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2001 A-10 Preseason Poll Team A-10/Overall 1. Rhode Island 8-2/17-5-1 2. Richmond* 11-7-1 3. Dayton 8-1-1/14-4-2 4. Massachusetts 8-8-8/12-6-2 5. George Washington 6-3-1/9-5-4 6. Duquesne 4-5-1/7-10-2 7. Xavier 4-6/4-15 8. St. Bonaventure 4-6/6-12 9. Temple 4-6/5-11 10. Fordham 3-7/6-11 11. La Salle 1-9/2-13 12. Saint Joseph’s 3-7/5-11

Kentucky has been chosen to win the regular season Mid-American Conference title by a vote of the league’s coaches. The Wildcats received 44 of a possible 49 points and four first-place votes in the preseason poll. Kentucky finished the 2000 season in a four-way tie for first place in the MAC, with a 4-2 record […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has added Miami Fusion defender Pablo Mastroeni to the training camp roster for World Cup qualifying games against Honduras (Sept. 1) and Costa Rica (Sept. 5). Mastroeni becomes the fifth player from the Fusion roster to be named to the roster — now at 25 players. He joins club teammates goalkeeper […]

Honduran coach Ramon Maradiaga has announced that his team will be without the services of its best striker, David Suazo, for the Sept. 1 World Cup qualifying clash with the USA. The Honduran federation had received a letter from Suazo’s Italian Serie B club Cagliari that stated he would not be available because of injuries […]

Here is Soccer America Associate Editor Bryan AlvarezÆs prediction for the Aug. 25 final: Atlanta 1 Bay Area 2 Preview (all times ET) Saturday, August 25 (2:00 pm) Atlanta vs. Bay Area (TV: TNT). Did you know? The CyberRays won or split each of their three-game series against their seven WUSA opponents with the exception […]

Chicago’s chances of winning a third Open Cup crown, after titles in 1998 and last year, were ruined with a 1-0 loss to Los Angeles in which Alexi Lalas came off the bench to score a golden goal. In the other semifinal, New England defeated 1996 winner D.C. United, 2-0, on goals by Andy Williams. […]

Youth certainly was served at MLSÆs latest All-Star extravaganza. Landon Donovan scored four goals and mimicked Brandi. Santino Quaranta dished off a couple assists. DaMarcus Beasley jitterbugged. Bobby Convey, injured, stood around looking pretty. TheyÆre the image league bigwigs want to project, and one canÆt fault them for it. MLS has some tremendous teen-age talent. […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: D.C. United 1 Columbus 2 Los Angeles 0 Chicago 1 Miami 2 MetroStars 1 Dallas 3 Kansas City 1 San Jose 4 Colorado 1 New England 2 Tampa Bay 0 Previews (All times ET) Saturday, August 25, (2:00 p.m.) Columbus Crew at D.C. United (ESPN2) Did you know? Five of […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH It’s time for Soccer America to honor the best the WUSA had to offer this year, so here’s our choices for MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year. Our WUSA XI — plus a second team — will be presented in next week. MVP: […]

Group A RESULTS 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, Mohammed 70, L.Hussien 84) Thailand 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Bahrain 2 […]

North Carolina, shooting for its third straight NCAA Division I title and 17th in 20 years, is first in the Soccer America Women’s Preseason Top 20. The Heels have one of the deepest teams in their history with six players who have played for the U.S. senior national team: Jenni Branam, Catherine Reddick, Danielle Borgman, […]

Defending U.S. Open Cup Chicago faces Los Angeles and D.C. United, the 1996 winner, goes north to face New England tonight. New England Revolution vs. D.C. United (TV: Fox Sports World/Fox Sports Espanol, 8 pm ET) Did you know: After losing in the opening rounds in the 1997 and 2000 editions, the Revs have reached […]

Glasgow Rangers was eliminated from the Champions League with a 2-1 loss to TurkeyÆs Fenerbahce Aug. 22, following a 0-0 first-leg result. RangersÆ U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna had to leave the game in the 37th minute because of an injury. Reyna had returned to RangersÆ lineup last weekend after a three-week layoff because of a […]

Defending NCAA Division I champion Connecticut heads the Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 20. Despite the loss of Trinidadian stars Brent Rahim and Darin Lewis, the Huskies will again be the team to beat. Key players back include Chris Gbandi, the 2000 Soccer America College Player of the Year, goalkeeper Bryheem Hancock (0.62 goals against […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena called 24 players into camp for the USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier Saturday, Sept. 1 (ESPN2/Telemundo, 10 am ET) at Washington’s RFK Stadium and USA-Costa Rica qualifier four days later (ESPN2/Telemundo, 10 pm ET) in San Jose, Costa Rica. Among those called up was 19-year-old Landon Donovan, picked to bolster […]

Club CHAMPIONS The Colorado Rush U-19 girls became the second team to win three consecutive youth titles, earning their triple crown at the annual U.S. Youth Soccer national championships in Lawrence, Ind. The Central Valley Mercury (San Jose, Calif.) was the first to threepeat, starting its streak as U-16s in 1996. The Rush was one […]

U.S. women’s national team head coach April Heinrichs called in 24 players, including five college players, in preparation for the 2001 Nike U.S. Women’s Cup Sept. 9-16 in Chicago, Columbus and Kansas City. All five college players played major roles in the U.S. U-21s’ victory at the Nordic Cup in Norway: goalkeeper Hope Solo from […]

In a 1-1 tie with Tottenham Hotspur Aug. 20, EvertonÆs Joe-Max Moore entered the game in the 73rd minute. Despite playing with a two-man advantage for the final 25 minutes, Everton could not break the tie. Kasey Keller was on the bench for Tottenham.

Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia return to the World Cup finals. They are joined by the Lions of Senegal, the big surprise of qualifying in Africa. Africa has claimed back-to-back Olympic gold medals, but itÆs still waiting for its World Cup breakthrough. Cameroon is the only African team to advance as far as the […]

Six U.S. players started and played the whole 90 minutes with their European clubs. In the Scottish Premier Division, Glasgow RangersÆ Claudio Reyna came back from a groin injury and set up a goal in a 2-2 tie. Former San Jose Earthquake Jamie Clark made his debut in the Scottish First Division, playing 45 minutes […]

Aug. 19 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Columbus 1. Goal: Maisonneuve 6. MetroStars — Howard, Petke, Hernandez, Jolley, Alvarez (Klinger, 78), Paule, Walsh (Gilmar, 57), Chung, Williams (Perez, 87), Villegas, Faria. Columbus — Presthus, Bonseu, Clark, Lapper, Duhaney, Harkes, Warzycha, Perez (Oughton, 90), Maisonneuve, Cunningham (Buddle, 89), Washington (Elcock, 46). Yellow Card: MetroStars — […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played Aug. 15, 18 and 19. GOALKEEPER Tim Howard (5) MetroStars DEFENDERS Tenywa Bonseu (2) Columbus Pablo Mastroeni (6) Miami Mauricio Wright (2) New England MIDFIELDERS Leonel Alvarez (1) New England Ted Chronopoulos (2) New England Brian Maisonneuve (1) Columbus Preki (4) Miami […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played Aug. 15, 18 and 19. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Aug. 15 Chicago 1 Miami 2. Goals: Kovalenko (Nowak) 32; Pineda Chacon (Henderson, Serna) 15, Serna (Henderson, Preki). Chicago (3-5-2) — Zach Thornton (6); C.J. Brown (6), Jim Curtin (4), Carlos Bocanegra (4); […]

Top seed Atlanta rallied from two goals down in the second half to beat Philadelphia, 3-2, in the WUSA semifinals. Chinese star Sun Wen was instrumental off the bench with a goal on a penalty kick and an assist on Cindy Parlow’s tying goal. Parlow’s second goal decided the game in overtime. In the other […]

Group A RESULTS 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, Mohammed 70, L.Hussien 84) Thailand 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iraq 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 0 […]