Soccer America Archives

On the first day of the German First Division 2002-2003 season, American defenders Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) started but came out on the losing side. GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, B1) vs. Bochum, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. In the loss to First Division newcomer Bochum, right back Sanneh and all the Nuremberg […]

Indiana is Soccer America's pick to win the NCAA Division I men's title. The Hoosiers have made the final four each of the last five years and won their fifth national title in 1999. Defending champion North Carolina is ranked third by Soccer America's editors, one spot behind ACC rival Virginia. The Men's College Cup […]

Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]

Friday, May 31 in Seoul (7:30 am ET) Group A: FRANCE (0-0-0, 0 pts.) vs. SENEGAL (0-0-0, 0 pts.) (TV: Live, ESPN2, Univision, 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT, Galavision, 7:30 p.m. ET/PT) First, Robert Pires. Now, Zinedine Zidane. France opens its defense of the World Cup without its two playmakers. Pires was […]

Jovan Kirovski made his English Premier League debut for Birmingham while Earnie Stewart and Tony Sanneh scored goal in wins for their respective clubs this weekend in Europe. In Chile, play resumed as a players' strike ended and American goalkeeper Jonny Walker was back in the win column with Universidad Catolica. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel […]

REJUVENATED BY TRADES: Mamadou Diallo celebrated his trade to the MetroStars from New England by netting the equalizer in his new team's 1-1 tie with Kansas City. Diallo scored on a short-range left-footed shot set up by a combination from Tab Ramos and Andy Williams, who arrived from New England in the same trade. Diego […]

The Columbus Crew recovered from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Kansas City Wizards, 3-2, in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal on Tuesday night in Columbus. John Wilmar Perez, a 63rd-minute sub, provided the heroics. The Colombian scored on a fierce volley from 14 yards out to provide the equalizer in stoppage time. […]

G Soren Johnson (Davidson), sr. Fourth-year starter returns to his native North Carolina and stopped UNC, leading the Wildcats to a 1-0 win with late crucial saves. D Brent Jacquette (Penn State), sr. Makes seamless conversion from midfield to help Nittany Lions upset Virginia (4-2). D Tom Nolan (Marquette), sr. Makes key stop in Golden […]

A weekend of Euro 2006 qualifying games and international friendlies put most top tier leagues in Europe on break. Former Colorado Rapids keeper Marcus Hahnemann did see action in England. ENGLAND * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), at Rotherham (0-0) Started: 90 minutes. Hahnemann hasn't allowed a goal in three games. He was credited for making […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor SUPERCLASICO: The greatest game of the season and one of the best in league history took place at Spartan Stadium Saturday night. San Jose and Columbus whirled through nearly 97 minutes of breathtaking play before the Quakes won an incredible 4-3 victory on a bizarre own goal in overtime. A […]

Montreal-Charlotte (Aggregate: 1-1; Montreals win 6-5 on penalties.) Sept. 4 in Charlotte Charlotte 1 (Demmin 17) Montreal 0. Charlotte — Goddard, OÆBrien, Galeano, Barria (Calderson, 63), Demmin, McDermott, Watkins, Wellington (Guastaferro, 53), Gajardo, Coggins, Swinehart. Montreal — Sutton, Braz (DiTullio, 70), Pizzolitto, Gervais (Henry, 89), Kopp (Fronimadis, 76), Oliviero (Leduc 65), DeSantis (Rowland, 56), Ze […]

Montreal-Charlotte (Aggregate: 1-1; Montreals win 6-5 on penalties.) Sept. 4 in Charlotte Charlotte 1 (Demmin 17) Montreal 0. Charlotte — Goddard, OÆBrien, Galeano, Barria (Calderson, 63), Demmin, McDermott, Watkins, Wellington (Guastaferro, 53), Gajardo, Coggins, Swinehart. Montreal — Sutton, Braz (DiTullio, 70), Pizzolitto, Gervais (Henry, 89), Kopp (Fronimadis, 76), Oliviero (Leduc 65), DeSantis (Rowland, 56), Ze […]

College women's soccer's elite programs took turns beating up on each other during the second week of the season, leaving a Soccer America Top 25 in which only two of the top 18 teams — No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Stanford — are unbeaten. Losing didn't hurt much of the Top 25. Clemson […]

9/9 TEAM RECORD 9/3 PRE 1 Stanford (3-0-0) 3 4 2 Clemson (2-0-1) 5 8 3 UCLA (3-0-0) 6 12 4 St. John's (2-1-0) 9 6 5 Connecticut (2-1-0) 8 5 6 Virginia (3-1-0) 1 2 7 Furman (3-0-0) 10 13 8 North Carolina (3-1-0) 2 3 9 San Diego (4-0-0) 11 20 10 Washington […]

MLS: Playoff Race Standings (8 teams qualify) 1. x*San Jose 45 points (+12 goal dif.) —- 2 games left 2. *Columbus 35 (0) —- 2 3. x Los Angeles 45 (+9) —- 3 4. x Dallas 40 (+1) —- 2 5. x Colorado 39 (-6) —- 2 6. MetroStars 35 (-1)—– 3 7. Kansas City […]

The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 lost over the weekend. Top-ranked Virginia suffered its first loss of the season, falling to unranked Penn State, 4-2, at the Maryland/Fila Classic. Keith Nicholson scored early in the second half to give unranked Davidson a 1-0 win over No. 2 […]

SHOWDOWNS IN SOUTH BEND: No. 10 Santa Clara and No. 13 Portland bounced back from rough opening weeks, both claiming impressive victories over No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 14 Clemson and the Fighting Irish's Classic. No coincidence both were at full strength following the return of key players from the FIFA U-19 World Championship. […]

Sept. 7 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3 D.C. United 0. Goals: Twellman (Ralston, Kamler) 63, Twellman (Kamler) 75, Twellman (Cullen) 90. New England — Brown, Franchino, Pierce (Cloutier, 76), Kante, Heaps, Ralston, Griffiths (Kamler, 46), Hernandez, Cullen, Harris (Pineda Chacon, 69), Twellman. D.C. United — Rimando, Reyes, Nelsen (Villegas, 16), Pope, Prideaux (Zambrano, 74), […]

9/3 Ranking … Team (Record) … 8/27 Ranking 1. Virginia (3-1-0) 2 9/6 — VCU (4-1); 9/8 — Penn State (2-4). 2. North Carolina (3-1-0) 3 9/5 — LIU (4-2); 9/7 — at Davidson (0-1). 3. Stanford (3-0-0) 4 9/6 — SMU (3-2); 9/8 — Portland (2-0). 4. Indiana (1-1-2) 1 9/6 — William & […]

Mia Hamm served up a double hat trick — three goals and three assists — and Abby Wambach scored a second-half hat trick as the U.S. women's national team on Sunday routed a game Scotland squad, 8-2, in a friendly at muggy Columbus Crew Stadium. The Americans netted six second-half goals — two of them […]

Saturday, September 7 (7:30 pm ET) D.C. UNITED (7-12-5, 26 points) at NEW ENGLAND (9-14-2, 29 points) (TV: WB; DIRECTV: 794/DISHNET: 460) Key Players Out: D.C. United – GK Mike Ammann (elbow surgery), F Santino Quaranta (abdominal hernia surgery); New England – M Shaker Asad (sprained MCL-L), M Jim Rooney (sprained MCL-R), F Diego Serna […]

MLS: Playoff Race Standings (8 teams qualify) 1. x*San Jose 42 points (+11 goal dif.) —- 3 games left 2. *Columbus 35 (+1) —- 3 3. x Los Angeles 42 (+8) —- 3 4. x Dallas 40 (+1) —- 2 5. x Colorado 39 (-6) —- 2 6. MetroStars 35 (-1)—– 3 7. Kansas City […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor MATHIS MAGIC: He scored, his team won. The Metros' record when Clint Mathis scores is 17-0-2 after Thursday night's 3-1 win over the Burn. Mathis scored in the second minute as the Metros moved into a first-place tie in the East with Columbus at 35 points. But the hero was […]

Clint Mathis opened the scoring with a close-range header in the 2nd minute and Rodrigo Faria notched two second-half goals to take the MetroStars past Dallas, 3-1, Thursday evening at the Cotton Bowl. The victory marked the MetroStars league-leading seventh road victory and moved them from the eighth-seed spot in the playoff race to No. […]

Tournament action continues across the country with seven of the top 10 teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 playing twice in weekend tourneys. No. 3 Stanford and Cal host No. 7 Portland and No. 16 SMU at the Bay Area Classic. No. 4 Indiana travels to No. 9 St. John's Nike Tournament. No. […]