RSL inches closer to MLS record with 2-0 win vs. Crew
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08/14/2010 - Sandy, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Salt Lake extended its home unbeaten run to 21 games with a 2-0 win over the Columbus Crew at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night.
The MLS record is 22 games set by the 2008-09 Crew.
RSL's midfield maestro Javier Morales scored both goals to lead his team to its 11th victory of the season, good for No. 2 in MLS.
RSL went up 1-0 just 11 minutes in when Morales collected a short corner kick played back to him by striker Fabian Espindola on the left side, drove to the top corner of the Columbus 18-yard box and fired a sublime shot off the far post and in, past Crew goalkeeper Will Hesmer.
RSL had a chance to go up two in the 37th minute, but striker Robbie Findley missed a wide open net with Hesmer down and out at the top of the 18. Findley only had a defender to play a shot past, but instead his missed the goal wide right with a dreadful effort.
The Crew almost made the home side pay for the miss a minute later when Steven Lenhart got a tricky header on goal, but goalkeeper Nick Rimando stretched to his right to knock the ball out of danger.
Morales gave RSL the insurance it needed at the hour mark when he fired a free kick through the defensive wall and in for his sixth goal of the season.
The Crew (11-5-4) host Colorado on Saturday in their next league match, while RSL (11-4-6) travels to Toronto for its next MLS match on Aug. 28.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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