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Adrienne Dillard headed home a corner kick in the 62nd minute Friday night and Texas A&M advanced to the NCAA Division I women’s soccer quarterfinals for the first time in its program’s nine-year history with a 1-0 victory over fifth-seeded Stanford at the Cardinal’s Maloney Field. Dillard’s third goal of the season came off an […]

Three-time NCAA champion UCLA rallied from a late deficit, scoring in the 90th minute to force overtime, then pulled out a wild 3-2 triumph Friday over Loyola Marymount in the first round of the Division I men’s soccer championships at the University of San Diego. Tim Pierce’s second goal of the game, after Jimmy Frazelle […]

The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has acquired operating rights to MLS’s MetroStars from John Kluge and Stuart Subotnick, who have served as the New Jersey team’s investor-operators since 1995, a year before the league’s inaugural season. Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, one of the league’s six original operator-investors, now operates five of the 12 MLS teams. […]

G GRANT BURRIE (Butler) (1) Has 11 saves to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-0 win over top-seeded Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Horizon championship D BOB BRENNAN (American) (1) Outstanding on Eagles’ backline in Patriot tournament en route to title in first year in league D ILKKA JANTTI (Kentucky) (1) MAC Player of the Year gives Wildcats […]

Australia beat Uruguay, 1-0, in the first leg of their South America/Oceania playoff series for the final berth in the 2002 World Cup. Kevin Muscat’s penalty in the 79th minute gave the Socceroos the win in Melbourne. The second leg is Sunday, Nov. 25, in Montevideo.

Janel Kaden was the hero for the second successive night, carrying Westmont to its second NAIA women’s soccer title in three years with a second-half strike Tuesday to beat Oklahoma City, 1-0, at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. Kristi Peich beat two defenders and dished to the right for Kaden’s first-time blast, which beat […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena picked 11 uncapped players among 28 MLS players called in for the U.S. national team camp beginning Nov. 25 in Chula Vista, Calif., to prepare for the friendly against South Korea Dec. 9 in Seogwipo (ESPN, delay, Dec. 10, 1 pm ET). Arena called in striker Brian McBride for […]

Lindsey Wilson (23-2-0) is shooting for its fourth straight NAIA men’s title when it hosts Auburn-Montgomery (20-2-3) Tuesday night. Sophomore forward Daniel Chteinberg’s goal with nine minutes remaining lifted the top-seeded Blue Raiders to a 2-1 win over Rio Grande in the semifinals. UAM edged William Carey, 5-3, on penalties after their semifinal game ended […]

Daniel Chteinberg netted his eighth goal of the NAIA men’s championship tournament and dished off for two more Tuesday as Lindsey Wilson captured its fourth straight title — and sixth in seven years — with a 4-0 romp over visiting Auburn Montgomery at Bowling Green, Ky. Chteinberg, a junior forward, teamed with Adrian Llewellyn to […]

NCAA DIVISION I Third round (all times local) Friday’s game Texas A&M (16-3-1) at Stanford (15-3-2), 7:30 p.m. (PST) Saturday’s games Rutgers (14-7-1) at North Carolina (21-0), 2 p.m. (EST) Penn State (20-3-1) at Connecticut (18-5), noon (EST) Nebraska (17-4-1) at Portland (17-3), 1 p.m. (PST) Dayton (16-5) at UCLA (19-2), 1 p.m. (PST) Cincinnati […]

NCAA DIVISION I First-second rounds (all times local) At Dallas Friday: New Mexico (6-11-2) vs. Florida International (10-7), 7:30 p.m. CST. Sunday: Winner at SMU (19-0), 1 p.m. CST. At San Diego Friday: Loyola Marymount (9-6-2) vs. UCLA (10-6-4), 7 p.m. PST Sunday: Winner at San Diego (12-3-1), 1 p.m. PST At State College, Pa. […]

11/19 … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 11/12 1 SMU (19-0-0) 1 2 Saint Louis (16-1-0) 3 3 Stanford (16-1-1) 4 4 Clemson (17-4-0) 8 5 Virginia (17-1-1) 2 6 St. John’s (14-2-3) 10 7 Indiana (14-3-1) 7 8 Connecticut (16-4-2) 5 9 North Carolina (16-4-0) 6 10 Wake Forest (13-5-2) 9 11 Penn State (13-4-1) […]

First- and Second-Round Pairings First-round matches in bold. Florida International (10-7-0) vs. New Mexico (6-11-2) Winner vs. #1 SMU* (19-0-0) Loyola Marymount (9-6-2) vs. UCLA (10-6-4) Winner vs. San Diego* (12-3-1) South Florida (14-6-0) vs. Akron (10-6-1) Winner vs. Penn State* (13-4-1) Massachusetts (14-5-1) vs. Creighton (11-8-1) Winner vs. #8 St. John’s* (14-2-3) Kentucky (13-5-1) […]

U.S. national team veterans Jeff Agoos, Claudio Reyna and Earnie Stewart are the three finalists for the 2001 Honda Player of the Year award. Reyna (Glasgow Rangers) is attempting to become the first back-to-back winner and second two-time winner. Agoos (San Jose Earthquakes) and Stewart (NAC Breda) are first-time finalists. The winner will be announced […]

Luchi Gonzalez’s goal in the 140th minute gave No. 1 SMU a 2-1 win over Creighton to take the Missouri Valley title and conclude the regular season with a 19-0-0 record. The Mustangs are the only unbeaten team left following No. 2 Virginia’s 1-0 loss to host Clemson in the ACC final. Ian Fuller’s first-half […]

The following are the October poll results in which 1,289 fans picked their 2001 MLS MVP. Landon Donovan (San Jose) – 318 – 24.7% Alex Pineda Chacon (Miami) – 175 – 13.6% Peter Nowak (Chicago) – 158 – 12.3% Jeff Agoos (San Jose) – 157 – 12.2% Clint Mathis (MetroStars) – 83 – 6.4% Preki […]

Earnie Stewart scored a spectacular go-ahead goal in NAC Breda’s 3-1 victory over John O’Brien and his league-leading Ajax club in Holland. Brad Friedel helped Blackburn Rovers earn a 1-1 draw with first-place Liverpool and Jovan Kirovski scored in Crystal Palace’s 4-1 win over Crewe Alexandra. In Germany, Tony Sanneh notched an assist in Nuremberg’s […]

Goialkeeper Amanda Loyall stopped three penalty kicks and Oklahoma City advanced Monday to the NAIA women’s soccer title game with a shootout triumph over No. 2 Azusa Pacific at St. Charles, Mo. The Stars (21-1-3) will face another Southern Califorinia team in Tuesday night’s final. Westmont (18-4), from Santa Barbara, advanced to the title game […]

All you need to know about the Coach of the Year was unveiled at MLS Cup 2001. San Jose won, of course, completing an amazing transformation from last year’s unwatchable excuse. But it was Frank Yallop’s charge off the bench and dive into the celebratory dog pile after Dwayne DeRosario scored a golden goal that […]

Cincinnati stunned Notre Dame and Florida’s Abby Wambach netted her third hat trick this season Sunday as the NCAA Division I women’s field was whittled to 16 teams. The other five seeds in action — No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 Santa Clara, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Portland and No. 5 Stanford — also […]

Missy Gregg scored her 16th hat trick of the season Sunday as Christian Brothers University romped into its first NCAA women’s soccer final four, overwhelming North Florida, 7-1, in a Division II quarterfinal in Memphis, Tenn. Defending champion UC San Diego also advanced to the semifinals, beating visiting Incarnate Word, 2-0, in La Jolla, Calif. […]

Christine Latham netted her third goal of the playoffs on a breakaway and Nebraska on Saturday romped into the third round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships with a 3-0 triumph over Brigham Young at Lincoln, Neb. Connecticut also reached the Sweet 16, earning its second 1-0 victory this season over Harvard in a […]

NAIA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS at St. Charles, Mo. Saturday’s Quarterfinals Lindsey Wilson, Ky. 3 St. Mary, Neb. 1 Westmont, Calif. 3 Lindenwood, Mo. 0 Oklahoma City 3 Berry, Ga. 0 Azusa Pacific, Calif. 5 Belhaven, Miss. 1 Monday’s semifinals Oklahoma City (21-1-2) vs. Azusa Pacific (17-1) Lindsey Wilson (20-3-2) vs. Westmont (17-4) Final — Tuesday.

MLS teams waived 26 players, including Raul Diaz Arce, MLS’s No. 2 all-time leading scorer. All 26 players are now eligible for the annual MLS Waiver Draft scheduled for Monday, November 19, at 12:00 p.m. (ET) via conference call from the league’s headquarters in New York. D.C. United Mark Watson Defender Micah Cooks Defender MetroStars […]

NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS at St. Charles, Mo. First round Friday’s results St. Mary, Neb. 1 Green Mountain, Vt. 0 Westmont, Calif. 5 Houghton, N.Y. 0 Oklahoma City 3 Milligan, Tenn. 0 Belhaven, Miss. 1 Concordia, Ore. 0 (2OT) Thursday’s results Lindsey Wilson, Ky. 2 Trinity International, Ill. 1 (2OT) Lindenwood, Mo. 4 Huron, S.D. 1 Berry, […]