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				<title><![CDATA[Cummings helps Rapids beat United 3-0]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMERCE CITY, Colorado (STATS) - With high-scoring Conor Casey
unavailable, the Colorado Rapids used a sterling performance
from Omar Cummings to take advantage of a tired D.C. United
team.

Cummings scored twice and added an assist to help the Rapids
extend their home unbeaten streak over United to nine with a 3-0
victory on Saturday night.

"He was world class today; nothing else to say than that," said
midfielder Colin Clark who received a pass from Cummings to
score Colorado's third goal.

When asked to describe Cummings' performance in one word, Rapids
coach Gary Smith said, without blinking, "outstanding." But Ben
Olsen jokingly asked who Cummings was.

"His performance was pretty good tonight, his pace gave us some
trouble," said the United captain.

Casey, who's scored four goals of his eight goals in the last
three games coming in, is with the United States at the
Confederations Cup in South Africa. He wasn't missed.

In the 11th minute, Cummings took a pass from captain Pablo
Mastroeni and ran past defender Greg Janicki before pausing in
the box and curling the ball past Josh Wicks in the United goal.

Though United (5-2-8) trailed, Olsen and his teammates piled the
pressure on. Forward Santino Quaranta's shot was pushed wide by
Matt Pickens for a corner kick in the 18th minute. Olsen also
had an opportunity shortly after that, but blasted it high over
the post.

Cummings found the back of the net just before halftime from a
near-impossible angle to give the Rapids a 2-0 lead.

"I think I made it a little bit more difficult for myself than I
needed to, but I had confidence that once I get past the
goalkeeper, I would put it in the back of the net," Cummings
said.

The goal was the result of a bad back pass from United defender
Avery John that put Cummings through for an opportunity to
dribble past a helpless Wicks.

"I think it was a group effort from us tonight on being bad,"
said Olsen, whose team fell to 0-6-3 in their last nine trips to
Colorado.

Though Colorado went into the half with a comfortable lead,
Smith felt his team was not convincing enough on the ball.

"I thought we were disappointing with the ball, there were a lot
of occasions where we squandered possessions easily, but the
difference was Omar," Smith said.

Cummings, who paired with recently acquired Pat Noonan up front
for Colorado (5-2-5), has five goals this season. Four minutes
into the second half, Cummings dashed into the box and passed to
Clark, who capped the scoring.

"I actually almost missed it," Clark said. "He did well to even
look up with a defender right on his back to cut it across to me
for the finish."

Pickens made three of his five saves in the second half for
Colorado.

"You forget about those chances pretty easily, he did very well
with those saves," Olsen said.

Eastern Conference-leading D.C., playing its third game in eight
days, did not have Fred and Luciano Emilio who were hurt, and
Jaime Moreno did not travel with the team.

Coach Tom Soehn and Olsen blamed their performance on the tight
schedule.

"They (Colorado) had 10 days rest so I knew it was going to be
difficult for us, because guys were tired" Soehn said.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:35:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[United-Rapids Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

D.C. (5-2-8) at Colorado (4-2-5), 9:30 p.m. EDT

Eastern Conference-leading D.C. United used a late two-goal
rally to gain a tie in a difficult venue. They'll try to carry
some of that momentum into a visit to Colorado, where they
haven't won in over nine years.

United conclude a stretch of three games in eight days Saturday
night when they face the rested Colorado Rapids.

D.C. (5-2-8) salvaged a 3-all tie at sold-out Seattle on
Wednesday, as an own goal by Sounders defender Tyrone Marshall
with 3 minutes to play came 24 minutes after Christian Gomez
scored to pull United within 3-2.

"I always think we're going to come back, even if we're down
5-0, we're going to come back," said United's Josh Wicks, who
made seven saves. "Our players are good enough. Our team has the
depth. Our team has the heart.

"The stadium was very loud. I don't think the back line could
hear me. But I always think we have it in us to come back."

United, 1-2-4 on the road, will attempt to win at Colorado
(4-2-5) for the first time since 2000. They're 0-5-3 in the last
eight trips there, including two losses at Dick's Sporting Goods
Park, which opened in 2007.

United are also playing the last of three games in eight days.
They opened the stretch with last Saturday's 2-1 home win over
Chicago before traveling to Seattle.

D.C. could be without midfielder Fred, whose status is uncertain
after he was helped off the field at Seattle in the 22nd minute
due to an undisclosed injury. He has a goal and three assists in
11 games.

United could opt to start forward Ange N'Silu in place of Fred
after he replaced him Wednesday. N'Silu has a goal in seven
games - three starts - since joining United from FC Le Mont of
Switzerland in February.

The Rapids are entering a stretch of three games in eight days
but are coming off a 13-day layoff following a 1-all tie at Real
Salt Lake that extended their unbeaten streak to six (2-0-4).

"This stretch of games for us is really the key to our season,"
midfielder Pablo Mastroeni said. "If we can find ways to get
good results at home in this next stretch of nine games, we feel
like we'll put ourselves in a good position to go into the
playoffs.

"We haven't played a whole lot of games at home, and people
expect a more attacking style of soccer."

Colorado, though, will be without forward Conor Casey, who is
with the United States national team at the Confederations Cup
in South Africa.

Casey is second in the league with eight goals, netting four of
them in his last three contests.

To ease the blow of Casey's absence the Rapids acquired veteran
forward Pat Noonan from Columbus on Monday. Noonan had only an
assist in five games - two starts - with the Crew and managed
just one goal and two assists in 11 contests last year after
joining them from Aalesunds FK of Norway.

He had 37 goals and 28 assists in 119 games over five years with
New England before moving to Europe as a free agent following
the 2007 season.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:55:32 GMT</pubDate>
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