Sophomore Ronnie Bouemboue scored twice in the span of 1:28 to give No. 9 NC State a thrilling 4-3 come-from-behind win against No. 8 Virginia Tech in the first round of the 2006 ACC Men's Soccer Championship at the Maryland SoccerPlex. All seven goals in the match were scored in the second half.

Bouemboue notched the first goal of the game and the last two to lead the Wolfpack. Junior El Hadj Cisse tallied the other goal for NC State and also added the game-winning assist. Tom DeStefano has a spectacular day in goal with eight saves. Freshman Orry Powers and senior Santiago Fusilier also notched assists in the win.

For the Hokies, junior Patrick Nyarko had a hand in all three goals as he recorded five points with two goals and an assist. Juniors Scott Spangler, Ben Nason, and Marcus Reed all recorded assists for Virginia Tech.

>> Read the full story at TheACC.com

Match 1: #8 Virginia Tech vs. #9 NC State 1:00 p.m. (Tue)
Match 2: #2 Wake Forest vs. #7 North Carolina 12 noon
Match 3: #1 Duke vs. winner of Match 1 2:30 p.m.
Match 4: #3 Virginia vs. #6 Clemson 5:30 p.m.
Match 5: #4 Maryland vs. #5 Boston College 8:00 p.m.

The ACC Women's Soccer Championships start Wednesday at SAS Soccer Park in Cary. The tournament runs through Sunday with the semifinals being contested Friday at 5pm & 7:30pm and the final at 3:30pm on Sunday. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast via streaming media at ACCSelect.com and the finals will be shown live on Fox Sports South.

Tickets can be purchased at the box office on matchday or in advance online and prices are as follows:

• All-Tournament Packages: Adults: $25, Students*/Senior Citizens**:$15
  
• Single Session Prices: Adults: $15, Students*/Senior Citizens**: $10
  
• Wednesday, November 1 Only: Special Rate -- All Tickets $5
  

First round match-ups and times for Wednesday:

• #1 North Carolina vs. #8 NC State 12:00 pm
  
• #4 Boston College vs. #5 Clemson 2:30 pm
  
• #2 Florida State vs. #7 Duke 5:30 pm
  
• #3 Wake Forest vs. #6 Virginia 8:00 pm
  

* Students: Age 3-high school and college students with ID
** Senior Citizens: 60 and over

The U.S. has accepted an invitation to compete in the 2007 Copa America, the regional championship of South America. The 12-team tournament will run from June 26 to July 15 in nine cities across Venezuela. Find out more at USSoccer.org.

This is just a quick reminder about the Eurosport/Soccer.com warehouse clearance sale out in Hillsborough tomorrow and Sunday from 9am - 5pm. It's a been a year since they last had one but if this one is as good as last year's, you won't want to miss it. Curious if it's worth your drive for the deals? Here are some examples of products that I bought at the last sale:

• Nike USA Dri-Fit Training Top, List Price: $55, Sale Price: $31 (They even had one to fit my 4 year old!)
  
• Chicago Fire MLS Replica Kit, List Price: $59, Sale Price: $21
  
• Addidas Clima-Cool Training Top, List Price: $60, Sale Price: $31
  
• Addidas Windbreaker, List Price $65, Sale Price: $35
  
• Eurosport Passing Arcs (training accessories), List Price $10, Sale Price: $1
  
• England Water Bottle, List Price $10, Sale Price: $1
  

Hopefully this will give you an idea of the bargains to be had.

Click here for Google Map driving directions to the warehouse.

A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America, is the new book from investigative reporter Paul Cuadros. Cuadros set out to write a book about how immigration to the interior states of the midwest and southest United States was changing the face of America. His investigation took him to Siler City, North Carolina to look into how the food processing industry in central North Carolina was causing a mass of immigration to the small towns of the Piedmont and what impact it was having on the area.

Cuadros found, in Siler City, a town struggling to deal with the immigration whose frustration peaked in a now infamous Ku Klux Klan rally headed by David Duke. Among the backdrop of this tumultous situation, Cuadros found himself championing the creation of a soccer team at Jordan Matthews High School to serve as a focal point for the young hispanic boys of the region to have something to look forward to and entice them to stay in school, rather than dropping out and working in the local chicken plant. After years of struggle, Cuadros suceeded and within three short years, against tremendous odds, Cuadros coached JMHS to the State Championships, where they won the title against Lejeune HS at SAS Soccer Park here in Cary.

With the ACC heading into it's final week, several local teams have pivotal matches upcoming as they jockey for position for the ACC Tournament. Duke looks to seal the deal on their ACC Championship as they head to Clemson on Friday. The night before in Boston, UNC looks for maximum points in hopes of avoiding the extra play-in game in Germantown, MD the following week against cross-town rivals NC State, whose only conference win this season came at the Tar Heels' expense.

On the women's side, UNC has already run away with the conference title but NC State and Duke are still in the mid-table hunt for playoff positions. Duke travels to Miami on Friday while NC State rounds out the season at home on Saturday vs. Virginia.

Many of the final week's game will be broadcast on ACCSelect.com. Here's a complete list of upcoming broadcasts.

Men’s Soccer
Tues., October 24 7 p.m. ET Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
Thurs., October 26 7 p.m. ET North Carolina at Boston College
Fri., October 27 7 p.m. ET Duke at Clemson

Women’s Soccer
Fri., October 27 7 p.m.: ET Wake Forest at North Carolina
Fri., October 27 7 p.m. ET Clemson at Florida State
Fri., October 27 7 p.m. ET Maryland at Boston College
Fri., October 27 7 p.m. ET East Tennessee State at Virginia Tech

In addition, ACC Select will have full coverage of both the men's and women's ACC tournaments (all matches that aren't televised).

This may be a record for TriSoccerFan...3 straight posts about MLS with no regards to Triangle area soccer, but bear with me since there's a lot happening in MLS with the playoffs hitting full stride. Anyone who saw the Chivas USA v. Houston Dynamo match on Sunday has to be revved up for the run to the MLS Cup.

If you're looking to keep close tabs on the playoff scene, you might want to check out the new MLS Radio which will debut today, Tuesday, October 24th, at 2pm EDT on MLSNet. The 60-minute radio show, which will be hosted by FSC on-air personality and BBC reporter Sean Wheelock and Kansas City Wizards & US National Team player Jimmy Conrad, will air weekly until the week of MLS Cup, when it will take place daily from Tuesday November 7 to Sunday November 12 from Frisco, Texas, site of Pizza Hut Park and MLS Cup 2006. The show will feature guest appearances, incoming phone calls, instant messages and e-mails from fans, as well as expert opinions and commentary.

Proving once again that MLSNet "gets it" when it comes to embracing new media to talk to their fanbase (such as pioneering live webcasts of their matches), all shows will also be available on-demand as well as via podcasts.

I got an email from one of the guys who works in the FC Dallas front office who reads the TSF site from time to time (must be a Dax McCarty fan, I guess). Evan Mitz has offered to help any TriSoccerFan readers planning to make the trip to out to Frisco for MLS Cup 2006 arrange priority seating at Pizza Hut Park. Even better, if you buy directly through him in the FC Dallas ticket office, you can save quite a bit of money in avoided TIcketMaster fees.

So if, like me, you're planning a roadtrip to MLS Cup, give Evan a call at 214-587-6326 and drop me a line too so we can meet up before or after the match on Sunday, November 12th.

After a few months of questionably pointless matches followed by two weekends of riveting playoff-race action, Major League Soccer heads into the second season this weekend with four great match-ups. MLSNet has prepared some terrific "series guides" to preview each playoff pairing. Click on the links below to download the guides in pdf format:

• New York Red Bulls v. D.C. United, Sat 2:00 pm, HDNet & DirectKick
  
• Colorado Rapids v. FC Dallas, Sat 9:00 pm, FSC
  
• Chicago Fire v. New England Revolution , Sun 1:00 pm, ABC
  
• Chivas USA v. Houston Dynamo, Sun 4:00 pm, ESPN2
  

The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils (11-2-1, 4-1-1) will bring North Carolina (10-4-2, 2-3-1) to town on Friday night for an ACC showdown. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. under the lights of Koskinen Stadium. It is Senior Night for the Blue Devils, and seniors Kyle Helton, Chris Loftus, Danny Miller, Ryan Pascioni, Chase Perfect, and Scott Siegel will be honored before the game.

“I think it’s going to be one of those games that is absolutely thrilling to play in,” said captain Loftus after practice on Wednesday. “It’s going to be a battle, and we have a target on our back now, so we know they are going to come in here ready to take us down. We’re not going to let that happen.” UNC's Stephen Bickford also sized up the match with his take on the 2006 edition of the Blue Devils: "Duke is a great team that is deep with talent in every position. They are an extremely athletic team, and their size and pace is always a threat."

The News & Observer's Rachel Carter previews the Tobacco Road rivalry, in which Duke holds a slight edge with 39-35-9 record, in today's edition. For those not able to make it to Durham on Friday night, the match will be broadcast live and delayed on-demand on ACC Select.

The Bull's Head Bookshop in Chapel Hill will be hosting a book signing event this week to celebrate the release of Tim Crother's new book: The Man Watching: A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever.

Crother's, a former Sports Illustrated Senior Writer, as well as UNC women's soccer head coach Anson Dorrance will speak at 5pm on Tuesday, October 24th in Hamilton Hall, Room 100. The author, who is a lecturer in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, says in the inside flap of his book, "This is not a book about a soccer coach, but about one fascinating man and the 200 young women he has inspired to believe that anything is possible."

Former Campbell Camel Sonny Guadarrama, who signed a pro contract over the summer with Santos (Mexico), was included in the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team roster for the Busan International Four Nations Tournament, Aug. 29-Sept. 2 in Busan, South Korea. The Cedar Park, Texas native with Mexican heritage,played in all 3 matches and started two, including the USA’s 3-1 victory over Argentina at Busan Asiad Main Stadium, a 2002 World Cup venue.

This week, Sonny was called up by the Mexican U-20 team for two matches vs. Ecuador on Oct. 19 and 21. In 2005, Guadarrama rated second among the nation’s freshmen and ranked 16th nationally in points per game (1.68). He finished 18th in goals per game (0.68) among all Division I players. He was a unanimous choice as Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year and also gained second-team Freshman All-America recognition from College Soccer News after tallying 32 points on 13 goals and six assists in 19 matches.

Based on some nuances of recent FIFA rulings, it appears that Guadarrama will have his choice of whether to represent El Tri or the Yanks as he reaches the senior national team level.

It's been a rough two weeks for the Tar Heels. After drawing 1-1 with the defending national champion Maryland Terrapins in a hard fought affair, UNC fell to Campbell away in a game where the only goal was an own goal. The Tar Heels scoreless streak continued back at Fetzer Field on Friday the 13th as Wake Forest got the better of the Tar Heels by a single goal. Winless now in 4 straight games, the Tar Heels look to rebound on Friday when they travel up Hwy 15/501 to take on ACC-leading Duke.

The RailHawks Underground continues on hiatus until there's more RailHawks news to talk about on a weekly basis. I was all ready to do a new episode this week to interview our new coach Scott Schweitzer, but before I could get back in town from a business trip, Kick This up in Rochester did a wonderful interview with both Schweitzer and Chris Economides.

Since there is little more that I could add to the interview that the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle's Jeff Diveronica and Kick This News Director James Weise didn't already cover, I thought I'd just point you in the direction of this week's episode of Kick This.

The NCAA recently announced the Division I Women’s Soccer 25th Anniversary Team, which recognizes 11 former student-athletes and one coach, for their outstanding achievements while participating in NCAA competition. Not surprisingly, the UNC Tar Heels, who have recorded 18 national titles in those 25 years tied up the majority of the nominations with 6 players and coach Anson Dorrance named among the 12 honorees. Among the former Tar Heels honored are Mia Hamm, April Heinrichs, Kristine Lilly, Cat Reddick, Tisha Venturini, and Carla Overbeck.

We detailed the sad news of the passing of Glenn Mooch Myernick last Monday. Now, the U.S. Soccer Foundation has established the Mooch Myernick Fund per a request from the Myernick family, to honor the life, career and years of distinguished service Glenn “Mooch” Myernick dedicated to the sport of soccer. Proceeds from the Mooch Myernick Fund will be distributed through grants by the Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Soccer Federation, to soccer clubs and organizations in urban areas to help create and sustain soccer opportunities for local underserved children.

>> Click here if you wish to make a contribution to the Mooch Myernick Fund.

With the 4-1 victory over NC State on Sunday, Duke's John Rennie became the winningest coach in ACC history. In his 28 year career at Duke, Rennie has amassed 392 victories, which includes 90 ACC victories. Although Rennie now holds the total win record for ACC coaches, he is still tied with former Clemson coach I.M. Ibrahim for most ACC wins. The Blue Devils can give their gaffer sole possession of that honorary when UNC comes calling on Friday night or in their final ACC test of the year, away to Clemson on October 27th.

“I haven’t even thought about it,” Rennie said after the game about his record-breaking. “I’ve had a lot of great players and a lot of great assistant coaches. And I’ve been here a long time, so that adds up to a lot of wins.” Rennie's 3 decade career at Duke has seen the Blue Devils take the National Championship in 1986, win four ACC titles, and make five appearances in the College Cup (1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, 2004).

Duke took the second of the three "Triangle Derbies" on the men's side of ACC action this afternoon when they beat NC State 1-4 at Method Road. With the victory, Duke moved into sole possession of the first place spot in the ACC with a 4-1-1 record with two games to play. UNC, who fell at home on Friday night to Wake Forest, hope to put a damper on the Blue Devils ACC regular season title plans when the two teams square off next Friday night in Durham.

In other matches around the Triangle this weekend, the Campbell men draw 1-1 with Gardner-Webb while the women Camels beat ETSU 1-0. The Duke women battled to a scoreless draw with Maryland, the Wolfpack women conceded 3 goals without reply at Boston College, and Yael Averbuch's free kick was all the Tar Heels women needed to get past Virginia Tech on Sunday.

Pictures from the NCSU v. Duke derby are available on Flickr.

As we reported back in May, Dmitry Piterman, President of Spanish League club Deportivo Alaves has officially acquired a USL First Division franchise beginning in the 2007 season. Now more details are starting to emerge about their entry into USL-1 next year along with the RailHawks.

The club will be named the California Victory, deriving its nickname from Alaves’ home city of Vitoria, the capital city of the province of Alava in the Basque country of Spain. The club will play out of Kezar Stadium located in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. It is the former home of the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, and the San Francisco Dragons of the Major League Lacrosse. It has a current capacity of 10,000 seats.

But while the USL-1 gains another team in the Victory, it loses one in the Toronto Lynx. It had been unclear what the future held for the Toronto USL-1 franchise as the MLS expansion Toronto FC prepares to begin play in 2007.

After much speculation, Bruno Hartrell, the chief financial officer and part-owner of the Lynx has announced his intention to move the Lynx into the Premier Development League. The Lynx, together with the Toronto Lady Lynx, intend to continue play at Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto’s west end. The Lynx will be the fourth Canadian PDL side, joining the Ottawa Fury, the Thunder Bay Chill and the Abbotsford Rangers. The alignment of the league will be announced at a later date.

As we at TSF speculated back in March, former Rochester Rhinos defender and captain Scott Schweitzer has been tapped to be the first head coach of Carolina RailHawks F.C. Schweitzer, a current Triangle area resident and 2006 assistant coach of the Raleigh Elite PDL squad, is a former NC State alum and a veteran professional player with a 12 year career in both the NPSL indoor league and the USL outdoor leagues.

Schweitzer spent the bulk of his professional career (1998-2003, 2005) with the Rochester Rhinos where he was a fan favorite. "During his time with the Rhinos, Scott was a leader, a warrior, an entertainer, and a winner. I always wondered what he’d be like as a head coach. And given how well Nick DeSantis has done in Montreal, I expect that Schweitzer can get the job done." said James Weise, News Director of Kick This in Rochester.

"The RailHawks are excited to have someone of Scott's caliber as our head coach," said Chris Economides, president and general manager of the Carolina RailHawks. "During my years in Rochester, I saw first-hand that Scott is a leader on the soccer field as a player. I have no doubt that he will be just as successful on the sidelines as a head coach."

Playing in front of its largest home crowd (1481) in the last 17 years, Campbell ran its home record to a perfect 6-0-0 as the Campbell Camels upset the #3 ranked Tar Heels from Chapel Hill. A 75th minute own goal deflected into the Tar Heels net by UNC's Michael Callahan as he defended Jairo Zambrana's corner kick was all the scoring Campbell would need as freshman Bryce Kenny kept a clean sheet in his first career start. The win matches the biggest upset for Campbell since the Camels joined Division I soccer in 1977. Coincidentally, the win over the third ranked Tar Heels matched a simlar upset of the Tar Heels who were also ranked third in the country when they were upset in Buies Creek in 1988.

The entire U.S. Soccer family is mourning the loss of U.S. Men’s National Team assistant coach Glenn “Mooch” Myernick, who passed away on Monday morning after failing to regain consciousness following a heart attack he suffered on Thursday (Oct. 5).

Here is a photo I took of "Mooch" training with the US National Team at SAS Soccer Park in Cary prior to the 2006 World Cup. Grant Wahl pays tribute to Myernick at SI.com today.

Over the last few weeks, the admins over at BigSoccer.com have collected reader submitted questions for MLS Commissioner Don Garber about the current state of and future direction of Major League Soccer. Garber answered the Top 20 questions and there's lots of good info on where MLS's chief executive wants to take MLS over the next few years.

Check out Part 1 and Part 2 over at BigSoccer.com

On a big night of ACC soccer in the Triangle, Duke upset Virginia 2-1 on the strength of goals from Jepson and Germanese while UNC drew 1-1 with Maryland courtesy of a Ben Hunter goal. All four sides were ranked inside the Top 10 in the various collegiate soccer polls ahead of the matches on Friday night.

In Durham, junior Duke defender Tim Jepson scored his first goal of the season on a miscommunication by the Virginia defense. With a restart from thirty-five yards out, senior defender Kyle Helton passed the ball over to Jepson, who struck what appeared to be a pass to Loftus. Goalkeeper Ryan Burke was following Loftus across the net, and thinking Loftus had beaten him to the ball, let it bounce past both players and into the goal. Then, with the game knotted 1-1 in the 57th minute, junior midfielder Michael Videira took a pass from senior forward Chris Loftus and tapped the ball over to Germanese, who hit a left-footed line drive from about twenty yards out in the back right corner of the net.

At the other end of Tobacco Road, the Tar Heels looked likely to avenge last year's 4-1 loss to the Terrapins when Ben Hunter struck inside 7 minutes, but Maryland roared back after halftime to equalize when the Tar Heels failed twice to clear a corner half-way through the second stanza. Although it looked like the Tar Heels would rebound from the goal when Dworsky was fouled inside the penalty area just two minutes later, Chris Seitz saved Ted Odgers' penalty to leave the game in the balance. The Tar Heels final best chance to take 3 points from the match came in extra time when Stephen Bickford went down under a challenge in the area halfway through the first overtime period but referee Chico Grajeda denied the Tar Heels plea for a late penalty.

Video highlights of the UNC v. Maryland match which was shown on Fox Soccer Channel are available below:

The Carolina RailHawks will announce the name of the coach who will lead the team through their inaugural 2007 season at a press conference at SAS Soccer Park on Wednesday, October 11th. Over the course of the summer, various rumors have linked John Harkes (NY Red Bull), Bob Gansler (formerly KC Wizards), and Peter Pinizzotto (Montreal Impact) with the gaffer's job, but it is expected that NC State alum and former Rochester Rhinos defender and captain Scott Schweitzer will be tapped to lead the RailHawks next season. Schweitzer retired from play before the beginning of the 2006 and served as an assistant coach for the Raleigh Elite PDL team this past year. Scott currently resides in the Triangle area.

The Tar Heels travelled to Blacksburg on Friday where they eeked out a 2-1 ACC road victory at altitude against Virginia Tech. UNC responded to an early Hokies goal when Bill Dworsky volleyed in a Ben Hunter free kick in the 23rd minute. The Tar Heels found the winner with 16 minutes to play when Ted Odgers converted from the spot after a penalty drawn by Michael Callahan. As thrilled as the Tar Heels were with a road ACC victory, they were brought back down to earth on Tuesday as they only managed a 3-3 draw against High Point University. After conceding an early goal, Michael Callahan and Zach Loyd gave the Tar Heels a temporary lead, but were forced to rely on a late equalizer from Eddie Ababio after High Point struck for two goals within a minute just past the hour mark. Although the Tar Heels managed 29 shots on goal through 110 minutes, they couldn't overcome the 3 goals allowed.

In today's Daily Tar Heel, Kristin Pratt urges the powers that be in college soccer to figure out a way to not have matches end in a tie. Using the disappointing draw between UNC and High Point this past Tuesday as a springboard for debate, Kristin espouses a couple of reasons why she feels tie games are bad for sport:

And while High Point was far from ranked, the draw that resulted kept the team from accomplishing the one thing it came to do - and at the same time, kept UNC from denying them. So, thanks to the tie, the only upset the fan is left with is that feeling in their stomach, wishing they had a winner. That's what's so irritating about a tie. It defies the purpose of sport.

The whole point of competition is to find out who is better, more talented or more capable at a certain set of skills. Winning is so critical to the athlete and the sports fan because it is recordable proof of having attained that higher quality of play. For a player or a fan, a lost game or match shows the distance a team or player needs to go to best another.

A tie just feels null to me because it doesn't reflect or fully quantify the competition that was in effect. Writers or fans will wax poetic about the joys of a win, and the anguish in a loss. I find it's pretty hard to express anything but disappointment in a tie, when a winner could have been determined some how.

It's an interesting debate and one that comes up often in soccer and other sports that allow draws. I tend to fall on the other side of the debate that says some days, neither team has shown that they are truly the dominant team and a draw is a fair and just result.

I'm sure High Point was hugely disappointed to go home without the win they came so close to pulling off. But imagine their disappointment if they had taken the Tar Heels to the brink only to lose the match on the crap shoot that is penalty kicks. What would that prove? That in an individual skills competition, one goalie got luckier than the other or one player choked when stroking his penalty shot for the top corner? It would say nothing of the valiant effort that High Point put in for 110 minutes.

This topic has come up recently at the international level as well, with FIFA Presient Sepp Blatter suggesting full-match replays or a continuous extra time period with reduced players per side until a goal is score rather than the current penalties approach to breaking ties in a match where a winner is required.

So what do you think? Do draws have a place in soccer (or sports in general)? In matches that do require a winner (like playoff matches or an elimination tournament), what is the fairest way to break a tie in soccer?

Use the comments section to let us know what you think.

United Soccer Leagues announced today the final selections for the Super Y-League’s ODP National Camps to be held at the Cocoa Expo Center in Cocoa, Florida in January and February of 2007. Selections from the 2006 season were made by the Super Y-League National ODP Scouting Staff. The selection process was then finalized by the ODP Staff Coaches, and assembled by the USL office.

“The National ODP Camps have been a significant resource to U.S. National Team Staff Coaches, and provide opportunities for elite players to be identified by some of the top college and university programs in the country,” said USL ODP Coordinator, Vicente Bastidas.

Our two local Super-Y League clubs, CASL Elite and Triangle FC are well represented with close to 70 young men and women from the Triangle being selected or named alternates in the Super-Y ODP program. U.S. National Team Staff will be in attendance at this year's Super Y-League ODP National Camps beginning in January of 2007 in Cocoa, Florida, for further identification of players.

With ACC soccer season approaching the midway point, the eventual title winner is as much anybody's guess as it was at the start of the season. A single win separates the top 6 teams on the men's side after 4 games have been played, with no team keeping a perfect mark in the conference. Perhaps the picture will become a little clearer this coming weekend as the Triangle hosts two key matchups as Maryland visits UNC on Friday night at the same time Virginia squares off against Duke in Durham.

The men's standings through this weekend are:

School	Conference				Overall
	W	L	T	Pts.	W	L	T
Maryland	3	1	0	9	10	1	0
Virginia	3	1	0	9	10	1	0
Clemson	2	1	1	7	8	1	1
Duke	2	1	1	7	7	2	1
North Carolina	2	2	0	6	10	2	0
Boston College	2	2	0	6	6	4	0
NC State	1	3	1	4	3	6	1
Wake Forest	1	2	0	3	9	2	0
Virginia Tech	0	3	1	1	5	4	1

On the women's side, UNC has gotten off to a perfect 4-0 conference start but Wake Forest and Duke remain within three points of the lead. The current women's ACC standings are:

School	Conference				Overall
	W	L	T	Pts.	W	L	T
North Carolina	4	0	0	12	12	1	0
Wake Forest	3	1	0	9	11	2	0
Duke	3	1	0	9	7	4	1
Florida State	2	1	1	7	8	1	1
Virginia	2	1	1	7	7	3	2
Boston College	1	2	0	3	7	4	0
NC State	1	2	0	3	6	3	2
Clemson	1	2	0	3	6	5	0
Miami	1	3	0	3	7	4	0
Virginia Tech	1	3	0	3	5	5	1
Maryland	0	3	0	0	4	6	1

The Vancouver Whitecaps captured their first USL First Division Championship in their 14th season in the league with Head Coach Bob Lilley ending his winless playoff history in Rochester (0-7-0) with a 3-0 victory Saturday night. It was the first win by the visiting team in league history in a single game final in 16 occasions.

>> Read the full story at USLSoccer.com