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09/07/2007 - Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - CD Chivas USA and D.C. United both kept their current unbeaten streaks intact after a 2-2 draw at The Home Depot Center in a Major League Soccer fixture Thursday night.
Chivas is still unbeaten at home at 7-0-2 while D.C. (13-6-4) is unbeaten in its last seven league fixtures, although, its six-game winning streak is no more.
The visitors jumped ahead 2-0 after 26 minutes after a brace from Luciano Emilio - who now leads the league in scoring with 16 - before the Goats came charging back.
A miscue by United goalkeeper Troy Perkins led to an Ante Razov goal to cut the lead in half before the break, and a Lawson Vaughn shot that was deflected by the United defense evened the score an hour into the match.
The comeback also marked the first time in its brief three-year history that CD Chivas USA (11-6-4) has fought back from two goals down to tie.
Emilio scored the first goal against the Goats since a July 29 loss to Kansas City just three minutes into the fixture. The league's all-time career leader in goals and Emilio's strike-partner, Jaime Moreno, took control of the ball in the offensive third and passed to Emilio, who was breaking through the Chivas defense. Emilio took control of the ball in the center of the box and blasted a hard shot past goalkeeper Brad Guzan to make it 1-0.
The early goal marked the fourth straight game in which D.C. has taken a 1-0 lead inside three minutes.
Emilio doubled the visitors' lead about 23 minutes later when he fed Moreno in the box and the Bolivian international blasted a shot on Guzan. The U.S. international goalkeeper made the save on Moreno, but Emilio knocked in the rebound for his 16th goal of the season.
Five minutes later, the home side pulled a goal back when Perkins came out of the box to clear a ball out of the defensive third. His attempted clearance up the middle of the field deflected off Razov, who jumped in front of Perkins as he was kicking the ball, and it rolled slowly into United's goal.
It wasn't Razov's prettiest goal, but it was good enough to get him within four of all-time leader Moreno. It was Razov's seventh of the season and 105th of his career.
Fifteen minutes after the break, the Goats scored another crazy goal to pull even when Sacha Kljestan controlled the ball on the right flank, just outside the United penalty area, and dished a pass to Vaughn. The defender fired a shot from just inside the box, which was deflected by a United defender, and into the right corner of the net, just inside the near post.
It was Vaughn's first tally of the year and Kljestan's seventh assist on the campaign.
Both teams tightened up the rest of the way, seeming to be content with the 2-2 outcome. With the draw, United keeps its unbeaten record against the third-year franchise intact.
D.C.'s point earned it first place overall in the Eastern table with 43, one ahead of New England with the same amount of games played. The two teams square off in D.C. Sunday to decide Eastern supremacy. The winner will also have the best record in the league.
Chivas, on the other hand, hosts Red Bull New York in an out-of-conference clash. That game is also important because both teams are fighting for playoff positioning. Both teams are also within striking distance of the top of their respective conferences as well. The Goats are just two points back of Western- table leading Houston with three games in hand while the Red Bulls are six back of United with the same amount of games played.
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Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting.
"They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over."
Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.)
According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26.
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