MEN'S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Connecticut 8-0-0 465 2 Indiana 8-1-0 448 3 San Jose State 8-0-0 418 4 Virginia 6-0-2 406 5 Duke 8-1-0 388 6 Creighton 7-1-0 354 7 Washington 7-1-0 321 8 Clemson 7-1-0 292 9 St. John's 5-1-2 273 10 UCLA 6-1-0 254 11 Maryland 6-2-0 238 12 South Carolina 7-1-0 211 13 Seton Hall 6-1-1 204 14 James Madison 6-1-0 156 15 Dartmouth 4-0-0 148 16 Saint Louis 8-2-0 120 17 Notre Dame 4-1-2 89 18 Santa Clara 6-1-1 64 19 UNC Charlotte 5-1-1 36 20 Penn State 5-2-2 …

D.C. United of MLS will face Vasco da Gama of Brazil in the Interamerican Cup on Nov. 14 and Dec. 5. The Interamerican Cup is contested annually by the winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the Libertadores Cup. D.C. United downed Mexico's Toluca in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, while Vasco da Gama defeated Ecuador's Barcelona over two legs in the Libertadores final. The Interamerican Cup will also be a two-leg affair. The first leg will be held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Nov. 14, while the second leg will be played at Lockhart Stadium in …

European Champions League: Results and Standings (Sept. 30) GROUP A Sept. 30 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 2 (Alexandris 22, Gogic 81) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 34,000. Sept. 30 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2 (Rudy 57, Litmanen pen. 86) Porto (Portugal) 1 (Zahovic 69). Half: 0-0. Att.: 40,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Olympiakos 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 Ajax 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Porto 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 Croatia 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 SCHEDULE Oct. 21 -- …

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 U of Charleston 7-1-1 DA Concord 2-1, DH Gannon 2-1, LH Mercyhurst 1-4 1 Rockhurst 6-0-0 3 Wheeling 7-0-0 DA Westminster 5-1 4 Ashland 7-1-0 DH Saginaw Valley 4-0 4 Truman State 4-1-1 6 Mercyhurst 5-1-1 DA WV Wesleyan 2-1 (OT), DA Charleston 4-1 7 Gannon 6-3-0 LA Charleston 1-2, DA WV Wesleyan 2-1 8 Millersville 8-1-1 DH UDC 5-2, DA Lock Haven 3-2 9 Quincy 6-2-0 DH WI-Parkside 3-1, DH Lewis 2-1 10 East Stroudsburg 6-3-0 DH LeMoyne 9-1, DH Cal PA 5-2 Far West Region 1 Grand Canyon 7-0-1 …

WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 8-0-0 300 2 Notre Dame 8-1-0 278 2 Santa Clara 8-0-1 278 4 Connecticut 9-0-0 270 5 Florida 8-0-0 252 6 Portland 7-0-1 238 7 Penn State 8-0-1 232 8 William & Mary 7-0-1 216 9 Northwestern 8-0-1 190 10 San Diego State 7-1-0 172 10 Virginia 6-2-1 172 12 Texas A&M 5-3-0 161 13 Dartmouth 4-1-1 154 14 Clemson 5-3-0 150 15 Stanford 5-1-2 133 16 Hartford 5-3-0 128 17 Vanderbilt 7-2-0 104 18 UCLA 7-1-1 76 19 Nebraska 6-2-0 72 20 Maryland 6-3-0 69 …

WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 7-1-1 DA Montclair 5-0, DA Moravian 2-1 2 Richard Stockton 5-2-1 DA Rowan 2-1 (OT), TA NC Wesleyan 0-0 (OT) 3 Gettysburg 7-2-0 DA Elizabethtown 1-0 (OT), DA Bryn Mawr 5-0 4 Haverford 6-2-1 DH Bryn Mawr 7-0, DH Franklin & Marshall 4-1 5 Elizabethtown 5-5-0 LH Gettysburg 0-1 (OT), DA Lebanon Valley 9-0 Central Region 1 Macalester 8-0-0 DH Carleton 5-0 2 St. Benedicts 6-1-1 DA Bethel 5-0, DH Concordia (MN) 3-0 3 Wheaton 7-1-0 DH Ill. Wesleyan 4-1 4 WI-Stevens Point 6-2-2 DH Chicago 2-0, DA WI-La …

WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 10-0-0 DH Humboldt State 1-0, DA Central Washington 2-1, DA Western Washington 1-0 (OT) 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 6-2-1 TH Cal State Bakersfield 1-1 (OT), DA Cal State Bakersfield 4-1 3 UC Davis 6-2-1 LA Chico State 0-1 (OT), DA Chico State 2-1 3 Chico State 6-2-0 DA UC Davis 1-0 (OT), LH UC Davis 2-1 5 Western Washington 6-4-0 DH W Oregon State 2-1, LH Sonoma State 0-1 (OT) New England Region 1 Franklin Pierce 7-0-0 DA Grand Canyon 7-1, DN Cal Poly Pomona 4-2, DA Bentley …

Here is the television schedule for the first two games of the first round of the MLS playoffs, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 30 MetroStars at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New York Sept. 30 Miami at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN Oct. 1 Colorado at Chicago 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Oct. 1 Dallas at Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. ESPN2 Oct. 3 Columbus at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. MSG network Oct. 4 Los Angeles at Dallas 3:00 p.m. Univision Oct. 4 D.C. United at Miami 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Oct. 5 Chicago at …

First Round Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. MIAMI Sept. 30 -- D.C. United 2 Miami 1 Oct. 4 -- D.C. United at Miami Oct. 7 -- Miami at D.C. United (if nec.) COLUMBUS VS. METROSTARS Sept. 30 -- Columbus 5 MetroStars 3 Oct. 3 -- Columbus at MetroStars Oct. 7 -- MetroStars at Columbus (if nec.) Western Conference LOS ANGELES VS. DALLAS Oct. 1 -- Dallas at Los Angeles Oct. 4 -- Los Angeles at Dallas Oct. 7 -- Dallas at Los Angeles (if nec.) CHICAGO VS. COLORADO Oct. 1 -- Colorado at Chicago Oct. 5 -- Chicago at Colorado …

FEATURES Rating the MLS Playoff Field By Ridge Mahoney The Highs And Lows Of John Harkes' Season Interview by Duncan Irving Octavio Zambrano: No Need For Bunker Mentality Interview by Mike Woitalla Those College Players Who Didn't Depart For MLS By Dan Woog Real Madrid Lefties Put Their Best Foot Forward Parma's Dino Baggio Gains Revenge On Juve Was Paolo Di Canio's Shove The Last Straw? COLUMNS Soccer Talk -- "Chuck the book" at coaches, too By Paul Gardner From The Field -- FIFA faces tough road By Marianne Bhonslay Short Passes By Lynn Berling-Manuel DEPARTMENTS

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MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 9-0-0 DH North Park 8-2, DA Augustana 1-0 (OT) 2 Rhodes 8-0-1 DH Hendricks 7-0, DA Univ. South 2-1 (OT), DA Centre 1-0 3 Wash. (Mo) 6-2-0 DH Principia 1-0, DH Marian 1-0 4 Sewanee 7-1-0 LH Rhodes 0-1, DH Franklin 6-0, DH Hendricks 4-0 5 Trinity (Texas) 6-2-0 DH St. MaryÆs 3-0, DH WI-Whitewater 2-0, DH MacMurray 3-0 6 WI-Platteville 7-1-1 DH Wartburg 9-1, DH Carthage 3-1 7 Centre 5-3-0 LA Maryville 1-2, DH Hendricks 8-0, LH Rhodes 0-1 8 Marian 7-2-0 DA Lakeland 2-0, LA Wash. U …

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 8-1-0 50 DA Michigan State 3-0, DH Louisville 3-0 2 Notre Dame 4-1-2 44 TH St. JohnÆs 1-1 (OT) 3 Butler 7-1-0 41 DH Oakland 5-1, DA Evansville 1-0 4 Akron 6-2-1 34 LN Fla International 2-3 (OT), DA Navy 2-0 5 Cincinnati 4-2-1 29 LH South Florida 0-3 6 Louisville 6-2-0 26 LA Indiana 0-3, DH South Florida 4-3 7 Michigan State 5-3-0 19 LH Indiana 0-3 8 Xavier 5-3-0 14 DH Evansville 2-0, DH Dayton 2-0 9 Marshall 5-3-1 11 LA Virginia 0-4, DH Vanderbilt 2-0, DH S. …

Colorado Rapids reserve goalkeeper Paul Grafer broke his left wrist in practice Tuesday and will miss the entire 1998 playoffs. With Grafer out, the Rapids have signed goalkeeper Randy Dedini from the A-League's Nashville Metros to back up starting goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann through the postseason. Grafer, who started four games for the Rapids in 1998 but none since May 23, suffered the injury saving a point-blank shot in a practice exercise Tuesday in Westminster. The 28-year-old Dedini, a former all-America at Sonoma State, was a 1998 A-League All-Star, finishing with a 16-8 record and a 1.12 GAA. He recorded eight …

Chicago Fire -- F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) and F Josh Wolff (strained groin) are probable; D Andrew Lewis (strained groin), MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) and F Roman Kosecki (pulled hamstring) are on injured reserve. Colorado Rapids -- F Paul Bravo (sprained ankle) is probable. Columbus Crew -- MF Andrew Gregor (heart condition) is out; MF Brian Maisonneuve (sprained ankle) is probable; D Mike Lapper (torn ACL) is on injured reserve. D.C. United -- D Curt Onalfo (heel bone spur) and MF Brian Kamler (broken foot) are out; MF Tony Sanneh (strained groin) is doubtful; D Eddie Pope …

WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 N. Carolina 8-0-0 50 DN San Francisco 6-0, DN Baylor 5-0 2 Florida 8-0-0 45 DA Vanderbilt 2-1, DA Kentucky 4-0 3 Clemson 5-3-0 40 DH Charleston Southern 9-0, DA Florida St. 2-0 4 Georgia 6-2-0 35 DH Louisiana St. 2-1, DH Arkansas 5-0 5 Wake Forest 5-3-1 30 DN Missouri 4-1, LA Notre Dame 0-3 6 Duke 5-5-0 23 DA UNC Greensboro 2-1 (OT), LH Baylor 0-4 7 UNC Charlotte 7-2-0 21 DH Tulane 2-0, DH Southern Mississippi 7-0 8 South Florida 5-0-0 16 No Activity 9 Central Florida 4-4-0 6 …