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Three Top 25 teams lost to unranked teams in midweek action, most notably UC Santa Barbara, which dropped its second straight game after opening with a 12-game unbeaten streak. UC Irvine (6-8-0) defeated the No. 3 Gauchos, 1-0 on a midfielder Chris Klotz goal in the 74th minute. No. 15 South Carolina's slide continued as […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine 1. COLUMBUS (12-5-13) VS. NEW ENGLAND (8-13-9) GAME 1: at New England Saturday, Oct. 23, 7:30 pm ET (TV: MLS Direct Kick, live; Fox Sports World, delay, 9:30 pm) GAME 2: at Columbus Sunday, Oct. 31, 5 pm ET (TV, ESPN2, live) REGULAR SEASON: New England failed […]

1. Notre Dame (15-0-0) 1 Oct. 22 — vs. Rutgers. Oct. 24 — vs. Seton Hall. 2. North Carolina (14-0-1) 2 Oct. 22 — at No. 19 Florida State. 3. Penn State (13-1-1) 3 Oct. 22 — vs. Ohio State. 4. Virginia (12-2-1) 4 Oct. 20 — vs. Virginia Tech W 3-0. Oct. 24 — […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UNC Greensboro (13-0-1) 5 Oct. 19 — vs. Wofford, W 5-0 Oct. 23 — at Charlotte 2. New Mexico (11-1-0) 3 Oct. 21 — at UNLV, W 3-0 Oct. 24 — at San Diego State 3. UC Santa Barbara (11-2-1) 1 Oct. 20 — vs. UC Irvine, L 0-1 Oct. […]

Winners PSV EINDHOVEN, in what was the first face-off of Americans in UEFA Champions League history, beat Norway's Rosenborg, 2-1, and moved to the top of the Group E standings with a 2-1 win. Robbie Russell started and played the full 90 for Rosenborg, and accepted some of the responsibility for PSV's opening goal by […]

The player formerly known as Paul ''Gazza'' Gascoigne has revealed his new name, a change he made to distance himself from his troubled past of alcohol abuse and outrageous behavior. He will now no longer answer to Paul or Gazza, but to G8, a combination of his surname and shirt number. ''G8 is right for […]

The U.S. women's national team crushed Ireland, 5-1, Wednesday night at Soldier Field to move to 26-1-3 in 2004, tying a record for most wins in a calendar year that was set in 2000. Cindy Parlow's hat trick gave her seven hat tricks in the career, putting her ahead of retired legend Michelle Akers and […]

COLUMBUS vs. NEW ENGLAND GAME 1: at New England Saturday, Oct. 23, 7:30 pm ET (TV: MLS Direct Kick, live; Fox Sports World, delay, 9:30 pm) GAME 2: at Columbus Sunday, Oct. 31, 5 pm ET (TV, ESPN2, live) SEASON SERIES: Columbus won, 2-0-2. D.C. UNITED vs. METROSTARS GAME 1: at MetroStars Saturday, Oct. 23, […]

Chris Cleary, a 25-year-old Washington, D.C., native who grew up in Massachusetts, became the first American to notch a hat trick in the English FA Cup when he led his semipro Worksop Town to a 3-2 win over Droylesden Saturday in the third qualifying round before a crowd of 485. Cleary played youth ball at […]

(Through Oct. 17) MEN'S SOCCER POINTS RANK PLAYER, SCHOOL CLASS GP G A P 1. Sasha Gotsmanov, Rhode Island Jr. 14 14 4 32 2. Jason Garey, Maryland Jr. 13 11 8 30 3. Alex Harrison, Central Conn. St. So. 11 13 2 28 3. Jamie Holmes, Birmingham-So. Sr. 11 12 4 28 5. Randi […]

(Through games played Oct. 19.) ACC TEAM W-L-T North Carolina 7 0 0 Duke 5 2 0 Florida State 4 2 1 Virginia 3 2 1 Clemson 4 3 0 Wake Forest 3 4 0 Virginia Tech 3 4 0 Maryland 2 4 2 N.C. State 1 6 0 Miami 1 6 0 America East […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Oct. 19 Group A Monaco (France) 2 (Saviola 3, Chevanton 10) Olympiakos (Greece) 1 (Okkas 60). Liverpool (England) 0 Dep. Coruna (Spain) 0. Standings: Monaco 6 points; Olympiakos, Liverpool 4; Dep. Coruna 2. Group B Real Madrid (Spain) 1 (Owen 35) Dyn. Kiev (Ukraine) 0. B. Leverkusen (Germany) 3 (Roque Junior 48, […]

Vatican Radio is giving cardinals a chance to comment on calcio in a new Monday show called, ''Not Only Sports.'' Italian national team coach Marcello Lippi, for one, hasn't welcomed the development, especially after Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini fell well short of giving his blessing to Lippi's player selections. ''I understand that Italy is a Catholic […]

By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America Magazine Senior Editor Now that the regular season has concluded, The Confidential recognizes the standouts: MVP 1. JAIME MORENO: Without the classiest ball-handler in the league, D.C. would have been shoulder-to-shoulder with New England. 2. BRIAN CHING: Size and mobility add greatly to Quakes' attack. 3. JOE CANNON: A great […]

GOALKEEPER Katie Hultin (Washington State), Jr. (2) Shuts out both No. 8 UCLA (1-0) and USC (2-0), marking the first time WSU has ever defeated both the Bruins and Women of Troy in the same season. DEFENDERS Keeley Dowling (Tennessee), Sr. (1) Scores the game-winning goal with four seconds remaining to lead UT to a […]

GOALKEEPER Justin Pines (Northwestern) Soph. (1) Shuts out Indiana. In Bloomington. ThatÆs enough, but his five saves helps the Wildcats beat the Hoosiers for the first time ever, and ends Indiana's regular-season unbeaten streak against Big Ten opponents at 50 games. DEFENDERS Hunter Freeman (Virginia) Jr. (1) Assistsed on a pair of goals against St. […]

Winners STEVE RALSTON, who last season scored the goal that clinched NEW ENGLAND a playoff spot, repeated the feat on Saturday when he hit the winner in a 2-1 victory over 2003 runner-up Chicago on a deft volley following a perfect service from Jose Cancela. Ralston is one of four MLS players who played every […]

1. Notre Dame (15-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (14-0-1) 2 3. Penn State (13-1-1) 3 4. Virginia (11-2-1) 4 5. Portland (14-2-0) 5 6. UCLA (10-4-0) 6 7. Washington (10-3-1) 7 8. Tennessee (11-2-2) 9 9. Princeton (11-1-0) 11 10. Santa Clara (9-4-2) 12 11. Kansas (14-2-0) 18 12. Florida (10-3-3) 13 13. Texas A&M […]

2.61 Average goals per game in the 2004 MLS regular season, down 9.7 percent from last year's 2.89 per game. MLS's record low came in 1999 at 2.86. MLS games averaged 3.0 or more goals per game in six of its nine seasons. 12 Goals by Dallas forward Eddie Johnson and San Jose's Brian Ching, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UNC Greensboro (12-0-1) 5 2. New Mexico (10-1-0) 3 3. UC Santa Barbara (11-1-1) 1 4. SMU (10-3-0) 11 5. Washington (10-3-2) 12 6. Creighton (11-2-0) 14 7. UCLA (7-2-2) 19 8. Virginia (11-2-0) 15 9. Wake Forest (7-3-1) 16 10. James Madison (12-0-1) 17 11. Indiana (9-3-1) 4 12. […]

1. Notre Dame (15-0-0) 1 Oct. 16 — vs. Boston College W 1-0. 2. North Carolina (14-0-1) 2 Oct. 13 — at No. 21 Wake Forest W 3-0. Oct. 17 — vs. No. 4 Virginia W 2-1. 3. Penn State (13-1-1) 5 Oct. 15 — at Iowa W 8-0. Oct. 17 — at Minnesota W […]

Sophomore midfielder Jen Buczkowski scored in the 80th minute to give No. 1 Notre Dame a 1-0 win over Boston College and clinch the Big East regular-season title. The Irish are just one win shy of matching the best start in the program's history (16-0-0, in 2000). No. 2 North Carolina clinched no worse than […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. UC Santa Barbara (11-1-1) 2 Oct. 13 — at UC Riverside W 3-0. Oct. 16 — at Cal State Northridge L 1-3. 2. Santa Clara (11-3-0) 4 Oct. 15 — at San Diego L 0-2. Oct. 17 — at Loyola Marymount L 0-4. 3. New Mexico (10-1-0) 5 Oct. 14 […]

It was a rough weekend for teams in the Soccer America Magazine Top 25 as seven of the Top 20 teams lost, and three unbeaten teams lost for the first time. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara lost for the first time, falling, 3-1, to Cal State Northridge. No. 2 Santa Clara lost twice, falling to […]

Oct. 16 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 Chicago 1. Goals: Dempsey (Heaps, Cancela) 55, Ralston (Cancela, Joseph) 58; Jaqua (Williams) 56. New England – Reis, Heaps, Leonard, Pierce, Ralston, Dempsey, Cancela (Dorman, 79), Joseph, John, Twellman, Noonan. Chicago – Ring, Gray, Curtin, Whitfield (Selolwane, 85), Brown, Buete (Armas, 46), Marsch, Williams (Capano, 79), Jaqua, […]