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Group 2 Canada became the first team to clinch a berth in next year’s CONCACAF finals when it held Panama to a 0-0 tie Oct. 27 in Panama City’s Rommel Fernandez Stadium. The game was marred by three red cards and seven yellow cards. Canada lost striker Paul Peschisolido in an altercation with Panama’s Rolando […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations Field Players: John Harkes Tab Ramos Paul Caligiuri Claudio Reyna Coach: Bora Milutinovic 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 […]

The Columbus Crew has named Tom Fitzgerald as their full-time head coach, the team announced today. “This is a very happy day for me,” said Fitzgerald. “I thought this day would not come for several more years, but I am excited for the opportunity.” Fitzgerald, who was named interim head coach after the midseason resignation […]

The following are the players U.S. national team head coach Steve Sampson called up for the World Cup ’98 qualifying matches against Guatemala Nov. 3 and Trinidad & Tobago Nov. 10: Goalkeepers — Brad Friedel (Columbus Crew), Kasey Keller (Leicester City, England), *Chris Snikto (Kansas City Wiz). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), Mike Burns […]

Oakland, Calif. Ecuador 1 Mexico 0. Goal: Carabali 61. Ecuador — Morales, Urbano (Mendez, 55), Tenorio, Quinonez, Montano, Diaz, Carabali, de la Cruz, Souza, Delgado (Ordonez, 71), Cubero. Mexico — Campos (Rios, 46), Pardo, Sanchez, Gomez, Romero, Padilla (Palencia, 65), Coyote (Medina, 75), Ramirez, Alvarez, Hermosillo (Jauregui, 46), Zaguinho (Mascareno, 46). Att.: 27,000. o Ecuador […]

Group 6 Oct. 23 in Bratislava Slovakia 3 Faeroe Islands 0. Goals: Dubovsky 20, Jancula 44, Simon pen. 57. Slovakia — Vencel, Zeman, Karhan (Kozak, 84), Tomaschek, Kinder, Tittel, Balis (Kozlej, 68), Simon, Jancula, Dubovsky, Timko (Uljaky, 68). Faroe Islands — Knudsen, Johannesen, Jarnskor, A. Hansen, O. Hansen, Morkore, Johnsson, Dam (Ennigard, 63), Mueller, Jonsson […]

G Melissa Juhl (Florida State) (1) 2 shutouts, with 4 saves in Clemson upset D Nel Fettig (North Carolina) (1) 2 assists in win over Texas A&M D Sara Whalen (Connecticut) (2) Big East Defensive Player of the Week M Paulette Angilecchia (Cincinnati) (1) First Bearcat to reach 100 points (106) M Justi Baumgardt (Portland) […]

A win certainly seemed unlikely in the United States’ first game ever in Peru. The Peruvians, who held Argentina to a 0-0 tie in a World Cup qualifier in Lima this summer, faced a depleted U.S. team Oct. 16 and won 4-1, with three goals coming in the last 23 minutes after a 1-1 halftime […]

Player (Team) G A P Cameron (Baylor) 25 5 55 Pearce (Monmouth) 20 13 53 Lord (UNC Greensboro) 20 7 47 Rohbock (Brigham Young) 20 6 46 Blalack (Texas A&M) 18 9 45 Cooper (Louisiana State) 19 7 45 Streiffer (Notre Dame) 14 15 43 Fotopoulos (Florida) 17 8 42 Greenman (Florida Inter.) 16 9 […]

Player (Team) G A P Kuhn (Vanderbilt) 20 9 49 Ritvanen (Central Florida) 21 3 45 Simic (Jacksonville) 17 11 45 Mekelburg (South Florida) 17 4 38 Hughes (William & Mary) 16 6 38 Williams (Rhode Island) 13 9 35 Creary (Philadelphia Textile) 16 2 34 Wright (Cen. Connecticut) 16 2 34 Yenzer (Clemson) 15 […]

G Patrick Rea (Brown) (1) Two shutouts, 13 saves, in win and tie D Tahj Jakins (UCLA) (1) Scored once and played tough defense D Brian Foote (Pennsylvania) (1) Two goals included winner against Cornell M Lazo Alavanja (Indiana) (1) Two goals, three assists, winner vs. Wisconsin M Sasha Victorine (UCLA) (1) Gamewinner against CS […]

Features L.A. Galaxy Is Undone By The Work Of The Devil By Ridge Mahoney Galaxy Misses Captain Dan Calichman In The Crunch By Scott French Players And Fans Weather The Storm For MLS Cup By Ridge Mahoney Guatemala City: The Worst World Cup Disaster Richmond Aims For A Second Final Four Sellout By Mike Harris […]

Women’s NCAA Division III New England Region 1 Bowdoin 9-1-1          Plymouth St. 1-0          Trinity 3-0 2 Williams 6-0-3          Tufts 2-1 (OT) 3 Amherst 8-1-2          Wheaton 1-0          Wesleyan 2-1 4 Bates 9-1-1          Conn Coll. 1-0 5 Tufts 7-3-1          Williams 2-1 (OT) 6 Conn Coll. 6-3-2          Clark 2-1          […]

Men’s NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region 1 Elizabethtown 13-1-2 (49)          Dickinson 1-0          Moravian 8-1 2 Messiah 11-2-1 (41.5)          Wheaton 0-4          Muhlenberg 0-0 (OT) 3 Bethany 11-3-0 (39)          Waynesburg 8-1          Wilmington 1-3 4 Johns Hopkins 9-1-1 (36)          York 1-0 5 Muhlenberg 8-3-2 (35.5)          Messiah 0-0 (OT)          W. […]

Men’s NCAA Division II Far West Region 1 CS-Bakersfield 12-4-1          Cal Poly Pomona 1-2          CS-Dominguez 2-3 2 CS-LA 9-5-2          Cal Poly Pomona 6-0          CS-San Bern. 1-0 3 Grand Canyon 7-3-3          CS-Dominguez 2-1          CS-San Bern. 1-1 (OT) 4 CS-San Bern. 8-5-1          GCU 1-1 (OT)          CS-LA 0-1 4 Seattle […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Women’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame (9) 14-1-0 367 2 N. Carolina (4) 12-1-0 361 3 Portland (2) 10-0-2 342 4 Connecticut 15-1-0 336 5 Nebraska 15-0-0 304 6 Santa Clara 11-3-0 298 7 Maryland 15-1-1 293 8 Texas A&M 15-2-0 272 9 Florida 14-1-0 261 10 Wisconsin 10-2-3 […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Men’s NCAA Division I Rank/School Record Pts. 1 Virginia (24) 11-0-3 480 2 St. John’s 13-1-1 445 3 California 11-2-2 422 4 NC-Charlotte 13-2-0 414 5 Washington 11-2-0 348 6 Air Force 11-1-2 342 7 Rutgers 10-3-1 325 8 William & Mary 10-2-1 287 9 Harvard 9-1-0 260 10 Indiana 8-2-2 245 11 […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Northeast Region 1 Connecticut 15-1-0          Seton Hall 4-0          UMass 2-0 2 Harvard 11-0-0          Texas 3-0          Cal-Poly 2-1 3 Dartmouth 8-2-0          Mass 2-0          Yale 4-1 (OT) 4 Colgate 12-2-0          Navy 1-0          Virginia 0-3 5 Massachusetts 10-2-1          Dartmouth 0-2          Connecticut 0-2 6 Yale […]

Men’s NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 8-2-2 (49)          Wisconsin 1-0          Northwestern 11-1 2 Bowling Green 10-3-1 (43)          Akron 2-1 3 Wisconsin 8-3-4 (42)          Indiana 0-1          Butler 0-0 (OT) 4 Evansville 11-3-0 (35)          Coll. Charleston 3-2          So. Carolina 1-3 5 Notre Dame 9-4-2 (28)          Rutgers […]

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

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Notre Dame 14-1-0 1 2. North Carolina 12-1-0 3 3. Portland 10-0-2 6 4. Connecticut 15-1-0 4 5. Santa Clara 11-3-0 2 6. Nebraska 15-0-0 5 7. Texas A&M 15-2-0 7 8. Florida 14-1-0 8 9. UNC Greensboro 10-3-0 13 10. N.C. State 10-4-1 18 11. Maryland 15-1-1 9 12. […]

What a thrilling conclusion to the MLS season! We’d like to hear your thoughts about MLS Cup ’96 and the playoffs in this inaugural year for the league. Would the outcome have been different if L.A.’s Dan Calichman hadn’t been suspended for yellow cards, or if the weather had been better? How about D.C.’s superb […]

Oct. 20 in Foxboro, Mass. D.C. United 3 Los Angeles 2 (OT). Goals: Sanneh (Etcheverry) 73, Medved 82, Pope (Etcheverry) 94; Hurtado (Cienfuegos) 5, Armas 55. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Maessner, Harkes, Etcheverry, Moreno, Diaz Arce. Subs: Sanneh for Maessner in 59th minute, Medved for Gori in 70th. Los Angeles […]

Oct. 16 in Mexico City Mexico U-17 team 2 USA U-17 team 2. USA Goals: Wilson (Gutierrez) 52, Monsibais (Craven) 89. USA — Hancock, Downing, Totten, Thomas , Villegas, Wilson, Marquez, Yamauchi , Purcell , Gutierrez, Castellanos. Subs: Hollenbach, Boutillier, Rupsis, Monsibais, Craven. USA Yellow cards: Totten 40, Yamauchi 67, Monsibais 73. Referee: Jorge E. […]

D.C. United vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Date: Sunday, Oct. 20. Location: Foxboro Stadium. Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. (ET). Television: ABC. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes, Maessner, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Moreno. Los Angeles — Campos, Vanney, Onalfo, Fraser, Semioli, Salcedo, Armas, Cienfuegos, Jones, Razov, Hurtado. Los Angeles Notes Los […]