Arnaud leads Kansas City to draw at Philadelphia
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09/04/2010 -
Chester, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Davy Arnaud scored in the 70th minute and the
Kansas City Wizards tied the Philadelphia Union, 1-1, on Saturday afternoon in
Major League Soccer at PPL Park.
Arnaud had a goal and an assist last week to lead K.C. to a 2-0 win at the Los Angeles Galaxy, and helped the Wizards earn another road result - their fourth
in their last five away matches - with his fourth goal of the season.
Kansas City (7-9-6) extended its recent run of success, moving to 2-1-2 in its
last five road matches and 4-1-3 in its last eight overall.
Philadelphia (5-11-6) got a first-half goal from Sebastien Le Toux, who leads
the team with 10 goals, but failed to hold onto the lead. The Union don't have
a shutout all season.
Stefani Miglioranzi came within inches of handing Philadelphia the lead in the
26th when his 35-yard shot hit the left post. Le Toux forced K.C. goalie Jimmy
Nielsen to make a save two minutes later.
Le Toux followed with the opening goal of the game when he converted an assist
from rookie Danny Mwanga. Justin Mapp, who scored in stoppage time last week
to lift Philadelphia to a 2-1 win at New England, helped set up the first goal
with a pass down the left to Mwanga.
Mwanga, who leads all rookies with seven goals, did most of the work from that
point, driving in from the left wing before slipping a pass into the middle to
Le Toux in the 30th. Le Toux finished from six yards to easily beat Nielsen.
Arnaud nearly set up the equalizer before half, but Shavar Thomas just missed
getting good contact off a header that Union goalie Chris Seitz saved.
K.C. had another chance in the first minute of the second half, but Ryan Smith
failed to get a shot off despite driving past Seitz, as Philadelphia defender
Michael Orozco Fiscal made a sliding tackle to prevent a sure goal.
Mapp nearly turned another pass from Mwanga into the Union's second goal, but
Nielsen deflected his shot to send it wide right in the 53rd.
Mwanga and K.C.'s Birahim Diop traded chances in the next 10 minutes, then Le
Toux forced a save from Nielsen in the 66th.
K.C. finally rewarded Nielsen, who finished with five saves, in the 70th when
Arnaud scored the tying goal directly off a free kick. Arnaud took the attempt
from outside the left edge of the penalty area and drove it over traffic, then
Seitz, and into the upper-right corner.
Wizards rookie Teal Bunbury had the best chance for either side over the final
20 minutes, but his shot from a tight angle in the 77th minute was handled by
Seitz, who made his fourth save of the match.
Philadelphia hosts the Chicago Fire on Sept. 11 in its next match. Kansas City
is off until Sept. 19, when it visits Chivas USA.
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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch
Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.
Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.
"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."
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This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
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