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Topic Started: Feb 2 2013, 06:42 AM (14 Views)
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MONTREAL -- New Montreal Impact star Marco Di Vaio hopes his first Major League Soccer goal is right around the corner. Michael Crabtree Elite Jersey . "Im still working hard," said Di Vaio, as the struggling Impact prepared for Sunday nights game against the Columbus Crew at Saputo Stadium. "Ive talked a lot but I havent done anything yet. I hope Ill score some goals soon." The Impact have lost their last three games, beginning with Di Vaios MLS debut, a 3-0 loss to Toronto on June 27. Three days later, Montreal was shut out by the same score against D.C. United in Washington. Di Vaio, a former Italian international and Montreals only designated player, was again kept off the scoresheet Wednesday, though the Impact did finally score in a controversial 3-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City. Patrice Bernier opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the season early in the second half before the wheels fell off for the Impact. Referee Sorin Stoica awarded Kansas City a pair of penalty kicks, which were both converted. Impact coach Jesse Marsch, who threw his jacket to the ground in anger at one point, tempered his post-game comments, revealing that he had been fined the previous week for saying a referee showed bias. The first-year coach instead focused on the positive parts of his teams performance. "I was actually very pleased with the first half and the way that we pushed the game against a physical team and everything else," Marsch said. "We did all the things we wanted to, even up to getting the lead, and then obviously things went a little crazy. Marsch said Wednesdays loss provided a learning and bonding experience for his team, adding that his players need to develop a "hard mentality to compete and get through tough moments in games." Newly-acquired Italian star Alessandro Nesta, who the Impact introduced on Friday, has begun practising with the Impact. But the 2006 World Cup-winner is still a couple of weeks away from being match ready. Marsch will also have to do without midfielder Felipe Martins and captain Davy Arnaud on Sunday night. Both will serve one-game suspensions after drawing their fifth yellow cards of the season Wednesday. The Impact will face the Crew for the second time this season. But Marsch said both squads have changed since the Crew won 2-0 in Columbus on March 24. "That game we get a red card and we wind up playing a man down most of the game," he said. "There are I think some things we can draw on from that game but I think both teams have grown a lot since then." The Crew enter Sundays game on the strength of a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake. They sit sixth in the Eastern Conference on 22 points, two spots and four points ahead of the Impact. "Physically, they compete," Marsch said. "They foul guys, they compete on set pieces. 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Mike Campanaro caught four passes for 60 yards and threw a 30-yard touchdown pass, while Josh Harris had a big day on the ground for Wake Forest (4-1, 3-0 ACC), rushing 13 times for 136 yards. Vernon Davis Authentic Jersey . The Mets made the moves before Monday nights game at Pittsburgh. The 32-year-old Rottino was with the Mets for a week earlier this month and went 0 for 4 in three games. He had a 20-game hitting streak this year in the minors.With a week-long training camp behind them the Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators opened the 2013 season in front of an enthusiastic and sold out MTS Centre crowd in Winnipeg Saturday afternoon and, despite the effort being there, rust was evident. The Senators got better as the game went on, outshooting the Jets 37-28 while skating to a 4-1 win. Dustin Byfuglien opened the scoring for the Jets on the power play, taking a Tobias Enstrom pass and beating Craig Anderson with a blast from the line. There was a great pace to the first 12-15 minutes but as the game wore on it appeared fatigue was starting to set in. Both teams struggled with passes which was not a surprise as both coaches expected a bit of a choppy game. Milan Michalek, who led the Senators in goals last year with 35, tied the game in the first, with Chris Neil scoring what turned out the be the winner late in the second. Erik Karlsson and Kyle Turris rounded out the scoring in the third. Karlsson, who led all NHL defencemen in points last season while winning the Norris Trophy, ended with a goal and an assist in a game high 25:35 of ice time. He also led all Senators with 6 shots on goal. Byfuglien played 24:44 for the Jets, second behind Enstrom, while his six shots on goal made him the teams biggest offensive threat. "Buff was good," said Jets coach Claude Noel after the game. "He was rresponsible, and tried to be the difference. Jerry Rice Jersey. He was our best player." As for the sloppy play, Noel added "I didnt expect that but knew that could happen. The goal late in the second was a major goal for them. We didnt get a lot of "A" games." The Jets were guilty of turnovers, three of them leading directly to goals against. The Jets leading scorer last season, Blake Wheeler, felt the Jets urgency level was not high enough. "Not a lot of flow out there," he said. Senators coach Paul MacLean did not like the penalties his team took but was able to find a silver lining. "At the same time our penalty killers did a good job," he said. The Jets next play a Monday afternoon game in Boston (TSN Jets and TSN 1290), followed by a Tuesday night game in Washington (TSN and TSN 1290), before returning home to play Pittsburgh Friday (TSN and TSN 1290). James Wright and Anthony Peluso, newly acquired via the waiver wire, did not dress for Winnipeg, while defenceman Zach Redmond was the other healthy scratch. The Jets are also without Antti Miettinen and Zach Bogosian due to injury. Brian Little looks as though he will again lead the Jets in face-offs, taking 26 and winning 15 against Ottawa. Alexander Burmistrov led the Jets with more than two faceoffs taken in terms of faceoff percentage at 73 percent. ' ' '
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