6. MLS WRAP WEEK 17: D.C. win drops Crew to last in East
By Ridge Mahoney
Senior Editor
Colorado takes its fourth straight and posts another shutout;
defensive errors doom the Burn in San Jose; the Fire again wins at
home; and D.C. United rallies to roust the Revs and drop the Crew
into last place.
BEST GOALS: Mark Chung snapped a header past Metros keeper Jonny
Walker from 10 yards out to give the Rapids a fourth straight win.
Kyle Beckerman, on the right wing, pushed a short ball that Chris
Henderson crossed first-time for Chung to nail into the net.
Taylor Twellman nicked the ball past Galin Ivanov and rifled a
22-yard shot into top corner for the Revs' first goal prior to their
utter collapse in a 4-2 loss to D.C.
Dema Kovalenko volleyed a cross from Alecko Eskandarian into the
bottom far corner for the winning goal in United's amazing comeback
victory. United scored three more times after Eliseo Quintanilla
started the rally with a goal in the 83rd minute.
STAT: With its win, United (5-6-6, 21 points) took over fourth place
in the East from Columbus (5-6-5, 20 points). The Crew must play its
next two league games against the Galaxy at the Home Depot Center.
BEST ASSISTS: Henderson's cross was a classic bit of service and so
was Chris Roner's pass to Brian Mullan in the Quakes' 3-0 win.
After Brad Davis had mistrapped a corner kick, Roner anticipated and
deflected a header by Ezra Hendrickson, then raced to the loose ball
and hit a low square pass that Mullan drilled into the net.
STAT: Mullan's goal ended a home goalless streak of 328 minutes for
the Quakes, which had played 0-0 ties with Kansas City and Chicago
and lost 2-0 to Colorado in its previous games at Spartan Stadium.
BEST SAVES: In the Fire-Wizards game, Chicago's Zach Thornton
repelled a low drive by former teammate Diego Gutierrez with a
full-stretch lunge, and Tony Meola flew to his right to punch away a
Damani Ralph header.
BAD GOALS: Meola conceded two of the weakest goals of his career to
give the Fire a 2-0 win.
STAT: The Fire improved to 5-1-2 at Cardinal Stadium, which ties it
with Kansas City for the best home record in MLS.
7. MLS: Game Summaries (July 26-27)
July 26 in Naperville, Ill.
CHICAGO (8-4-4, 28 pts) 2 KANSAS CITY (7-4-6, 21 pts) 0.
Goals: Whitfield 12, Mapp 53.
Att.: 11,877.
July 26 in Denver
COLORADO (6-8-3, 21 pts) 1 METROSTARS (8-5-4, 28 pts) 0.
Goal: Chung (Henderson, Beckerman) 25.
Att.: 14,097.
July 26 in San Jose
SAN JOSE (8-3-6, 30 pts) 3 DALLAS (3-10-4, 13 pts) 0.
Goals: Mullan (Roner) 25, Lagos (Agoos) 37, Agoos pen. 90.
Att.: 9,034.
July 27 in Foxboro, Mass.
NEW ENGLAND (5-6-7, 22 pts) 2 D.C. UNITED (5-6-6, 21 pts) 4.
Goals: Twellman 26, Twellman (J.-M. Moore, Cancela) 31; Quintanilla
(Etcheverry) 83, Quintanilla pen. 91+, Kovalenko (Eskandarian) 93+,
Eskandarian (Quintanilla) 93+.
Att.: 30,912
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