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Men’s NCAA Division III South Central Region 1 Wheaton 16-0-1 (40)          Chicago 3-0          Augustana 3-0          Carthage 2-0 2 Trinity 16-1-0 (36)          Austin 4-1          DePauw 2-0          TX Lutheran 3-1 3 UW-Oshkosh 15-2-0 (32)          Ripon 7-3          Luther 0-2 4 Centre 11-6-1 (25)          Savannah 4-1          Maryville 1-0 5 […]

Men’s NCAA Division II South Region 1 Lander 14-3-1          Erskine 4-1          Lenior-Rhyne 10-0 2 St. Leo 13-3-2          Augusta 4-0          SC-Aiken 7-1 3 Lynn 9-3-4          Florida Atlan. 0-1 (OT)          Rollins 1-1 (OT) 4 Tampa 11-3-2          Eckerd 3-1 5 AL-Huntsville 15-0-1          W. Florida 4-0          Montevallo 4-1 6 Presbyterian […]

NSCAA/UMBRO Select Women’s NCAA Div. I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame(14) 18-1-0 374 2 N. Carolina (1) 17-1-0 361 3 Portland 14-0-2 341 4 Connecticut 19-1-0 333 5 Nebraska 19-0-0 307 6 Santa Clara 13-3-1 297 7 Texas A&M 18-2-0 282 8 Florida 17-2-0 255 9 Maryland 17-3-2 248 10 Wisconsin 12-3-4 245 11 […]

Thomas Rongen, Major League Soccer’s 1996 Coach of the Year, has announced his intention to leave the Tampa Bay Mutiny, whom he led to a 20-12 record in its first season, in order to take the head coaching job at the New England Revolution. Mutiny GM Nick Sakiewicz said he hopes to name a new […]

Nov. 5 in Beijing Beijing Guoan 1 San Jose Clash 0. Goal: Nan Fang 53. Beijing Guoan — Fu Bin, Deng Le Jun, Lu Jun (Han Xu, 75), Xia Chao Yang, Xie Shao Jun, Liu Jian Jun, Guo Wei Wei, Nan Fang (Dong Yu, 83), Yang Cheng, Gao Hong Bo (Wei Kei Xing, 86). San […]

First Round Nov. 6 William Smith (12-4-0) at Ithaca (14-3-0) Skidmore (11-4-2) at Rochester (13-3-1) Heidelberg (16-2-0) at Wooster (18-2-0) Gustavus-Adolphus (15-2-1) at Macalester (14-2-2) Cal Lutheran (17-2-0) at UC San Diego (16-1-0) North Carolina Wesleyan (15-2-2) at Randolph-Macon (17-1-1) Bates (11-2-1) at Bowdoin (11-1-2) Stockton (13-4-2) at Kean (11-2-1) Second Round Nov. 9 William […]

First Round Nov. 9 or 10 Bloomsburg (17-2-1) at Adelphi (16-1-0) SIU-Edwardsville (16-3-2) at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) (21-1-1) Northern Colorado (13-5-2) at Regis (14-4-2) Humboldt State (10-3-5) at UC Davis (15-3-1) Quarterfinals Nov. 16 or 17 Merrimack (16-3-1) Franklin Pierce (15-1-0) Barry (11-3-1) at Lynn (18-0-0) Bloomsburg-Adelphi winner vs. SIU-Edwardsville-St. Joseph’s winner Northern Colorado-Regis winner […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Virginia 15-0-3 1 2. Washington 14-2-0 3 3. UCLA 14-3-0 4 4. Indiana 12-2-2 5 5. Florida International 13-3-2 6 6. William & Mary 14-2-1 7 7. St. John’s 15-2-1 8 8. SMU 13-4-1 10 9. California 12-3-2 2 10. Bowling Green 15-3-1 11 11. Air Force 13-1-3 12 12. […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Notre Dame 18-1-0 1 2. North Carolina 17-1-0 2 3. Portland 14-0-2 3 4. Connecticut 19-1-0 4 5. Nebraska 19-0-0 5 6. Texas A&M 18-2-0 6 7. Santa Clara 13-3-1 7 8. Harvard 14-1-0 14 9. Florida 17-2-0 8 10. Duke 9-8-3 nr 11. Virginia 11-5-2 10 12. Wisconsin 12-3-4 […]

Nov. 3 in Washington, D.C. USA 2 Guatemala 0. Goals: Wynalda 54, McBride 90. USA — Keller, Lalas, Dooley, Agoos, Jones, Ramos, Reyna, Harkes, Stewart, Wynalda, Moore. Subs: Radoslavljevic for Jones in 44th minute, Burns for Dooley in 72nd, McBride for Reyna in 74th. Guatemala — Estrada, Giron, G. Ruano, Valencia, Acevedo, Machon, Leon, Jorge […]

Here are the starting lineups for today’s USA vs. Guatemala World Cup qualifier at RFK Stadium. USA — Keller, Lalas, Dooley, Agoos, Jones, Ramos, Reyna, Harkes, Stewart, Wynalda, Moore. Guatemala — Estrada, Giron, G. Ruano, Valencia, Acevedo, Machon, Leon, Jorge Rodas, Funes, Julio Rodas, Plata.

Eric Wynalda scored in the 54th minute to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Guatemala. Claudio Reyna sent a cross in from outside the left edge of the box to Wynalda, who had beaten the last Guatemalan defender to the center of the area. Wynalda’s touched the ball down with his right foot, and […]

The USA and Guatemala are scoreless at the half in their CONCACAF World Cup ’98 qualifying match at RFK Stadium. The USA, with Thomas Dooley at sweeper, Alexi Lalas and Jeff Agoos at marking back, and Ernie Stewart and Cobi Jones on the flanks, controlled much of the possession in the first half. However, Guatemala’s […]

Nov. 3 in Bunbury, B.C. Canada 1 El Salvador 0. Goal: Bunbury (pen.) 65. Att.: 6,858. Group 2 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Canada 5 4 1 0 8 1 13 El Salvador 3 1 1 1 6 2 4 Cuba 4 1 0 3 3 10 3 Panama 4 0 […]

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P USA 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Trin. & Tobago 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Guatemala 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

Brian McBride scored in the 90th minute to give the USA a 2-0 lead over Guatemala. Alexi Lalas hit a long, looping ball that found Eric Wynalda behind the defense at the left side of the box. Wynalda dribbled in and laid a perfect pass off to McBride, whose low shot from just left of […]

Sept. 18, 1977, in Guatemala City (friendly) Guatemala 3 USA 1. USA Goal: Bellinger. USA — Mausser, Droege, D’Errico, McAllister (Bellinger), Pollihan, R.Davis (Pereira), Mihailovich (Fowles), Flater (Ralbovsky), Villa, F.Nanchoff, Bandov. Sept. 25, 1977, in Guatemala Cty (friendly) Guatemala 2 USA 0. USA — Mausser, Myernick, D’Errico, McAllister, Pollihan, Ralbovsky, R.Davis, Fowles (Mihailovich), Flater (Donlic), […]

Note: All conference standings through Oct. 27. ACC TEAM W L T *North Carolina 5 0 0 Maryland 2 1 2 N.C. State 3 2 1 Virginia 3 2 1 Clemson 2 3 1 Duke 2 3 0 Florida State 2 4 0 Wake Forest 1 5 0 * clinched regular-season title. Note: Tournament champion […]

Vasquez hospitalized Tampa Bay Mutiny midfielder Martin Vasquez was hospitalized on Tuesday afternoon to remove an abscess from his left tonsil. Vasquez, who received his U.S. citizenship last month and is still waiting for his first national team appearance, was released from the hospital on Wednesday, but he will miss Sunday’s game. Pope’s availability pending […]

During the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship weekend in Richmond Va., Soccer America FanZone will take over the Richmond Centre, opening its doors on Friday Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14 and allowing soccer fans to be a part of college soccer’s biggest weekend. Soccer America FanZone wraps its schedule around the two semifinals and the […]

Note: All conference standings through Oct. 27. ACC TEAM W L T *Virginia 4 0 2 Duke 3 3 0 Wake Forest 2 2 0 Maryland 1 1 2 Clemson 1 2 1 North Carolina 1 2 1 N.C. State 1 3 2 * clinched regular-season title. Note: Tournament champion gets automatic bid. Tournament: Nov. […]

In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, Soccer America honors the 11 players and one coach from the past 25 years who’ve had the most positive impact on U.S. soccer. They are the Soccer America Silver XI — announced Dec. 14 at the Soccer America FanZone in Richmond, Va. Here are the winners: Goalie Tony Meola […]

The following are Soccer America’s position-by-position rankings of MLS’s top players for Year 1. Read Ridge Mahoney’s analysis in the Nov. 11 (cover date) issue of Soccer America. GOALKEEPERS 1. Brad Friedel (Columbus) 2. Tony Meola (MetroStars) 3. Mark Dodd (Dallas) 4. Mark Simpson (D.C. United) 5. Jorge Campos (Los Angeles) RIGHT BACKS 1. Mark […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Tony Meola Comments: Tremendous personality and promoter for the game throughout World Cup '94. Field Players: Franz Beckenbauer Pele George Best Comments: These three are all world class names who brought incredible talent and credibility to the game in the '70's and '80's. Kyle Rote Jr. Comments: He […]

Oct. 30 in Mexico City Mexico 5 St. Vincent & Grenadines 1. Goals: Galindo 20, pen. 28, Zaguinho 48, Hermosillo 72, own goal 81; Velox 88. Mexico — Campos, Pardo, Sanchez, Davino, Ramirez, Alfaro (Alvarez), Bernal, Galindo (Pelaez), Garcia Aspe (Coyote), Hermosillo, Zaguinho. St. Vincent — Andrew, Wesley, Walker, Hendrickson, Harris, Velox, Chewitt, Sam, Alwyn, […]