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Oct. 1 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 1 Norway 0. Goal: Wambach 24. USA — Scurry, Pearce, Sobrero, Fawcett, Reddick, Boxx, Foudy (Bivens, 81), Lilly, Hamm, Wambach, Parlow (Milbrett, 72). Norway — Nordby, Sandaune, Stangeland, Knudsen, Fiane Christensen (Ormen, 77), Gulbrandsen, Lehn (Riise, 84), Klaveness, Ronning (Rapp, 24), Pettersen, Mellgren. Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland). Att.: 25,103. […]

The longest run by an American in top-flight European soccer continues. Claudio Reyna, who joined Germany's Bayer Leverkusen in 1994 at age 21, avoided a lower division stint when English Premier League club Manchester City acquired him on a $3.9 million transfer from relegated Sunderland. After a serious knee injury ended his 2002-03 season last […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE * Tim Howard (Manchester United, England) at VfB Stuttgart (Germany), 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. Howard saved a penalty kick from Fernando Meira. Group E standings (after two games): Glasgow Rangers 6 pts, Stuttgart 3, Manchester United 3, Panathinaikos 1. * John O'Brien (Ajax, Netherlands) vs. Club Bruges, 2-0. DNP. Group E standings […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Foxboro, Mass. The United States strided another step closer to its third World Cup championship on Wednesday, dominating archrival Norway in nearly every phase of a 1-0 quarterfinal victory before 25,103 at Gillette Stadium. Abby Wambach, playing what Coach April Heinrichs called the finest game of her national team […]

1. Kim Harvey (SMU) 14 goals. 2. Natasha Kai (Hawaii), Melinda Pina (North Texas) 13. 4. Ashley Boutte (Southern), Ranveig Aas-Hanssen (Jacksonville), Adriane Radtke (Oklahoma State), Deanna Beyhan (Ark.-Little Rock) 12. *Through Sept. 28.

1. Stephen Ademolu (Cleveland State), Mychal Turpin (Michigan) 10 goals. 3. Daniel Wasson (Air Force), Jeff Hughes (Western Michigan) 9. 5. Jamie Holmes (Birmingham-Southern), Joseph Ngwenya (Coastal Carolina), Ryan Pore (Tulsa), Oskar Tilly (Long Island), Alex Hernandez (UNLV) 8. *Through Sept. 28.

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Providence, R.I. Wielding its depth, versatility and dynamism like a scythe, the United States cut down its foes in the ''Group of Death'' with relative ease, notching emphatic triumphs over Sweden, Nigeria and North Korea en route to the Women's World Cup's knockout phase. Norway, winner of the two […]

GOALKEEPERS Jeff Newman (Providence) Jr. (1)Becomes the first Friars' keeper to shut out two straight Big East opponents by making a total of 12 saves in 1-0 wins against West Virginia and Seton Hall. DEFENDERS Adrian Cann (Louisville) Sr. (1)Holds down the fort as the Cardinals become the first team to shut out, and defeat, […]

GOALKEEPER Kenna Healy (Wake Forest), Jr. (1) Leads Demon Deacons to a pair of wins over Top 25 teams, recording six saves in wins over Cal (2-1) and Pepperdine (1-0). DEFENDERS Ginny Graczyk (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Fr. (1) Scores first goal of her career in 3-2 upset win over Marquette and assists on all three Panther goals […]

Sept. 27 in Carson, Calif. Los Angeles 1 Kansas City 2. Goals: Moreno (Serna) 5; Klein 40, Klein (Preki) 81. Los Angeles – Hartman, Suarez (Lewis, 58), Lalas, Marshall, Jones, Cienfuegos (Gonzalez, 86), Elliott, Vagenas, Albright, Serna (Torres, 77), Moreno. Kansas City – Meola, Conrad, Gutierrez, Garcia, Klein, Talley (Gomez, 74), Zavagnin, Zotinca (Graham, 89), […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (8-0-0) 1 2 UCLA (6-1-0) 2 3 Old Dominion (8-0-0) 4 4 Notre Dame (6-1-2) 8 5 SMU (7-1-1) 9 6 North Carolina (7-1-1) 11 7 Saint Louis (6-1-1) 3 8 UAB (6-0-2) 12 9 Akron (6-2-1) 14 10 Wake Forest (4-3-0) 10 11 St. John's (5-3-1) 5 […]

1. North Carolina (11-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (8-0-1) 3 3. UCLA (5-1-2) 4 4. Virginia (7-1-1) 6 5. West Virginia (9-1-0) 7 6. Portland (8-2-0) 8 7. Texas A&M (8-1-0) 9 8. Florida (8-1-0) 2 9. Wake Forest (7-1-1) NR 10. Pepperdine (8-2-0) 5 11. Penn State (8-2-2) 10 12. Connecticut (5-2-2) 12 13. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (8-0-0) 1 9/24 — George Mason (5-1); 9/27 — Wake Forest (1-0) 2 UCLA (6-1-0) 2 9/27 — Loyola Marymount (2-0) 3 Saint Louis (6-1-1) 3 9/24 — Western Illinois (4-4); 9/27 — at Louisville (0-2) 4 Old Dominion (8-0-0) 5 9/24 — UMBC (2-0); 9/27 at Campbell […]

In another week that illustrated the parity in men's college soccer, Maryland and Old Dominion maintained their unblemished records, but Saint Louis suffered its first loss of the season. Five Top 10 teams lost at least once. Maryland held on to beat No. 10 Wake Forest, 1-0, and Old Dominion breezed past UMBC and Campbell, […]

ENGLAND * Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL) vs. Tottenham, 0-0. Entered as sub, for Steve McManaman in 85th minute. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 3. Coach Kevin Keegan said City's failure to get maximum points, thanks much to the goalkeeping of Kasey Keller, was ''travesty of justice.'' A stadium record crowd of 46,842 […]

1. North Carolina (11-0-0) 1 9/26 — at Navy (1-0); 9/28 — Villanova (3-0). 2. Florida (8-1-0) 4 9/26 — at BYU (3-2, OT); 9/28 — at Utah (0-1). 3. Notre Dame (8-0-1) 2 9/28 — North Texas (8-1). 4. UCLA (5-1-2) 3 no games. 5. Pepperdine (8-2-0) 5 9/26 — at Colorado College (3-0); […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Columbus, Ohio All that talk about the United States' immense depth was confirmed Sunday as April Heinrichs left Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Cindy Parlow and Shannon Boxx on the bench for the Americans' 3-0 triumph over North Korea. Foudy came on for the second half, but the U.S. stars […]

1. Prinz (Germany), Katia (Brazil) 4 goals. 3. Sawa (Japan), Otani (Japan), Latham (Canada), Mellgren (Norway) 3. 7. 17 players with 2.

QUARTERFINALS Wed., Oct. 1 4:30 pm ET in Foxboro Brazil-Sweden TV: ESPN2, Galavision Wed., Oct. 1 7:30 pm ET in Foxboro USA-Norway TV: ESPN2, Telefutura Thurs., Oct. 2 4:30 pm PT/7:30 pm ET in Portland Germany-Russia TV: ESPN2, Telefutura Thurs., Oct. 2 7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET in Portland China-Canada TV: ESPN2, Telefutura SEMIFINALS Sun., […]

Group A Sept. 28 in Columbus, Ohio USA 3 North Korea 0. Goals: Wambach pen. 17, Reddick 48, 66. USA — Scurry, Sobrero (Slaton, 73), Fawcett, Bivens, Reddick, Pearce, Roberts, Wagner, Lilly (Foudy, 46), Wambach (MacMillan, 56) Milbrett. North Korea — Ri Jong Hui, Yun In Sil, Sin (Jon, 26), Ra, Jang, Yun Yong Hui […]

GROUP A Final Standings: TEAM W-T-L GF-GA P *USA 3-0-0 11-1 9 *Sweden 2-0-1 5-3 6 North Korea 1-0-2 3-4 3 Nigeria 0-0-3 0-11 0 *Advances to the quarterfinals. GROUP B Final Standings TEAM W-T-L GF-GA P *Brazil 2-1-0 8-2 7 *Norway 2-0-1 10-5 6 France 1-1-1 2-3 4 South Korea 0-0-3 1-11 0 *Advances […]

IT'S NOT LIKELY THE BIG, BLOND KID IN THE center of Colorado's defense triggers even the faintest glimmers of deja vu among devotees of the American soccer scene. He didn't dazzle at a big college or tear it up in the A-League. Never has he played for a U.S. team at any age level. Most […]

Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 0 DC United 2. Goals: Olsen (Petke, Stewart) 12, Cerritos (Stewart) 67. MetroStars û Walker, Pope, Addo, Jolley, Clark, Guevara, Lisi (Juskowiak, 57), Williams, DiGiamarino (Bartolomeu, 63), Magee (Wolyniec, 46), Mathis. DC United û Rimando (Warren, 78), Prideaux, Namoff, Petke, Ivanov, Convey, Kovalenko, Stewart, Olsen, Cerritos (Alegria, 96+), […]

Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 0 DC United 2. Goals: Olsen (Petke, Stewart) 12, Cerritos (Stewart) 67. MetroStars û Walker, Pope, Addo, Jolley, Clark, Guevara, Lisi (Juskowiak, 57), Williams, DiGiamarino (Bartolomeu, 63), Magee (Wolyniec, 46), Mathis. DC United û Rimando (Warren, 78), Prideaux, Namoff, Petke, Ivanov, Convey, Kovalenko, Stewart, Olsen, Cerritos (Alegria, 96+), […]

It's true. An American played a major role in the Spanish League last season. Dimitri Piterman had a bought a quarter share of debt-ridden Racing Santander, making him majority owner and president of the First Division newcomer. But Piterman, a graduate of Cal Berkeley, wasn't planning on a luxury-box view of his new team. He […]