Lisa Oyen resigned Thursday after three-plus seasons in charge of the Arizona Wildcats.
Oyen went 13-46-7 as Arizona's coach. The Wildcats were 6-11-3 this past season after winning just one game in 2011.
"My decision to resign was not an easy one, but I've decided to pursue other opportunities," Oyen said in a news release.
Oyen joined the UA as an assistant coach in 2003, helping the Wildcats reach the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2005. She later took over as co-interim head coach in the middle of 2009 after Dan Tobias resigned. She was named coach after the 2009 season.
Henry 1 of 3 finalists for MLS MVP award
NEW YORK - New York forward Thierry Henry, San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski and Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi are the finalists for Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player award.
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San Jose defender Victor Bernardez, Seattle goalkeeper Michael Gspurning and Columbus forward Federico Higuain - the brother of Real Madrid's Gonzolo Higuain - are the finalists for Newcomer of the Year, the league said Thursday.
Gspurning also is a finalist for Goalkeeper of the Year along with Chivas USA's Dan Kennedy and Sporting KC's Jimmy Nielsen.
The winners will be announced over the next two weeks.
Corner kicks
• Two Zambia players were hurt when the African champion's team bus was stoned by two youths late Wednesday following a friendly win over South Africa in Johannesburg. Goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene needed stitches in his head after the bus windows were shattered by "huge rocks" as the team left Soccer City for its hotel, the Football Association of Zambia said on Thursday. Midfielder Felix Katongo was also injured.
• Theophile Abega, the captain of Cameroon's first African Cup of Nations-winning team and a former African footballer of the year, died. He was 58. The Cameroon Football Federation did not give a cause of death but Cameroon media reported that Abega had died at Yaounde General Hospital of a cardiac arrest.
• Universidad de Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli and former Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino are the favorites for the Chile job after Claudio Borghi was fired after Chile's 3-1 loss to Serbia in a friendly on Wednesday.
• Switzerland's record international goal-scorer, Alex Frei, will retire from playing at the end of the season. The 33-year-old forward scored 42 goals in 84 games for his country.
Includes material from a news release
