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By Nathaniel Gould The A-League playoffs kick off Wednesday with four first-round series. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences — the top two finishers in each division and the fifth and sixth best finishers in each conference — have qualified. The top two seeds in each conference have first-round byes. The first […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy, aiming to become the first repeat U.S. Open Cup champion since the New York Pancyprian-Freedoms (1982-83), have reached the final thanks to 4-1 win over the Dallas Burn Tuesday evening in Fullerton, Calif. MLS leading scorer, Guatemalan Carlos Ruiz, who had the Galaxy's gamewinner in the quarterfinal against San Jose, put […]

Former Australian national women's team coach Tom Sermanni, an assistant in San Jose the past two WUSA seasons, was hired Wednesday as the New York Power's head coach. Sermanni, 48, takes over for interim coach Charlie Duccilli, who stepped in when Patrick Farmer was fired as head coach in late June. The Power went 3-17-1 […]

GOALKEEPER Richard Goddard (Charlotte) * Six saves in 3-1 win at Rochester DEFENDERS Mark Watson (Charleston) * Solid in pair of shutout wins Jeremy Aldrich (Milwaukee) * Outstanding in 2-1 win over Seattle Adam Eyre (Minnesota) * Solid in 1-0 win over Milwaukee MIDFIELDERS Leo Gajardo (Charlotte) * Two assists in 3-1 win at Rochester […]

G Sergio Saccoccio (Northeastern), Fr. Records seven saves in college debut to tie No. 14 Fairleigh Dickinson (1-1) and follows with six saves against Quinnipiac (2-0). D Larry McDonald (American), Sr. MVP of D.C. Soccer Cup in which Eagles beat Howard (5-0) and Georgetown (4-0). D Guy Melamed (Boston College), Soph. Scores and helps BC […]

Goalkeeper Laura Snell (Auburn), Fr. Stepped in for U-19 backup Megan Rivera, stopped 2 breakaways and surrendered just one goal — a PK — in Tigers' wins over West Virginia, Evansville. Defenders Breanna Boyd (Nebraska), Sr. Canadian national-teamer sparked Cornhusker defense in 1-1 tie with North Carolina, shutout over Wisconsin. Heather Forsyth (Illinois State), So. […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Middlesborough, 0-1 Started: 90 minutes. Friedel was beaten on a gamewinner by Joseph Desire Job from six yards out. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Southampton, 2-1 Started: 90 minutes. Keller was hailed for a 24th minute save of a Paul Telfer shot and a 75th minute stop […]

9/3 Ranking … Team (Record) … 8/27 Ranking 1. Virginia (2-0-0) 2 2. North Carolina (2-0-0) 3 3. Stanford (1-0-0) 4 4. Indiana (0-0-2) 1 5. Clemson (1-0-1) 8 6. UCLA (2-0-0) 12 7. Portland (2-0-0) 15 8. Connecticut (0-1-0) 5 9. St. John's (0-1-0) 6 10. Furman (1-0-0) 13 11. San Diego (2-0-0) 20 […]

Losses by West Coast College powers Portland and Santa Clara, the Nos. 2 and 3 teams in Soccer America's College Women's Preseason Top 25, led to a revamping of the rankings after the first weekend of the season, with Stanford vaulting into the Top 5 and four schools — including Utah — jumping into the […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor BEST GOAL: Landon Donovan stormed past four opponents to polish off a one-two with Manny Lagos and score San Jose's second goal in its 4-2 loss to D.C. United. A close second is Carlos Ruiz's second goal in the Galaxy's 3-0 defeat of New York. A clever chip from Cobi […]

Five of the eight Soccer America Top 25 matchups on the first weekend of the men's college season ended in stalemates. No. 1 Indiana tied No. 9 Rutgers, 0-0, and No. 8 Clemson, 1-1. No. 11 Saint Louis and No. 21 Wake Forest tied, 1-1, at North Carolina. No. 16 SMU and No. 17 Wisconsin-Milwaukee […]

OPENING NIGHTMARE: A strange first day to the college season saw the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 teams fail to win. Top-ranked North Carolina needed a 73rd-minute Alyssa Ramsey goal to gain a 1-1 tie at No. 11 Nebraska on Friday. No. 2 Portland was upset at BYU, 2-1, on two Jeni Willardson-Viernes strikes, the […]

GERMAN CUP, First Round * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Eintracht Trier (2-0) Started: 90 minutes. Sanneh, playing in the central defense, was NurembergÆs highest rated player according to Kicker Magazine, which gave him a B rating. * Greg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) at Burghausen (2-0) DNP. * Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) at Aalen […]

MLS Playoff Race Standings (8 teams qualify) 1. x*San Jose (25 games) 42 points (+11 goal difference) 2. *Columbus (25) 35 (+1) 3. x Los Angeles (25) 42 (+8) 4. x Dallas (25) 40 (+3) 5. x Colorado (26) 39 (-6) 6. Kansas City (26) 35 (-7) 7. Chicago (25) 34 (+7) 8. MetroStars (24) […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Middlesborough, 0-1 Started: 90 minutes. Friedel was beaten on a gamewinner by Joseph Desire Job from six yards out. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Southampton, 2-1 Started: 90 minutes. Keller was hailed for a 24th minute save of a Paul Telfer shot and a 75th minute stop […]

Sept. 1 in Denver Colorado 3 Dallas 2. Goals: Henderson pen. 12, Kingsley (Valderrama, Chung) 21, Carrieri (Valderrama) 87; Johnson (O'Brien, Bussey) 34, Martinez (Rhine, Rodriguez) 67. Colorado — Kramer, Titus, Fraser, Herdsman, Hart (Spencer, 69), Mastroeni, Chung, Kingsley, Valderrama, Henderson, Carrieri. Dallas — Jordan, Morrison, Bonseu, Olivares (Martinez, 54), Bussey, Rodriguez, Behncke, Stone (Deering, […]

University of North Carolina forward Lindsay Tarpley's golden goal 19 minutes into overtime Sunday lifted the United States to the title at the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with a thrilling 1-0 victory over host Canada. Tarpley deposited a rebound of her own shot to end the stalemate and deliver the trophy to the […]

Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard SCHEDULE and RESULTS (Aug. 30-Sept. 2) Ties were the order of the day as three of the four Soccer America Top 25 matchups on the first two days of the men's college season ended in stalemates. The No. 1 Indiana tied No. 8 Rutgers, 0-0, and No. Clemson, 1-1. […]

The United States fell to Brazil, 1-0, Thursday night in the final of the Torneo Internacional de L'Alcunia in Spain. Tavares beat all-tournament goalie Steve Cronin for the only goal in the ninth minute. It was the fifth game in six nights for the team and fourth in four days. Brazil beat the United States, […]

University of Texas All-American Kelly Wilson netted her eighth and ninth goals of the competition and the United States overcame a shaky start on Thursday to earn its spot in the final of the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup with a 4-1 semifinal triumph over Germany. University of North Carolina freshman Lindsay Tarpley's 28th-minute […]

Former Swedish standout Pia Sundhage, who as Mark Krikorian's assistant coach has helped the Philadelphia Charge reach the WUSA semifinals in both seasons, was hired Thursday as head coach of the Boston Breakers. Sundhage, who also was courted for the vacant San Diego Spirit job, replaces former U.S. Soccer staff coach Jay Hoffman, who was […]

After helping Sunderland defend a precarious 1-0 victory at Leeds, U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna voiced his support for his embattled coach, Peter Reid. In Chile, meanwhile, goalkeeper Jonny Walker's team was eliminated from one tournament and faces a possible work stoppage in league play. England * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Liverpool, 2-2. Started: 90 […]

Aug. 28 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3 Colorado 1. Goals: Twellman (Franchino, Griffiths) 27, Hernandez 39, Twellman (Ralston, Heaps) 39; Chung (Henderson, Valderrama) 75. Colorado — Kramer, Fraser (Herdsman 46), Stewart, Hart (Kotschau 46), Titus (Trembly 62), Chung, Palacios, Valderrama, Kingsley, Carrieri, Henderson. New England — Brown, Llamosa (Pierce 11), Kante, Franchino, Heaps, Cullen, […]

The United States reached the final of Spain's Torneo Internacional de La Alcudia, considered the top under-20 summer tournament in the world, with a 3-1 win over Uruguay Wednesday. The Americans play Brazil, which beat them, 2-1, in their opening game, in Thursday's final. The Americans played the last 28 minutes with 10 men after […]

1. North Carolina (24-1-0) 8/30 at Nebraska; 9/1 vs. USC at Nebraska 2. Portland (20-4-0) 8/30 at BYU; 9/1 at Utah 3. Santa Clara (23-2-0) 8/30 vs. Stanford 4. Virginia (17-4-2) 8/31 vs. St. Joseph's 5. Texas (14-6-0) 8/30 vs. New Mexico; 9/1 vs. Duke 6. Penn State (21-4-1) 9/1 vs. Pittsburgh 7. Stanford (15-4-2) […]