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Oct. 22 in Rome Lazio (Italy) 0 Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 0. Att.: n/a. Oct. 22 in London Chelsea (England) 1 (Desailly 90) FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 1 (Goldbaek 81). Half: 0-0. Att.: 21,207. Oct. 22 in Genk Genk (Belgium) 1 (Oulare 71) Mallorca (Spain) 1 (Garcia 56). Half: 0-0. Att.: 27,500. Oct. 22 in Athens Panionios […]

Columbus Crew forward Brian McBride has won the 1998 MasterCard Goal of the Year award, beating out finalists Jaime Moreno of D.C. United and former Dallas Burn forward Damian Alvarez for scoring “the most dramatic and striking goal during the regular season.” McBride scored the award-winning goal in a 3-0 win over the Chicago Fire […]

ESPN, Inc. has reached an exclusive English-language agreement for 64 U.S. Soccer games to be seen for the next four years on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports. The new agreement, effective Jan. 1, 1999, provides that ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present a minimum of 12 matches a year (six on each network) involving […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 16-0-0 DA CSLA 3-1, DA Grand Canyon 4-0 2 UC Davis 11-3-1 DA CS Dom. Hills 1-0, DA CS Bakersfield 3-1 3 CS Dom. Hills 11-3-1 LH UC Davis 0-1, DH Chico State 1-0 (OT) 4 Western Washington 9-5-0 LH Simon Fraser 0-2 5 Humboldt State […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Connecticut 14-0-0 476 2 Indiana 13-1-0 452 3 Duke 13-1-0 437 4 Clemson 13-1-0 403 5 Washington 11-2-0 385 6 Creighton 9-2-1 334 7 Virginia 9-2-2 326 8 Stanford 10-3-0 307 9 UCLA 10-2-0 251 10 St. JohnÆs 8-3-3 228 11 Saint Louis 12-2-1 209 12 Butler […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Mercyhurst 11-2-1 DA Westminster 3-0, DH Gannon 2-1 (OT) 2 East Stroudsburg 12-3-0 DA U. District Columbia 5-0 3 Truman State 8-3-2 DH St. Joseph 6-0, DA Lincoln 6-0, LH Columbia C. 1-2 (OT) 4 Quincy 12-2-0 DA Rockhurst 2-0, DH UMSL 2-0, DH SIUE 2-0 5 Rockhurst […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 13-1-0 50 DH Wisconsin 3-0, DA Northwestern 1-0 2 Butler 12-2-0 45 DA Wright State 3-0, DH Wisconsin 2-1 (OT) 3 Akron 11-2-1 40 DH Buffalo 5-1, DA Northern Illinois 2-0 4 Notre Dame 7-4-3 34 LH Connecticut 0-2, DH Seton Hall 2-0 5 Cincinnati 8-4-2 […]

FEATURES Galaxy Fades As Fire Blazes Path To Final By Mike Garofola From Whence Shall The New Coaches Come? By Ridge Mahoney McBride’s Goals In The Rain Sink United By Craig Merz Rhinos Rumble To First A-League Championship By Jeff Diveronica Clive Charles: ‘We DonÆt Own These Jobs’ Interview By Duncan Irving Spain’s Jose Camacho […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 12-2-1 LH Wm. Paterson 0-2, DH Georgian Court 2-0 2 Richard Stockton 11-2-1 DH Kean 1-0, DA Elizabethtown 4-1 3 Gettysburg 11-2-0 4 John Hopkins 9-2-1 DA NYU 5-1 5 Messiah 12-3-1 DH Juniata 8-0, DH Kean 6-0 6 Salisbury 9-5-0 DA Rowan 1-0 7 Rowan […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 15-0-0 50 DA Chicago 4-2, DA Centre 2-1 2 Trinity (Texas) 10-2-0 45 DH DePauw 4-3 (OT) 3 Rhodes 12-2-1 39 DA Christian Brothers 4-2, DH Millsaps 6-0, DH Oglethorpe 8-1 4 Univ. of South 12-1-0 33 DH St. Francis 6-1, DH Hanover 5-0 5 […]

MENÆS NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 12-2-2 TH Victoria 1-1 2 Seattle 10-4-1 DH Western Washington 2-0, DH Linfield 2-1 (OT), DH Willamette 6-0 3 George Fox 10-5-1 DH Brigham Young-Hawaii 4-0, DA Whitman 2-1 (OT), LA Whitworth 0-1 4 Westminster 9-6-2 5 Concordia (Ore.) 5-7-2 LH Western Baptist 1-2 (OT), LA Northwest […]

GROUP A Oct. 21 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 1 (Alexandris 38) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 80,000. Oct. 21 in Oporto Porto (Portugal) 3 (Doriva Junior 33, Zahovic 43, 75) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 20,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Olympiakos 3 2 1 0 5 […]

Conference Finals Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. COLUMBUS Oct. 11 — D.C. United 2 Columbus 0 Oct. 18 — Columbus 4 D.C. United 2 Oct. 21 — D.C. United 3 Columbus 0 (D.C. United wins series 2-1.) Western Conference LOS ANGELES VS. CHICAGO Oct. 10 — Los Angeles 0 Chicago 1 Oct. 16 — Chicago […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 No. Carolina 15-0-0 300 2 Santa Clara 14-0-1 288 3 Connecticut 13-0-2 271 4 Florida 14-1-0 266 5 Notre Dame 12-2-1 248 6 Portland 11-1-2 244 7 Penn State 13-1-1 223 8 Dartmouth 10-1-1 204 9 Wm. & Mary 11-1-1 201 10 Nebraska 11-2-1 197 11 San […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 North Carolina 15-0-0 DN Portland 2-0, DA St. MaryÆs 3-0 2 Florida 14-1-0 DA Florida St. 2-0, DH Mississippi St. 8-0, DH Mississippi 9-1 3 Clemson 10-5-0 DH Davidson 6-0, LA Virginia 0-1, LA William & Mary 1-3 4 Wake Forest 11-3-1 DH No. Carolina St. 7-0, DH […]

WOMENÆS NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 10-2-1 DA Western Washington 2-1, DA Central Washington 2-1 2 George Fox 12-3-2 TH Willamette 1-1, DA Whitman 2-1, DA Whitworth 2-0 3 Seattle 9-4-3 DH Linfield 4-3, TH Willamette 0-0 4 Puget Sound 9-5-2 DH Pacific Lutheran 1-0, LN Willamette 2-1, DH Linfield 2-1 5 Concordia […]

G Josh Fouts (Gonzaga) (1) 8 saves in shutout No. 8 against Santa Clara D Brendan Reidy (Dartmouth) (1) Scored winner on header in OT against Yale D Anthony Tristani (Fordham) (1) 4 of team’s 5 goals in wins over Temple and St. Joseph’s M Simon Elliott (Stanford) (2) 2 goals and 2 assists in […]

G Amber Barnes (Ohio State) (1) Shuts out Northwestern, Wisconsin D Brina Kabler (California) (1) Scores the goal that downs UCLA D Christina Kushnir (USC) (1) 2 goals, 1 assist against Cal, Stanford M Carrie Moore (William & Mary) (1) Hits 51st-minute winner against Clemson M Jen Tietjen (Connecticut) (1) Move to sweeper helps blunt […]

Oct. 20 in Krakow Wisla Krakow (Poland) 1 (Kulawik 68) Parma (Italy) 1 (Chiesa 3). Half: 0-1. Att.: 10,000. Oct. 20 in Bologna Bologna (Italy) 2 (Signori 51, Ingesson 84) Slavia Prague (Czech Rep.) 1 (Dostalek 67). Half: 0-0. Att.: 12,000. Oct. 20 in Bucharest, Romania Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1 (Skaric pen. 65) Olympique […]

MLS has announced four more year-end award winners for 1998. Chicago Fire coach Bob Bradley is the All Sport Coach of the Year, and D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen is the Bandai Rookie of the Year. In addition, Thomas Dooley of Columbus picks up the Snickers Fair Play Award and Paul Tamberino is the choice […]

Eastern Conference GAME 2 Oct. 18 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 4 D.C. United 2. Goals: McBride 8, Dooley (Farrell) 37, McBride (Yeagley) 47, John (Warzycha, A.Williams) 81; Sanneh (Agoos, Etcheverry) 65, Lassiter (Talley) 77. Columbus — Sommer (6), Clark (6), Dooley (6), Iribarren (5), Elcock (5), Farrell (5), Smith (5), Yeagley (6), West (5), McBride […]

Australia defeated New Zealand, 3-1, in the championship game of Oceania women’s qualifying Oct. 17 at Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, to earn a berth at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Australia becomes the 13th team to qualify for USA ’99, joining the host USA, South American champion Brazil, CONCACAF champion Canada, […]

Two defensive leaders of the 1998 Western Conference champion Chicago Fire have been honored for their 1998 season performances, as Zach Thornton has been named Pepsi Goalkeeper of the Year and Lubos Kubik has been named BIC Defender of the Year. The Pepsi Goalkeeper of the Year is given to the player judged by MLS […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 18: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 15-0-0 1 2. Santa Clara 14-0-1 3 3. Florida 14-1-0 4 4. Connecticut 13-0-2 5 5. Portland 11-1-2 7 6. Notre Dame 12-2-1 2 7. Dartmouth 10-1-1 8 8. Nebraska 11-2-1 10 […]

The U.S. national futsal team went 0-3 in round-robin play to finish last in the Second Rio de Janeiro tournament in Brazil. The results are surprising, as the USA is ranked third all-time in the sport, trailing only Brazil and Spain. The U.S. fell 2-1 in a dramatic opening match against Belgium on Oct. 15, […]