1029conf wom Conference Champions ACC: North Carolina America East: Hartford Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville Atlantic-10: Saint Louis Big East: Notre Dame Big Sky: Idaho State Big South: UNC Asheville Big Ten: Penn State Big 12: Texas Big West: Cal State Fullerton CAA: Old Dominion Conference USA: UAB Horizon: Loyola (Ill.) Ivy: Columbia MAAC: Niagara Mid-American: Toledo […]
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2. Q&A: Picking the 26 men’s at-large teams
Besides seeding the teams, the NCAA men’s soccer committee’s other main task is to pick the 26 at-large teams. Here are some questions the committee must examine: Does it again give the nine-team ACC eight berths? Champion Duke, Wake Forest, Maryland, Virginia, Clemson and North Carolina are locks. Boston College should get in. Virginia Tech […]
1. Duke, SMU and St. John’s head men’s champs
The final weekend of the men’s college regular season resulted in 22 conference champions clinching automatic berths into the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, which begins on Friday. Soccer America’s Men’s Conference Tournament Scoreboard The NCAA Division I men’s committee must decide by this afternoon the other 26 teams that will complete the 48-team field. […]
3. SOCCER AMERICA MEN’S TOP 25: Final Rankings
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week’s results) 1. Duke (16-3-1) 4 2. SMU (17-1-4) 3 3. Wake Forest (15-3-3) 1 4. Indiana (14-4-2) 7 5. West Virginia (15-2-3) 2 6. Virginia (14-3-1) 5 7. Maryland (15-4-1) 6 8. Santa Clara (12-4-4) 8 9. Clemson (12-4-2) 9 10. North Carolina (11-5-3) 10 11. California (12-5-1) 11 […]
1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“There are some serious talks going on [with European clubs], so we’ll see. I’d like to be back, but my ultimate goal was to go overseas, and if it comes sooner rather than later, I’ll take it." — Freddy Adu, who was subbed by Coach Peter Nowak in the 65th minute of D.C. United’s 1-0 […]
3. AMERICANS ABROAD: Spector celebrates win over Arsenal
Jonathan Spector, in his fourth start of the season, helped West Ham upset Arsenal, 1-0. The 20-year-old Illinois product, who is on loan from Manchester United, kept his starting spot after last week helping the Hammers end an five-game losing streak. Watford, which earned promotion to the English Premier league with contributions from unsung American […]
2. MLS: Revs and Dynamo book final tickets
By Ridge Mahoney In both stadiums hosting MLS conference finals Sunday, the play was intense, the crowds raucous, and the results justified. D.C. United outshot New England, 18-6, at a rowdy RFK lit up by flares and shrouded by smoke but were undone, 1-0, by an early Taylor Twellman goal, a few sharp saves by […]
4. WORLD: Rough weekend for Europe’s giants
It was a rough weekend for the top clubs in Europe’s major leagues. Chelsea, the defending English Premier League champion, lost to London rival Tottenham for the first time in 33 league meetings to fall to second place, three points behind Manchester United, which downed Portsmouth, 3-0, to celebrate 20 years under its manager, Sir […]
COLLEGE MEN: Conference Tournament Scoreboard (Nov. 5)
1025conf men scores Conference Champions ACC: Duke America East: Binghamton Atlantic Soccer: Adelphi Atlantic Sun: Gardner-Webb Atlantic 10: Rhode Island Big East: St. John's Big South: Winthrop Big Ten: Indiana Big West: UC Santa Barbara CAA: Hofstra Conference USA: SMU Horizon: Loyola (Ill.) Ivy: Harvard MAAC: Fairfield Mid-American: Northern Illinois Mid-Continent: Western Illinois Missouri Valley: […]
MLS SEMIFINALS: Game summaries
Nov. 5 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 0 New England 1. Goal: Twellman (Pat Noonan, Jay Heaps) 4 D.C. United – Perkins, Namoff, Boswell, Erpen, Gros, Carroll, Gomez (Simms, 81), Olsen, Adu (Donnet, 65), Eskandarian (Dyachenko, 76) Moreno. New England – Reis, John, Parkhurst, Riley, Heaps, Franchino (Smith, 67), Joseph, Hernandez (Larentowicz, 44), Dorman, Noonan, […]
MLS: Revs and Dynamo book final tickets
By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America In both stadiums hosting MLS conference finals Sunday, the play was intense, the crowds raucous, and the results justified. D.C. United outshot New England, 18-6, at a rowdy RFK lit up by flares and shrouded by smoke but were undone, 1-0, by an early Taylor Twellman goal, a […]
5. PEACE QUEEN CUP: Lilly leads USA to title
Captain Kristine Lilly scored on a superb strike in the 68th minute to give the U.S. women’s national team a 1-0 victory against neighbor Canada in the championship of the 2006 Peace Queen Cup Saturday in Seoul, South Korea. USA-Canada Game Summary Reaction after USA-Canada Lilly took a ball from Aly Wagner in the right […]
MOUNTAIN WEST WOMEN: UNLV does it again!
For the second straight year, UNLV claimed the Mountain West tournament championship, as the Rebels topped 10th-ranked Utah, 6-5, in a shootout after they played to a 0-0 tie on Saturday afternoon at Ute Field. It was the second straight game, the Rebels won in this year's tournament in a shootout, after UNLV advanced past […]
USA-CANADA REACTION: From the U.S. locker room
U.S. head coach Greg Ryan on the match: ''We were really happy with the performance. Canada is just a very difficult team to play against. They knock a ton of long balls, you have to win them in the air, and they are great at knocking them in behind you afterwards. So I think, […]
PEACE QUEEN CUP: Lilly leads USA to title
Captain Kristine Lilly scored on a wonderful strike in the 68th minute to give the U.S. women's national team a 1-0 victory against neighbor Canada to win the championship of the 2006 Peace Queen Cup Saturday in Seoul, South Korea. Lilly took a ball from Aly Wagner in the right side of the penalty area, […]
NCAA DIVISION 2: Men's & Women's Scoreboard
Men's Quarterfinalists Lincoln Memorial (14-1-3) Seattle (12-7-1) Southern Connecticut State (17-2-3) Northern Kentucky (16-2-3) Men's Regional Scores Appalachian Region Nov. 2 in Hickory, N.C. Lenoir-Rhyne 3 Catawba 2 Carson-Newman 0 Lincoln Memorial 1 (OT) Nov. 4 in Hickory, N.C. Lenoir-Rhyne 1 Lincoln Memorial 1 (OT) (Lincoln Memorial wins 5-3 on penalties.) Great Lakes Region Nov. […]
AMERICA EAST MEN: Binghamton wins title in overtime
Sophomore Barry Neville (converted a penalty kick with 58 second left in the first overtime to lift top-seeded Binghamton to a 1-0 win over No. 2 Vermont in the America East championship game on Saturday. The Bearcats earned their second America East Championship. All-Championship Team Barry Neville – Binghamton (Most Outstanding Player) Jason Stenta – […]
IVY MEN: Harvard clinches first title in decade
Senior Charles Altchek scored two second-half goals four minutes apart Saturday afternoon as Harvard defeated Columbia, 3-1, to win the Ivy League championship outright at Ohiri Field. The Crimson claimed its 12th League title in school history, but first since the 1996 season. The title gives Harvard the Ivy LeagueÆs automatic bid to the NCAA […]
IVY WOMEN: Columbia wins first league title
Columbia won its first Tvy League women's title on Saturday with a 1-0 victory over Harvard. Senior midfielder Aubrey Medal sent the game's only goal in the net with less than nine minutes left to give, scoring off a corner taken by Shannon Munoz. The win is Columbia's seventh straight victory. The Lions will enter […]
BIG EAST WOMEN: No. 1 Notre Dame moves into final against upstart Rutgers
No. 1 Notre Dame improved to 19-0-1 with a 2-0 win over Marquette in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament on Friday. The Irish will meet Rutgers in the championship game on Sunday. The Scarlet Knights rallied from a two-goal deficit and posted a 3-2 victory over West Virginia. Rutgers will be playing in […]
CONFERENCE USA MEN: No. 3 SMU needs shootout to beat UAB
No. 3 SMU needed a shootout to beat UAB in the semifinals of the Conference USA men's tournament. After playing to a 1-1 tie through regulation and two 10-minute overtimes, SMU put away UAB, 3-1, in the deciding shootout. SMU Goalie Matt Wideman stopped the first two UAB shots and the fourth Blazer try to […]
CAA MEN: GMU snaps Towson win streak
Fourth-seeded George Mason reached the CAA MenÆs Championship game for the first time since 2003, edging top-seeded Towson 5-4 on penalty kicks after the two squads battled to a 1-1 double-overtime tie in semifinal action Friday night at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. The Patriots (12-5-2) advance to SundayÆs title match against No. 2 seed Hofstra, […]
BIG EAST MEN: No. 2 West Virginia and St. John's reach final
No. 2 West Virginia and St. John's advanced to the final of the Big East Men's Tournament with wins on Friday evening before a crowd of 1,400 fans in Piscataway, N.J. Freshman star Ryan Soroka scored a goal and assisted on fellow freshman Adam Himeno's goal as St. John's beat Providence, 2-0. In the nightcap, […]
ACC MEN: Top seeds Duke and Wake Forest advance to final
Top-ranked Wake Forest moved into the championship game of the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1991 by beating No. 5 Virginia, 4-3, in a shootout on Friday after their game ended in a 1-1 tie. The Demon Deacons meet defending ACC champion Duke in the final. The Blue Devils beat defending national champion […]
COLLEGE WOMEN: Conference Tournament Scoreboard (Nov. 5)
1029conf wom Champions America East: Hartford Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville CAA: Old Dominion Ivy: Harvard Mid-Continent: Oakland Mountain West: UNLV Sun Belt: Denver WCC: Santa Clara ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 1 in Cary, N.C. North Carolina 3 N.C. State 0 Boston College 1 Clemson 2 Florida State 2 Duke 0 Wake Forest 2 Virginia 1 Semifinals Nov. […]
