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WASHINGTON ?�Three second-half goals propelled D.C. United to an opening-day victory over the visiting Columbus Crew in front of 18,132 fans at RFK Stadium. Debutant Charlie Davies? two goals will get the headlines, but fellow newcomer Josh Wolff got the rout started with his first goal in a United uniform.
The lone Crew goal came from a Robbie Rogers penalty kick late in the second half.
Both sides began the game with five new starters compared to 2010, and the evidence of change was prevalent early on, as midfield and attacking exchanges were a bit out of sync.
In Ben Olsen?s first game as permanent head coach of United, his side was aggressive early and had chances to open the scoring. A scintillating Josh Wolff run found Dax McCarty wide open at the top of the box, but he scuffed his shot wide.
On the other end, Crew midfielder Dejan Rusmir couldn?t convert a set piece chance as United defender Marc Burch cleared off the line a few minutes later.
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Five minutes later, United doubled the lead, when midfielder Chris Pontius was fouled in the box. With US national team fans across the country crossing their fingers, Davies stepped up and slotted his penalty home to Hesmer?s right side.
The Crew weren?t ready to go away, looking the most threatening on set piece opportunities.
D.C. goalie Pat Onstad was called into action in the 69th minute, when new Crew forward Tom Heinemann tested the United ?keeper with a header off a Eddie Gaven free kick.
Davies then added his second, pouncing on a Crew defensive mistake as Chad Marshall slipped while trying to deal with a Marc Burch long ball, Davies was able to round Hesmer and slot home.
Just seconds after Davies? second goal, Columbus scored when Dejan Jakovic handled Robbie Rogers? shot in the box. Rogers struck from the spot, reducing the Crew deficit to two goals.
But it wasn?t enough on a night that clearly belonged to Davies and United head coach Ben Olsen, who earned three points in his first game without the interim tag.
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Scoring Summary:
Misconduct Summary:
Lineups:
Columbus Crew -- William Hesmer, Sebastian Miranda, Julius James, Chad Marshall, Rich Balchan, Dejan Rusmir, Emmanuel Ekpo, Eddie Gaven, Dilly Duka (Robbie Rogers 66), Jeff Cunningham (Tommy Heinemann 60), Andres Mendoza.
Substitutes Not Used: Kevin Burns, Andy Iro, Emilio Renteria, Josh Williams, Andy Gruenebaum.
D.C. United -- Pat Onstad, Jed Zayner (Rodrigo Brasesco 70), Dejan Jakovic, Perry Kitchen, Marc Burch, Andy Najar, Dax McCarty, Clyde Simms, Chris Pontius, Joseph Ngwenya (Charlie Davies 52), Josh Wolff (Santino Quaranta 83).
Substitutes Not Used: Branko Boskovic, Blake Brettschneider, Kurt Morsink, Joe Willis.
Referee: Mark Geiger
Referee's Assistants: Eric Boria; Sean Hurd
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Attendance: 18,132
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: Partly Cloudy and 55 degrees
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Washington, DC
MATCH SUMMARY
D.C. United kicked off the 2011 MLS Reserve League season with a 3-2 win against the Columbus Crew on Sunday, March 20 at the D.C. United Auxiliary Field in Washington, D.C.
The Black-and-Red wasted little time getting on the scoresheet, with defender Rodrigo Brasesco heading home a Brandon Barklage cross in the third minute.�Five minutes later, Columbus pulled level as Bernardo Anor slotted a strike into United's net. The match stayed level at 1-1 until the 39th minute, with rookie striker Blake Brettschneider firing home a close-range effort after Columbus goalkeeper Andy�Gruenebaum failed to clear the ball in his own area.
United Assistant Coach Chad Ashton made two changes heading into the second period of play. Goalkeeper Bill Hamid made his return from offseason shoulder surgery, coming into his first competitive match since last September at halftime. Stephen King replaced Brasesco, as the former Univeristy of Maryand player slotted into central midfield alongside Kurt Morsink.
United began the second half in style as Santino Quaranta crossed to Branko Boskovic, with the Montenegrin midfielder finishing cleanly in front of�Gruenebaum.�Although Cole Grossman got a second Columbus goal in the 63rd minute, United maintained firm control of the contest throughout its duration.�
Said Ashton, "Obviously we're pleased to get a win today. Althought it's a different environment from last night, it's still a good opportunity. We are still trying to accomplish the same things - we need to continue developing good habits and learn how to win games."
Today's Reserve victory marks United's second triumph over Columbus in two days, following the Black-and-Red's 3-1 First Kick win last night at RFK Stadium.�
ACADEMY PLAYERS CONTRIBUTE
One new wrinkle to the revamped MLS Reserve Division is the inclusion of Academy players following an NCAA bylaw allowing MLS Youth players to participate in Reserve contests. The Black-and-Red are known for developing premier products like Hamid and 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year Andy Najar, and Ashton inserted two fresh faces into the senior lineup today.
Academy forward Iyassu Bekele came into the contest in the 70th minute for Quaranta, and nine minutes later midfielder Cody Albrecht replaced Boskovic. Said Ashton of the inclusion of these two young players, "It's awesome. You can see in these guys the excitment at the opportunity to play with the first team. They are really excited to be here, and we are really happy that we had the opportunity to get them in the game."
He continues, "I think in talking to the Academy coaches they have already seen a difference in regards to their trainig sessions, as the kids know that if they are doing a good job they are going to get an opportunity here."
SCORING SUMMARY
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
D.C. UNITED: Willis (Hamid 46'); Korb, White, Brasesco (King 46'), Woolard; Barklage, Morsink (Shanosky 59'), Fred, Boskovic (Albrecht Academy player 79'); Quaranta (Bekele Academy player 70'), Brettschneider
Substitutes not used: none
COLUMBUS CREW: Gruenebaum; Veeder, Williams, Iro, Gardner; Rogers (Grossman 46'), Burns (Gehrig 87'), Griffit, Anor; Meram, Heineman (Adlard 54')
Substitutes not used: Riggs, Sippola, Renteria
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WASHINGTON ? When D.C. United welcome the Columbus Crew in their respective season openers on Saturday night at RFK Stadium, both teams will be looking for fresh starts after they underwent similar makeovers during the offseason.
The Crew arrive in the nation?s capital boasting a host new faces. Veterans like Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Frankie Hejduk and Gino Padula, key figures in the club's 2008 MLS Cup run, are no longer on the team. A number of new draft picks and other additions like Sebastian Miranda are preparing to make their league debuts.
DC, meanwhile, have undergone a similar facelift. Only 14 players currently on the D.C. roster were with the team last year -- 15 if non-rostered midfielder Brandon Barklage is signed. A handful of those returnees were either Academy signings, or missed the 2010 season with injuries.
Unlike United, the Crew have played meaningful competition prior to the first regular season game, going up against Real Salt Lake in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. They lost 4-1 on aggregate, but 180 minutes of serious competition gives the Ohio outfit a head-start in the jelling process.
At the same time, it has also given DC?s coaching staff a chance to do some advance scouting
?The one nice thing is we?ve seen them play,? DC goalkeeper and coach Pat Onstad said. ?I know they?ve had some injuries that are a lot healthier now. Big Chad Marshall?s back, that?ll make a difference for them. Will Hesmer in goal. There are some additions they?ve brought in so it?ll be a little different, but it?s a team in transition and so are we.?
Without players like Schelotto in the starting lineup, the Crew are going to present different challenges than ones DC players have seen in previous encounters.
?It?s a different team altogether,? United midfielder and captain Dax McCarty said of the 2011 edition of Columbus. ?They?re a team in the past that have kind of relied on their veterans to get them through games, a lot of experience and obviously Schelotto was a big part of their team.
"They?ve lost some very important guys but at the same time they?ve replaced them with some younger, a little more athletic and a little more hungry guys.?
That's not a unique phenomenon in the league.
?A lot of MLS teams are in the same position,? midfielder Santino Quaranta said. ?You come into the season optimistic as a team and as a group. It?s positive, in preseason, and you find out who you are in the first couple of games.?
There would be nothing better than an opening day victory to prove to a team that it's headed in the right direction. Both D.C. United and the Crew will hope they can begin to build momentum and confidence in their new squads from the very start.
?I think it?s very important to get off to a good start,? DC defender Daniel Woolard said. ?Anywhere in the league, getting an opening three points is huge.?
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In what may have been his most impressive performance in the Octagon to date, former Ultimate Fighter winner Amir Sadollah put a serious hurting on DaMarques Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night, forcing him to tap out as he rained down vicious elbows on the ground in the second round.Sadollah showed off precision punching in the stand-up, some good takedowns and a killer instinct when he had Johnson in trouble in the second round. It was a great showing for Sadollah, although Sadollah made a point to credit Johnson for taking the fight on short notice.
"I want to say a huge, huge thank you to DeMarques," Sadollah said afterward. "He took this fight on two weeks' notice, which a lot of guys wouldn't have done. I have a lot of respect for him."
Sadollah briefly struggled in the early going: He appeared to slip on the Bud Light logo in the middle of the Octagon while throwing a kick early in the first round, and Johnson got on top of him. Sadollah was able to shake Johnson off and get back to his feet without taking any punishment, but it wasn't long before Johnson caught a Sadollah kick and put him on his back again. Later in the round Johnson would utilize a great throw to put Sadollah on his back, and Sadollah would show off a textbook takedown to put Johnson on his back. That's how the first round went, they'd go to the ground and get back up, and neither fighter had much of an advantage.
But the second round began with a brutal stand-up exchange, with Sadollah landing some hard knees to the body in the clinch and following with several punches, while Johnson could land only a few punches of his own. Sadollah was getting the better of the exchanges, and when the fight went to the ground Sadollah went to town, getting into full mount and raining punches down. When Sadollah switched to elbows and controlled Johnson's wrist so that Johnson couldn't block those elbows, Johnson tapped out to save himself.
Sadollah has had an up-and-down career in the UFC, and he has looked at times like a guy who's getting overly promoted because he was a reality TV star. But you can't argue with the way he fought on Saturday night: Sadollah looked great.
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Washington, DC
MATCH SUMMARY
D.C. United kicked off the 2011 MLS Reserve League season with a 3-2 win against the Columbus Crew on Sunday, March 20 at the D.C. United Auxiliary Field in Washington, D.C.
The Black-and-Red wasted little time getting on the scoresheet, with defender Rodrigo Brasesco heading home a Brandon Barklage cross in the third minute.�Five minutes later, Columbus pulled level as Bernardo Anor slotted a strike into United's net. The match stayed level at 1-1 until the 39th minute, with rookie striker Blake Brettschneider firing home a close-range effort after Columbus goalkeeper Andy�Gruenebaum failed to clear the ball in his own area.
United Assistant Coach Chad Ashton made two changes heading into the second period of play. Goalkeeper Bill Hamid made his return from offseason shoulder surgery, coming into his first competitive match since last September at halftime. Stephen King replaced Brasesco, as the former Univeristy of Maryand player slotted into central midfield alongside Kurt Morsink.
United began the second half in style as Santino Quaranta crossed to Branko Boskovic, with the Montenegrin midfielder finishing cleanly in front of�Gruenebaum.�Although Cole Grossman got a second Columbus goal in the 63rd minute, United maintained firm control of the contest throughout its duration.�
Said Ashton, "Obviously we're pleased to get a win today. Althought it's a different environment from last night, it's still a good opportunity. We are still trying to accomplish the same things - we need to continue developing good habits and learn how to win games."
Today's Reserve victory marks United's second triumph over Columbus in two days, following the Black-and-Red's 3-1 First Kick win last night at RFK Stadium.�
ACADEMY PLAYERS CONTRIBUTE
One new wrinkle to the revamped MLS Reserve Division is the inclusion of Academy players following an NCAA bylaw allowing MLS Youth players to participate in Reserve contests. The Black-and-Red are known for developing premier products like Hamid and 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year Andy Najar, and Ashton inserted two fresh faces into the senior lineup today.
Academy forward Iyassu Bekele came into the contest in the 70th minute for Quaranta, and nine minutes later midfielder Cody Albrecht replaced Boskovic. Said Ashton of the inclusion of these two young players, "It's awesome. You can see in these guys the excitment at the opportunity to play with the first team. They are really excited to be here, and we are really happy that we had the opportunity to get them in the game."
He continues, "I think in talking to the Academy coaches they have already seen a difference in regards to their trainig sessions, as the kids know that if they are doing a good job they are going to get an opportunity here."
SCORING SUMMARY
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
D.C. UNITED: Willis (Hamid 46'); Korb, White, Brasesco (King 46'), Woolard; Barklage, Morsink (Shanosky 59'), Fred, Boskovic (Albrecht Academy player 79'); Quaranta (Bekele Academy player 70'), Brettschneider
Substitutes not used: none
COLUMBUS CREW: Gruenebaum; Veeder, Williams, Iro, Gardner; Rogers (Grossman 46'), Burns (Gehrig 87'), Griffit, Anor; Meram, Heineman (Adlard 54')
Substitutes not used: Riggs, Sippola, Renteria
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Washington, D.C. - D.C. United announced today that the club will collect baby essentials during the month of March to benefit Community Lodgings. Each month during the 2011 Major League Soccer season, D.C. United will collect items at every home game to benefit pre-determined non-profit organizations within the Metropolitan Area.
Founded in 1987 by eight Alexandria churches, Community Lodgings is an independent, non-profit organization that works to lift families from homelessness and instability to independence and self-sufficiency through their Transitional Housing Program and Youth & Adult Education Programs, held at the Fifer Family Learning Center.
A D.C. United Challenge has been established to help encourage and create an opportunity for elementary and middle schools to give back to the community. It provides a competition between D.C. area schools to collect the greatest amount of United Drives items each month. The monthly winners will receive a pizza party with a D.C. United Player to celebrate the schools? achievement. If your institution is interested in taking The Challenge, please contact D.C. United's Community Relations Department.
Additionally, all fans that donate an item will receive a "Buy One, Get One Free" ticket voucher, redeemable for that day?s match or another 2011 regular season home game. The collection bin on game days is located outside RFK Stadium?s Gate A, and is open from two hours prior to the game until 15 minutes after kick-off.
Donations are also accepted in the D.C. United offices on non-game days, located on the fourth floor of Gate A. This season marks the eighth year of the United Drives campaign, which collects much-needed items to help with each beneficiary?s mission.
For more information on United Drives or any of D.C. United?s community initiatives, please call (202) 587-5000.
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NEW YORK ? Major League Soccer is re-launching its Reserve League this year, with games beginning this weekend.
The MLS Reserve League will provide essential developmental opportunities to players and is made possible by the growth of first team rosters from 24 in 2010 to 30 players in 2011.
MLS clubs previously fielded reserve sides from 2005 through 2008, benefiting players such as 2010 Budweiser Golden Boot winner Chris Wondolowski (San Jose), Omar Cummings, Jeff Larentowicz, and Kosuke Kimura of the defending MLS Cup Champion Colorado Rapids, and many others.
The new MLS Reserve League will be split into East, Central, and West divisions with teams facing each divisional opponent twice for a total of 10 games per team. Clubs may schedule additional games for their reserve squads against non-MLS opponents. The games featuring two MLS reserve teams begin March 20 and conclude Oct. 16.
The full MLS Reserve League is below. Media members are encouraged to contact the home club?s PR department prior to attending any MLS Reserve League match.
D.C. United's Reserve League schedule
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In a battle of youth and athleticism against experience and technique, the youngster Phil Davis defeated the legendary Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 24.But it wasn't easy.
Although Davis came into the fight as a heavy favorite and had been proclaimed by some as the man who would some day beat UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Nogueira made life difficult for Davis in the early going, and the fight turned into a 15-minute, back-and-forth battle that was closer than the judges' scorecards -- all of which gave Davis the fight 30-27 -- would suggest.
In the first round Nogueira was particularly effective at shrugging off the takedown attempts from Davis, who was an NCAA champion wrestler at Penn State and is excellent at taking his opponents down and keeping them down. Davis had to be frustrated at the end of the first, even though all three judges gave it to him.
But midway through the second round something clicked for Davis, and he successfully employed a single-leg takedown to get Nogueira to the canvas. From there, Davis controlled the second round with ground and pound. And in the third round Davis again used a single-leg takedown effectively and was able to control Nogueira on the ground.
Davis improved his professional MMA record to 9-0 and showed off some of the athleticism and wrestling technique that makes him a great prospect for the UFC. But he also showed that he can't just waltz into the cage and dominate a legend. Nogueira gave him all he could handle.
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NEW YORK ? Major League Soccer is re-launching its Reserve League this year, with games beginning this weekend.
The MLS Reserve League will provide essential developmental opportunities to players and is made possible by the growth of first team rosters from 24 in 2010 to 30 players in 2011.
MLS clubs previously fielded reserve sides from 2005 through 2008, benefiting players such as 2010 Budweiser Golden Boot winner Chris Wondolowski (San Jose), Omar Cummings, Jeff Larentowicz, and Kosuke Kimura of the defending MLS Cup Champion Colorado Rapids, and many others.
The new MLS Reserve League will be split into East, Central, and West divisions with teams facing each divisional opponent twice for a total of 10 games per team. Clubs may schedule additional games for their reserve squads against non-MLS opponents. The games featuring two MLS reserve teams begin March 20 and conclude Oct. 16.
The full MLS Reserve League is below. Media members are encouraged to contact the home club?s PR department prior to attending any MLS Reserve League match.
D.C. United's Reserve League schedule
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The worst thing a TV announcer can do is lie to the audience. That's true in any sport, but mixed martial arts has a particularly egregious history of announcers hyping up fighters at the expense of the truth: When a promoter wants to make one fighter or another into its next star, there are far too many announcers willing to overstate the fighter's abilities and mislead the viewers into thinking they're watching a better fighter than they are.
So it was refreshing on Friday night to hear the HDNet announcing team of Michael Schiavello and Frank Trigg tell the audience the truth about Bobby Lashley, who was fighting in the main event of a Titan Fighting card: Although the easy thing to do would have been to hype up Lashley as Titan Fighting's biggest star, Schiavello and Trigg instead offered a frank assessment of Lashley and told the audience the truth about who he is: A big, muscular former wrestler whose physique looks impressive but whose MMA skills are limited and whose cardiovascular conditioning is atrocious.
Schiavello and Trigg weren't out to badmouth Lashley. At the start of the fight, when Lashley slammed Ott to the ground, Schiavello shouted, "Bobby Lashley just pulverized him into the canvas like he was a rag doll."
But within a couple minutes, the announcers started noting, accurately, that Lashley hadn't finished the undersized Ott, which a good fighter would have. Midway through the first round, Schiavello said, "It's gone longer than most people thought it would."
And by the end of the first round, Schiavello was praising Ott for withstanding the barrage of punishment that Lashley was dishing out, exclaiming, "John Ott survives!"
Between the first and second rounds, Trigg identified Lashley's biggest problem: He's not in good enough shape to fight for more than five minutes.
"Lashley is exhausted," Trigg said. "He burnt everything he had in the first round."
In the second round, Schiavello added, "Lashley is slowing down -- that's not what you want. ... Lashley has visibly slowed down."
As the second round wore on, Schiavello said that Lashley was "showing himself off to be a one-dimensional fighter." And at the end of the second round, both Schiavello and Trigg pointed out that Lashley wasn't doing anything to shake his reputation as a WWE star who has not yet become a legitimate fighter.
"This does not do Lashley any favors in trying to generally establish himself as a true mixed martial artist and impress his scathing critics," Schiavello said.
"No, not at all," Trigg replied.
As the third round began and Ott started to pepper the exhausted Lashley, the crowd began to cheer loudly for Ott. Schiavello and Trigg joined the crowd in their enthusiasm, and continued to note that Lashley had no steam left.
"Bobby Lashley is breathing through his mouth," Schiavello said. "Bobby Lashley is gassed here."
"Lashley's in a lot of trouble here," Trigg said. "He's exhausted. He's got nothing left."
As the fight came to an end, Schiavello and Trigg praised Ott for lasting 15 minutes with the much bigger Lashley, and didn't praise Lashley for his efforts at all. This exchange was exactly the kind of candid assessment the fans at home deserved:
Trigg: "Lashley didn't prove to us, or to any naysayer, to anybody watching at home, one way or the other that he's a legit heavyweight contender in any shape, fashion or form. He's got a lot more work to do."
Schiavello: "He has not silenced any critics yet."
Trigg: "No, he made them louder. He still isn't that good. He was exhausted after the first round. He still showed that he can't finish a fight unless a guy just stands there and decides to get beaten up."
Schiavello: "And he had no other options but the right hand and the ground and pound."
Trigg: "Basically, what he is is a high-caliber college wrestler who spent some time in WWE, crossed over into fighting without learning anything else."
Schiavello: "Bobby Lashley, look how gassed he is."
In the end, Schiavello summed it up nicely.
"Bobby Lashley back in the winner's circle," Schiavello said. "Not an impressive victory."
But it was an impressive display of the right way to call a fight.
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Washington, D.C.
It's finally here. The 2011 Major League Soccer season is upon us, and after all the roster changes, preseason build-up, and lineup predictions, the Black-and-Red will officially begin the new campaign at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night inside RFK Stadium. As usual, our local media coverage has been insightful and engaging, with Comcast SportsNet's Dave Johnson weighing in on United's prospects for 2011.�
The Examiner's Craig Stouffer takes a look at how all of the new faces in United camp will impact on-field chemistry, and he provides a thorough training report from today's morning session at RFK.�
Paul Tenorio from the Washington Post caught up with captain Dax McCarty and forward Charlie Davies this morning, while Steve Goff takes a look as the emergence of young centerback Perry Kitchen.�
The Washington Times discusses United's new era under Head Coach Ben Olsen, as John Haydon explains that competition is key to reconstructing the Black-and-Red.�
On a lighter note, midfielder Santino Quaranta recently showed FOX 5's Paul Raphel what it takes to train like a professional. Chris Pontius stopped by the set of FOX 5 Morning News today (view clip above), and Dax McCarty chatted with Ivan Carter on Washington Post Live on Wednesday.�
Travis Clark gives us a preview of Saturday's match with Columbus for MLSsoccer.com, and all the way across the nation D.C. gets some love for being the second best soccer market in the country.�
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In what may have been his most impressive performance in the Octagon to date, former Ultimate Fighter winner Amir Sadollah put a serious hurting on DaMarques Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night, forcing him to tap out as he rained down vicious elbows on the ground in the second round.Sadollah showed off precision punching in the stand-up, some good takedowns and a killer instinct when he had Johnson in trouble in the second round. It was a great showing for Sadollah, although Sadollah made a point to credit Johnson for taking the fight on short notice.
"I want to say a huge, huge thank you to DeMarques," Sadollah said afterward. "He took this fight on two weeks' notice, which a lot of guys wouldn't have done. I have a lot of respect for him."
Sadollah briefly struggled in the early going: He appeared to slip on the Bud Light logo in the middle of the Octagon while throwing a kick early in the first round, and Johnson got on top of him. Sadollah was able to shake Johnson off and get back to his feet without taking any punishment, but it wasn't long before Johnson caught a Sadollah kick and put him on his back again. Later in the round Johnson would utilize a great throw to put Sadollah on his back, and Sadollah would show off a textbook takedown to put Johnson on his back. That's how the first round went, they'd go to the ground and get back up, and neither fighter had much of an advantage.
But the second round began with a brutal stand-up exchange, with Sadollah landing some hard knees to the body in the clinch and following with several punches, while Johnson could land only a few punches of his own. Sadollah was getting the better of the exchanges, and when the fight went to the ground Sadollah went to town, getting into full mount and raining punches down. When Sadollah switched to elbows and controlled Johnson's wrist so that Johnson couldn't block those elbows, Johnson tapped out to save himself.
Sadollah has had an up-and-down career in the UFC, and he has looked at times like a guy who's getting overly promoted because he was a reality TV star. But you can't argue with the way he fought on Saturday night: Sadollah looked great.
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WASHINGTON ?�Three second-half goals propelled D.C. United to an opening-day victory over the visiting Columbus Crew in front of 18,132 fans at RFK Stadium. Debutant Charlie Davies? two goals will get the headlines, but fellow newcomer Josh Wolff got the rout started with his first goal in a United uniform.
The lone Crew goal came from a Robbie Rogers penalty kick late in the second half.
Both sides began the game with five new starters compared to 2010, and the evidence of change was prevalent early on, as midfield and attacking exchanges were a bit out of sync.
In Ben Olsen?s first game as permanent head coach of United, his side was aggressive early and had chances to open the scoring. A scintillating Josh Wolff run found Dax McCarty wide open at the top of the box, but he scuffed his shot wide.
On the other end, Crew midfielder Dejan Rusmir couldn?t convert a set piece chance as United defender Marc Burch cleared off the line a few minutes later.
Saturday, March 19, 2011 - RFK Stadium
Five minutes later, United doubled the lead, when midfielder Chris Pontius was fouled in the box. With US national team fans across the country crossing their fingers, Davies stepped up and slotted his penalty home to Hesmer?s right side.
The Crew weren?t ready to go away, looking the most threatening on set piece opportunities.
D.C. goalie Pat Onstad was called into action in the 69th minute, when new Crew forward Tom Heinemann tested the United ?keeper with a header off a Eddie Gaven free kick.
Davies then added his second, pouncing on a Crew defensive mistake as Chad Marshall slipped while trying to deal with a Marc Burch long ball, Davies was able to round Hesmer and slot home.
Just seconds after Davies? second goal, Columbus scored when Dejan Jakovic handled Robbie Rogers? shot in the box. Rogers struck from the spot, reducing the Crew deficit to two goals.
But it wasn?t enough on a night that clearly belonged to Davies and United head coach Ben Olsen, who earned three points in his first game without the interim tag.
RELATED: Debut double strike a "special moment" for Davies
Scoring Summary:
Misconduct Summary:
Lineups:
Columbus Crew -- William Hesmer, Sebastian Miranda, Julius James, Chad Marshall, Rich Balchan, Dejan Rusmir, Emmanuel Ekpo, Eddie Gaven, Dilly Duka (Robbie Rogers 66), Jeff Cunningham (Tommy Heinemann 60), Andres Mendoza.
Substitutes Not Used: Kevin Burns, Andy Iro, Emilio Renteria, Josh Williams, Andy Gruenebaum.
D.C. United -- Pat Onstad, Jed Zayner (Rodrigo Brasesco 70), Dejan Jakovic, Perry Kitchen, Marc Burch, Andy Najar, Dax McCarty, Clyde Simms, Chris Pontius, Joseph Ngwenya (Charlie Davies 52), Josh Wolff (Santino Quaranta 83).
Substitutes Not Used: Branko Boskovic, Blake Brettschneider, Kurt Morsink, Joe Willis.
Referee: Mark Geiger
Referee's Assistants: Eric Boria; Sean Hurd
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Attendance: 18,132
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: Partly Cloudy and 55 degrees
The season kicks off May 7th in Seattle culminating in the Street League championships in New Jersey on August 28th.
Two changes to the 2011 series immediately stand out; the championship prize purse is being raised from $150,000 to $200,000, and unlike last year, the competitors will no longer be allowed to compete in other events like the Dew Tour or the Maloof Money Cup. They will, however, be allowed to compete in the Tampa Pro and the X Games, the two Street League sanctioned events.
The 200k makes Street League the richest first place prize purse in skateboarding history, but will it be enough to get the worlds best skaters to sign an exclusive contract?
A couple of situations will play out if indeed this is the case; the best 24 competition skaters like P Rod, Chaz Ortiz, Nyjah Huston, Greg Lutzka, and Ryan Sheckler will battle it out for the $200k while also making X Games Skate Street a contest worth watching.
The rest of the skateboarding world will get their opportunity to compete for the prize money from the remaining street contests. The Dew Tour could become irrelevant fast unless they figure out a way to make it worth the top remaining skaters time to compete. The Maloof Money Cup is no walk in the park either, there's plenty of money up for grabs which will be sure to bring out skateboardings favorite skaters that don't normally compete in contest.
The most interesting fallout from the new contract rule will be which side the skaters choose. For some the decision is already made, for others it may be more difficult, but no one will have a tougher time deciding than Chris Cole.
Chris has made a great living just by winning the Maloof Money Cups, but also has history with Street League and the X Games.
One things for sure, the Maloofs will attempt to help influence his decision one war or another, and Street League threw the first punch by launching their new announcement with a shot of Cole from last year.
In any of these situation the winner will be the fans, so lets sit back and see how this all plays out.
Stop 1: May 7 - 8th Key Arena, Seattle WA (Sunday Finals 4-6pm EST on ESPN)
Stop 2: June 11-12th Sprint Center, Kansas City MO (Sunday Finals 4-6pm EST on ESPN2)
Stop 3: July 16- 17th Jobing.com Arena, Glendale AZ (Sunday Finals 5-7pm EST on ESPN2)
Championship: August 28th Prudential Center, Newark NJ (5-7pm EST on ESPN2)
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As the arrival of spring looms, the schedule of the USSF Development Academy ramps up into overdrive. This weekend is going to be the busiest 2011 has seen so far, with 64 games are on the schedule.
Six of those teams heading into action are MLS Academies, and all but one faces the prospect of playing games on both days of the weekend.
Starting out west, Real Salt Lake stay at home, welcoming the Santa Cruz Breakers and De Anza Force.
San Jose also remain at home, playing first against Real So Cal, then hosting the Cosmos Academy West. The Quakes won?t be the only MLS Academy side to play against a Cosmos side, as D.C. United Academy lines up against Cosmos East on Saturday, before wrapping up the weekend against visiting Met Oval.
Also getting to play the role of host this weekend is the Revolution Academy. Making the trip up north to go up against New England is Potomac Academy and Baltimore Bays Chelsea.
Two MLS Academies will get to spend some time on the road, but it won?t be too far from home. The New York Red Bulls U-16s and U-18s matchup against Match Fit Chelsea and NJSA 04, while the youth derby of Ohio takes place on Saturday, when the Cleveland-based club Internationals hosts the Crew Academy.
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For the second straight week, a UFC fighter got a spot on NBC's late-night schedule, and for the second straight week it was a good PR moment for the UFC, which got to show off an engaging, likable fighter to an audience consisting largely of people who don't buy UFC pay-per-views.Words like "engaging" and "likable" haven't often been used to describe Brock Lesnar, but that's how he came across on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, where he talked up The Ultimate Fighter and his June fight with Junior dos Santos. Then Lesnar gave Fallon a one-on-one MMA lesson.
Fallon asked Lesnar, "Could you teach me a move?" Lesnar obliged.
"In the fight world, a basic advantage you can get on your opponent is to take your opponent's back," Lesnar said. "So I'll teach you a version of the rear-naked choke."
Fallon seemed to find the term "rear-naked choke" funny, and Lesnar didn't have much time to really demonstrate anything, but Lesnar did show that he's a natural entertainer, and he read the promo for the next act effortlessly while clutching Fallon's neck.
Overall, the appearance wasn't quite as big a deal for the UFC as Jon Jones on The Tonight Show, but it was still a good piece of promotion for the UFC.
Jonathan Mehring's article "Darkside of the Moon" from our April/May issue featuring iPath skaters Fred Gall, Jack Sabback, Aaron "Jaws" Homoki, Ryan Lay, Ben Raybourne, Ryan Reyes, Jon Goemann and Kenny Reed skating Utah slickrock.
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In what may have been his most impressive performance in the Octagon to date, former Ultimate Fighter winner Amir Sadollah put a serious hurting on DaMarques Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night, forcing him to tap out as he rained down vicious elbows on the ground in the second round.Sadollah showed off precision punching in the stand-up, some good takedowns and a killer instinct when he had Johnson in trouble in the second round. It was a great showing for Sadollah, although Sadollah made a point to credit Johnson for taking the fight on short notice.
"I want to say a huge, huge thank you to DeMarques," Sadollah said afterward. "He took this fight on two weeks' notice, which a lot of guys wouldn't have done. I have a lot of respect for him."
Sadollah briefly struggled in the early going: He appeared to slip on the Bud Light logo in the middle of the Octagon while throwing a kick early in the first round, and Johnson got on top of him. Sadollah was able to shake Johnson off and get back to his feet without taking any punishment, but it wasn't long before Johnson caught a Sadollah kick and put him on his back again. Later in the round Johnson would utilize a great throw to put Sadollah on his back, and Sadollah would show off a textbook takedown to put Johnson on his back. That's how the first round went, they'd go to the ground and get back up, and neither fighter had much of an advantage.
But the second round began with a brutal stand-up exchange, with Sadollah landing some hard knees to the body in the clinch and following with several punches, while Johnson could land only a few punches of his own. Sadollah was getting the better of the exchanges, and when the fight went to the ground Sadollah went to town, getting into full mount and raining punches down. When Sadollah switched to elbows and controlled Johnson's wrist so that Johnson couldn't block those elbows, Johnson tapped out to save himself.
Sadollah has had an up-and-down career in the UFC, and he has looked at times like a guy who's getting overly promoted because he was a reality TV star. But you can't argue with the way he fought on Saturday night: Sadollah looked great.
Washington, D.C. - D.C. United announced today that the club will partner with the American Red Cross to aid the Japan relief efforts, beginning this weekend with United?s First Kick contest with Columbus on March 19 at RFK Stadium. To raise funds for the victims of Japan?s devastating earthquake and tsunami, volunteers from the American Red Cross will be collecting donations at RFK?s Main Gate and Gate A prior to Saturday?s 7:30 p.m. kickoff with the Crew.
?Historic disasters such as this affect the entire world and can set a country back for many years,? said Community Relations Director, Aprile Pritchet. ?D.C. United is proud to support the relief efforts in response to the heartbreaking earthquakes and tsunami in Japan.?
Aside from the millions that have been impacted by the devastation in Japan, recent events have hit close to home for the Black-and-Red. D.C. United Executive Chairman, Will Chang, grew up in Kobe, Japan, and he encourages United fans to do their part.
?I still have many friends and relatives living in Japan, it is heartbreaking to see what happened,? said Chang. ?My thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has been affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami.?
The Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross of the National Capital Region, Linda Mathes, will be the Ceremonial Kicker for Saturday?s home opener against Columbus. We encourage fans to make a donation at the stadium or online at www.dcunited.com/japan, where contributions will be collected through July.
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The UFC made nine fights available to fans live on Saturday night, with five streaming on Facebook and four on Spike TV. And if nine UFC fights wasn't enough for you (and really, is any amount of MMA ever enough?) now there's a 10th fight available live and free at UFC.tv.The preliminary bout between Nik Lentz and Waylon Lowe, which wasn't part of either the Facebook or Spike broadcast, is available in full online, and it's worth watching for a number of reasons: Lentz won again and won the way he wanted to win, Lowe got a stern talking-to afterward from one of the UFC's major decision-makers, and a mistake at the end of the first round showed once again that too many state athletic commissions lack competent employees.
Allow me to go into a little more detail.
1. Lentz was unapologetic in victory, as he should be.
Although Lentz is 5-0-1 in his UFC career, he's been the subject of a great deal of criticism from fans who find his style boring. The victory over Lowe, however, wasn't boring at all: It was a back and forth battle that got more active as it went on and concluded with Lentz making Lowe tap to a guillotine choke, the first time Lentz has finished an opponent in the UFC.
After the fight, UFC announcer Joe Rogan asked Lentz if he had fought more aggressively as a response to that criticism, but Lentz said he just fights to win.
"I always try to fight fights how you're supposed to win them," Lentz said. "When you fight strikers, you out-grapple them."
That's the right answer: Lentz hasn't always been in the most exciting of fights, but he fights like a winner. And if the strikers he has fought don't like the fact that he out-wrestles them, that's their problem, not his.
2. Joe Silva gave Lowe some tough love.
Silva, the UFC's matchmaker, lectured Lowe in the Octagon immediately afterward, telling him he should have been more active when he had a dominant position over Lentz in the first round.
"You took him down and just laid on him," Silva said. "You didn't do anything on the ground. You just laid on him."
Although Lowe entered Saturday on a two-fight winning streak, he can't feel good about his future with the UFC. He didn't just lose, he lost in a fashion that wasn't pleasing to the UFC's brass.
3. The first round was marred by a timekeeper error.
This is the big one.
Ben Fowlkes described the end of the first round in his live blog: "A weak sound that may or may not be the airhorn signaling the end of the round is temporarily ignored. Eventually the ref figures it out and round one is in the books."
That pretty well sums it up, and it was disgraceful. When the first round was over, the timekeeper just tapped on the airhorn to make a faint sound that the fighters and the referee didn't seem to hear.
Rogan, sitting just feet from the airhorn at cageside, said, "I think that was the bell."
After about seven seconds of additional fighting someone yelled, "The bell rang," and the referee stepped in to separate the fighters. The referee then yelled to the timekeeper, "You need to stay on that horn." At that point the horn sounded again, more loudly than before, and the referee said, "Thank you."
"That was the weakest horn ever," Rogan said.
Although those extra seven seconds weren't pivotal to the fight, they did include Lowe drilling Lentz with a hard right elbow to the head. If that elbow had badly hurt Lentz, we'd have a huge controversy on our hands.
This isn't the first time we've seen something like this happen in the UFC: At UFC 123, the first round of the Maiquel Falcao-Gerald Harris fight ended seven seconds early, likely costing Falcao a first-round submission victory. The state athletic commissions need to do a better job of getting competent timekeepers who won't make such mistakes. And the UFC needs to tell the athletic commissions that if they can't run a fight competently, their states won't get UFC events and the revenue that comes with those events.
When three NCAA basketball referees ended this month's St. John's-Rutgers Big East tournament game when there should have been 1.7 seconds left on the clock, they were removed from the rest of the tournament. Officials who make timekeeping mistakes in MMA should also be dealt with harshly. This is a serious mistake, and there should be consequences.
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Although this fight wasn't quite the memorable battle that their first fight was, it was entertaining. And the result was more satisfying: In their last bout, Garcia won a highly questionable split decision. But this time around Jung took it out of the judges' hands, using a nifty twister submission on Garcia to secure the submission victory.
It was the first twister submission in UFC history.
In the second round they got a little more creative with their striking, as both Garcia and Jung attempted flying knees in addition to the punches and kicks they had thrown in the first. With a minute to go Jung knocked Garcia down and got on top of him on the ground, and then he went to work. Jung got Garcia's back, controlled Garcia's left leg and twisted him to the right, and the pain was too much for Garcia, who tapped after 4 minutes, 59 seconds of the second round.
Jung said afterward that he felt vindicated after his disappointing loss to Garcia last year, and that he had always wanted to win a fight with a twister. It was a great showing for Jung, and a great way to start the Fight Night on Spike TV.
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MATCH SUMMARY
D.C. United kicked off the 2011 MLS Reserve League season with a 3-2 win against the Columbus Crew on Sunday, March 20 at the D.C. United Auxiliary Field in Washington, D.C.
The Black-and-Red wasted little time getting on the scoresheet, with defender Rodrigo Brasesco heading home a Brandon Barklage cross in the third minute.�Five minutes later, Columbus pulled level as Bernardo Anor slotted a strike into United's net. The match stayed level at 1-1 until the 39th minute, with rookie striker Blake Brettschneider firing home a close-range effort after Columbus goalkeeper Andy�Gruenebaum failed to clear the ball in his own area.
United Assistant Coach Chad Ashton made two changes heading into the second period of play. Goalkeeper Bill Hamid made his return from offseason shoulder surgery, coming into his first competitive match since last September at halftime. Stephen King replaced Brasesco, as the former Univeristy of Maryand player slotted into central midfield alongside Kurt Morsink.
United began the second half in style as Santino Quaranta crossed to Branko Boskovic, with the Montenegrin midfielder finishing cleanly in front of�Gruenebaum.�Although Cole Grossman got a second Columbus goal in the 63rd minute, United maintained firm control of the contest throughout its duration.�
Said Ashton, "Obviously we're pleased to get a win today. Althought it's a different environment from last night, it's still a good opportunity. We are still trying to accomplish the same things - we need to continue developing good habits and learn how to win games."
Today's Reserve victory marks United's second triumph over Columbus in two days, following the Black-and-Red's 3-1 First Kick win last night at RFK Stadium.�
ACADEMY PLAYERS CONTRIBUTE
One new wrinkle to the revamped MLS Reserve Division is the inclusion of Academy players following an NCAA bylaw allowing MLS Youth players to participate in Reserve contests. The Black-and-Red are known for developing premier products like Hamid and 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year Andy Najar, and Ashton inserted two fresh faces into the senior lineup today.
Academy forward Iyassu Bekele came into the contest in the 70th minute for Quaranta, and nine minutes later midfielder Cody Albrecht replaced Boskovic. Said Ashton of the inclusion of these two young players, "It's awesome. You can see in these guys the excitment at the opportunity to play with the first team. They are really excited to be here, and we are really happy that we had the opportunity to get them in the game."
He continues, "I think in talking to the Academy coaches they have already seen a difference in regards to their trainig sessions, as the kids know that if they are doing a good job they are going to get an opportunity here."
SCORING SUMMARY
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
D.C. UNITED: Willis (Hamid 46'); Korb, White, Brasesco (King 46'), Woolard; Barklage, Morsink (Shanosky 59'), Fred, Boskovic (Albrecht Academy player 79'); Quaranta (Bekele Academy player 70'), Brettschneider
Substitutes not used: none
COLUMBUS CREW: Gruenebaum; Veeder, Williams, Iro, Gardner; Rogers (Grossman 46'), Burns (Gehrig 87'), Griffit, Anor; Meram, Heineman (Adlard 54')
Substitutes not used: Riggs, Sippola, Renteria
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The worst thing a TV announcer can do is lie to the audience. That's true in any sport, but mixed martial arts has a particularly egregious history of announcers hyping up fighters at the expense of the truth: When a promoter wants to make one fighter or another into its next star, there are far too many announcers willing to overstate the fighter's abilities and mislead the viewers into thinking they're watching a better fighter than they are.
So it was refreshing on Friday night to hear the HDNet announcing team of Michael Schiavello and Frank Trigg tell the audience the truth about Bobby Lashley, who was fighting in the main event of a Titan Fighting card: Although the easy thing to do would have been to hype up Lashley as Titan Fighting's biggest star, Schiavello and Trigg instead offered a frank assessment of Lashley and told the audience the truth about who he is: A big, muscular former wrestler whose physique looks impressive but whose MMA skills are limited and whose cardiovascular conditioning is atrocious.
Schiavello and Trigg weren't out to badmouth Lashley. At the start of the fight, when Lashley slammed Ott to the ground, Schiavello shouted, "Bobby Lashley just pulverized him into the canvas like he was a rag doll."
But within a couple minutes, the announcers started noting, accurately, that Lashley hadn't finished the undersized Ott, which a good fighter would have. Midway through the first round, Schiavello said, "It's gone longer than most people thought it would."
And by the end of the first round, Schiavello was praising Ott for withstanding the barrage of punishment that Lashley was dishing out, exclaiming, "John Ott survives!"
Between the first and second rounds, Trigg identified Lashley's biggest problem: He's not in good enough shape to fight for more than five minutes.
"Lashley is exhausted," Trigg said. "He burnt everything he had in the first round."
In the second round, Schiavello added, "Lashley is slowing down -- that's not what you want. ... Lashley has visibly slowed down."
As the second round wore on, Schiavello said that Lashley was "showing himself off to be a one-dimensional fighter." And at the end of the second round, both Schiavello and Trigg pointed out that Lashley wasn't doing anything to shake his reputation as a WWE star who has not yet become a legitimate fighter.
"This does not do Lashley any favors in trying to generally establish himself as a true mixed martial artist and impress his scathing critics," Schiavello said.
"No, not at all," Trigg replied.
As the third round began and Ott started to pepper the exhausted Lashley, the crowd began to cheer loudly for Ott. Schiavello and Trigg joined the crowd in their enthusiasm, and continued to note that Lashley had no steam left.
"Bobby Lashley is breathing through his mouth," Schiavello said. "Bobby Lashley is gassed here."
"Lashley's in a lot of trouble here," Trigg said. "He's exhausted. He's got nothing left."
As the fight came to an end, Schiavello and Trigg praised Ott for lasting 15 minutes with the much bigger Lashley, and didn't praise Lashley for his efforts at all. This exchange was exactly the kind of candid assessment the fans at home deserved:
Trigg: "Lashley didn't prove to us, or to any naysayer, to anybody watching at home, one way or the other that he's a legit heavyweight contender in any shape, fashion or form. He's got a lot more work to do."
Schiavello: "He has not silenced any critics yet."
Trigg: "No, he made them louder. He still isn't that good. He was exhausted after the first round. He still showed that he can't finish a fight unless a guy just stands there and decides to get beaten up."
Schiavello: "And he had no other options but the right hand and the ground and pound."
Trigg: "Basically, what he is is a high-caliber college wrestler who spent some time in WWE, crossed over into fighting without learning anything else."
Schiavello: "Bobby Lashley, look how gassed he is."
In the end, Schiavello summed it up nicely.
"Bobby Lashley back in the winner's circle," Schiavello said. "Not an impressive victory."
But it was an impressive display of the right way to call a fight.
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The card was an important one for M-1, marking the first time the promotion got on premium cable without needing to put Fedor Emelianenko on the card and co-promote with Strikeforce, and for the most part the fights delivered: This wasn't the kind of high-quality MMA fans get with major UFC and Strikeforce shows, but the bouts were generally entertaining.
Vinny Magalhaes, known for making it to the final of Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter, was by far the best-known fighter on the card. Magalhaes completely outclassed Jake Doerr, taking Doerr's back on the ground easily, sinking in a body triangle and landing punches until the referee stopped the fight, handing Magalhaes a first-round TKO victory.
In the night's main event, Jose Figueroa turned Artiom Damkovsky's face into a bloody mess and won a second-round TKO for the M-1 lightweight title. Although Damkovsky's corner thought it was a quick stoppage, Figueroa completely dominated Damkovsky, who just had no answer for his ground and pound.
In the co-main event, Magomed Sultanakhmedov beat Tyson Jeffries to win the M-1 middleweight title. Sultanakhmedov delivered a series of brutal knees to Jeffries against the ropes, and when a knee finally dropped Jeffries, the referee stepped in to stop the fight, giving Sultanakhmedov the TKO victory in the second round.
A good-looking prospect named Alexander Sarnavskiy improved to 13-0 in his MMA career, beating Beau Baker with a second-round rear-naked choke. And in the night's only fight that didn't really deliver, Jason Norwood used his superior wrestling to stay on top of Mojo Horne for three rounds and win a unanimous decision, 30-27 on all three judges' cards.
