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The following are the pairings for the European World Cup playoffs: Croatia vs. Ukraine Russia vs. Italy Ireland vs. Belgium Hungary vs. Yugoslavia The teams will play home-and-away matches Oct. 29 and Nov. 15 or 16, with the first team hosting the first leg. If the two teams are equal on goals after 90 minutes […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 12 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 12-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 12-0-1 2 3. Santa Clara 11-0-1 6 4. Portland 8-3-0 4 5. Connecticut 12-1-0 7 6. Virginia 10-1-2 5 7. Duke 10-2-0 8 8. Texas A&M 12-2-0 3 9. Florida 10-2-1 10 10. Nebraska 12-2-0 11 11. […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 12 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 13-0-0 1 2. SMU 9-1-0 2 3. UCLA 11-1-0 3 4. Maryland 9-1-1 7 5. Duke 10-2-0 9 6. Virginia 9-2-2 11 7. Stanford 10-0-2 12 8. N.C. State 8-2-0 4 9. Florida International 9-3-1 5 10. American 8-2-2 13 11. Washington 9-2-2 […]

Oct. 12 in Asuncion Paraguay 1 Venezuela 0. Goal: Torres 69. Paraguay — Chilavert, Rivarola, Ayala, Gamarra, Esteche, Suarez (Ramirez, 65), Acuna, Enciso, Ovelar (Rojas, 50), Benitez, Baez (Torres, 60). Venezuela — Dudamel, Gonzalez, Echenique, Rey, Valenilla, Ramos (Valiente, 53), Madriz, Garcia, Urdaneta (Martinez, 63), Dolgueta, Perez. Att.: 30,000. Oct. 12 in Guayaquil Ecuador 1 […]

Oct. 12 in Edmonton Canada 2 Mexico 2. Goals: Corazzin 56, Bunbury 65; Alfaro 8, Ramirez 86. Canada — Forrest, Watson (Fletcher, 33), Yallop, Samuel, Miller, Corazzin (Aguiar, 76), Bent, DeSantis, Nash, Aunger (Mobilio, 46), Bunbury. Mexico — Campos, Pardo, Davino, Suarez, Ramirez, Coyote, Galindo (L.Garcia, 68), Garcia Aspe, Alfaro (Blanco, 68), Hermosillo, Zague (Pelaez, […]

Mia Hamm scored a pair of goals as the U.S. women’s national team rebounded from its first loss in 31 games to thrash Germany 3-0 before a capacity crowd in Salzgitter. The Americans suffered through a rough opening five minutes, as a pair of German shots flew over the crossbar, but a more disciplined U.S. […]

Eastern Conference Oct. 12 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 Columbus 2 (D.C. United leads series 1-0; Game 2 at Columbus Oct. 15.) Western Conference Oct. 12 in Dallas Dallas 0 Colorado 1 (Colorado leads series 1-0; Game 2 at Colorado Oct. 15.)

Champion: Brazil. Host Nation: France. Africa: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia. Asia: Currently in final group play, the two group winners will advance automatically, while the two runners-up will meet in a playoff. The winner advances to France, while the loser meets Australia in a playoff for a berth at the World Cup. CONCACAF: […]

Group A Oct. 11 in Dubai Saudi Arabia 1 (al-Muhalal 66) Qatar 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Oct. 10 in Kuwait Kuwait 1 (al-Huwaidi 24) China 2 (Hao Haidong 3, Gao Feng 90). Half: 1-1. Att.: 20,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 4 2 2 0 9 4 8 S. Arabia […]

Group 1 Sept. 11 in Athens Greece 0 Denmark 0. Greece — Atmatsidis, Apostolakis, Karataidis, Ouzounidis, Kalitzakis, Dabizas, Zagorakis (Alexandris, 77), Georgiadis (Kostandinidis, 46), Mahlas, Georgatos (Franzeskos, 46), Nikolaidis. Denmark — Schmeichel, Tobiasen, Rieper, Hogh, Heintze, Helveg, Nielsen, Wieghorst (Colding, 56), Molnar (Moeller, 73), Schjonberg, B.Laudrup. Att.: 70,000. Sept. 11 in Ljubljana Slovenia 1 Croatia […]

Over 750 Soccer America Online users took us up on our challenge to match wits with a soccer 'super computer,' by predicting the performance of the U.S. national team in their crucial World Cup qualifier against Jamaica. The contest, devised by Soccer America in conjunction with Softsport Inc., allowed online fans to choose their top […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 5 POINTS Player (School) GP G A P John Wolyniec (Fordham) 11 16 4 36 Jeff McAllister (Gonzaga) 12 14 5 33 Richie Moller (Towson State) 11 13 5 31 Eirik Frederiksen (N. Illinois) 12 13 5 31 Heikki Ritvanen (Central Florida) 10 14 0 28 Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 10 […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 5 POINTS Player (School) GP G A P Christy Johnson (North Texas) 12 19 4 42 Abigail Allen (Fairfield) 13 15 4 34 Robin Confer (North Carolina) 12 9 15 33 Angela Hucles (Virginia) 11 14 5 33 Jen Carlson (Connecticut) 11 14 4 32 Allison Wade (N. Illinois) 12 […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 5 Rank/School Record Points 1. William Carey 9-0-0 448 2. Lindsey Wilson 9-1-1 414 3. Rockhurst 9-2-0 400 4. Ill.-Springfield 9-3-0 384 5. Belhaven 10-2-0 380 6. Seattle 9-1-0 350 7. Azusa Pacific 8-2-0 342 8. Birmingham-So. 9-2-0 329 9. Geneva 10-0-0 288 10. Mobile 8-4-0 278 11. Nova SE […]

D.C. United midfielder Marco Etcheverry will be loaned to Barcelona of Ecuador for two months beginning in November, MLS and D.C. United officials announced today. Etcheverry, 27, scored three goals and added 11 assists during the 1997 season for D.C., and led the league with 19 assists in 1996. Barcelona is a 12-time champion of […]

Group A Oct. 10 in Kuwait Kuwait 1 (al-Huwaidi 24) China 2 (Hao Haidong 3, Gao Feng 90). Half: 1-1. Att.: 20,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 4 2 2 0 9 4 8 China 4 2 1 1 6 6 7 Kuwait 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 S. […]

Note: Through games of Oct. 5 Rank/School Record Points 1. Mobile 9-0-0 450 2. Simon Fraser 8-3-1 415 3. Westmont 8-2-0 408 4. Rockhurst 10-2-0 379 5. Brewton-Parker 6-2-1 372 6. Berry 7-3-1 349 7. Oklahoma City 11-0-0 328 8. Seattle 9-1-1 308 9. Houghton 9-1-0 287 10. Willamette 8-2-1 283 11. Lindenwood 9-1-1 270 […]

Rich Lee Washington, DC It appeared that Steve Sampson’s decision to go with a 3-5-2 formation had the U.S. players confused and disorganized, especially in the back. There appeared to be a lot of conversation (arguing) by the players as to what their roles were. It was only after Agoos entered the game and we […]

Despite hope of a resolution in early October, the fate of the National Soccer Alliance — and women’s professional soccer — is still in limbo. U.S. Soccer’s national board of directors tabled discussion of the NSA at its Oct. 4 meeting in Washington, D.C., until it receives more information from the proposed league and meets […]

The U.S. women’s national team’s 30-game unbeaten streak came to an end in a driving rainstorm in Duisburg, Germany, as the reigning European Champions defeated the Americans 3-1 before over 7,000 fans. The USA threatened to run away with the match during the early going. Kristine Lilly put the U.S. on the board in the […]

Italian all-star midfielder Roberto Donadoni announced today that he is leaving the MetroStars after two seasons to return to his former club, AC Milan. “It has been an honor to have Roberto represent the MetroStars for two seasons,” said MetroStars GM Charlie Stillitano. “From the day he signed, Roberto brought class and credibility to our […]

Note: All times Eastern Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. COLUMBUS Game 1 Columbus at D.C. United Sunday Oct. 12. 3:00 p.m. (Univision) Game 2 D.C. United at Columbus Wednesday Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Game 3 TBD at D.C. United (if necessary) Western Conference DALLAS VS. COLORADO Game 1 Colorado at Dallas Sunday Oct. 12, […]

Features Reggae Boyz Run Lifeless U.S. Ragged At RFK By Ridge Mahoney Keller Living The High Life At Leicester City By Ridge Mahoney Reggae Boyz Get Rene SimoesÆ Message By Steven Goff and Ridge Mahoney Colorado Rapids Break WizardsÆ Hex By Bob Luder Burn Draws First Blood In Semifinal Stinker By Scott French Peter Scavo […]

In conjunction with the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, Major League Soccer (MLS) has arrived in the Windy City with the aptly named CHICAGO FIRE, it was announced today by team GM Peter Wilt. Chicago’s new professional sports team selected the nickname over other contenders such as the Blues, Rhythm and Wind because […]

Group 2 Oct. 7 in Chisinau Moldova 0 Poland 3. Goals: Juskowiak 23, 53, 57. Moldova — Romanenco, Fistican, Testimitianu, Culibaba (Cebotari, 32), Spinu (Gaidamasciuc, 62), Stroenco, Popovici (Rogachev, 62), Sisichin, Miterev, Epureanu, Clescenco. Poland — Klak, Michalski, Lapinski, Jozwiak, Kozminski, Majak, Swierczewski, Iwan, Juskowiak (Bukalski, 77), Kowalczyk, Brzeczek. Att.: 6,000. Standings Team GP W […]