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Liberty, last yearÆs tournament champion and the 1999 runner-up, is the 2001 favorite in the Big South, picking up 10 first-place votes. Elon, last yearÆs runner-up, was picked second, and Radford, finished in third place. Coastal Carolina, which started itÆs womenÆs soccer program last year, was chosen fourth and Charleston Southern finished fifth in the […]

Nebraska was picked to win its third straight and fourth overall Big 12 Conference title in 2001 in a preseason poll voted on by the league head coaches. The Huskers received nine first-place votes (coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team) and totaled 99 points, eight points ahead of second-place Texas A&M, […]

Richmond, which has moved from the CAA, was the preseason pick to take the Atlantic-10 title ahead of Dayton. Teams Conf. Record/Overall 1. Richmond* 13-7 2. Dayton 9-1/16-5 3. Xavier 8-1-1/14-7-1 4. Massachusetts 7-2-1/11-7-1 5. Rhode Island 6-3-1/15-4-1 6. George Washington 4-6/5-14 7. La Salle 5-5/12-6 8. Temple 4-6/11-9 9. St. Bonaventure 3-6-1/5-11-3 10. Duquesne […]

Brad Friedel’s Blackburn Rovers won for the first time this season at the expense of Tottenham, Kasey Keller’s new employer. The latter of the two national team goalkeepers did not play however, and the former had a strong effort. Gregg Berhalter had a forgetable first start of the season for Crystal Palace. England Brad Friedel, […]

Group A RESULTS Aug. 24 in Manama Iran 2 (Daei pen. 54, 64) Saudi Arabia 0. Aug. 23 in Manama Bahrain 2 (Yosuf 58, Al-Kawari 81) Iraq 0. Aug. 17 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1 (O. Al-Dossari 82) Bahrain 1 (Salmeen 18). Aug. 17 in Bahgdad Iraq 4 (H.Mohammed 23, 76, L.Mohammed 70, Hussien 84) […]

Dallas beat Kansas City, 3-0, to solidify its hold on eighth place — and the final playoff spot — ahead of New England, which now trails by four points after its 0-0 tie at Tampa Bay. The Burn also has a game in hand on the Revs. The MetroStars beat Miami, 3-2, before 18,247 fans, […]

Besides the MLS players called into the U.S. camp to prepare for World Cup qualifiers against Honduras Sept. 1 and Costa Rica Sept. 5, seven players on MLS rosters were called by Hexagonal oppositon: Jamaica — Tyrone Marshall (Miami), Andrew Williams (New England), Chris Dawes (Colorado) and Onandi Lowe (Kansas City); Trinidad & Tobago — […]

The Bay Area CyberRays twice rallied from one-goal deficits to tie the Atlanta Beat, 3-3, and then prevailed, 4-2, on penalty kicks to take the inaugural WUSA championship. Australian Julie Murray has the decisive penalty kick for the Rays, who finished second to the Beat during the regular season. Atlanta had taken a 2-1 lead […]

The following are preliminary rosters for the five U.S. opponents in the Hexagonal for their matches Sept. 1-5: JAMAICA GOALKEEPERS: Donovan RICKETTS (Galaxy), Leon GORDON (Harbour View), Aaron LAWRENCE (Reno). DEFENDERS: Tyrone MARSHALL (Miami Fusion/USA), Linval DIXON (Hazard United), Marco McDONALD (Tivoli Gardens), Claude DAVIS (Hazard United), Ian GOODISON (Hull City/ENG), Ricardo GARDNER (Bolton Wanderers/ENG), […]

America East champion Vermont is the preseason favorite to win the men’s soccer conference again this year. Five different teams received first-place votes in balloting by the head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their teams. The Catamounts received four of a possible 11 first-place votes and 100 points overall to outdistance Hofstra […]

UIC edged Wisconsin-Milwaukee by two points to be selected to finish at the top of the Horizon League (old MCC) with 43 total points. The Flames won the tournament championship last year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Wright State was picked to place third (31 points), followed by Loyola (Ill.) […]

The Southern Conference menÆs soccer coaches have selected Furman to repeat as the regular season champions. The coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams in the balloting process. Furman received eight of the nine first place votes with UNC Greensboro receiving the ninth and tabbed to finish second. College of Charleston edged […]

None of the three teams that accounted for Mid-Con regular-season or tournament championships in 2000 was predicted to finish atop the conference standings in the preseason coaches poll. Instead, UMKC, which finished third in the Mid-Con race last year, is the preseason choice to win the Mid-Con league title. The Kangaroos garnered three of six […]

SMU, stacked with talent and national championship experience, is the 2001 preseason pick by Missouri Valley coaches. The Mustangs collected nine-of-10 first-place votes and a total of 99 points. The top scoring team in the country last year, SMU is led by the 2000 Valley Defensive Player of the Year, Carl Bussey. Bussey and 2000 […]

Two-time West Coast Conference champion San Diego was voted as the favorite to win the WCC title in the 2001 WCC preseason poll, as selected by the conference coaches. The Toreros were a unanimous pick for the No. 1 slot, receiving first-place votes from each of the other six head coaches. USD will be led […]

Washington, which captured the 2000 Pac-10 title and advanced to its sixth straight NCAA Tournament, has been picked to defend its Conference championship by the Pac-10 men’s soccer coaches. The Huskies garnered 22 points, narrowly edging second-place UCLA (21 pts.). The Huskies and Bruins received two first-place votes each, while Stanford under new coach Bret […]

Group A RESULTS Aug. 24 in Manama Iran 2 (Daei pen. 54, 64) Saudi Arabia 0. Aug. 23 in Manama Bahrain 2 (Yosuf 58, Al-Kawari 81) Iraq 0. Aug. 17 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1 (O. Al-Dossari 82) Bahrain 1 (Salmeen 18). Aug. 17 in Bahgdad Iraq 4 (H.Mohammed 23, 76, L.Mohammed 70, Hussien 84) […]

The Dallas Burn acquired American forward Hamisi Amani-Dove in a lottery. To create a roster spot for Amani-Dove, the team waived midfielder Ted Eck. Amani-Dove, who was originally drafted by the MetroStars in the 1996 inaugural draft, has since been playing abroad. He has had stints in the Netherlands, South Korea Austria and most recently […]

North Carolina, the 2000 ACC tournament champion, has been selected as the favorite for the 2001 season. The Tar Heels finished the 2000 campaign with a 21-3 overall record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. North Carolina collected 42 points in the pre-season balloting, edging out Virginia, which finished second with 39 […]

After blowing a 2-0 lead, Mexico had to come behind twice to beat the George Weah-led Liberian Lone Star, 5-4, in a Hexagonal tuneup in Veracruz. The game, Mexico’s first since the Copa America, served as a tuneup for the Tri’s all-important trip to Jamaica Sept. 2 in World Cup qualifying. Mexico 5 (Morales 3, […]

Saint Louis, the 2000 regular-season and tournament champion, has been selected to win the 2001 regular season title in a vote taken by the league’s 11 head coaches. Billiken midfielder Brad Davis, the Conference USA Freshman of the Year last season, has been selected as the 2001 preseason Player of the Year. Saint Louis, which […]

Coastal Carolina claimed top honors in the Big South poll, garnering 11 first-place votes. Radford, last yearÆs Conference Champion, was picked second and Liberty finished in third place. Winthrop was fourth and High Point was fifth in the voting, which is conducted by the League’s head men’s soccer coaches and sports information directors. Elon, last […]

Mercer is once again the favorite to capture the Atlantic Sun Men’s Soccer Championship as the Bears are the leading vote-getter in the 2001 preseason poll as voted on by league head coaches. Mercer, which received five of the eight first-place votes (66 points overall), was chosen the league favorite for the second straight season. […]

Loyola (Md.), which has earned eight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men’s soccer regular season titles as well as eight championship crowns since 1989, has been picked to win the conference crown this season in a preseason poll voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches. Loyola was the top choice with 96 points in the […]

Connecticut, the defending NCAA Division I champion, has been chosen to capture the 2001 Big East men’s soccer regular season title by a vote of the league’s 13 head coaches. Each coach voted for every team except his own, with 12 points given for a first-place vote, 11 for second, etc. Connecticut senior defender Chris […]