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Women’s NCAA Division I RANK/SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 N Carolina (10) 8-0-0 347 2 Notre Dame(3) 10-0-0 339 3 Connecticut 9-1-0 316 4 Maryland 11-0-0 305 5 Portland 6-0-1 300 6 Nebraska 9-0-0 281 7 Massachusetts 7-0-0 256 8 Texas A&M 9-1-0 248 9 Santa Clara 6-2-0 239 10 Florida 7-1-0 236 11 Wisconsin 5-2-2 […]

Women’s Leading Scorers Player (Team) G A P Strother (Eastern Illinois) 14 8 36 Blalack (Texas A&M) 14 7 35 Pearce (Monmouth) 14 7 35 Rohbock (Brigham Young) 15 5 35 Aussin (Eastern Illinois) 11 7 29 Lord (UNC Greensboro) 13 3 29 Streiffer (Notre Dame) 8 13 29 VanLaecke (Notre Dame) 10 9 29 […]

G Wendy Scholz (Northwestern) (1) Junior makes 6 saves to shut out Penn State D Heather Ory (Eastern Illinois) (1) Key to Panthers’ ninth straight win D Sara Whalen (Connecticut) (1) Three assists vs. West Virginia M Michelle Kennedy (San Diego) (1) Leads upset of Santa Clara with 2 goals M Heather Maier (Wisconsin) (1) […]

Men’s Division I South Region 1 Duke 6-1-0 (48) Maryland 1-4 Campbell 2-0 2 NC-Charlotte 8-1-0 (46) S. Florida 4-2 Cal Poly 3-2 3 UNCG 8-0-0 (37) Davidson 5-0 UMBC 6-1 4 FIU 7-1-1 (35) Lynn 2-2 FIT 3-0 George Mason 3-0 5 Clemson 5-2-1 (34) Appalachian St. 6-0 NC State 0-0 6 NC State […]

Men’s Division III Mid-Atlantic Region 1 Elizabethtown 7-0-2 (49) F&M 4-0 Leb Valley 2-0 Scranton 2-0 2 Messiah 7-1-0 (46) Albright 5-0 Drew 3-1 3 Muhlenberg 6-2-1 (36) Gettysburg 2-0 4 Drew 7-1-0 (33) FDU-Madison 3-2 Messiah 1-3 5 Bethany 6-2-0 (31) Duquesne 3-1 J. Carroll 0-1 Hiram 5-1 6 Gettsyburg 4-2-1 (21) Shippensburg 2-1 […]

Men’s Leading Scorers Player (Team) G A P Ritvanen (Central Florida) 15 3 33 Kuhn (Vanderbilt) 11 5 27 Wright (Cen. Connecticut) 12 1 25 Hughes (William & Mary) 11 3 25 Yenzer (Clemson) 11 2 24 Wolyniec (Fordham) 11 2 24 Danso-Ampofo (Jacksonville) 9 5 23 Miles (Rider) 9 4 22 Russell (Georgia Southern) […]

Men’s Division II Central Region 1 Gannon 8-0-0 Ashland 3-1 Oakland 3-0 2 Oakland 4-3-1 Saginaw Valley 6-0 Gannon 3-0 3 WV Wesleyan 5-3-0 Charleston 2-1 William & Mary 5-2 4 No. Kentucky 8-0-1 Transylvania 2-0 St. Joseph 6-2 Indianapolis 9-0 5 East Stroud. 8-2-0 LeMoyne 5-0 Dowling 1-0 A.-Broaddus 1-0 (OT) 5 SIU-Edwardsville 6-3-0 […]

Men’s Team of the Week G Barry Purcell (James Madison) (1) Shuts out Wake Forest for school record No. 25 D Brandon Jensen (San Francisco) (1) Defensive MVP at SCU Nike/Coca-Cola Classic D C.W. Raines (Evansville) (1) Defensive MVP Aces Classic, hits winner vs. Tulsa M Christian Lund (UNC Charlotte) (1) Goals lead to MVP […]

NSCAA/Umbro Select Men’s NCAA Division I RANK/SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Virginia (15) 6-0-3 463 2 Washington (4) 8-1-0 439 3 St. John’s (3) 7-0-1 432 4 Duke (2) 6-1-0 416 5 Rutgers 6-1-1 359 6 Creighton 7-1-1 355 7 J. Madison 6-0-0 335 8 NC-Charlotte 8-1-0 296 9 Wisconsin 5-2-2 277 10 CS-Fullerton 6-2-1 270 […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 8-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 10-0-0 2 3. Connecticut 9-1-0 4 4. Portland 6-0-1 5 5. Maryland 11-0-0 7 6. Nebraska 9-0-0 10 7. Texas A&M 9-1-0 6 8. Florida 7-1-0 8 9. Santa Clara 6-2-0 3 10. Massachusetts 8-0-0 12 11. Virginia 6-3-1 11 12. William & […]

Remember Silver XI Write-ins Don’t forget the write-in option on the Soccer America Silver XI Ballot. We’ve had calls and letters about why one player or another did not make the final ballot and quite frankly, there are two reasons: 1) we made a decision to limit the ballot to 40 players (expanded from our […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Virginia 6-0-3 2 2. Washington 8-1-0 4 3. St. John’s 7-0-1 3 4. Duke 6-1-0 1 5. Indiana 4-1-1 11 6. Creighton 7-1-1 5 7. Florida International 7-1-1 12 8. SMU 7-3-0 6 9. James Madison 6-0-0 13 10. Fresno State 5-1-1 8 11. Cal State Fullerton 6-2-1 7 12. […]

Sept. 29 in Dallas Dallas 2 Kansas City 1. Goals: Kreis (Sanchez) 5, Washington (Lozzano) 32; Preki (Johnston) 30. Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Farrer, Ibsen, Lozzano, Sonora, Alvarez, Pollard, Kreis, Sanchez, Washington. Subs: Haynes for Kreis in 59th minute, Elliott for Washington in 68th, Ashton for Sanchezin 82nd. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Uderitz, Okafor, Bowers, […]

Sept. 28 in Tampa Bay Columbus 2 Tampa Bay 1. Goals: Paz (Clark) 1, Lassiter (Valderrama) 26, McBride (Maisonneuve) 58. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Backman, Vasquez, McKinley, Ralston, Valderrama, Lassiter, Galderisi. Subs:, Hejduk for Backman in the 27th minute, Viera for Galderisi in the 61st minute, Hunjak for Yallop in 81st minute. […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Jorge Campos Comments: Quality plus excitement and flair. What joy he has brought to the U.S. with his goalkeeping. Field Players: Pele Comments: He drew attention to the sport especially from the news media. Franz Beckenbauer Comments: Gave everyone who saw him a demonstration of high technical skill […]

Select League MVP: Dan Stebbins (Milwaukee). Defender of the Year: Ezra Henrickson (New Orleans). Goalie of the Year: Scott Garlick (Carolina). Rookie of the Year: Luis Murillo (Tampa Bay). Coach of the Year: Alan Dicks (Carolina). Organization of the Year: Minnesota Thunder. All League: Goalkeeper — Carmine Isaaco (Milwaukee). Defenders — Ezra Henrickson (New Orleans), […]

The U.S. national futsal team will be the top seed in Group C at the third futsal world championship, held Nov. 24-Dec. 8 in Spain. The U.S. will open against fourth-seeded Uruguay Nov. 24, square off against Italy Nov. 26, and conclude the first round Nov. 28 against Malaysia. All three matches will be played […]

Player of the Year: Wolde Harris (Colorado) Goalkeeper of the Year: Paolo Ceccarelli (Montreal) Defender of the Year: John Limniatis (Montreal) Rookie of the Year: Wolde Harris (Colorado) Leading Scorer: Wolde Harris (Colorado) Coach of the Year: Lorne Donaldson (Colorado) All League: Goalkeeper — Paolo Ceccarelli (Montreal); Defenders — John Limniatis (Montreal), Wade Webber (Seattle), […]

The 1996 A-League Championship game between the defending champion Seattle Sounders and the Rochester Rhinos will be held October 6 at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on the PRIME sports network (check your local affiliate for specific times). The championship is a single-game winner-take-all affair. […]

Scott Nelson Tacoma, Wash. Why is MLS so anxious to expand so soon when: 1) Two franchises are REALLY struggling at the gate, and 2) The depth chart of every team gets a little shaky at the 11th or 12th man? Even with an extra foreigner next year, we still need some better Americans. How […]

Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 1 MetroStars 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Moreno) 72. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes, Etcheverry, Maessner, Diaz Arce, Moreno. Subs: Medved for Maessner in 58th minute, Vaudreuil for Harkes in 79th, Sanneh for Etcheverry in 79th. MetroStars — Meola, Zaun, Caricola, Vermes, Harty, Donadoni, Wood, […]

Irishman Frank Stapleton became the MLS’s fourth coaching casualty when he quit as head coach of the New England Revolution today, only five days after the Rev were eliminated from the playoffs. Stapleton, the all-time leading Irish goalscorer, had little previous coaching experience before he took over New England. He struggled to find any consistent […]

We’ve extended our Silver XI photo gallery to include a few classic images from the most eventful quarter century in American soccer — the Soccer America Years! Sometimes it seems as if a picture can say a thousand words. Each of these photos speak of a point in time between 1971 and 1996 and feature […]

Sept. 26 in Kansas City Kansas City 3 Dallas 2. Goals: Johnston (Sorber) 16, McKeon 79, Preki (Chung) 89; Elliott 21, Ashton (Elliott) 25. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Uderitz, Okafor, Bowers, Gutierrez, Johnston, Sorber, Preki, Chung, Wright, Takawira. Subs: Ekeme for Uderitz in 71st minute, McKeon for Sorber in 71st. Dallas — Dodd, Lozzano, Santel, […]

European Champions League Group A Sept. 25 in Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 1 Auxerre (France) 2. Goals: Gascoigne 71; Deniaud 54, 68. Rangers — Goram, Cleland, Albertz, Gough, Bjoerklund, Gascoigne, Durie (Ferguson, 85), Laudrup, Van Vossen, McInnes, Moore (Andersen, 78). Auxerre — Charbonnier, Goma, Rabarivony, Violeau, Lamouchi, Saib, Diomede, West, Danjou, Henna, Deniaud (Sibierski, 86). Att.: […]