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Nov. 29 in Birmingham Seattle 2 Rockhurst 1 (OT). Goals: Swanson (Klubberud) 6:48, Czarnowski (Anchela) 106:39; Olivas (Schoen) 30:16. All-Tournament Team Goalkeeper — Jason Palmer (Seattle) Defenders — Pablo Nassar (Life), Junior Noel (Seattle), Sep Wolf (Westmont). Midfielders — Ben Hook (Westmont), Marco Mthemba (William Carey), Craig Scheer (Illinois-Springfield), Mark Tonner (Life). Forwards — Thomas […]

Nov. 30 Virginia 5 Georgetown 1 American 1 Maryland 0 St. John’s 1 South Florida 2 Indiana 4 Bowling Green 0 Saint Louis 1 Creighton 0 SMU 2 Dartmouth 0 South Carolina 0 Clemson 1 (OT) The UCLA-Washington match was postponed due to inclement weather and will be played Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. (PT).

Nov. 29 in Melbourne Australia 2 Iran 2. Goals: Kewell 32, A.Vidmar 48; Bagheri 77, Azizi 80. Australia — Bosnich, Moore (Arnold, 83), Horvat, Tobin, Lazaridis, Slater (T. Vidmar, 81), Foster, Zelic, A. Vidmar (Tapai, 81), Kewell, Viduka. Iran — Abedzadeh, Mahdavikia, Khakpour, Payravani, Estili, Bagheri, Shahroodi (Mansourian, 57), Pashazadeh, Saadavi (Tahami, 76, Asadi 87), […]

Nov. 29 North Carolina 1 Harvard 0 Notre Dame 8 UCLA 0 Santa Clara 3 Clemson 0

Here are the 32 countries that have qualified for the 1998 World Cup Finals: Host: France Holder: Brazil Europe Qualifiers: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Yugoslavia South America Qualifiers: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay Africa Qualifiers: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia Asia Qualifiers: Japan, Saudi Arabia, South […]

Chris Hardy Lockport, IL This is not a question, but a correction. In your Q&A section, you incorrectly said that Florida State’s placekicker is from Croatia. He is, in fact, from Poland. I also thought you might like to know that Sebastian was more than just a good soccer player. He played for Poland’s under-16 […]

U.S. national team goalkeeper Brad Friedel has been denied a work permit to play for Liverpool of the English Premier League. Friedel’s application was rejected because he had not played in 75 percent of the USA’s competitive international matches in the past two years, the same reason Jovan Kirovski was denied a permit several months […]

Nov. 28 in Birmingham, Ala. Rockhurst 4 Mobile 3. Goals: Andreason (Olivas) 1:11, Andreason (Olivas) 8:43, Andreason (Herman) 84:55, Hill (Andreason) 86:43; Maruti (White) 8:28, Duncan 14:56, Goodson 21:56. Seattle 3 William Carey 2. Goals: Hardy (Thesenvitz) 32:26, Thesenvitz (Brown) 87:30, Cassidy (Czarnowski) 99:26; Balcev 11:14, Moniz 84:14. Championship Nov. 29 in Birmingham Rockhurst (24-2-0) […]

Nov. 28 in San Antonio Mobile 3 Berry 1. Goals: Wathne 9, Law (Wathne) 17, Grant (Wathne) 65; Hoffman (Modi) 81. Simon Fraser 1 Westmont 0. Goal: Ricci (Blaker) 88. Championship Nov. 29 in San Antonio Simon Fraser vs. Mobile

(In San Antonio) FIRST ROUND Pool A Nov. 24 Mobile 4 Transylvania 0 Nov. 25 Brewton-Parker 2 Transylvania 2 Nov. 26 Mobile 6 Brewton-Parker 0 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P *Mobile 2 2 0 0 10 0 6 Transylvania 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 B.-Parker 2 0 1 1 […]

Group A Nov. 27 in Parma Parma (Italy) 2 (Chiesa 21, pen. 90) Sparta Prague (Czech Rep.) 2 (Novotny 90, Obajdin 90). Half: 1-0. Att.: 16,200. Nov. 27 in Dortmund Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 4 (But 22, Herrlich 34, Zorc 47, pen. 86) Galatasaray (Turkey) 1 (Penbe 87). Half: 2-0. Att.: 45,000. TEAM GP W T […]

(in Birmingham, Ala.) FIRST ROUND Pool A Nov. 24 Mobile 0 Bartlesville Wesleyan 0 Nov. 25 Lindsey Wilson 6 Bartlesville Wesleyan 0 Nov. 26 Mobile 4 Lindsey Wilson 1 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P *Mobile 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 Lindsey Wilson 2 1 0 1 7 4 3 […]

Plenty of Fun and Soccer too, headline Richmond Centre’s FanZone For the third consecutive year, FanZone sponsored by Ukrop’s Super Markets and Coca-Cola and hosted by Soccer America Magazine, returns to the Richmond Centre, December 12-13. The annual event, held during the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championships, is designed to allow the entire Richmond-area population-beyond lucky […]

(In San Antonio) FIRST ROUND Pool A Nov. 24 Mobile 4 Transylvania 0 Nov. 25 Brewton-Parker 2 Transylvania 2 Nov. 26 Mobile vs. Brewton-Parker Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Mobile 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 B.-Parker 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Transylvania 2 0 1 1 2 […]

Features Sites Set For Women’s World Cup By Dean Caparaz World Meets In Marseille For France ’98 Draw By Paul Kennedy How Will Sampson Shape his Squad? By Ridge Mahoney Michel Platini: Still Pulling Strings For France Interview by Jaap De Groot How Good Is The CONCACAF Region? By Duncan Irving Upheaval At The Mutiny […]

(in Birmingham, Ala.) FIRST ROUND Pool A Nov. 24 Mobile 0 Bartlesville Wesleyan 0 Nov. 25 Lindsey Wilson 6 Bartlesville Wesleyan 0 Nov. 26 Mobile vs. Lindsey Wilson Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Lindsey Wilson 1 1 0 0 6 0 3 Mobile 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bart. […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Bor. Dortmund 4 3 0 1 7 2 9 Parma 4 2 1 1 3 2 7 Sp. Prague 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 Galatasaray 4 1 0 3 2 6 3 SCHEDULE Nov. 27 — Parma vs. Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund vs. […]

The U.S. women’s national team will travel to Brazil Dec. 8-15 for two friendlies with the 1996 Olympic semifinalist. The U.S. will play Brazil twice, Dec. 11 and Dec. 13. Starting goalkeeper Briana Scurry is sitting out the trip, while Michelle Akers is limiting her travel on the advice of her doctors. Here’s the roster […]

Nov. 22-23 Truman State 1 East Stroudsburg 0 Cal State Bakersfield 4 Seattle Pacific 3 (OT) Lynn 3 USC Spartanburg 1 Southern Connecticut 1 New Hamp. Coll. 0 Final Four (Dec. 4-7 at site TBD) Semifinals Truman State (16-5-0) vs. Cal State Bakersfield (18-4-0) Lynn (18-1-0) vs. So. Connecticut (21-0-1) Championship semifinal winners

(In San Antonio) Pool A Nov. 24 Mobile 4 Transylvania 0 Nov. 25 Brewton-Parker vs. Transylvania Nov. 26 Mobile vs. Brewton-Parker Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Mobile 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 B.-Parker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transylvania 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 Pool […]

Nov. 22-23 Amherst 2 Ithaca 0 Gettysburg 0 Coll. of New Jersey 2 Wheaton (Ill.) 2 Ohio Wesleyan 1 (OT) Mary Washington 2 Cal Lutheran 1 Final Four (Nov. 28-29 in Fredericksburg, Va.) Semifinals Wheaton (Ill.) (22-0-1) at Mary Washington (21-2-1) College of New Jersey (17-5-0) vs. Amherst (14-4-2) Champinship semifinal winners

Mexico fired the most successful coach in its national team history Nov. 25. Mexican soccer federation (FMF) president Juan Jose Leano told the press its national team council had “unanimously” agreed on Bora Milutinovic’s dismissal. Milutinovic, who had coached the United States from 1991 through the 1994 World Cup, had enjoyed few extended periods of […]

Nov. 25 in Enschede Twente Enschede (Netherlands) 0 Auxerre (France) 1 (Diomede 70). Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Nov. 25 in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe (Germany) 0 Spartak Moscow (Russia) 0. Att.: 12,000. Nov. 25 in Bucharest Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 2 (Own goal 30, Ciocoiu 32) Aston Villa (England) 1 (Yorke 54). Half: 2-0. Att.: 22,000. Nov. 25 […]

(in Birmingham, Ala.) Pool A Nov. 24 Mobile 0 Bartlesville Wesleyan 0 Nov. 25 Lindsey Wilson vs. Bartlesville Wesleyan Nov. 26 Mobile vs. Lindsey Wilson Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Bart. Wesleyan 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Mobile 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Lindsey Wilson 0 0 […]

Quarterfinals Nov. 22-23 Adelphi 1 Franklin Pierce 2 (4OT) Cal State Dominguez Hills 4 Mesa State 0 West Virginia Wesleyan 1 Truman State 0 Lynn 4 Catawba 0 Semifinals Schedule Dec. 5 Franklin Pierce (19-0-0) vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (16-3-2) West Virginia Wesleyan (20-1-1) vs. Lynn (19-1-1) Championship Dec. 7 semifinal winners Note: The […]