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Revs Fight to Earn Point

2008-05-31T23:27:00.002-05:00

D.C. United was up 1 goal at halftime and it looked they had the game well in had. Coming back out after the break D.C. United went up 2 goals to null.

Yet the Revs responded six minutes later to halve the deficit. Mauricio Castro's cross from the left wasn't dealt with by Fred. The ball deflected to Dube, who slid a pass into Cristman and watched as the substitute slid home past Wells.

After that the Revs the final goal of the game to tie it up in the 72nd minute. This goal came from Dube from a Ralston free kick.

D.C. United (3-7-1) vs. New England Revolution (6-3-2)

May 29, 2008 -- Gillette Stadium

Scoring Summary:

DC -- Luciano Emilio 3 (unassisted) 15

DC -- Fred 1 (unassisted) 53

NE -- Adam Cristman 2 (Kheli Dube 1) 59

NE -- Kheli Dube 3 (Steve Ralston 3, Jeff Larentowicz 2) 72

Sounders Sign With XBOX

2008-05-28T21:49:00.000-05:00

The Seattle Sounders FC announced a multi-year sponsorship with XBOX 360. During this meeting they revealed the jersey for the new club in 2008. The President of Microsoft explains how he has never done anything like this, but when he saw the Sounders in his home state he jumped the chance to team up with the world's most popular sport.

The team has popularity as 200 noisy fans showed up to the press conference. This team has also been looking at more than 16,200 season ticket deposits.

The Sounders have been searching all around the world,Countries such as Argentina, Holland, England, and Ghana, for new talent to help their FC succeed in the upcoming season. .

It looks as though Xbox 360 is the perfect sponsor for the team.

Terry Sends USA Home with a Loss

2008-05-28T20:46:00.000-05:00

The United States fell to a very determined England. John Terry was the caption despite his PK miss in the Champions League that costed Chelsea the loss for the UEFA Champions League . He and fellow teammate Steven Gerrard had the two goals for the England. This was the first loss for the U.S. in 2008, with this loss it broke a five-game undefeated streak. This was also the USA's first loss in four away matches which broke the streak of three consecutive away victories.

The U.S. was without their all time leading scorer, Landon Donovan, who was out due to a strained groin. He was one cap away from reaching 100 appearances, and without him the U.S. struggled to create dangerous chances against the defensive line of England. The United States back line did a very good job up until David Beckham put a free kick to the head of John Terry in the 38th minute to prevail England 1-0 lead. Terry headed it past what looked to be a slow reacting Howard. Beckham had many free kick to provide dangerous attacks against the U.S. defense. A few sparks of life came about for the USA a few minutes after the English goal as Eddie Johnson chipped a ball up to Micheal Bradley, but it was just shy of his head.

At half time the USA made two changes. The first was Brad Guzan for Tim Howard and replacing Steve Cherundolo with Frankie Hejduk. Right after half time the U.S. had its best chance yet as Pearce ran up the left flank, he than crossed it to Johnson for a one time volley that just missed the left side goal.

Defoe came right back and hit a hard shot, but Guzan made a great save to keep the USA's hopes alive. In the 59Th minute the dreams of a victory for the U.S. were shattered, as Steven Gerrard had a break away and slipped it right past Guzin for England's second goal.

A few chances came to the United States, but they were unable to put one in the back of the net. England knew they had the game well in hand, and kept the United States fighting till the end of the match.

Scoring:
ENG – John Terry (David Beckham) 38Th minute.
ENG – Steven Gerrard (Gareth Barry) 59.
Stats Summary
USA / ENG
Shots 9 / 16
Saves 3 / 2
Corner Kicks 5 / 4
Fouls 21 / 23
Offside 3 / 4

The Kicks Player of the Game: Brad Guzan(GK)
He surprised us the second half when he came in for Tim Howard and made great saves to keep the score only 2-0.

The Kicks MLS Game of the Week

2008-05-28T15:32:00.000-05:00

A clip of last years D.C. United vs New England game. D.C. won 4-2

D.C. United(3-7-0) Vs New England Revolution(6-3-1) on May 29Th 7:30 PM ET ESPN 2

This is one of the biggest rivalries known to the MLS. D.C United appears to be the underdogs in this upcoming match as they are dead last in the Eastern Standings, where as New England is on top in a three way tie with Chicago Fire, and Columbus Crew for 1st place.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (47 meetings): Revolution 17 wins (3 shootout), 58 goals ... United 24 wins (4 shootout), 72 goals ... Ties 6

US VS ENGLAND PREVIEW

2008-05-28T00:29:00.000-05:00

The United States being ranked 21st in the world are battling against the 11th ranked team on Wednesday 28, 2008 at 1:50pm. This is the first of three games between the top 11 teams in the world. The United States has played England eight times over the course of history and they have only won two of the eight. Although the United States has been out scored 7-33, the US is looking stronger than ever. With Tim Howard in goal, the United States is looking to keep a undefeated record for 2008. GO UNITED STATES!!!

The Kicks Player Of the Week

2008-05-26T16:02:00.000-05:00

Freddy Adu started his career as the youngest player to come into the MLS. He started playing for D.C. United and after 3 years and 11 goals, he was traded to Real Salt lake. There he played 11 games scoring 2 goals. Recently, he was traded to Benfica, a Portugal based team, hes played with them 11 times and scored 3 goals. He also plays on the U-23 Olympic National Team as they hope to take the gold this summer in China.

MLS game of the week Review

2008-05-26T00:12:00.000-05:00

5-1 win at Giants Stadium puts Fire in three-way tie for top of East.

The Chicago Fire's(6-2-1) fight to remain on top continues as they defeated the New York Red Bulls(3-2-3) five goals to one. Chad Barrett, Chicago's striker, scored two goals to put Chicago in the lead. Blanco scored a Penalty kick six minutes into the second half to put the Fire up to three. Segares and Rolff both scoring one goal also helped the Fire achieve victory. Jozy Altidore scored a late goal for New York, but it was to late for the battling Red Bulls to come back.

Scoring Summary:
CHI -- Chad Barrett 3 (Cuauhtemoc Blanco 3) 8
CHI -- Chris Rolfe 2 (Cuauhtemoc Blanco 4, Bakary Soumare 1) 48
CHI -- Cuauhtemoc Blanco 4 (penalty kick) 55
CHI -- Chad Barrett 4 (Justin Mapp 3, Cuauhtemoc Blanco 5) 60
CHI -- Gonzalo Segares 1 (unassisted) 62
NY -- Jozy Altidore 3 (Hunter Freeman 1) 74

New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire
total shots: 10 (Juan Pablo Angel 3) 13 (Chad Barrett 5)

shots on goal: 2 (Juan Pablo Angel 1, 6 (Chad Barrett 2)
ozy Altidore 1)

fouls: 10 (Dane Richards 3, 4 (4 tied with 1)
Luke Sassano 3)

offsides: 3 (Juan Pablo Angel 2) 1 (Justin Mapp 1)

corner kicks: 5 (Danleigh Borman 2, 2 (Cuauhtemoc Blanco 2
Hunter Freeman 2)

saves: 1 (Jon Conway 1) 1 (Jon Busch 1)

The Kicks MLS Game Of the Week

2008-05-25T04:15:00.001-05:00

The Kicks is offering a new segment.

This weeks MLS Game of the Week is

Chicago Vs. New York

Being only 3 points behind Chicago is fighting to stay alive on top, but will Altidore and the New York Red Bulls spoil that for their chance to stay in the play off hunt.

Kick off

3 PM ET on Telefutura