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5 TRIBUNE EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Satisfaction. Domination. After finally earning a victory against the Americans on U.S. soil, players used all of those words Sunday to describe the 5-0 romp that gave them their fifth Gold Cup championship.

Oh, and one other noun: pride. is a great win for Mexico because we showed the pride we have in our Giovani Dos Santos said. is a huge step for The Mexicans were 09-2 when visiting their northern rivals since a March 1999 victory in San Diego. They snapped that drought before an overwhelmingly pro-Mexico crowd of 79,156 at Giants Stadium with an offensive onslaught in the second half. Gerardo Torrado scored on a penalty kick in the 56th minute, then the inexperienced U.S.

squad came unglued. respond coach Bob Bradley said of the worst American home loss since a 5-0 stinker against England on June 16, 1985. The United States, fielding a raw squad after the top team finished second in the Confederations Cup last month, could not maintain dominance. were chasing the game a lot, and it tired us said forward Brian Ching, a regular with the team who missed the Confederations Cup with an injury. loss has to anger The nations meet again Aug.

12 in Mexico Cityin a World Cup qualifier. Corner kicks: The Red faint playoff hopes were extinguished when Allie Long scored in the 89th minute to lift the Washington Freedom to a 3-2 Professional Soccer victory before 5,226 fans at Toyota Park. The Red Stars (4-9-5, 17 points) are in sixth place, six points out of the final playoff Chelsea defeated Club America 2-0 in Arlington, Texas, to win the World Football Challenge, going undefeated in the four-team, round-robin tournament. GOLD CUP FINAL MEXICO 5, U.S. 0 Mexico snaps skid in U.S.

1st win since 1999 earns title By Barry Wilner ASSOCIATED PRESS have won this race, I was absolutely pulling for Stewart said. sure had the car It take long for that to be clear. Though Martin started from the pole, Montoya took the lead on Lap 5. It would have been first Sprint Cup victory on an oval track, and it was the best race run in the Cup series. He had led only 57 laps in his career before Sunday.

It also would have been the first win at Indy in a stock car for Earnhardt Ganassi Rac- ingpart-owner Chip Ganassi and the final declaration as a contender from a team that has improved steadily throughout the last three years, turning a former Formula One and IndyCar racer into a NASCAR driver. been an amazing story; those guys were quick all day Johnson said. practice session, qualifying. Not only is that team getting better, racing with Juan on the track, that guy is really a great talent. becoming a stock car One year after the Brickyard 400 disintegrated into a tire-failing debacle in which cautions were called every 10 to 12 laps so tires burst at full speed, the race saw only three cautions.

not Pattie told Montoya after the penalty. But at a skinny track built for slender open-wheel cars where passing is tremen- dously difficult, it was. Seven of the last 11 winners at Indy have gone on to win the Cup championship. Johnson has done that twice. teams that are on top of their game end up successful Johnson said.

why guys that have won this race have won the Brickyard goes to Johnson Continuedfrom Page1 Jimmie Johnson, who passed Mark Martin on Lap 137 to secure the win, celebrates. TOM PHOTO Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for a second time Sunday, and Lance Armstrong capped his return with a third-place finish. Contador, the 2007 champion, had to battle within his Astana team, where the comeback of Armstrong to the Tour after 3 1 2 years of retirement raised questions about who would be the team leader. has been an especially difficult Tour for Contador said. More coverage at chicagotribune.com/tourdefrance TOUR DE FRANCE CHRISTOPHE PHOTO Taking Sunday joy ride Product: CTSPTS PubDate: 07-27-2009 Zone: ALL Edition: HD Page: 2-5 User: jcrutchmer Time: Color:.