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By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine OPEN QUESTION: In the aftermath of the Galaxy's 2-1 win over the Wizards Sunday night came all manner of pronouncements that both upcoming games against FC Dallas at Home Depot Center are vitally important. On Wednesday, the Galaxy and FC Dallas play in the U.S. Open Cup […]

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Soccer America Top 25 TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (10-0-0) 1 2. Portland (9-0-0) 2 3. Penn State (10-0-0) 3 4. UCLA (8-1-0) 4 5. Notre Dame (9-1-0) 5 6. Santa Clara (6-1-1) 6 7. Virginia (7-2-1) 11 8. Duke (7-1-1) 7 9. Boston College (7-0-1) 8 10. Florida State (8-1-0) 9 11. […]

SCORES Sept. 27 #2 North Carolina 1 (Campbell 99) #19 UNC Greensboro 0 (OT). #7 Duke 3 (Wadsworth 15, Loftus 60, 67) Longwood 1 (Griessbach 65). #11 Wake Forest (Franks 51) Florida Atlantic 0. #17 Maryland 1 (Garey 43) William & Mary 0. (Win is 200th of Coach Sasha CirovskiÆs career.) SOCCER AMERICA TOP 25 […]

GOALKEEPER Christina de Vries (Virginia), Jr. Ties Cavalier career record with 17th shutout in 1-0 victory at Duke three days after 1-0 shutout win at Wake Forest. DEFENDERS Kelly Hannon (Michigan State), Soph. Clears shot off line to lead Spartans to a 1-0 victory over defending Big Ten champion Ohio State in conference opener. Kim […]

Tiffany Weimer (Penn State), Sr. Extends goal-scoring streak to 10 games with goal against Indiana and two goals in overtime win over Purdue.

Brian Cvilikas (Old Dominion), Sr. Scores pair of goals and both game-winners in 3-0 victories over ranked Virginia and Davidson.

GOALKEEPER Jason Tillman (Michigan State), Jr. Records eight saves to give visiting Spartans 0-0 tie at Indiana. DEFENDERS Ben Ashwill (New Mexico), Sr. Anchors Lobo defense in 2-0 win over SMU and 2-1 overtime victory over host Tulsa to win MVP honors at Golden Hurricane Classic. Greg Reece (South Carolina), Sr. Marks opponentsÆ leading scorers […]

Two years ago, in Finland, the U.S. U-17s also advanced to the second round and lost in quarterfinals of the U-17 World Championship as this year's squad did in Peru. Below are updates on members of the USA's 2003 U-17 World Championship squad: Eddie Gaven (N.J.) Third-year MetroStars midfielder has played 24 MLS games this […]

Boys 1 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 10-0-0 1 2 Dematha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 8-0-0 2 3 St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.) 8-0-0 3 4 St. Benedicts Prep (Newark, N.J.) 6-0-0 4 5 Stevenson (Livonia, Mich.) 11-0-0 5 6 Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 13-0-1 9 7 West Islip (N.Y.) 8-0-0 NR 8 Farmington (Conn.) […]

Despite an impressive first-half performance in which the U.S. U-17s controlled much of the play and were stymied mainly by Dutch fouling, the Americans fell, 2-0, and exited the U-17 World Championship at the quarterfinal stage. Jeffrey Sarpong scored for the Dutch in stoppage time of first half and in the second half it was […]

Despite an impressive first-half performance in which the U.S. U-17s controlled much of the play and were stymied mainly by Dutch fouling, the Americans fell, 2-0, and exited the U-17 World Championship at the quarterfinal stage. Jeffrey Sarpong scored for the Dutch in stoppage time of first half and in the second half it was […]

The United States fell, 2-0, to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the U-17 World Championship in Peru, failing to become the second U.S. team to win a second-round game in 11 U.S. appearances at the competition. The John Hackworth-coached Americans went undefeated in the first round and outplayed the Dutch for much of the […]

The following is the Soccer America WomenÆs College Top 25 with records through Sept. 25. TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (10-0-0) 1 2. Portland (9-0-0) 2 3. Penn State (10-0-0) 3 4. UCLA (8-1-0) 4 5. Notre Dame (9-1-0) 5 6. Santa Clara (6-1-1) 6 7. Virginia (7-2-1) 11 8. Duke (7-1-1) 7 […]

The following is the Soccer America MenÆs College Top 25 with records through Sept. 25. TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. New Mexico (8-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (6-0-1) 2 3. California (7-0-1) 4 4. Akron (8-0-0) 11 5. Indiana (4-0-3) 5 6. St. JohnÆs (4-1-3) 6 7. Duke (5-1-1) 7 8. Santa Clara (5-2-0) 12 […]

Winners: The COLORADO RAPIDS clinched the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with a 3-1 win over Chivas USA in which Jean Philippe Peguero, Jovan Kirovski and Dedi Ben Dayan scored for the Rapids. With its 1-0 win over the MetroStars on a James Riley goal, NEW ENGLAND became the first Eastern […]

The U.S. U-17s won Group C with a 1-1 tie with the Ivory Coast in their final first-round game. Jeremy Hall scored on a header for the Americans, which already clinched quarterfinal spot with wins over North Korea (3-2) and Italy (3-1). The Americans face the Netherlands in the quarterfinals on Monday (live on Fox […]

Philip Anschutz, whose Anschutz Entertainment Group operates the Los Angeles Galaxy, MetroStars, San Jose Earthquakes and Chicago Fire, ranks 28th on the 2005 Forbes ''The 400 Richest Americans'' list with a net worth of $7.2 billion. Stanley Kroenke, owner of the Colorado Rapids, ranks 164th with a net worth of $1.8 billion. His wife, Ann […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings) TUESDAY, Sept. 27 ESPN2 European Champions League MANCHESTER UNITED-BENFICA (live), 2:30 pm. ESPN DEPORTES European Champions League BARCELONA-UDINESE (live), 2:30 pm. European Champions League MANCHESTER UNITED-BENFICA (delay), 4:45 pm. European Champions League LILLE-VILLARREAL (delay), 7 pm. European Champions League […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS New England 16-6-7 55 D.C. United 14-9-5 47 Chicago 14-11-3 45 Kansas City 11-8-10 43 Metrostars 10-8-10 40 Columbus 10-14-4 34 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS San Jose 16-4-9 57 FC Dallas 12-9-7 43 Los Angeles 12-12-6 42 Colorado 11-13-4 37 Real Salt Lake 5-19-4 19 Chivas USA 3-21-5 […]

Group A Sept. 16 in Trujillo Costa Rica 1 (Carrillo 10) China 1 (Tang 17). Peru 1 (Chavez pen. 12) Ghana 1 (own goal 62). Sept. 19 in Trujillo Costa Rica 1 (Borges 47) Ghana 1 (Quartey 58). Peru 0 China 1 (Deng 13). Sept. 22 in Iquitos Peru 0 Costa Rica 2 (Solorzano 45, […]

Sept. 23 #2 Portland 3 (Sinclair 19, 27, Rapinoe 32) #21 Arizona 0. #3 Penn State 2 (Aden-Buie 37, Weimer 64) Indiana 0. #4 UCLA 1 (Adams 56) Denver 0. #5 Notre Dame 4 (Dew 16, Bock 40, Hanks 70, 76) Cincinnati 0. (Irish home unbeaten streak against Big East foes is 61 games.) #6 […]

Sept. 23 #1 New Mexico 2 (Wright 41, 53) SMU 0. #2 North Carolina 1 (Campbell 62) Clemson 0. #16 Connecticut 0 #6 St. JohnÆs 0 (OT). (Game draws 5,271 fans at Morrone Stadium.) Tulsa 1 (Wear 57) #9 Creighton 0. #10 UC Santa Barbara 3 (Byrne 23, Becerra 53, 57) Alabama A&M 1 (Kimbugwe […]

MLS Summaries (Sept. 24-25) Sept. 24 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Metrostars 0. Goal: Riley (Twellman, Noonan) 85. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, Franchino, Ralston, Dempsey, Hernandez, Joseph, Leonard (Riley, 62), Twellman, Noonan. MetroStars – Meola, Leitch, Agoos, Mendes, Ward, Gaven (Galvan Rey, 81), Bradley, Guevara, Magee (Lisi, 74), Djorkaeff, Razov. Yellow Cards: […]

Sept. 23 Seattle 2 (Sturm 10, OÆBrien 22) Montreal 2 (Gbeke 86, 88). Richmond 3 (Delicate 12, 55, Worthen 65) Rochester 1 (own goal 15). Sept. 25 Montreal 1 (Gbeke 72) Seattle 2 (Whitfield 59, Levesque 90). (Seattle wins 4-3 on aggregate.) Rochester 1 (Miller pen. 90) Richmond 1 (Delicate 51) (Richmond wins 4-2 on […]