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Boston Sunday Globe Sports C3 JULY 17, 2005 Mapp directs Fire to a tie with Crew Late heroics by Twellman beat Dallas "A mam Miff beat goalkeeper Joe Cannon from 30 yards out Cannon got his hands on the shot, but he could not corral it and the ball trickled in for Razov's sixth goal of the season and his fifth in five games with the Metro-Stars. But nine minutes later, Cunningham beat MetroStars goalie Zach Wells for the tying goal. After the score, Cunningham took off his jersey and ran to the corner flag in celebration, putting the jersey on the flag and waving it aloft. His antics drew a yellow card for unsportsmanlike conduct. Wells made one save for the MetroStars (6-4-7), while Cannon stopped seven shots for the Rapids (5-10-3).

Wizards 3, Real Salt Lake 2 Kansas City scored three times in the first 27 minutes and held on in front of an announced crowd of 16,816 at Arrowhead Stadium. Jamaican rookie Scott Sealy scored twice and the Wizards got an own goal en route to beating a Salt Lake team that gave up 11 goals in its last two games. Former Wizard Chris Brown and Jordan Cila scored also in the first half for Salt Lake (3-11-4), which is winless in its last 10 matches. Kansas City (7-4-7) remained third in the Eastern Conference, 8 points behind Chicago and 7 behind the Revolution. Taylor Twellman (rear), who scored all three Revolution goals, battles FC Dallas defender Steve Jolly for possession.

played tonight, was set up to keep it tight. "Reis had a lot more saves than we'd like to make. He came up huge. We were forcing the issue most of the time." The win was especially important to New England after losing last week to the Chicago Fire and dropping to second place in the Eastern Conference. By defeating Western Conference leader Dallas (10-3-4), the Revolution gained 3 points, and are now just 1 behind the Fire in the East.

Dallas took control early and stayed in charge most of the game. It was first on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal by Arturo Alvarez in the seventh minute. Reis stopped Alvarez's first attempt but couldn't hold onto the ball as it bounced off his chest. Alvarez recovered and chased it into the unattended goal. The Revolution struggled to put together any successful first-half offense in the face of Dallas's strong defensive guard.

Twellman almost got the Revolution a goal in the first minute but was called offside. The Revolution had a few chances in the first half, but had trouble working through the thick crowd of defenders around the goal. Finally, Twellman found a spot in the 44 th minute. His header came off a Noonan assist from the left side. After its quick goal, Dallas concentrated on defense rather than scoring.

One reason for the conservative approach could have been the team's missing players. Midfielder Richard Mulrooney was out with an ACL tear, Eddie Johnson was benched with turf toe, and defender Greg Vanney was out of commission after play-. ing earlier with the national team. Dallas started just one forward, Carlos Ruiz, while midfielder Ronnie O'Brien was the most aggressive man on the offensive end in ByKelsie Smith GLOBE CORRESPONDENT I F0XB0R0UGH I ti i a nights match at Gillette Stadium, two of the strongest teams in the MLS were set to meet with considerably weakened rosters. National team call-ups were once again the cause for depletion on both the Revolution and FC Dallas squads, but when the starters were announced, the Revolution had come up with some unexpected help.

Clint Dempsey and Pat Noo-nan, who didn't play in the US's win over Jamaica yesterday afternoon, were released by national team coach Bruce Arena to rejoin the Revolution. So as the signs draped over the edge of the stands changed from national team support to MLS allegiance, and cheers went from U-S-A to REV-O-LUnON, Dempsey and Noonan also changed into their home jerseys. While their presence was definitely a boost, it was Taylor Twellman and Matt Reis who proved most indispensable, as the Revolution (9-2-5) knocked down Dallas, 3-2, in a game of last-minute heroics in front of 22,108 fans. Twellman provided the late-game offensive fire, scoring all three goals, including the tying and go-ahead goals in the 90th and 92d minutes. It was his first offensive contribution since straining his hamstring in late May.

But, without Reis's jiine saves, Twellman's efforts would have been for nothing. Coach Steve Ni-col said Reis was the only reason the team was able to pull through in a game the Revolution chased most of the night. "It's hard to do play from behind," Nicol said. "Particularly when you're playing against a team that, certainly the way they 3l ASSOCIATED PRESS Justin Mapp scored on a free kick in the 62d minute, lifting the Chicago Fire to a 1-1 tie with the Soccer visitinS Columbus Crew yesterday. roundup Columbus (4- 10-3) took a 1-0 lead at the 54-minute mark when Eric Vasquez blasted a long ball into the upper left corner past Fire goalkeeper Zach Thornton, who was standing in the middle of the box.

Will Johnson made his MLS debut for the Fire (11-6-3), while Will John made his first start. In the second game of a dou-bleheader at Soldier Field, nine-time European club champion Real Madrid edged Mexican power Chivas Guadalajara, 3-1. Jose Maria Gutierrez got the tiebreak-ing goal in the 88th minute and Roberto Soldado added a score during injury time for Real Madrid. David Beckham also scored for Real Madrid. MetroStars 1, Rapids 1 Jeff Cunningham scored his league-leading ninth goal in the 60th minute to give Colorado a tie in East Rutherford, N.J.

After an uneventful and sluggish first half, which produced few scoring opportunities, the Metro-Stars took the lead in the 51st minute when Ante Razov took a pass from Amado Guevara and XCe a TICKET.COM 1-800-Trust-Ira ijt owttk ES3 AP PHOTO the match and handled it well. Still, Reis said, the effort was not good enough. "We weren't as sharp as we need to be over 90 minutes," he said. "At times, we just gave the ball away needlessly, and with a good team like Dallas, they're going to get chances. If we give them enough chances, eventually they're going to score.

We just gotta be sharper. "We gotta be better, more dangerous in the final third of the season." Nicol said having Dempsey and Noonan back on the team last night was important to the game's outcome. "Bruce Arena was good to let us have the two of them," he said. "It was basically the top two teams in the league. It's important to have that extra quality that we've been missing the last couple weeks.

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Shots: Dallas 17, NE 16. Corner kicks: Dallas 4, NE 8. Fouls: Dallas 18. NE 10. Yellow cards: Simo Valakari 35th, Aaron Pitchkolan 53d: NE, Marshall Leonard 20th, Michael Parkhurst 70th.

Saves: D. Scott Garlick 10, NE, Matt Reis 9. Referee: Abbey Okulaja. Attendance: 22,108. Lineups NEW ENGLAND Matt Reis; Jay Heaps, Michael Parkhurst, Joe Franchino; James Riley (Andy Dorman 74th), Clint Dempsey, Shalrie Joseph, Jose Cancela, Marshall Leonard (Ryan Latham 58th); Pat Noonan (Khano 84th), Taylor Twellman.

DALLAS Scott Garlick; Bobby Rhine, Clarence Goodson, Steve Jolley, Chris Gbandi; Roberto Mina (Drew Moor 74th), Ronnie O'Brien. Aaron Pitchkolan, Simo Valakari, Arturo Alvarez (Carey Talley 83d); Carlos Ruiz. the half. His goal in the 46th minute put Dallas on top, 2-1. Reis redeemed himself, though, with a tough save in the 52d minute.

The shot came off a header by Chris Gbandi, provided by an Alvarez cross. Reis continued to face pressure throughout soccer is," Dempsey said. "We showed a lot of heart and we have been battling like that all season." Dempsey had been tied with Landon Donovan and Ralston for the most US appearances this season before yesterday. "You go through ups and downs and it was a down not to get in for the national team," Dempsey said. "But it was great to play for the Revolution." Home, sweet home The Revolution extended their home unbeaten streak to 12 games (10-0-2) with a 26-7 goal differential.

The Revolution's last home loss was a 1-0 defeat against San Jose Sept. 4, 2004 The Revolution (35 points) trail Chicago by 1 point in the Eastern Conference but have played three fewer matches. The Revolution lead the MLS in goal differential (plus-15), two better than Dallas, and are tied with Dallas in goal average (1.87 per game) The Revolution have scored 10 of their 32 goals (surrendering three goals) after the 80th minute of games this season. "I guess the fans should show up after the last five minutes," Joseph said. "We play better with our backs against the ropes." to win Group A.

Velasquez gave Honduras the lead against the Ticos by taking the ball off defender Michael Umana and slamming a shot past goalkeeper Alvaro Mesen in the sixth minute. In the 27th minute, Velasquez passed up a shot, squaring to Turcios, who avoided the goalkeeper and poked a shot off the outside of his right foot. Honduras continued to attack, Costa Rica failing to clear, leaving Nunez two minutes later for a close-range shot. Honduras will play a semifinal game at Giants Stadium Thursday. The Hondurans have been eliminated from World Cup qualifying and Costa Rica is in third place in the regional qualifying finals.

i-359-r M569 the last time Twellman and Pat Noonan started together at striker for the Revolution. This time, Noonan set up the first goal, crossing past defender Bobby Rhine for Twellman's 44th-minute header, but was on the bench for the final goals, after being replaced by Khano Smith in the 84 th minute. Even if he is not totally recovered, Taylor is scoring goals and doing what a forward does," said Noonan, who sustained an ankle injury in US national team practice last week. It is an absolute pleasure playing with Noonan up front," Twellman said. "He does all the little things well.

He tells me before the game to get open and he will get me the ball." Chipping in Noonan and Clint Dempsey had been on the US bench for a 3-1 win over Jamaica, but started preparing to perform for the Revolution after Santino Quaran-ta replaced Steve Ralston in the 84th minute, the final substitution of the match. Dempsey headed over Dallas goalkeeper Scott Garlick on the tying goal, Twellman then finishing the play past defender Clarence Goodson. "It's crazy but that's the way 2005 Porsche Cars North America. Porsche recommends seat belt usage and observance of all traffic laws at all times. New 2005 Boxster By Frank Dell'Apa GLOBE STAFF FOXBOROUGH -Early in the MLS season, Taylor Twellman was not only in the plans for the US national team's Gold Cup appearance, he was leading the league in scoring.

By the time Gold Cup neared the quarterfinal stage, though, Twellman was still recovering from a left hamstring strain and had not scored a goal since May 21. But Twellman regained his touch last night, scoring three times in the Revolution's 3-2 win over FC Dallas, increasing his total to a team-leading nine goals. Though Twellman is still below par, and was nearly substituted by coach Steve Nicol in the second half, he appears to be recovering his timing. "Taylor is going to be Taylor and the more games he plays, the better," said Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph, who helped set up the last two goals after the 90th minute. "He is our goal-scorer and we depend on him to win games.

That's why we pay him the big money." Twellman had not scored since the 89th minute of a 2-2 tie with the MetroStars May 2 1 That was Costa Rica By Frank Dell'Apa GLOBE STAFF FOXBOROUGH Wilmer Velasquez capitalized on defensive errors to score the first goal and set up Elvis Danilo Turcios with the second as Honduras hung on for a 3-2 win over Costa Rica in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup yesterday. A pro-Catra-cho crowd celebrated the result, Honduran coach Jose de la Paz Herrera taking a victory run toward the west stands after the match. Honduras took a 3-0 lead in the 29th minute on a Milton Nunez goal. Costa Rica rallied behind substitute forwards Christian Bo-lanos, 21, who scored in the 39th REVOLUTION NOTEBOOK New 2005 Cayenne MO. FOR 36 1 MPS.

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