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KANSAS CITY, Kan. Eric Weddle Jersey . -- Paul Mariners tenure as manager of the beleaguered Toronto FC didnt begin under the best of conditions. The team had less than a weeks time to adjust to a new boss and offensive formation before setting down for Saturdays game at Livestrong Sporting Park, where Sporting Kansas City has one of the best home records in MLS this season. All that proved too much for Toronto, which fell 2-0 and suffered its league-high 10th loss of the season. C.J. Sapong and Julio Cesar scored goals for Sporting KC in the first half in front of a packed and boisterous crowd of 20,488. "We worked on a lot of stuff this week," said Mariner, who took over for Aron Winter as Toronto FC manager earlier in the week and immediately shifted the teams offensive formation from a 4-3-3 to a 4-4-2. "I thought the team showed tremendous strength of character in the second half. The second half was excellent." True, Toronto played the equal, or even better, than Sporting KC over the final 45 minutes. But by then, it had already spotted the home team two goals. From the opening kickoff, Sporting KC imposed its will offensively and put the Toronto FC defence on its heels. Keeping especially busy was defender Doneil Henry, who was able to clear away several Sporting crosses into the Toronto penalty area early. It was a clearance Henry missed, however, that ended with Sporting taking a lead it wouldnt relinquish. Sporting KC newcomer Jacob Peterson, who joined the club in the off-season, fired a hard cross from the right side across the penalty area. Henry was waiting, but his attempt at getting a piece of the ball missed, and Sapong buried a shot past goalkeeper Milos Kocic for his fifth goal of the season and a 1-0 lead. Toronto was without a shot until the 30th minute, when midfielder Eric Avila took a high-arching pass from Torsten Frings near midfield, got behind the Sporting defence and keeper Jimmy Nielsen. But Avilas shot toward an open net caromed off the left post straight across the goal mouth and off the right post before being cleared by KC defender Aurelien Collin. Its just been that kind of season thus far for Toronto, 1-10-0 and in last in the Eastern Conference. "Ive hit one post, but never two," Avila said. "Seeing it hit one post, I thought it was in. It was heartbreaking. If it goes in, its 1-1, and who knows what happens." Five minutes later, Torontos fortunes turned even worse when a corner kick from Sportings Graham Zusi found the foot of Cesar at the far post. Kocic had no chance at the save as Cesars bullet shot found the upper-right corner. Toronto had its best scoring chance in the 70th minute when Luis Silva, a second-half sub, threaded a beautiful pass through to a breaking Danny Koevermans, who was looking for a goal for the third straight MLS game. But Nielsen got his left foot on Koevermans shot, knocking the ball harmlessly over the endline. "We came into a tremendous venue against a great team, give up two goals in the first half ... . We couldve put our heads down," Mariner said. "Im very proud of our staff and very proud of the players. If we play like we did that second half, were not going to lose many more games." Philip Rivers Youth Jersey . Spanish winger Jose Callejon led defending champion Madrids attack in the second-leg match, marking his third straight start with the opening and closing goals at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to complete a 7-1 aggregate victory. Antonio Gates Jersey . The 19th-seeded Thornhill, Ont., native, will face a true clay test in the next round when he plays Argentinas Juan Monaco after the 13th seed defeated Czech Lukas Rosol 7-6 (4), 6-0, 7-6 (5). http://www.sandiegochargersjerseyonsale.com/philip-rivers-jerseys . -- Justin Rose keeps preaching par is a good score at PGA National. Eric Weddle Womens Jersey . LOUIS -- The St. Philip Rivers Womens Jersey . Play was halted for four minutes in the seventh inning while the fan received CPR and was carted off on a stretcher. Ambulance sirens could be heard outside the stadium as the fan was carted off, still receiving CPR.TIJUANA, Mexico -- Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., scored 21 points to lead Canada to a decisive 25-17, 25-18, 25-18 quarter-final win over Mexico Wednesday night at the Olympic qualifying tournament in womens volleyball. With the victory, Canada advances to semi finals against the Dominican Republic on Friday. The Dominicans, the tournaments highest ranked team at No. 9 in the world, defeated Canada in four sets on Monday in round-robin play. Canada is ranked 22nd internationally. "We played a disciplined game," said Canadas head coach Arnd Ludwig. "Our defensive tactics gave Mexico a lot of problems. It was a total team effort." Apart from very early in the first set, Canada only trailed once in the entire match against Mexico. That was in the third set when the Mexicans went on a five point run to take a 10-9 lead. The Canadianss responded with a seven-point run of their own with Jaclyn Ellis of Mississauga, Ont.dddddddddddd, serving that put the set and the match out of reach for Mexico, ranked 27th in the world. In the first set, Liz Cordonier of Vancouver put Mexico far back with a six point service run of her own. In the second, Mexico closed the gap to 17-15 at one point but they were kept off balance by the Canadian strategies. "We played steady," Pavan said. "We improved our blocking defence and serving. We felt we had been serving to easy in the prior matches. We put pressure on them the whole game and never really allowed them to get back into it." The other semifinal pits world number-10 Cuba against Puerto Rico. Cuba had a bye to the semi while Puerto Rico hammered Costa Rica in Wednesdays other quarter-final 25-12, 25-12, 25-9. ' ' '
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