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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Both the Vancouver Whitecaps and the expansion Montreal Impact came away happy from their second matches at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic. The Whitecaps earned their second win in as many games as Sebastien Le Touxs goal on a penalty lifted the second-year club to a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo. Recently acquired forward Mike Fucito combined with first overall SuperDraft pick Andrew Wenger on a goal as Montreal played to a 1-1 tie with Sporting Kansas City. The Whitecaps, who beat Montreal 3-0 in the tournament opener on Friday, clinched first place in their group and will play in the final March 3 against the winner of the second group of the eight-team tournament. Fucito scored in his first action with Montreal since he and midfielder Lamar Neagle were acquired from the Seattle Sounders on Feb. 17 for striker Eddie Johnson, who the Impact had claimed through the MLS allocation process. Wenger, who leaves camp Monday to return to his history studies at Duke University, won a battle with Kansas City defender Cyprian Hedrick for a high ball on a counterattack and slipped it to Fucito in the area to redirect into the net in the 37th minute. "It was exciting to break the ice and hopefully theyll keep coming," the stocky forward said of his goal. "I was able to find space and Andrew made a great pass across. That was all him on the goal." The 21-year-old Wenger, who started the game as right midfielder but switched spots with forward Lucas Acosta after 30 minutes, had two more solid chances, including one that forced goalkeeper Jon Kempin to make stretch out a hand to save. Wenger smiled when asked if he was motivated by remarks made by Vancouvers Darren Mattocks, who said after scoring against the Impact in the tournament opener that Montreal made the wrong choice in the SuperDraft. Mattocks was picked second. "One of the guys mentioned it to me, trying to get a response out of me," said Wenger. "I dont know. Good for (Mattocks). He scored a good goal the other night. Best of luck to him." Kansas City had most of the pressure in the game and finally equalized in the 70th when Soony Saad played a ball off his chest and slid one past Evan Bush, who replaced starting keeper Greg Sutton at halftime. Saad was awarded a penalty shot in the 29th minutes after a foul by Hassoun Camara, but Sutton just got a piece of his low drive with a foot to push it off a goalpost. All the teams used mostly reserve players in their second games and Montreal got a good look at rookie Calum Mallace, who was solid at right back, and 19-year-old under-21 team player Karl Ouimette, who played all 90 minutes at left back. "To go on the field in a first MLS game was exciting," said Ouimette, a native of Repentigny, Que. "Especially because I wasnt playing my usual position. Normally I play in the central defence. But once you get on the field, you just try to have a good game, make a good first pass, win your battles and keep working hard." Veteran defender Shavar Thomas wore the captains armband for Montreal, which is trying out a different player each game before coach Jesse Marsch names one to start the season. Kansas City is second in the group with two points and plays Vancouver on Wednesday. Montreal ends round-robin play the same night against Houston. There are no games Monday. Toronto FC, which drew 2-2 with Orlando City in its opener, faces Swedish club FC Hacken on Tuesday night. The Whitecaps are feared on attack, but their defence has yet to allow a goal in Orlando. Le Touxs goal on a 15th minute penalty was all they needed. Forward Long Tan drew two penalties in the first half, but only one produced a goal. Only 15 minutes in, Tang was brought down in the penalty area by Warren Creavalle and Le Toux made no mistake on the shot. Fewer than 15 minutes later, Houston goalkeeper Tyler Deric fouled Tan and this time Le Toux let the forward shoot himself. Tans chance was wasted as he chipped a weak shot straight into Derics arms. It was the third penalty Tan drew in two games in the tournament. Le Toux had taken the shot and scored in the win over Montreal. "He drew all of them," said Le Toux. "He wanted to take the one the last game but I took it because I take them during the games, but it was normal for me to let him because its normal that he would score and not be as crazy as he did today. "Hes still young. He tried it and he missed. He should have done it otherwise, but if he scored, nobody would be talking about it. But we still won the game and now its behind us." Coach Martin Rennie said Tan "moves his feet quickly and sometimes that results in a penalty." But as for the feeble shot, Rennie smiled and said "I dont think hell do that again. Its disappointing, but I think hell get over it." Houstons best chance of the half came in the 24th minute off a brain cramp of goalie Brad Knighton, who picked up a ball played back to him by a teammate. That gave the Dynamo a free kick from just inside the 18-yard area. But Josue Sotos shot hit the wall and newcomer Greg Klasura alertly stepped up to block the rebound. Both teams started mostly backups, but the Dynamo brought many of their first team plays on in the second half. It produced a good chance when Brian Chings header sailed just over the bar in the 80th minute. Otherwise, the Vancouver defence held. "We defended well over the weekend," said coach Martin Rennie. "It was a tough game at the end when we were tired and they made a lot of changes. "But we stayed organized and worked hard. It was a good performance." Whitecaps academy player Caleb Clarke replaced Le Toux in the second half, but played fewer than 10 minutes before he went off with a right shoulder injury. "His shoulder popped out, but its back in now and he should be fine," said Rennie. Of note was a solid game by midfielder Michael Nanchoff, who missed most of last season with a groin injury cheap jerseys us . The fines come as the league and its referees union were meeting amid reports they were close to ending the lockout of the regular officials. Belichick grabbed an officials arm at the end of Sunday nights game after the Ravens kicked a winning field goal. cheap jerseys . Felton consulted with a hand specialist Thursday after flying home from Phoenix and will be in a splint to stabilize the finger, the team said in a statement.Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The IZOD IndyCar Series will re-introduce the overtake assist feature -- the push to pass -- for the remaining five road/street races on the 2012 schedule, beginning this weekend at Toronto. Introduced to IndyCar in 2009, the push to pass allows a driver to add turbocharger boost and additional RPM with the press of a button, located on the steering wheel, to complete a pass. The additional boost is added for a pre-determined amount of time, which is set by IndyCar race officials for each road/street course. It will be 100 seconds for the scheduled 85-lap race on the 1.75-mile, 11-turn Toronto street circuit. Push to pass will be disabled for practice and Saturdays qualifying session but will be re-enabled for Sundays warm-up session and race. "Its going to be very interesting, with that push to pass, how much power are we actually going to get, said Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver Dario Franchitti. "I know the numbers of boost, but how much will it actually translate on track, I think theres going to be quite a big difference. That, combined with the fact that you are now allowed to defend again this year, is going to make for some pretty interesting racing, and I think it will definitely liven things up a little bit." Franchitti is the defending race winner at Toronto. He also won the 2009 IndyCar race there. His victory on this course came in the 1999 Champ Car event. "Ive always loved racing in Toronto," Franchitti said. "I think it started off in 1997 when I was driving for Carl Hogan and had a pretty good start there, getting my first pole position. Ive always enjoyed the track and the challenge of the bumpy surface and the multiple surface changes there."; After finishing 25th at Iowa, Franchitti dropped to eighth in the point standings.dddddddddddd The three-time defending series champion is now 70 points behind leader Will Power from Team Penske. Franchitti claimed the pole at Iowa but blew an engine during the pace laps, which put him out of the race before the green flag waved. Ryan Hunter-Reay from Andretti Autosport is the hottest driver in IndyCar right now. Hunter-Reay scored back-to-back victories at Milwaukee and Iowa. He is just three points behind Power. Prior to Milwaukee, he was sitting seventh in the rankings and trailed the leader by 75 points. "It all comes down to consistency, and thats how championships are won," Hunter-Reay said. "We have to be consistent. We have to go week in and week out and be consistently strong and be within the top-five, for sure, every weekend and certainly the Penske team will and the Ganassi guys and also some wild cards will show up on a lot of these street and road courses. So we have to be good there." Hunter-Reay has finished third in the last two races at Toronto. Power won there in 2010, but last year, he finished 24th after Franchitti made contact and spun him around during the mid-stages of the race. Franchitti was originally assessed a drive-through penalty for the contact, but his team successfully appealed the penalty moments later. Twenty-five teams are on the entry list for the Honda Indy Toronto. Series: IZOD IndyCar. Date: Sunday, July 8. Race: Honda Indy Toronto. Site: Streets of Toronto. Track: 1.75-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit. Start Time: 12:30 p.m. (ET). Laps: 85. Miles: 148.75. 2011 Winner: Dario Franchitti. Television: ABC. Radio: IMS Radio Network/SIRIUS XM Satellite. ' ' '
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