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The Colorado Rapids have hired Glenn Myernick as their head coach, the team announced Nov. 19. The U.S. Olympic team assistant coach replaces Bob Houghton, who resigned Sept. 9. Myernick joins the Rapids after spending the past five years in Colorado Springs as one of the National Coaching Coordinators for U.S. Soccer. He worked on […]

Features U.S. Rides Wynalda’s Rich Run Of Important Goals By Ridge Mahoney Jamaica Takes CONCACAF’s Group 3 Title John Kowalski and Glenn Myernick Come Aboard By Ridge Mahoney Pierre Vendetti Awakens To Maryland’s Delight By Rob Daniels Washington’s Wurzberger Preaches Consistency By Poul Swain Late Adjustment Gives Vanderbilt The Edge By Dean Caparaz Manchester United […]

ACC FINAL STANDINGS TEAM W L T Virginia 4 0 2 Maryland 2 2 2 Wake Forest 3 3 0 Duke 3 3 0 Clemson 2 3 1 North Carolina 2 3 1 N.C. State 1 3 2 Tournament Quarterfinals Nov. 14 Wake Forest 1 North Carolina 0 (OT) Maryland 7 N.C. State 1 Duke […]

NCAA Men’s Div I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 14-2-2 (49)          Penn State 2-2 (OT)          Michigan St. 4-0 2 Bowling Green 17-3-1 (44)          E. Michigan 1-0          Kentucky 4-0 3 Evansville 18-4-0 (40)          SW Missouri 1-0 (OT)          Creighton 3-2 (OT) 4 Michigan St. 12-5-2 (31)          Wisconsin 1-1 (OT) Indiana […]

NSCAA/UMBRO Men’s NCAA Div. I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 UCLA (8) 16-3-0 450 2 UNCG (10) 21-1-0 442 3 Wm. & Mary (2) 18-2-1 424 4 St. John’s (3) 17-2-2 390 5 Indiana (1) 14-2-2 385 6 Washington 14-2-1 358 7 So. Methodist 14-4-1 304 8 Maryland 13-5-3 300 9 Harvard 15-1-0 262 10 Virginia […]

The following are the 20 players U.S. coach Steve Sampson has in camp in Miami Shores, Fla., for the World Cup ’98 qualifier against Trinidad & Tobago this Sunday at Port of Spain’s Queen’s Park Oval. Goalkeepers — 1 Brad Friedel, 18 Kasey Keller. Defenders — 2 Frankie Hejduk, 3 Eddie Pope, 4 Mike Burns, […]

Nov. 16 in Dallas Dallas 3 El Salvador 2. Goals: Warzycha 33, Lozzano (Iribarren, Hattrup) 45, Hattrup (Kelderman) 49; Iraheta (Diaz Arce) 9, Iraheta (Osorio) 13. Dallas — Dodd (Cassar, 46), Iribarren, Ortiz (Kmosko, 46), Soehn, Pollard, Warzycha (Washington, 76), Hattrup (Sastoque, 68), Eck, Sanneh, Lozzano, Elliott. El Salvador — Alfaro, Carcamo, Meza, Cubias (Medrano, […]

NCAA Men’s Division I First Round Nov. 16 West Virginia Wesleyan 0, Oakland 2 Dowling 3, Franklin Pierce 2 (OT) Tampa 1, Lander 0 Cal State Bakersfield 0, Seattle Pacific 2 Quarterfinals Nov. 23 or 24 Dowling (14-4-1) vs. Southern Connecticut (19-0-1) Tampa (14-3-2) vs. Lynn (11-3-4) Oakland (13-5-2) vs. Mercyhurst (12-3-2) Seattle Pacific (12-7-2) […]

The following is the U.S. roster for the World Futsal (five-a-side) Championships to be held in Spain Nov. 24-Dec. 8. The U.S. is seeded first in Group C, and will open against Uruguay on Nov. 24. Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Current Club GK Victor Nogueira 6-1 185 Milwaukee (NPSL) GK Otto Orf 6-2 192 Cleveland […]

The four seeded teams are: 1) Washington 2) Florida International 3) UNC-Greensboro 4) William & Mary First Round Games Santa Clara (9-5-3) at *Washington (14-2-1) California (12-6-2) at Fresno State (15-4-1) UCLA (16-3-0) at Cal-State Fullerton (10-4-5) Creighton (15-4-1) at SMU (14-4-1) George Mason (10-6-2) at Virginia (16-2-3) Fordham (12-9-1) vs. St. John’s (17-2-2) at […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. UCLA 16-3-0 3 2. Washington 14-2-1 2 3. Virginia 16-2-3 1 4. Indiana 13-2-3 4 5. William & Mary 18-2-1 5 6. SMU 14-4-1 7 7. UNC Greensboro 21-1-0 9 8. St. John’s 17-2-2 6 9. Florida International 13-4-2 8 10. Bowling Green 17-3-1 10 11. South Florida 17-3-0 12 […]

1996 Women’s NCAA Tournament Draw Christy Long Decorah, Iowa I have some questions on the NCAA tournament draw. How can the selection committee justify giving bids to seven of the eight ACC Conference teams and five Big 10 teams when there are other teams in the country who are above them in the regional rankings […]

First Round Nov. 17 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 5 William & Mary 0. Goals: Keller (Confer, T. Roberts) 6:31, Schwoy (Wilson) 21:15, Schwoy (Dacey, Fettig) 22:30, Confer (Schwoy, T. Roberts) 26:58, Marslender (McDowell, Parlow) 89:48. Att.: 900. Nov. 17 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky 1 Vanderbilt 2 (OT). Goals: Hyngstrom 98:43; Jenn. Burchett (Filiatrault) […]

Group 1 Nov. 17 in San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica 3 Guatemala 0. Goals: Delgado 53, Medford 74, Gomez 77. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 USA 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 Trinidad 3 0 1 2 1 […]

First Round Nov. 16 in Durham, N.C. Duke 1 Virginia 0. Goal: Juncker (Studebaker) 47:50. Att.: 200. Nov. 16 in College Park, Md. Maryland 2 George Washington 0. Goals: Harbo (Sarver) 50:52, Sarver (Harbo) 87:00. Att.: 714. Nov. 16 in Madison Wisconsin 1 Northwestern 0. Goal: Brown (Hoelter, Stewart) 52:00 Att.: 428. Nov. 16 in […]

First Round Nov. 16 in Santa Clara, Calif. Santa Clara 3 Stanford 2. Goals: Little (Hansen) 16:22, Bivens (Clemens) 36:33, Madden (Clemens) 43:59; Cook (Hermiz) 53:53, Burt (Hermiz, Lawyer) 62:27. Att.: 833.

The Tampa Bay Mutiny named John Kowalski as its new head coach, team GM Nick Sakiewicz announced today. Kowalski, who is currently head coach of the U.S. national indoor team and Robert Morris College in Pennsylvania, succeeds Thomas Rongen, who will coach the New England Revolution in 1997. “The list of coaching candidates was long […]

Note: All conference standings through Nov. 10 unless otherwise noted. ACC FINAL STANDINGS TEAM W L T Virginia 4 0 2 Maryland 2 2 2 Wake Forest 3 3 0 Duke 3 3 0 Clemson 2 3 1 North Carolina 2 3 1 N.C. State 1 3 2 Note: Tournament champion gets automatic bid. Tournament […]

Colorado — No permanent replacement for Bob Houghton has been named, though U.S. Soccer staff coach Glenn Myernick is the name most often heard as the No. 1 choice…. Other candidates: U.S. five-a-side coach John Kowalski (believed to be the frontrunner for the Tampa Bay job) and Fernando Clavijo, the coach of the CISL’s Seattle […]

Polynesian Group Nov. 15 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga Tonga 1 Western Samoa 0. Goal: n/a. Final Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Tonga 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 W. Samoa 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Cook Isl. 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 Tonga advances to face the […]

FIFA announced Nov. 15 that Guatemala must play its three home qualifying matches for France ’98 on neutral grounds in the wake of last month’s tragedy at the Mateo Flores Stadium. Guatemala’s match against Costa Rica, which had been postponed, will be played in Los Angeles on Nov. 24. It will also play in Los […]

Kenya Brown College Park, Md. I would just like to know why MLS commissioner Doug Logan flat-out refuses to change the format during the regular season. I think the best format for any league would be three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. Would you agree […]

Player (Team) G A P Rohbock (Brigham Young) 35 9 79 Pearce (Monmouth) 28 17 73 Fotopoulos (Florida) 29 15 73 Cameron (Baylor) 31 8 70 Blalack (Texas A&M) 27 13 67 Daws (Notre Dame) 24 17 65 Lord (UNC Greensboro) 25 12 62 Streiffer (Notre Dame) 19 20 58 Cooper (Louisiana St.) 24 9 […]

NCAA Men’s Division I Play-ins Nov. 16 or 17 Valparaiso (6-12-3) vs. Col. of Charleston (10-9-1) UNC Greensboro (20-1-0) vs. Furman (16-3-1) St. Francis (N.Y.) (13-7-0) vs. Army (10-8-0) Loyola (Md.) (11-8-2) vs. Fordham (11-9-1) NCAA Men’s Division II First Round Nov. 16 Franklin Pierce (14-4-1) at Dowling (13-4-1) Oakland (12-5-2) at West Virginia Wesleyan […]

NCAA Women’s Division II First Round Bloomsburg 2, Adelphi 0 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 2, SIU-Edwardsville 1 Regis 0, Northern Colo. 0 (Regis wins on penalty kicks) Humboldt St. 1, UC Davis 0 Quarterfinals Nov. 16 or 17 Merrimack (16-3-1) vs. Franklin Pierce (15-1) Bloomsburg (18-2-1) vs. St. Joseph’s (Ind.) (22-1-1) Regis (14-4-3) vs. Humboldt St. […]