Soccer America Archives

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (7-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU (3-1). 2 Virginia (7-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary (1-0), 9/30 at N.C. State (2-0). 3 St. John’s (5-0-1) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers (1-1), 9/29 Villanova (5-0). 4 Furman (7-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), […]

Impressive victories sparked Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida and Connecticut to make the biggest jumps in this week’s Soccer America college women’s Top 20. The Fighting Irish leapt from ninth to sixth after overcoming Nebraska and West Virginia; Clemson moved up from 12th to ninth with a 4-0 romp over Virginia; Florida jumped from 15th to […]

Claudio Reyna started for Rangers for the first time in a month but could not help his club prevent arch-rival Celtic from taking a 2-0 victory away from Ibrox. Reyna left the game with a bruised knee in the 67th minute, but the Rangers team doctor declared him fit Monday as he departed to join […]

Top-ranked North Carolina and No. 2 UCLA continued to romp, sweeping road trips to retain their perfect records, and No. 9 Notre Dame won a big showdown with fourth-ranked Nebraska. The Tar Heels, after five shutouts, finally gave up a goal — Tennessee got two of them, from Kim Patrick and Jen Laughridge, in a […]

U.S. right back Steve Cherundolo played the whole 90 minutes as his Hannover 96 downed LR Ahlen, 5-2, in German Second Division action Oct. 1. Hannover remains in the second place of the 18-team division from which three teams will be promoted to the First Division. Cherundolo has played in all eight games this season […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for MLS playoff games played Sept. 26 and 29. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Sept. 26 MetroStars 4 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Faria (Valencia, Chung) 72, Chung (D.Hernandez) 75, Faria (Villegas, D.Hernandez) 80, Valencia 83; Victorine (Elliott) 4. MetroStars lead series, 4 points to 1. MetroStars […]

MIAMI 2 KANSAS CITY 1 (Miami wins series) Miami coach Ray Hudson: “Tremendous locker room. Spectacular. Mayhem. It’s like the last days of Pompeii. They earned every moment. I’m so pleased for those lads in there. I’m so very delighted for the unit. This was a great win. This [Kansas City] was a very, very […]

Three Game 3 encounters in the MLS quarterfinals on Saturday settled the semifinal matchups. It will be: Miami vs. San Jose and Chicago vs. Los Angeles. Los Angeles, which had a man ejected for the third time in its series, prevailed over the MetroStars with a 3-2 win in a thrilling Game 3 — on […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (7-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU (3-1). 2 Virginia (6-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary (1-0), 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-1) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers (1-1), 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (5-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), 9/28 VCU, […]

China has all but clinched its first berth in the World Cup with a 1-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. Qi Hong’s goal in the 42th minute gave Bora Milutinovic’s team the three points to open up a five-point lead on third-place Qatar with three games to play in Group B. […]

Semifinals Sept. 27 in Port of Spain France 2 (Le Tallec 56, Berthod 58) Argentina 1 (Tevez 49). Sept. 27 in Malabar Nigeria 1 (Opabunmi pen. 4) Burkina Faso 0. Quarterfinals Sept. 23 in Port of Spain France 2 (Sinama Pongolle 38, Le Tallec 40) Brazil 1 (Alberoni 70). Nigeria 5 (Opabunmi 24, 69, 79, […]

With the San Jose Earthquakes being the only team to sweep its quarterfinal opponent (Columbus), the other three series will be decided in SaturdayÆs Game 3 encounters. Saturday, Sept. 29 Los Angeles vs. MetroStars in Pasadena, Calif., 3:30 pm ET (ESPN2) Game 1: Los Angeles 1 MetroStars 1 Game 2: MetroStars 4 Los Angeles 1 […]

Iran moved back into the driver’s seat in Asia’s Group A when it tied Saudi Arabia, 2-2, in Jeddah on Sirous Dinmohammadi’s goal in the 58th minute. The Saudis lead Iran by two points, but the Iranians have a game in hand. The deciding game for Iran may be a match with Iraq Oct. 12 […]

The Columbus Crew has loaned forward Jeff Cunningham to Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga for the MLS offseason. The agreement stipulates that Cunningham will return to Columbus three weeks prior to the start of the 2002 MLS season. Cunningham, 25, became the first player in Crew history to record double-figure totals in both goals […]

Ohio State walk-on Connor Senn died at Akron City Hospital after he collapsed during the second half of the No. 16 Buckeyes’ game at Akron Wednesday night. Senn collapsed making a slide tackle with 19:06 to play in the second half. The freshman defender from Granville, Ohio, was attended to by the medical staffs from […]

San Jose became the first team to advance to the MLS semifinals when it beat Columbus, 3-0, to take the series, 6 points to 0. Miami, first in the regular-season standings, not only fell to Kansas City, 3-0, but has lost Diego Serna and Pablo Mastroeni on red cards for Game 3 Saturday in Ft. […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (6-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU. 2 Virginia (6-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary (1-0), 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-1) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers (1-1), 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (5-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), 9/28 VCU, 9/30 […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (6-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU. 2 Virginia (5-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary, 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-0) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers, 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (5-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), 9/28 VCU, 9/30 Cal Poly. […]

Three of the four quarterfinal matchups enter Game 2 this evening (Wednesday, Sept. 26). Miami and San Jose, because of the Game 1 wins, can clinch passage into the semifinals. The MetroStars’ tie at Los Angeles last weekend makes a Game 3 in that series necessary for one team to gain the five points needed […]

Because MLS has created a playoff system unique to anything we’ve seen elsewhere, here’s a review of how the series are settled: ò Quarterfinal and semifinal series consist of a maximum of three games, two of which the higher seeded team would host (if a third game is necessary). ò During the series, teams accumulate […]

The coaches’ darkhorse pick HOW THEY BEAT YOU: The Metros have been revamped since injuries knocked Clint Mathis out for the season and hobbled Adolfo Valencia and Tab Ramos. Gilmar and Ross Paule are wild cards. Their abilities have yet to be incorporated into the Metros’ system, which relies on Mark Chung and Petter Villegas […]

Galaxy is deadly on quick strikes HOW THEY BEAT YOU: Cobi Jones uses his terrifying speed on both wings to unhinge defenses and open up space for front-line mates Luis Hernandez and Sasha Victorine. The Galaxy can be deadly on quick strikes and counterattacks. Victorine often lingers in the goalmouth awaiting opportunities to poach, while […]

G KERRY THOMPSON (Ohio State) (1) Six saves in 4-1 win over Creighton, shutout in 1-0 win over Southwest Missouri State D MATT DOMINICK (Georgia State) (1) Helped unbeaten GSU to OT wins over Atlantic Sun foes Mercer and Campbell D MICHAEL NELSON (Loyola, Md.) (1) Scored off corner kick to give Greyhounds first win […]

G VANESSA SCOTTO (Pennsylvania) (1) Shut out George Mason and William & Mary, making 10 saves to hold Tribe scoreless for first time since ’98 in 0-0 tie D MIKEL CASEY (Charlotte) (1) Box clearance creates decisive goal in 2-1 win vs. Davidson, goal and assist in 4-0 romp over Houston, keyed defense that limited […]

(Through Sept. 23) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Luchi Gonzalez, SMU Sr. 6 10 5 25 4.167 2 John Barry Nusum, Furman Sr. 4 6 3 15 3.75 3 Byron Carmichael, Marshall Jr. 5 9 0 18 3.6 4 Attila Vendegh, Old Dominion So. 6 10 1 21 […]