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				<title><![CDATA[Cooper's penalty kick lifts FC Dallas by Crew]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By AMIT KALUSKAR
STATS MLS Correspondent

FRISCO, Texas (STATS) - A late surge finally resulted in a win
at home for FC Dallas.

Dallas got two goals in the final 10 minutes, including Kenny
Cooper's penalty kick in the 87th, for a 2-1 win over Columbus
on Saturday night that snapped the Crew's nine-game unbeaten
streak.

"Hopefully we're back on track, it's a big win against the
defending (MLS Cup) champion Crew," Cooper said.

Schellas Hyndman's club recorded ties in three straight home
games from May 16-June 7.

"We've tied enough at home, that slippery slope is getting more
slippery and we need to start getting more wins," the Dallas
coach said. "They? (Columbus) were a little tired and we kept
pressing."

Dallas (3-7-4) was awarded a penalty kick after Crew defender
Chad Marshall was called for a reckless foul inside the penalty
box on David Ferreira.

Cooper notched his seventh goal of the year by putting the kick
into the left corner of the net.

"I felt like I ?got my arm in front of him and position," said
Marshall of the call. "I'm 6'4" and he (Ferreira) is 5'4", he's
going to go down in that position."

Dallas had tied the game when Eric Avila, who entered just four
minutes earlier for Anthony Wallace, scored his first career MLS
goal in the 80th minute.

Avila curled a right-footed volley from outside the top left
corner of the penalty box and into the right corner of the net.

"As soon as I got in I tried to attack," Avila said. "As soon as
I touched the ball inside I knew I had a shot. I've been waiting
almost a year."

Columbus took a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute after an own goal by
FC Dallas captain Pablo Ricchetti. A corner kick from Guillermo
Barros Schelotto was headed by Eric Brunner toward the Dallas
net, then bounced off Ricchetti's chest and into the right
corner.

It was the second time in three games that Ricchetti has been
the victim of an own goal. Ricchetti's other own goal was in a
2-2 tie against San Jose on June 7.

"We didn't want to settle for a tie," Avila added. "They were
sitting back they gave us a lot of chances to attack them."

FC Dallas outshot the Crew 14-13, including 8-6 in the second
half.? Columbus almost allowed an own goal in the 60th? minute
after Dave van den Bergh's shot bounced off of Crew defender
Gino Padula and drifted a few feet wide right of the
post.???????????????

"At some point we have to lose a game," Crew coach Robert
Warzycha said. "I think in the second half we dropped too much.
Obviously we don't want to lose on a penalty kick."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Crew-FC Dallas Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

Columbus (4-2-7) at FC Dallas (2-7-4), 8:30 p.m. EDT

Last year, Guillermo Barros Schelotto played a major role in
leading the Columbus Crew to their first MLS Cup title by
setting up goals. He's now scoring them, powering the Crew's
nine-game unbeaten run.

Coming off a pair of two-goal performances, the reigning MLS MVP
will try to help the Crew extend their streak to 10 games
without a loss when they visit FC Dallas on Saturday night.

Schelotto had seven goals and a league-high 19 assists in 2008,
helping Columbus to the Supporters' Shield before getting MVP
honors for a three-assist performance in a 3-1 win over New York
in the MLS Cup final Nov. 23.

The 36-year-old midfielder-forward has gone from playmaker to
scorer this season, leading MLS with 10 goals of the Crew's 19
total, while adding two assists.

"He is at the right place at the right time," first-year
Columbus coach Robert Warzycha said. "I think this season he is
playing better, I think he is sharper than last year."

Schelotto's impressive production continued Sunday, when he
earned league player of the week honors after netting a pair of
goals in the second half to rally the Crew (4-2-7) to a 2-1 win
over CD Chivas USA. The effort came eight days after he scored
twice in a 2-0 win at Kansas City.

He has seven goals in five starts over six games. The only
contest he didn't score was a 1-all draw at Seattle on May 30,
when schedule congestion and playing on artificial turf limited
him to 21 minutes as a substitute.

The Crew's nine-game unbeaten streak matches their longest from
last year. They haven't had a 10-game run since a league-record
19 game unbeaten streak bridging the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Schelotto totaled four assists to help Columbus win both
meetings against Dallas (2-7-4) last year to even the all-time
series at 14-14-6. He assisted on both goals in a 2-1 win at
Pizza Hut Park on Aug. 30.

Dallas is seventh in the Western Conference, one point ahead of
last-place San Jose.

The team has a 1-4-3 mark in its last eight games, dating back
to a 3-2 win over Toronto on April 19. That victory is the last
one Dallas posted at Frisco, Tex., going 0-1-3 since.

Dallas fell at home again last Saturday, losing 3-1 to Houston
after opening a three-game homestand with a 2-all tie with the
Earthquakes.

"We are disappointed, obviously, with the result," FCD defender
Drew Moor said following last Saturday's loss. "We are looking
for points right now and we came away with nothing. In the
second half, we were chasing the game a little bit and we just
weren't good enough on the night."

Moor, who is in his fifth season after being drafted fifth
overall in 2005 by his hometown club, has a career-high three
goals after finding the back of the net against the Dynamo. He's
scored twice in the last four games, and his season total ranks
second on the team to Kenny Cooper's six.

Cooper has only two goals in the last eight games after starting
the season with four in the first five. The forward hasn't
scored in four career games against the Crew.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:28:08 GMT</pubDate>
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