MLS PLAYOFFS: RAPIDS ADVANCE IN WEST.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Clint Mathis Clint Mathis (born November 25, 1976 in Conyers, Georgia) is a soccer forward/midfielder who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer after making his name with the MetroStars. scored with sixminutes remaining in overtime Saturday night, and the visiting Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are a soccer club based in Commerce City, Colorado that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was founded in 1995. The team colors are burgundy and sky blue with the home jerseys being burgundy. The away jerseys are sky blue with burgundy trim. stunned FC Dallas FC Dallas is a professional soccer (football) club based in Frisco, Texas, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was known as the Dallas Burn from 1996 to 2004. The initials "FC" stand for Football Club. in a penalty- kick shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. , rallying from a home defeat in the first leg of their Major League Soccer playoff opener to reach next week's Western Conference championship. Colorado will play Chivas USA at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center or at Houston next week. Mathis, who has endured a difficult two-year stretch in Major League Soccer following his return from Germany, fired to the upper-right corner to give Colorado a 3-2 triumph in the second leg and a 4-4 tie, and the Rapids converted five of six penalties to shock the West's regular-season champ. FC Dallas, down to 10 men after Chris Gbandi's red card, took a 3-1 lead when Carlos Ruiz broke a scoreless deadlock in the 48th minute, but Nicolas Hernandez tallied in the 57th and 83rd minutes, Kyle Beckerman assisting both, to force an extra period. Clarence Goodson's glancing header from Greg Vanney's free kick two minutes into overtime gave FC Dallas the advantage, but Mathis forced penalties with a drive from outside the box. Both teams converted their first three shots, but Vanney, a former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and Galaxy star, struck the left post on the fourth round, and Beckerman provided the Rapids an advantage on the next shot. Simo Valakari pulled the Hoops even to start the fifth round of kicks, and Dallas goalkeeper Dario Sala stopped Aitor Karanka's poorly taken shot. Colorado keeper Joe Cannon saved Sala's attempt, and U.S. World Cup star Pablo Mastroeni hit the winner for the Rapids. Revs advance on PKs: Former UCLA All-American Matt Reis was the hero, stopping two penalty kicks and converting one, as the New England Revolution The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. advanced to its fifth successive Eastern Conference title game. The Revs overcame a first-leg loss and an early deficit, beating visiting Chicago 2-1 to force overtime, then prevailing 4-2 on penalty kicks. Taylor Twellman scored in the 41st minute and Pat Noonan in the 58th, both set up by Joe Franchino, as the Revs won without injured Clint Dempsey and suspended Shalrie Joseph. |
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