Soccer America Archives

The following are quotes from the Sept. 21 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis, Chicago Fire Defender Chris Armas, and Columbus Crew Forward Brian McBride. Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Rochester Rhinos on their victory last week in the U.S. Open […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through September 19: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Santa Clara 7-0-0 1 2. Nebraska 7-1-0 3 3. North Carolina 6-1-0 4 4. Florida 7-0-0 5 5. Hartford 4-0-0 7 6. USC 5-1-0 9 7. Penn State 3-2-1 6 8. Stanford 4-2-0 11 […]

Chance Aurora, Colo. Who is the best goalie currently playing? I personally like Jorge Campos! Ridge Mahoney: Chance, Campos is certainly a flamboyant goalkeeper, and he played very well for Mexico at the World Cup last summer, but I can’t rank him as best in the world. To be honest, though, I don’t see enough […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’sTop 20, taking into account games played through September 19: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Maryland 5-1-0 1 2. Penn State 6-0-0 2 3. Indiana 4-2-0 4 4. UCLA 5-1-0 5 5. Santa Clara 6-0-0 8 6. Cal State Fullerton 6-0-0 9 7. Creighton 3-0-1 7 8. Saint Louis 5-1-1 […]

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY SUMMARY Sept. 8 in Kingston Jamaica 2 USA 2. Goals: Davis (pen.) 14, D.Johnson 79; Kreis 5, Albright 80. Jamaica – Lawrence, Davis (Green, 73), Dixon, Goodison (M.Johnson, 70), Gardener, Sinclair, Dawes, Whitmore (D.Johnson, 61), A.Williams, Gayle, Fuller (Powell, 76). USA – Thornton (Hartman, 46), Cherundolo, Cullen, Pope (McCarty, 68), Vanney, Lewis, R.Williams, […]

G Doug Brooks (California) (1) MVP of Old Dominion Stihl Classic D Craig Ziadie (Richmond) (1) MVP of Holiday Inn Centre Classic D David Said (Vermont) (1) Defensive MVP of Smith Barney Classic M Kyle Smith (Santa Clara) (1) Scored 3 goals at USF Diadora Classic M Ryan Schreck (Cincinnati) (1) 2 goals in wins […]

G Ellen Dean (Tennessee) (1) Saves late PK in 3-1 upset of Alabama D Kris Phillips (Penn State) (2) Hits first-half winner to shock North Carolina D Skylar Little (UCLA) (1) Wake tourney MVP keys stingy D in 2 shutouts M Meghan Anderson (Nebraska) (2) Gets third gamewinning goal of ’99 vs. UConn M Ali […]

Bradley Shafer San Diego, Calif. When was the last time a team from below the top division won the FA Cup? Senior Editor Scott French: It was 1980, when Second Division West Ham upset Arsenal, 1-0, in the final. Other relatively recent occurrences: 1976 Southampton (D2) 1-0 over Manchester United; 1973 Sunderland (D2) 1-0 over […]

Finding flaws in American TV commentary for soccer games has the same degree of difficulty as shooting fish in a barrel. But are we being overly critical? Sports fans are all experts. We’ll forever disagree with some of the commentary. Yet certain areas aren’t subject to subjectivity. Play-by-play men don’t understand their task entails telling […]

First round, first leg Sept. 16 in Tbilisi Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) 0 AEK Athens (Greece) 1. Goal: Vikos 88. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Sept. 16 in Tbilisi Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Georgia) 0 PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) 7. Goals: Georgiadis 18, 25, Sabri 42, Prussos 56, 63, Franzeskos 69, Vrizas 71. Half: 0-3. Att.: 6,000. Sept. 16 in […]

Rick Meisemann Lilburn, Ga. Why does the United States not have the same league relegation system as most other soccer playing countries? Mike Woitalla: Anyone familiar with the promotion-relegation system knows how much more exciting that format is compared to a league where only the race at the top provides drama. With a month left […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television September 17 Tampa Bay at Chicago 8:30 p.m. No TV September 18 Columbus at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England September 18 MetroStars at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. NewsChannel 8/ESPN Dos/MSG September 18 Los Angeles at Colorado 9:00 […]

March 28-29, 2000 Argentina vs. Chile Colombia vs. Brazil Ecuador vs. Venezuela Peru vs. Paraguay Uruguay vs. Bolivia April 25-26, 2000 Bolivia vs. Colombia Brazil vs. Ecuador Chile vs. Peru Paraguay vs. Uruguay Venezuela vs. Argentina June 3-4, 2000 Argentina vs. Bolivia Colombia vs. Venezuela Paraguay vs. Ecuador Peru vs. Brazil Uruguay vs. Chile June […]

Longtime Bay Area resident and former United States national team coach Lothar Osiander, who led the Los Angeles Galaxy to the first Major League Soccer championship game and also coached the U.S. in two Olympic Games, was named today as the new coach of the San Jose Clash. “Over the past 20 years, at every […]

Group E Sept. 15 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 3 Real Madrid (Spain) 3. Goals: Giovanni 10, 64, Zahovic 67; Savio 24, Roberto Carlos 32, Raul 80. Half: 2-1. Att.: 80,000. Sept. 15 in Molde Molde (Norway) 0 Porto (Portugal) 1. Goal: Deco 88. Halftime: 0-0. Att.: 9,000. Club GP W T L GF GA […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Truman State 4-1-1 LH Lewis 1-3, DH WI-Parkside 1-0 2 WI-Parkside 4-1-0 DA Rockhurst 2-0, LA Truman 0-1 3 Lewis 3-2-0 DA Truman 3-1, DA Rockhurst 2-0 4 IUPU-Fort Wayne 4-1-0 DH St Francis 7-0, DA Hillsdale 5-0 5 Rockhurst 3-2-0 DH UMSL 3-0, LH WI-Parkside 0-2, LH […]

EASTERN CONFERENCE Columbus Crew — OUT: D/M John DeBrito (broken right wrist), GK Juergen Sommer (right knee ACL tear). D.C. United– PROBABLE: D Carlos Llamosa (left quadricep strain), M John Maessner (neck strain), GK Tom Presthus (left knee MCL sprain); DOUBTFUL: D Eddie Pope (left knee MCL sprain). MetroStars– QUESTIONABLE: M Mark Chung (left hamstring […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Northern Kentucky 5-0-0 DA Wheeling Jesuit 4-0 2 North Dakota State 5-0-1 TA Minnesota State 0-0, DN Indianapolis 1-0 3 St. Joseph’s 4-1-0 DA Indiana Wesleyan 3-2 4 Minnesota State 4-2-1 TH North Dakota State 0-0, DH Winona State 3-0 5 UMN-Duluth 3-1-0 DA Northern Michigan 5-0 6 […]

Chris Caron Wilmington, N.C. Why doesn’t the MLS build more Stadiums like the one in Columbus? If getting money is a problem why don’t they just go public and or sell seat licences like the NFL’s Panthers did to help finance their stadium. Ridge Mahoney: Chris, The “public” in most American cities couldn’t care less […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Santa Clara 5-0-0 299 2 North Carolina 4-1-0 281 3 Nebraska 4-0-0 268 4 Florida 6-0-0 263 4 Penn State 3-1-0 263 6 Notre Dame 2-1-0 250 7 Hartford 3-0-0 219 8 Texas A&M 6-0-0 211 9 Duke 5-1-0 206 10 USC 4-1-0 200 11 BYU 4-0-0 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Washington U. 5-0-0 DH Principia 5-1, DH Kalamazoo 7-0, DH Wittenburg 6-2 2 WI-Stevens Point 4-0-0 DA Gustavus Adolphus 4-1, DH St. Benedict 1-0, DH Macalester 4-1 3 St. Benedict 3-1-0 DH WI-Eau Claire 2-0, LA Stevens Point 0-1 4 Macalester 2-1-0 LA WI-Stevens Point 1-4 5 Wheaton […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Creighton 2-0-0 465 2 Penn State 3-0-0 437 3 St. John’s 3-0-1 411 4 Duke 3-0-1 401 5 Maryland 3-1-0 373 6 Santa Clara 4-0-0 358 7 So. Methodist 3-0-0 311 8 Indiana 2-2-0 276 9 CS Fullerton 4-0-0 262 10 Yale 2-0-0 251 11 Furman 4-0-0 […]

The A-League’s Rochester Raging Rhinos completed their dramatic run to the Open Cup title by downing the Colorado Rapids, 2-0, to win the 1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title in front of a pro-Rochester crowd of 4,455 in Columbus. The improbable victory marked the first time in the tournament’s last four years that a […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Great Lakes Region 1 Ohio Wesleyan 5-0-0 DH Eastern Mennonite 3-0, DH Alma 1-0 2 Otterbein 5-0-0 DH Kenyon 3-1, DH Wilmington 1-0 3 De Pauw 3-0-0 DA Bates 2-0, DA Colby 1-0 4 Earlham 5-0-0 DA Wilmington 2-1, DN Frostburg 1-0, DN Kalamazoo 1-0 5 Heidelberg 5-0-0 DA Oberlin 5-1, […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (1) Kansas City Defenders Robin Fraser (1) Los Angeles Richard Farrer (2) Dallas Carlos Llamosa (4) D.C. United Greg Vanney (3) Los Angeles Midfielders Mike Burns (3) New England Ted Chronopoulos (2) New England Manny Lagos (3) Tampa Bay Forwards Roy Lassiter (5) D.C. United Giovanni Savarese (3) New England Henry Zambrano […]