America Magazine columnist Paul Gardner wrote an in-depth article about the concept of awarding assists in his “SoccerTalk” column […]

The hiring of Don Garber as MLS commissioner brings yet another man unfamiliar with soccer into the league hierarchy. Will this similarity breed contempt from fans desperate to see the league revive its flagging fortunes? Perhaps. Garber might indeed have marketing expertise, but he can’t directly run the half-dozen teams sorely lacking resources and personnel, […]

The American women who lifted this summer’s Women’s World Cup prepared themselves for success back in their college days. When Michelle Akers started at Central Florida in 1984, there was no such thing as a women’s national team. By the time she concluded her stellar college career in 1988, Akers was a premier national team […]

The hiring of Don Garber as MLS commissioner brings yet another man unfamiliar with soccer into the league hierarchy. Will this similarity breed contempt from fans desperate to see the league revive its flagging fortunes? Perhaps. Garber might indeed have marketing expertise, but he can’t directly run the half-dozen teams sorely lacking resources and personnel, […]

‘We’re starting to finish games’ Chicago forward Frank Klopas had more than a few flashbacks Aug. 28, when the Fire hosted a reunion of the 1984 Chicago Sting NASL championship team. Klopas broke into pro soccer that year as an 18-year-old right out of high school. SOCCER AMERICA: You must have been the youngest and […]

Twenty-year-old midfielder Chris Albright scored his first goal on his first touch of the ball, less than two minutes after entering the game in his international debut to give the U.S. national team a 2-2 draw against Jamaica this evening in Kingston. The goal culminated a wild 90 minutes of soccer that saw the U.S. […]

Lauren Price Seattle, Wash. When the core of the women’s national team retires, who do you expect to be the future leaders of the team? Shannon MacMillan, Cindy Parlow, Tiffany Roberts? Is there anyone capable of taking over for Carla Overbeck and Julie Foudy? Dean Caparaz: Those are good questions, Lauren. When the veterans on […]

Here are the responses from the August poll in which 2,367 fans voted on their ideal eleven for Bruce Arena’s U.S. national team. 1) GOALKEEPER (1) Kasey Keller – 2126 – 89.8% Zach Thornton – 77 – 3.3% Brad Friedel – 76 – 3.2% Tony Meola – 43 – 1.8% Tom Presthus – 36 – […]

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (5) Los Angeles Defenders Jeff Agoos (4) D.C. United Joseph Addo (2) Tmapa Bay Greg Vanney (2) Los Angeles Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (8) D.C. United Mauricio Ramos (2) Tampa Bay Carlos Valderrama (5) Tampa Bay Henry Gutierrez (3) Miami Roy Myers (2) Los Angeles Forwards Jaime Moreno (5) D.C. United Manny Lagos […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 UCLA 2-0-0 465 2 Saint Louis 3-0-0 455 3 Indiana 1-1-0 398 4 Penn State 2-0-0 364 5 Davidson 2-0-0 341 6 Creighton 1-0-0 321 7 St. JohnÆs 1-0-1 315 8 Maryland 1-1-0 300 9 Stanford 1-0-1 293 10 Duke 2-0-0 274 11 Connecticut 1-1-0 194 12 […]

G Scott Blount (Furman) (1) MVP of UAB Nike Classic made 17 saves D Tim Tedoni (Saint Louis) (1) Helped shut down offenses of Butler and Indiana D David Buehler (Davidson) (1) Anchor against Clemson and South Carolina M Jeff DiMaria (Saint Louis) (1) Winner in double OT against Indiana M Jason Kuska (Gonzaga) (1) […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 North Carolina 3-0-0 247 2 Santa Clara 2-0-0 241 3 Florida 3-0-0 224 4 Notre Dame 1-1-0 209 5 Penn State 2-0-0 205 6 Nebraska 4-0-0 193 7 Clemson 4-0-0 178 8 Hartford 2-0-0 166 9 California 3-1-0 164 10 Texas A&M 3-0-0 147 11 BYU 2-0-0 […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Great Lakes Region 1 Ohio Wesleyan 2-0-0 DH Concordia 5-0, DH Hope 3-0 2 Otterbein 3-0-0 D Thomas More 6-0, DN Ohio Dominican 1-0, DA Wittenberg 1-0 3 De Pauw 1-0-0 D Calvin 1-0 3 Earlham 2-0-0 DA Marian 5-2, DH Goshen 3-0 5 Kenyon 3-0-0 D Marietta 3-1, DN Hope […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central/Great Lakes Region 1 Truman State 3-0-1 DA Gannon 3-0, TA Mercyhurst 0-0, DN SIU-Edwardsville 3-1, DA Quincy 3-0 2 Rockhurst 2-0-0 DA Indianapolis 2-0, DN St. Joseph 2-1 3 Missouri-St. Louis 2-1-0 DH McKendree 2-1, DA St. Leo 4-2, LA Tampa 1-2 4 IUPU-Fort Wayne 2-1-0 DN New Hampshire Coll. […]

IN BRIEF Date: Wednesday, September 8 Time: 7:30 p.m. ET Venue: National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica TV: None. Radio: Check Jamaica Radio for online broadcast at www.radiojamaica.com U.S. Outlook Unbeaten against Boyz: The United States has never lost to Jamaica in eight matches (five wins and three ties). The teams tied twice in qualifying for France […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Northern Kentucky 4-0-0 DH Union 4-1, DH Mercyhurst 3-0, DN Truman State 1-0, DN MN State 2-0 2 St. JosephÆs 3-1-0 DH Rockhurst 2-1, DH MO-Rolla 5-1, DA St. Cloud State 4-0, LA Winona State 1-2 3 North Dakota State 3-0-0 DH WI-River Falls 4-1, DH Jamestown 7-0, […]