Soccer America Archives

The expansion Miami FC and the Puerto Rico Islanders both survived a two-game head-to-head showdown on the weekend to clinch the USL First Division's final two playoff berths and leave the defending champion Seattle Sounders and Atlanta Silverbacks on the outside. The Rochester Rhinos, meanwhile, grabbed the second playoff bye, but came up short in […]

York snapped Messiah's 31-game winning streak dating back to the 2004 season when it held the Falcons to a 1-1 tie in Division III men's action. Andrew Wheeler's goal in the second half earned the Spartans the tie. Eric Frey's header had put Messiah ahead in the 9th minute. It had a chance to put […]

The father in the Burke coaching family was misidentified in the Sept. 6 College Reporter. Doug Burke, who coached at Houghton, was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1990. Son Steve, who coaches Judson, recently became the 21st men's coach at a four-year school to reach the 400-victory mark.

After three weeks, No. 2 Notre Dame's Michele Weissenhofer has emerged as the nation's top women's freshman. She added to her nation-leading assist total with passes that led to second-half header goals by Jill Krivacek and Brittany Bock in the Irish's 2-0 victory at TCU on Friday night. Weissenhofer, who has eight assists in six […]

Of the five unbeaten and untied teams left in the NCAA Division I men's ranks, No. 10 Washington (5-0-0) is the only team that didn't make last year's NCAA Tournament. A big reason for the fast start is the return of junior Kevin Forrest, who red-shirted last season with an injury. Forrest scored the game-winner […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and http://www.soccerTV.com) FRIDAY, Sept. 15 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL Men's College CLEMSON-NORTH CAROLINA (live), 8 pm. GOL TV Germany WOLFSBURG-HANNOVER (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England HULL CITY-SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Sept. 16 MLS DIRECT KICK MLS […]

FREDDY ADU scored on a curling 24-yeard free kick in D.C. United's 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake. It was the 17-year-old's second goal of the season and 11th career MLS goal, and is a MLS Goal of the Week nominee. … NATE JAQUA and C.J. BROWN got Chicago's goals in a 2-1 win over […]

The U.S. under-17 boys national team recovered from a 3-0 loss to Brazil in its first game to defeat Mexico, 2-0, and Portugal, 4-2, at the Nike National Team Friendlies on the Nike Campus in Beaverton, Ore. A pair of defenders, Mykell Bates and Sheanon Williams, combined for five goals against Mexico and Portugal. Williams […]

History isn't on Barcelona's side. No team has won back-to-back European Cup titles since the great AC Milan teams with Dutchmen Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard did in 1989 and 1990. Rijkaard is now coach of Barcelona, which begins the defense of its UEFA Champions League title against Levski Sofia on Tuesday. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. SMU (6-0-0) 2 2. Virginia (5-0-0) 3 3. Clemson (5-0-0) 5 4. Duke (5-0-0) 6 5. North Carolina (5-1-0) 1 6. Maryland (4-1-0) 4 7. Wake Forest (4-1-0) 7 8. San Francisco (5-0-1) 9 9. Santa Clara (4-0-1) 15 10. Washington (5-0-0) 16 11. UIC (4-0-2) 18 12. Akron (4-1-0) […]