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PANAMA CITY -- If the Canadian mens soccer team was hoping for a good nights sleep Monday, heres hoping the players packed some ear plugs. Wholesale San Francisco 49ers Jerseys . Noisy Panamanian supporters planned to camp outside the Canadians hotel for the second consecutive night Monday to throw off the opposition ahead of Tuesdays important World Cup qualifier. "Well see what happens," said captain Kevin McKenna. "Im sure there were police there so well see." Canada is first in its group halfway through the stage following Fridays 1-0 victory over Panama at Torontos BMO Field. Gaining four points from its remaining three games would allow Canada to advance to the final round for the first time since 1998. Panama is pulling out all the stops to avenge Canadas win. On Sunday night, more than 100 Panamanian supporters stood outside the Canadian hotel banging drums, setting off fireworks and inviting passing motorists to honk their horns. "Ive got three kids at home. Im conditioned," coach Stephen Hart joked when asked how he slept. "Its normal." Sundays antics may have been just the warm-up act as local radio shows and newspapers encouraged fans to show up at the hotel with car stereos blaring. Cars did their best to delay the Canadian teams bus en route to the stadium for training. A capacity crowd of 31,000 fans is expected for Tuesdays game at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in what could be the first truly hostile crowd of Canadas World Cup qualifying run. Previous gatherings in Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Cuba were far from overwhelming. "Were footballers. We have to get used to this and playing in these environments -- especially in CONCACAF," said defender David Edgar. "If we dont thrive on playing in atmospheres like this then why are you playing the game?" The Canadians are looking forward to playing on a decent field for the first time in their recent World Cup qualifying travels. Thus far, Canada has had to play on a refurbished baseball diamond in Puerto Rico, a cricket oval in St. Lucia and a poorly maintained facility in Cuba. The Estadio Rommel Fernandez was renovated in 2009. The weather shouldnt favour Panama either. The temperature at kickoff is expected to be 25 C with isolated thunderstorms, much cooler than the oppressive sun and heat the Canadians faced in Cuba last June. "Its a fantastic pitch. Its wet. Its perfect conditions so far and hopefully it stays like this. Its good conditions all around," Edgar said. "It doesnt necessarily favour anyone, it just stops the dryness and the stickiness on the ball. "Id say these are perfect conditions and hopefully it stays like this." Canada will be without two key players Tuesday. Striker Olivier Occean is injured and did not make trip to Panama. Hart said he may rejig his formation as a result. Midfielder Will Johnson is suspended for Tuesdays game because of yellow card accumulation. Hart expects Panama to be more aggressive at home Tuesday and use the lineup against Canada that played the final 30 minutes of Fridays game. The Canadians host Cuba next month before playing Honduras on the road. A win Tuesday against Panama could put Canada in good shape heading into those two contests. "If you get the result youll be glad for it," Hart said of the game against Panama. "I really hope we put down a good performance and let the players know we can play for the result. "If we win, so be it. If we tie, its sort of in the nature of playing away from home." Wholesale NFL Jerseys . The game did get close, and unlike last Mondays meltdown, this time the Nets handled it. Brook Lopez scored 20 points, Kris Humphries added 14 points and 21 rebounds, and the Nets beat the Orlando Magic 82-74 on Sunday to complete a home-and-home sweep. 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Di Matteo replaced fired manager Andre Villas-Boas for the final 11 weeks of the season on an interim basis, revitalizing a divided team and turning them into FA Cup and European champions.MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Jeff Maggert and John Merrick shot 4-under 66 on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the St. Jude Classic, leaving U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy two strokes back. Maggert took advantage of teeing off in the first group with calm conditions for the first seven holes, and finished with four birdies, an eagle and two bogeys. Merrick matched his best round of the year with six birdies and two bogeys, the last on No. 18 when his tee shot went into the water to drop him back into a tie for the lead. "Had a loose shot there on 18, but you know ... cant hit every shot perfect out there," Merrick said. "So, I was really happy with today." S.Y. Noh, Arjun Atwal, Jeff Overton and J.J. Henry were a stroke back. Matt McQuillan of Kingston, Ont., is five shots back after opening with a 71. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., is another shot back at 72. Calgarys Stephen Ames, who qualified earlier this week for the U.S. Open, shot a 73. McIlroy, preparing for his U.S. Open title defence next week at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, followed at 68 in a group that included Padraig Harrington, Y.E. Yang and John Daly. McIlroy, coming off three straight cuts worldwide, played alongside Harrington and Graeme McDowell in an all-Irish threesome. McIlroy and McDowell are from Northern Ireland, and Harrington from Ireland. The company and extra work on his game had McIlroy pretty happy Thursday despite two bogeys. "I felt like that was about the best round of golf I played in a while. It could have been a lot better. Middle of the fairway, 3-under par have a 9-iron into the green par 5," McIlroy said of an approach shot that hit the water next to the green on No. 3 for his first bogey. "The scoring doesnt look too good. Off to a decent start definitely, 2 under is a decent start. Definitely so. Lot of good signs out there." Golfers are used to playing through wind and muggy heat in Memphis. A front that kept the temperature a very comfortable 82 Thursday brought winds in from the north, and that created challenges most of the day when many expected good scoring conditions at the 7,239-yard TPC Southwind course. "Its gusting a bit, but its definitely from an unusual direction," Harrington said. "And anybody who has played over the past number of years, its playing a different golf course. On 9 there, Im hitting driver off the tee. I normally hit 5-wood off the tee. Theres a lot of holes to have changed like that out there. Some are much tougher, and some are a little easier." Maggert is playing his 16th eventt this year after having shoulder surgery last June and earned his way back on tour at the qualifying tournament. Nike NFL Jerseys. He tied for 13th at the Sony Open and fifth in the Humana Challenge in January but has missed nine cuts. He took a week off after missing the cut at Colonial and came to Memphis, where he won in 2006, even though his mother is recovering from surgery for breast cancer in Houston. He matched his best opening round teeing off on No. 10. He had four birdies on his front nine, including on Nos. 14, 15 and 16 in making the turn at 4 under. He was the only player to reach 6 under, getting there when he eagled the par-5 third after hitting his second from 223 yards to 8 feet. "I got off to a really good start," Maggert said. Maggert bogeyed Nos. 5 and 8 to fall back to 4 under. He wasnt happy with his bogey at No. 8 after his ball on the par 3 stuck in mud in the fairway 48 yards shy of the pin. He called over two rules officials hoping for relief on a course that had dried out fairly well from heavy rains Monday considering the mud hadnt been there in Wednesdays pro-am. "I felt like I was justified, but the powers that be thought that I was not," Maggert said. Merrick tied for 11th here a year ago, and he matched the score he opened with in 2011 despite not getting a chance at a practice round on the course because he was at a U.S. Open qualifier pushed to Tuesday by weather Monday. He birdied three of his first four holes and birdied three of five on the back nine, his last taking advantage of hitting with the wind to get on the green at the par 5 in two before two-putting from 60 feet for birdie. This is just the second time Merrick has had at least a share of the lead after 18 holes. He had a piece of the lead at the 2008 Mayakoba Golf Classic and wound up tied for third. Merrick, whose career best finish was second at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic, said he is looking at the leaderboard but isnt looking ahead. "Im really happy with where I am today," Merrick said. Divots: Maggert is playing in Memphis for the 13th time in his career. This is the 10th time he has held at least a share of the 18-hole lead, the first since 2007 U.S. Bank in Milwaukee where he finished tied for fifth. ... Harrison Frazar, who won his first career title here a year ago, opened defence of his title with an 80. Hes at risk of being only the third defending champ to miss the cut in Memphis since 2000. ... Luke Guthrie, a senior from the University of Illinois, shot a 69 in his tour debut after turning pro Tuesday. ... Garth Mulroy withdrew with a back injury after shooting 42 through nine holes. ' ' '
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