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Here is the television schedule for the first two games of the first round of the MLS playoffs, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 30 MetroStars at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New York Sept. 30 Miami at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN Oct. 1 Colorado at Chicago 8:00 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 10-0-0 DH Humboldt State 1-0, DA Central Washington 2-1, DA Western Washington 1-0 (OT) 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 6-2-1 TH Cal State Bakersfield 1-1 (OT), DA Cal State Bakersfield 4-1 3 UC Davis 6-2-1 LA Chico State 0-1 (OT), DA Chico State 2-1 3 Chico […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 7-1-1 DA Montclair 5-0, DA Moravian 2-1 2 Richard Stockton 5-2-1 DA Rowan 2-1 (OT), TA NC Wesleyan 0-0 (OT) 3 Gettysburg 7-2-0 DA Elizabethtown 1-0 (OT), DA Bryn Mawr 5-0 4 Haverford 6-2-1 DH Bryn Mawr 7-0, DH Franklin & Marshall 4-1 5 Elizabethtown 5-5-0 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 8-0-0 300 2 Notre Dame 8-1-0 278 2 Santa Clara 8-0-1 278 4 Connecticut 9-0-0 270 5 Florida 8-0-0 252 6 Portland 7-0-1 238 7 Penn State 8-0-1 232 8 William & Mary 7-0-1 216 9 Northwestern 8-0-1 190 10 San Diego State 7-1-0 172 […]

Mexican national team goalkeeper Jorge Campos is returning to Mexico to play for his off-season club team UNAM Pumas. Campos will leave immediately and will not appear in the playoffs for the Chicago Fire. Campos, whom Chicago acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy, missed much of the first half of the MLS season due to […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (6) MetroStars Defenders Mike Burns (1) New England Steve Jolley (2) Los Angeles Lubos Kubik (8) Chicago Frank Yallop (2) Tampa Bay Midfielders Marcelo Balboa (4) Colorado Braeden Cloutier (1) San Jose Mauricio Ramos (4) Tampa Bay Andrew Williams (3) Columbus Forwards Stern John (9) Columbus Josh Wolff (2) Chicago Note: In […]

G Nick Rimando (UCLA) (1) Blanking of USD ran shutout streak to 445 minutes D Anders Ronnevig (South Carolina) (1) Scored on direct free kick to beat Furman 1-0 D David Wright (Creighton) (1) Solid defense and winner against Coll. of Charleston M Maurizio Rocha (Connecticut) (2) 2 goals and 2 assists, PK goal beat […]

G Carly Smolak (Stanford) (1) 5 saves to shut out Santa Clara 0-0 D Emily Janss (Maryland) (1) PKs beat Texas and Colorado D Kristen Palmer (Northwestern) (2) PK beats Minnesota, assist vs. Iowa M Signe Anderson (Hartford) (1) Hits gamewinner vs. Texas A&M in win M Colleen Joyce (Montana) (1) 2 goals, including gamewinner, […]

The following are comments from today’s’ teleconference with MLS Commissioner Doug Logan and Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati: Logan on attendance during MLS’ third season: “Last Sunday we finished the first season where the playoff participants were determined a week early, and despite that we had some interesting games and decent attendances on the final weekend […]

Sept. 29 in Athens AEK Athens (Greece) 3 (Nikolaidis 14, 76, Kopitsis 68) Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands) 3 (Machlas 11, 17, Reuser 51). Half: 1-2. Att.: 23,000. (Vitesse wins 6-3 on aggregate.) Sept. 29 in Belgrade Obilic (Yugoslavia) 0 Atletico Madrid (Spain) 1 (Kiko 55). Half: 0-0. Att.: 11,000. (Atletico Madrid win 3-0 on aggregate.) Sept. […]

Rochester vs. Hershey GAME 1 Sept. 26 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 3 Hershey 1. Goals: Glenn 3, Tilley (Glenn, Daligcon) 61, Tilley (Zavala) 89; Tschantret (Orben) 84. Rochester — Onstad, Hardy, Demmin, Schweitzer, Walton, Allnutt, McKay (Zavala, 73), Daligcon (Kirmse, 68), Steenkamp, Glenn, Tilley. Hershey — Azmi, Penny, Williams, Oudin, Regis (Orben, 77), Kelly, Sawatzky, […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P John (Columbus) 27 26 5 57 Jones (Los Angeles) 24 19 13 51 Welton (Los Angeles) 31 17 11 45 Lassiter (D.C. United) 31 18 8 44 Diaz Arce (New England) 32 18 8 44 Moreno (D.C. United) 31 16 11 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 30 13 16 […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 27: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 8-1-0 2 2. UCLA 6-1-0 3 3. Duke 8-1-0 1 4. Clemson 7-1-0 4 5. South Carolina 7-1-0 5 6. Virginia 6-0-2 6 7. San Jose State 8-0-0 8 8. Connecticut 8-0-0 9 9. […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 27. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 8-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 8-1-0 3 3. Santa Clara 8-0-1 2 4. Florida 8-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 9-0-0 5 6. Penn State 8-0-1 6 7. Portland 7-0-1 7 8. William & Mary […]

CHICAGO 3 NEW ENGLAND 2 Sept. 23 in Chicago Chicago 3 New England 2. Goals: Kubik (pen.) 34, Klopas (Wolff) 74, Wolff (Armas) 89; Gorter 43, Burns (Moore, Gorter) 68. Chicago — Campos (6), Kubik (6), Brown (5), Okaroh (5), Armas (6), Keller (4), Kotschau (5), Podbrozny (4), Nowak (6), Kosecki (6), Razov (4). Subs: […]

Four-time world champion Brazil will face Ecuador in an international friendly on Oct. 14 at RFK Stadium. The match, which is presented by D.C. United, will begin at 7:30 p.m. The match will be Brazil’s second under new head coach Vanderley Luxemburgo, who replaced Mario Zagallo after France ’98. Individual tickets for the match will […]

Results Sept. 27 Miami 1 Tampa Bay 3 San Jose 2 Kansas City 0 D.C. United 3 Columbus 2 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Chicago 0 Sept. 26 New England 0 MetroStars 1 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Final 1998 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 32 24 8 58 74 48 […]

When Javier Clemente quit as Spain coach, he became the 22nd World Cup coach to move on since France ’98. The story we ran cited “media pressure” as the governing factor behind his resignation. I find this notion debatable, but less reprehensible than Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar’s Twinkie defense for his dismissal of Christian Gross […]

The U.S. men’s national team will return to action against Australia at Spartan Stadium in San Jose on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. (PT). The game marks the USA’s first match since the 1998 World Cup in France, and could be the first appearance of the team’s new head coach. The game will be […]

Results Sept. 26 New England 0 MetroStars 1 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Sept. 24 Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 4 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 31 15 16 45 65 54 *MetroStars 32 15 17 39 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 […]

In conjunction with the launch of SoccerAmerica.com's new Book & Video Source, we posted a two-part interview with The Simplest Game author Paul Gardner. At the end of Part II, you will find out how to order this book and how to post your own review of this book if you've already read it. Now […]

Andrew Lucchese Reading, Pa. Why is Eddie Pope staying in MLS when he has had several offers from top clubs in Europe? Pete Bailey: Eddie certainly has options available to him overseas should he choose to pursue them. MLS deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati said that after the World Cup, two Bundesliga teams (believed to be […]

U.S. Soccer Federation President Dr. Bob Contiguglia announced today that Sunil Gulati has been named managing director of U.S. Soccer’s Project 2010 Committee. “I could not think of anyone more qualified than Sunil Gulati to head up such an important task force,” said U.S. Soccer Secretary General Hank Steinbrecher. “I’m very pleased that he will […]

Eastern Conference Semifinals HERSHEY VS. RICHMOND Sept. 17 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 0 Richmond 0 (Hershey wins shootout 3-2). Hershey — Azmi, Regis, Penny, M.Williams, Oudin, Sawatzky, Rodriguez, Kelly (Tschantret, 55), Swords (Scheer, 90), D’Ambra (Mitchell, 60), Feniger. Richmond — McGinty (Deegan, 105), T.Williams, Scott, McKay (Messam, 64), Fox, Murray, Lekics, Johnson, Borgard (De.Etienne, 55), […]

Results Sept. 24 Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 4 Sept. 23 Chicago 3 New England 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 31 15 16 45 65 54 *MetroStars 31 14 17 38 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 45 65 Tampa Bay 31 […]