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08/20/2010 - Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Columbus slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Real Salt Lake last weekend in a clash of the last two Major League Soccer Cup winners, but a midweek win over Guatemala's Municipal in the CONCACAF Champions League has the Crew back on track for Saturday's MLS match against Colorado.
Columbus (11-5-4) leads the Eastern Conference by seven points over Red Bull New York and trails the Los Angeles Galaxy by just six points for the top mark in the league.
The Crew have finished with the best regular-season record in MLS for the last two years and need to earn points against Colorado at Crew Stadium to maintain pursuit of another Supporters' Shield.
Columbus coach Robert Warzycha was missing a number of first-team regulars at Real last week, but only goalie Will Hesmer and Brian Carroll missed the match against Municipal, a 1-0 win.
Eddie Gaven returned from a concussion and Andy Iro played after sitting out a match with a sore knee. Carroll could also return on Saturday from a stomach virus that cost him the last two matches, which would be a boost with Robbie Rogers sidelined.
Rogers had surgery on his left knee last week and is already off crutches, but he is still expected to miss a few more weeks.
Colorado (7-5-7) earned a 1-1 draw at the Philadelphia Union last weekend, but is just 1-2-6 in its last nine games. The lone win during the stretch was 1-0 over the Chicago Fire, thanks to an own goal.
The Rapids edged the Crew in their previous meeting on June 5 in Colorado 1-0 on a goal from Drew Moor in the 85th minute. That game also featured a scuffle that ended with Pablo Mastroeni being ejected.
Colorado will be without midfielder Colin Clark, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury recently, but striker Conor Casey returned from a two-game absence against the Union in a substitute's role and could start this week.
The Rapids are fifth in the Western Conference and hold the seventh of eight playoff spots. However, with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes both just one point back, coach Gary Smith's club can't afford to drop points either.
<< Galaxy, 'Quakes set to renew California rivalry
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose
Earthquakes renew their California rivalry when the two Major League Soccer
clubs meet at Buck Shaw Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Galaxy (13-3-4) are ri
<< New York aims to break offensive slump at Toronto
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York travels to take on Toronto FC
at BMO Field as the two Major League Soccer clubs meet for the second time in
10 days on Saturday afternoon.
Toronto has been off in league play since the previo
<< MISL adds second expansion team for 2010-11
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Major Indoor Soccer League announced this
week an expansion team based on Omaha, Neb. will join the league for the
2010-11 season.
The soon-to-be-named Omaha team joins the Missouri Comets as new te
<< Lagoutte-Clement wins Ladies Scottish Open
East Lothian, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Virgine Lagoutte-Clement posted a
one-under-par 71 on Friday to come from behind and win the Ladies Scottish
Open.
She won the championship by a stroke at one-over 217 at Archerfield Links.
San Francisco 49ers 2010 Season Preview >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco 49ers have a new strategy in their
attempt to end a seven-year playoff drought.
The plan?
Try nothing new at all.
San Francisco finished strong under head coach Mike Singletary in 2008 after
he repl
Hibs ready to take on defending champions >>
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time defending champions Rangers
will visit Easter Road Stadium on Sunday to face Hibernian, with both teams
coming off of successful opening weekend matches.
Rangers held off Kilmarnock, 2-
AL Central: Twins beginning to separate from the pack >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - You'll have to forgive the Minnesota Twins if they're not
quite sure how to handle themselves in the role of frontrunner.
Typically around this time of year, the Twins are the ones fighting for their
playoff lives. They ar
Hanson and Widmark share Czech Open lead >>
Celadna, Czech Republic (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Swedes Peter Hanson and Fredrik
Widmark are tied atop the leaderboard after Friday's second round of the Czech
Open.
Hanson shot a two-under 70 in round two, while Widmark fired a five-under 67
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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