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RESULTS Sept. 1 in Washington, D.C. USA 2 Honduras 3. Goals: Stewart 7, 84; Nunez 28, 77, Pavon pen. 53. USA — Friedel, Cherundolo (Preki, 67), Pope, Agoos, Regis (Henderson, 78), Sanneh, Jones, Armas, Stewart, Kirovski (Moore, 64), Donovan. Honduras — Valladares, Reyes (Perez, 71), Caballero, Medina (Carcamo, 46), Guerrero, Pineda, De Leon, Turcios (Bernardez, […]

The following was reaction from the U.S. team after the 3-2 loss to Honduras at RFK Stadium: U.S. Head Coach BRUCE ARENA Opening comments: “Obviously, the play of the game is the missed penalty kick. We go into halftime leading 2-1, and Honduras has to chase the game, and it’s a different game. We couldn’t […]

All of a sudden, U.S. World Cup prospects don’t look as promising. The United States fell to Honduras, 3-2, at Washington’s RFK Stadium. The Catrachos should have won by a much wider margin but they missed numerous chances. Honduras recovered from an early deficit on an Earnie Stewart goal to take a 3-1 lead before […]

Swede Sven Goran Eriksson is the toast of England after leading the English national team past Germany, 5-1, in their European World Cup qualifier in Munich. Michael Owen’s hat trick paced England, which gained revenge for the 1-0 loss at Wembley Stadium last year that prompted Kevin Keegan to quit as English coach. Eriksson replaced […]

RESULTS Sept. 1 in Toftir Faeroe Islands 1 (J.K. Hansen pen. 85) Luxembourg 0. Sept. 1 in Ljubljana Slovenia 2 (Osterc 62, Acimovic pen. 90) Russia 1 (Titov 72). Sept. 1 in Basle Switzerland 1 (Yakin 24) Yugoslavia 2 (Milosevic 39, Krstajic 74). Sept. 1 in Dublin Ireland 1 (McAteer 68) Netherlands 0. Sept. 1 […]

The top four teams in the Soccer America Men’s College Top 20 are in action Labor Day weekend against Top 20 foes. No. 1 Connecticut hosts No. 11 Washington Saturday in the second day of the Huskies’ tournament. No. 2 SMU meets No. 17 James Madison Sunday at the George Mason Classic. No. 3 Virginia […]

The NCAA Division I women’s season opens Labor Day weekend with a matchup between No. 2 Portland and No. 3 UCLA Saturday at the Cal State Fullerton Fila Classic. Penn State travels to Notre Dame to face the Irish Friday and Connecticut Sunday at the Key Bank Classic. 1. North Carolina (21-3-0) 8/31 at Texas, […]

The USA hosts Honduras Saturday morning in Washington, D.C. in front of a soldout RFK Stadium crowd. Honduras is in a must-win situation — because of its poor home record — while the Americans try to cope with an injury plight and a sputtering offense. Costa Rica, tied for first with the Yanks on points […]

ItÆs been 19 years since Honduras became the first Central American nation to win a point in the World Cup. That it did so by tying host Spain, which got a generous penalty kick, in their opener made it all the more impressive. Then Honduras tied Northern Ireland and lost on a late penalty kick […]

With no clear-cut favorite, the 2001 Rookie of the Year vote could be just as tight as Carlos BocanegraÆs two-point edge over Nick Garcia last year. From the ranks of attackers, teen-ager Santino Quaranta (D.C. United) and Rodrigo Faria (MetroStars) have the best numbers. Defenders Ryan Suarez (Dallas) and Jim Curtin (Chicago) have racked up […]

The Women’s United Soccer Association has reshuffled its front office, leading to the removal of CEO Barbara Allen and moving its offices from New York. The WUSA Board of Governors approved a management structure needed to implement the new five-year business plan from a base of operations from Cox Enterprises’ headquarters in Atlanta. WUSA named […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: D.C. United 3 Tampa Bay 2 MetroStars 2 Chicago 1 Columbus 0 New England 2 San Jose 1 Kansas City 1 Los Angeles 4 Colorado 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, September 1 (12:30 p.m.) Tampa Bay Mutiny at D.C. United (Sunshine Network) Did you know? Abdul Thompson Conteh has […]

Two days before the USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier Sept. 1, U.S. coach Bruce Arena met the press. On injuries and players not available: “I never would have anticipated having the number of injuries we’ve had. Injuries are still part of the game in every sport and we see that. It has changed how we’ve moved […]

Fairleigh Dickinson, coming off a tour of England, is favored to again take the Northeast title. The Knights return NEC Rookie of the Year Dirceu Hurtado (43 points) in a bid to become the first NEC team to repeat since St. Francis (N.Y.) (1995-96). Also back for Seth Roland’s team are all-NEC picks Danny Lozano, […]

The Southern Conference womenÆs soccer coaches have selected Furman to win the 2001 regular season title, edging last yearÆs tournament champion, UNC Greensboro, by one vote. Two-time defending regular-season champion Furman placed six players on the team. Emily Turgeon, the 2000 Freshman and Player-of-the-Year, highlights the Paladins picks. She is joined by her frontcourt teammates […]

Chicago tightens its grip on the Central Division title with a 2-1 win over Columbus on comeback goals by Eric Wynalda and Ante Razov. … Wynalda’s 10th goal of the season equals the Chicago striker’s best career total from 1996 with the San Jose Clash. … Dallas playoff hopes get a boost from Jorge RodriguezÆs […]

Northwestern State, which last year became the first team in league history to win both the regular-season and tournament championships, has been picked by the Southland Conference women’s soccer head coaches and sports information directors as the preseason favorite to win again. The Demons dominated the voting with 11 first-place nods, followed by two for […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 2 Chicago 2 Columbus 1 Previews (All times ET) Wednesday, August 29, (7:00 p.m.) Dallas Burn at Tampa Bay Mutiny (KSTR) Did you know? Dallas has lost five straight on the road by a combined score of 17-6. … Dallas travels to Central Florida fighting for […]

Loyola (Md.), which captured the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship last year, has been picked to win the conference crown this season in a preseason poll voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches. Loyola finished with 97 points in the poll, just five points ahead of than second-place Fairfield. Marist was picked […]

Cal Poly is the favorite to be crowned Big West womenÆs soccer champion in 2001, according to a vote of the conferenceÆs 10 head coaches. The Mustangs received 8.5 first-place votes and totaled 98.5 points. The two-time defending champions are coming off their third straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament and are returning seven starters […]

Evansville, which has earned four regular-season titles and four postseason tournament crowns, is still the team to beat in the Missouri Valley. The Purple Aces, directed by head coach Mick Lyon, top the 2001 poll with three-of-seven first-place votes and 45 points. No coach in the league predicts UE to finish lower than second, and […]

SMU has been selected to defend its Western Athletic Conference title, according to the preseason WAC coachesÆ poll. The Mustangs received eight first-place votes and tallied 64 total points, while San Jose State, the reigning WAC Tournament titleholder, and Tulsa, last yearÆs regular-season and tournament runner-up, each tallied 51 points. All nine head womenÆs soccer […]

Marquette has been chosen to repeat as the Conference USA regular-season champion in a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Golden Eagles won last year’s regular season title with an unbeaten 10-0-1 mark and represented C-USA in the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row, winning its first round match for the […]

The 2000 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels were selected preseason favorites for the 2001 ACC season in a poll by the eight league coaches. The Tar Heels received 63 of a possible 64 points, and all but one of the first place votes. North Carolina, holder of 17 national championships and the last 12 […]

Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been chosen to finish first in the Horizon League in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. The Panthers received two first-place votes and 31 total points. UWM coach Michael Moynihan, who received 2000 Co-Coach of the Year honors, led his team to an undefeated record in the league last year (5-0) to […]