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08/20/2010 - Washington, D.C. (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Union earned their first- ever Major League Soccer win over D.C. United, and could produce another first against the struggling four-time champions Sunday afternoon at RFK Stadium.
The Union (4-10-5) have not posted a shutout in their first season in MLS, but have the best chance to date against D.C. United (3-14-3), which has failed to score in 13 of its 20 matches.
D.C., which won the most recent of its MLS titles in 2004, has scored just 13 goals this year, or the same amount as MLS leading scorer Edson Buddle of the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The Union have scored in 16 of their 19 matches, led by Sebastien Le Toux and his team-high nine goals and rookie Danny Mwanga and his seven goals.
Although Philadelphia has also struggled, it sits five points above United in the Eastern Conference. The Union tied Real Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids in their last two matches, but are winless in five straight.
Le Toux scored a hat trick in Philadelphia's 3-2 win over United in April, and assistant coach John Hackworth believes the second meeting is important, even though the teams have the two worst records in the league.
"Certainly D.C. is a big game for us," Hackworth said on the Union's website. "We go on the road against logically one of our biggest rivals. They're struggling and they're going to search every way they can for points."
United is winless in nine straight, including five straight defeats. D.C. has scored just one goal in its last six games, with its other tally coming on an own goal in a 3-1 loss to FC Dallas last week.
D.C. fired Curt Onalfo a few weeks ago, but Ben Olsen has been unable to turn the season around in his limited time in charge. United's only hope is to get off the bottom of the standings, and the Union are probably the only team they can hope to catch.
United has posted two of its three wins at home this season, and the Union are tied with Toronto FC and the New England Revolution for the fewest points on the road all year.
"It's going to be tough, but we played well in our last couple games and feel like we're due for some things to go our way," Hackworth said.
<< Rangers option P Holland, recall Kirkman
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers have optioned pitcher Derek
Holland to Triple-A Oklahoma City and recalled pitcher Michael Kirkman from
the same club.
Holland was brought up earlier in the week to make a start against
<< Chicago squares off with Houston on short rest
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Fire travel to take on Houston for
their second Major League Soccer fixture in three days on Saturday night.
The Fire are coming off a 2-1 win over New England at Toyota park on
Wednesday
<< Marseille set to add Gignac from Toulouse
Marseille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marseille agreed Friday with Toulouse on
the transfer of France striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, who led Ligue 1 in scoring
one season ago.
The 24-year-old Gignac had 24 goals for Toulouse last season, and h
<< Bucks sign Boykins
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Bucks announced Friday they
have signed guard Earl Boykins.
Boykins, 34, spent the 2009-10 season with Washington and averaged 6.6
points and 2.6 assists in 67 games. He previously
Serena withdraws from U.S. Open >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serena Williams has withdrawn from the U.S.
Open because of a right foot injury she sustained last month.
The world No. 1 cut her foot on broken glass in a restaurant in July, an
injury that required
Red Sox put Pedroia back on DL >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox on Friday placed second
baseman Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left foot.
Pedroia was originally put on the DL in late June due to a fracture of the
navicular
Blue Jays activate C Buck >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays activated catcher John
Buck from the 15-day disabled list on Friday.
He had been on the DL since August 4 with a right thumb injury after taking a
foul ball off his right hand in a 5
Schweinsteiger nets stoppage-time winner for Bayern >>
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bastian Schweinsteiger scored in stoppage
time to lift Bayern Munich to a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena on
Friday in the Bundesliga season opener.
Schweinsteiger directed a cross from Franck
It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.
We look at the best off-season signings and if they should influence your NFL betting this season. Julius Peppers – Peppers was the biggest prize available on the 2010 NFL free agent market and the Chicago Bears opened the bank to bring his talents to the south side.
Peppers is explosive, he can get around blockers and cause quarterbacks to lose their minds. We all remember the classic Peppers game last year against the Vikings where he hounded Brett Favre into his worst game of the season. Peppers joining the Bears could be the reason Favre retired for good Tuesday morning. In addition to Peppers, the Bears added Chester Taylor to back up Matt Forte, Forte didn’t have the same intensity in 2009 compared to 2008 and bringing in Taylor will challenge Forte to bring it every game or he’ll risk losing carries to Taylor.
Betting on the Bears is a good option this season because of Julius Peppers and to a lesser extent Taylor. Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens – The Cincinnati Bengals signed two former number one wide receivers to line up with Chad Ocho Cinco. Antonio Bryant had a huge season in 2008 catching 83 passes for over 1200 yards but regressed last season. Playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs last season was a large part of the regression, everyone was bad in TB last season.
Bryant should have a bounce back season if he can win the number two spot from Terrell Owens. If Bryant wins the number 2 WR spot, it will open up a completely new set of problems for the Bengals. If Owens is forced to the bench in favor of Bryant, his attitude will create trouble for Carson Palmer and head coach Marv Lewis. If Owens is the number two receiver, it means Bryant can’t live up to his past numbers and the Bengals are still limited in the passing game. NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. 2010 football betting lines for this can be found at this top online sportsbook. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense.
NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense. They signed away the Arizona Cardinals top linebacker Karlos Danby. In the past two seasons, Danby has totaled 228 tackles, 5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles. The Dolphins are the forgotten team of the AFC East with the second longest odds to win the division but with the addition of Karlos Danby and a trade for WR Brandon Marshall makes the Miami Dolphins legitimate contenders in the AFC East and in the NFL’s Eastern Conference.
The Dolphins will make NFL wagering fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash.
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