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Show DAILY Galaxy down RSL; HERALD Desperados, Blaze get victories Wizards, DC win AFL ROUNDUP 9 Dragons 65, Soul 58: At Union- dale, N.Y., Nick Browder threw seven touchdown passes — five DALLAS — Clint Dolezel threw seven touchdown passes their playoff hopes alive. to Kevin Swayne — to hel tohelp the Dallas Desperados NewYorkclinch a playoff spot clinch home-field advantage » Rampage 61, Kats 54: At Grand throughout the Arena Football Rapids, Mich., Chad Salisbury » Storm 58, Brigade 42: At Leagueplayoffs witha 5446 threwseven touchdown passes Tampa, Fla., Shane Stafford SALT LAKE CITY Landon Donovan scored his first goal of the seasonto help the Los Angeles Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 3-2 on Saturday victory. over the Arizona Rat — four to Anthony Hines — tlers on Friday night Donovan tied it at_1 in the Lith MLS minuteafter Real Salt Lake (0ROUNDUP 4-1) opened the scoring on Jason Kreis’ goalin the 6th minute. The » Destroyers 40, Wranglers 33 At Austin, Texas, John Kaleo improvedto 11-3. Galaxy (2-2-1) took a 2-1 lead on sliding header by Cobi Jones .a the 26th minute. » Blaze 63, Gladiators 52: At Las Vegas. the Blaze wontheir third straight gameto keep Donovanalso had anassist. onthe winning goal by Herculez Gomezin the 61st minute. threw six touchdown passes andthe Grand Rapids Rampage — three to Freddie Solomon beat the Nashville Kats. —and the Tampa Bay Storm beat expansion Kansas City Dolezel was 25-of41 for 290 yards for the Desperados, who ¥ Force 55, Rush 20: At Atlanta, Matt Nagy threw seven TD- threw two touchdown passes to lead the ColumbusDestroy- passes — three to Derek Lee — forthe Georgia Force ers to victory over Austin. Salt Lake's Atiba Harris scored ona low cross from Kreis — who wasejicted’inthe 89th minute after earning his secondyellow card of the game — inthe 73rd minute Christensen ) Wizards 1, Crew 0: At Columbus. Ohio, Josh Wolff sas City Wizardsto a victory over the Columbus Crew. Wolff's goal in the 74th minute lifted the Wizards(4-14) to first place in the Eastern’ Conferencefollowing D.C. United's tie with FC Dallas. Columbus fell to 1-3-1. Kansas City midfielder SashaVictorine led Wolff with a passinside the DOUGLAS C. PIZAC RSL defenderEddie Pope,right, heads the ball over Galaxy forward Cornell Glen during the first half Saturday Columbuspenalty area that Wolff redirected past goalkeeper Jon Busch from nine yards. the Houston Dynamotoa win over the Colorado » D.C. United 1, FC Dallas 1: At Washington, Ronnie OBrienscoredin the 41st minuteto lift FC Dal las to a tie with D.C. United in a matchup of MLS' only unbeaten teams. BenOlsen scoredhis first goalof the season, from 25 vardsout. to give D.C United (3-0-2) a 1-0 leadin the17th minute b Dynamo 1, Rapids 0: At Denver Brian Ching Donovan Rapids. Chingscored onhis ownreboundafter a corner kick by Dwayne DeRosario. Colorado goalkeeper Joe Cannondove to his right to block Ching’s header, but Ching put the reboundin » Chivas USA0, Red Bulls 0: At Carson, Calif., Tony Meola made seven saves for New York and Brad Guzanhadfive for Chivas USA We'dpreferto start every gameat 7 (p.m.).” said. Continued from C1 Pastorino “Then, everyoneelse’s gamesare done andthey can Donovan's presence brings come out and watchours up acouplebig questions regarding his ability, for those This couldbe a big yearfor ond year in Utah, keepslosing? andbeat the rest of the world. Supermanin shin guards he blasting a shotintotheleft corner most booed Donovan's success. like manyfailed to do for a 2 p.m. has to be fellow players, among others ing in 2002 at the World Cup was noticed by MLSfollowers. He re- calls someplayers rushing home bright enoughtobring out the sport's neophytes. Die-hard soccer — carrystockin him. to play again fortheir squads and receiving huge ovations. Donovan is beloved by RSL "ers may need big jolt fromthose Take for example the NBA. Even whenthe Jazz arestrug gling; big namestend to bring big crowds. Iverson. Duncanand officials for his overflowing nicenessfollowing a World Cup LeBron couldall pique interest Soccer's top name couldonly qualivier last June. He praised the town andthefield (tempo- rary natural grass had been help the gate.so much, as 16,427 showedup. Pastorino lamented thatit was an afternoongame, whenso manylocalkids are conflicted with contests of their own. It's not time for World Cupyet. And Donovan'sstarstill isn’t kids waited outside the stadium afterward for the autograph session with himand Pope. But oth- stars in Germanysoontobe lured to see RSL anytimesoon. ing — the beauty-contest nature content with what the mother says: “You had yourturn.” ) Todd Christensen is a former BYU RB and All-ProTEforthe Oakland Raiders. Contact him at dhsports@heraldextra.com football players would gradu- ate fromhighschooltoday, 150 of them would make the NFL. That is a minute percentage. PITS TB 13 PIBSTOR-13 «NSU errr Gntinental* firewu GENERAL TIRE ©. 7YOKOHAMA VeTORY WHERS “If you're a fringe fan, odds installed), and gave a glowing torinosaid. D Jason Franchuk can be reached UP 10 *50 REBATE WHEN YOU BUY 4 SELECT TIRES OR WHEELS. at jfranchuk@heraldextra.com. —— PLUS SAVE ‘25 REBATE WHEN YOU USE YOUR DISCOUNT TIRE CREDIT CARD* FOR ALL PURCHASES OVER ‘400! UPTO €> PGLARIS _DaREroCOMPARE SA 4 E V-Ett Ty —E selécted — and even morefortunate to be a part of thefraternity and actually make a team is truly significant. In a recent articlein the newspaperit was pointedout that if one million PISSB0R-1, 165/60R-13 P175/B0R-13 are youstayed home and watched the NFL draft.” Pas- into the 12-teamleague. It didn’t hurt that he had a pairof goals, recommendationtoits inclusion drills that have madea select few millionaires and others potentially famousandfinancially secure will never be utilized again in their careers as football players. Maybethatis why the draft has become that much more appeal- first half on steal fromfellow international stud Eddie Pope and ofthe net. Some cheered, but start under spectacularsunshine? Alot of people— thoseinvolved with American soccer and MLS, Pastorinosaid the good show- what dubious, then, that the very and RSL againafter Saturday's townone day — if only the team the UnitedStates is captivated. It's Donovan's charge this time aroundto captivate Americans Will fans even bother to showup. is still a dreamcometrue for those fortunate enough to be against Costa Rica He complimentedSalt Lake could dumpthe artificial turf He had theniftyfirst goal for LA., tying the gameearly in the four vears, the worldoutside of If Donovan couldn't beat RSL. whichhasn't won in 17 tries. genesis. Howeverunscientific, this football player but to make you win, evensaying he could see himself playing in the “beautiful” RSL,evenif the teamstinks. Aboutifthis home team,in iis sec- can hereally be that good? How term“educated guess” hadits goto suchgreat lengthsto practice the respective drills, designed not so muchto make you a better it takestoget there, homage should be paid to these youngsters whe aspireto be a part of this nation’s most popular sport. I am tempted atthis point'to proffer Shaw’s axiom for the curmudgeon, that “youth is wasted on the young.” butlike the child who has just finished his ride on the roller coaster and wants to go again. I have to be Not unlike the medical profession, this is probably where the and set up the third in a 3-0 win them all. starts in June. Every World Cup, thebig daddyof masses that don't knowthe sport so well incities all around the nation who abetter“tester.” It seems somescored an unassisted goal in the 16th minute to lead and when yourealize what of the event makes everyone, not just ESPN's Mel Kiper. anexpert Continuedfrom D2 scored his first goal of the season, leading the Kan- valid 4/28/06 to 5727106. Mail.n rebate offer See store for detats. “Subject to credit approval. AMIDGESTONE S WHEN YOU BUY 4 SELECT BRIDGESTONE TIRES! . WE'RE CALLING OUT Una ‘Ofer veld 4/6006 56°06. Malkin rebate offer See storefor deta. 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