MLS Week 28[R]

[Cosmos Factory]

10/07

D.C. United 1
New England Revolution 2

Scoring:
DC -- Christian Gomez (Jaime Moreno, Bryan Namoff) 26
NE -- Clint Dempsey (Andy Dorman) 34
NE -- Taylor Twellman (Jay Heaps, Andy Dorman) 47


FC Dallas 2
Los Angeles Galaxy 1

Scoring:
DAL -- Carlos Ruiz (Richard Mulrooney) 30
DAL -- Kenny Cooper (Ronnie O'Brien, Richard Mulrooney) 47
LA -- Landon Donovan (Chris Albright) 71


Kansas City Wizards 2
Chivas USA 1

Scoring:
KC -- Dave van den Bergh (Jose Burciaga Jr.) 50
CHV -- Claudio Suarez (penalty kick) 71
KC -- Jose Burciaga Jr.(penalty kick) 74


Chicago Fire 1
Columbus Crew 4

Scoring:
CHI -- Chris Rolfe (Chris Armas ) 4
CLB -- Eddie Gaven (Jason Garey, Joseph Ngwenya) 26
CLB -- Jason Garey (Joseph Ngwenya, Ned Grabavoy) 48+
CLB -- Ricardo Virtuoso (Eddie Gaven) 77
CLB -- Joseph Ngwenya (unassisted) 82


Real Salt Lake 1
Houston Dynamo 1

Scoring:
HOU -- Paul Dalglish (Ricardo Clark) 20
RSL -- Mehdi Ballouchy (Jeff Cunningham) 60


Colorado Rapids 1
New York Red Bulls 1

Scoring:
COL -- Jacob Peterson (Thiago Martins, Hunter Freeman) 4
NY -- Amado Guevara (unassisted) 60
Discipline:
NY -- Carlos Mendes (caution; Persistent Infringement) 35
NY -- Dema Kovalenko (caution; Game Disrepute) 38
COL -- Hunter Freeman (caution; Game Disrepute) 38
NY -- Jon Conway (caution; Deliberate Handball) 73
NY -- Peter Canero (caution; Tackle from Behind) 79
COL -- Dan Gargan (caution; Reckless Foul) 85
COL -- Mike Petke (caution; Dissent) 94+
COL -- Mike Petke (ejection; Second Caution) 94+

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D.C. United 1
New England Revolution 2

DC has somehow held onto the league's best record, but at one point it
looked as though they'd sweep the individual awards, too (MVP Gomez,
Defender Boswell, and Goalkeeper Perkins). Come to think of it, they
still might.

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FC Dallas 2
Los Angeles Galaxy 1

Carlos Ruiz put one heck of a dagger into his old team yesterday, and
even though he'll never match his 2002 stats, he is having an excellent
year (pks removed from numbers below) ...
2002: 21 goals, 1 assist
2003-05: average 8.3 goals, 3 assists per season
2006: 13 goals, 5 assists

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Kansas City Wizards 2
Chivas USA 1

Brad Guzan leads the league in "monster save" shouts from broadcasters,
but he has split time with Preston Burpo this year, and they've each
saved a mediocre 72% of the shots they've faced. Guzan is a talented
young keeper, but they really ought to tone down the hype.

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Chicago Fire 1
Columbus Crew 4

Duncan Oughton and Jason Garey have gotten healthy and solved the
Crew's two biggest problems (ballwinning and finishing) ... with a lot
of young talent, 2007 could be a big year in Columbus.

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Colorado Rapids 1
New York Red Bulls 1

With this draw, Bruce Arena clinches the second-worst record in MLS
this season.

Worst Coaching Records in MLS, 2006
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*0.64 ppg; Sampson, LA: 7 pts in 11 gm
0.82 ppg; Arena, NY; 9 pts in 11 gm
1.06 ppg; Schmid, Clb; 33 pts in 31 gm
*1.08 ppg; Johnston, NY; 13 pts in 12 gm
*1.11 ppg; Gansler, KC; 20 pts in 18 gm

*fired

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[Jim Goloboy]

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D.C. United 1
New England Revolution 2
DC -- Christian Gomez (Jaime Moreno, Bryan Namoff) 26
NE -- Clint Dempsey (Andy Dorman) 34
NE -- Taylor Twellman (Jay Heaps, Andy Dorman) 47

Rough game for the PA announcer...in the first half when Donnet and
Franchino were given yellow cards, he referred to them as "caution
flags", which is a new one. At halftime they had a "moment of prayer"
for Glenn Myernick, who had a heart attack a few days ago, and the PA
man announced that he had died, before retracting that a few moments
later.

Dempsey looked very good...nice move on the goal and almost scored a
diving header as well. DCU better hope that Eskandarian hasn't used up
his hot streak for the season as this Dyachenko character they've been
playing recently can't score, and neither has Walker.

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DCU better hope that Eskandarian hasn't used up
his hot streak for the season as this Dyachenko character they've been
playing recently can't score, and neither has Walker.

Gotta put the name Adu on this list, too ... when you're a starting
attacker on a top team, you've got to do better than 2 goals and 6
assists. He's missed four times as many shots as Dyachenko and Walker
combined ... and in my book, Freddy needs to be the one who puts Walker
into more good attacking positions.

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