SOCCER: GUADALAJARA, DORADOS IN.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Guadalajara and Dorados forced to wait out Sunday's action in Mexico's Primera Division Primera División (Spanish for First Division) can refer to:
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. results Saturday, qualified for the Clausura playoffs when Club America tied and UANL Tigres Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, also known as UANL or simply Tigres, is a popular Mexican professional football club, which plays in the La Primera División. It is the youngest and most successful professional team from the state of Nuevo León. was beaten. Guadalajara, which will face Group 3 winner Jaguares in the two-game, total-goals quarterfinals, sneaked through despite going winless in four games since six starters departed for Mexico's World Cup preparations. Chivas was beaten 2-0 Saturday by Apertura champion Toluca and needed either America or Tigres to lose. Dorados, relegated Saturday to second-tier Primera A Division, needed both to fall after a 0-0 draw with Pumas UNAM. The Sinaloa club would not be allowed to defend its championship if it pulls off three playoff upsets for the Clausura title. Relegation RELEGATION, civil law. Among the Romans relegation was a banishment to a certain place, and consequently was an interdiction of all places except the one designated. 2. It differed from deportation. (q.v.) Relegation and deportation agree u these particulars: 1. is determined by results over six seasons. Group 2 winner Pachuca posted the top record, clinching the No. 1 seed for the playoffs when Jaguares lost 2-1 to Santos on two Rodrigo Ruiz goals. Salvador Cabanas converted a penalty kick for No. 2 seed Jaguares, his 11th goal off the Clausura, and shared the scoring title with Dorados' W. Sebastian Abreu. Atlante claimed the Group 1 title and No. 4 seed with a 2-0 triumph at Tigres. Juan Carlos Falcon and Patricio Galaz Sepulveda scored second-half goals for the Potros. Tigres finished 12th overall. America finished 13th after a 1-1 draw with Monterrey at Azteca Stadium. Gaston Fernandez gave Monterrey a ninth-minute lead, but Christian Gimenez pulled the Aguilas even in the 22nd. Dorados finished even on points with Morelia, Pumas UNAM and UAG UAG amber codon, one of the three stop codons. Tecos, qualifying with better goal-differential. Elsewhere: The Baltimore Blast captured its third Major Indoor Soccer League This article is about the current Major Indoor Soccer League. For information about the 1978-92 MISL see Major Soccer League. The Major Indoor Soccer League is the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. title in four years, winning the mini-game tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie on Machel Millwood's goal after the host St. Louis Steamers The St. Louis Steamers were a professional indoor soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri. An earlier St. Louis Steamers team played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League from 1979-1988. The St. evened the two-game series with a 4-1 victory. ... Patrick Vieira, David Trezeguet and Adrian Mutu scored in the first eight minutes as Italian Serie A leader Juventus ended a five-game winless streak with a 3-0 romp over Siena to remain three points ahead of AC Milan with two games to play. Milan beat visiting Livorno 2-0 on two goals by striker Filippo Inzaghi. ... Second-place Valencia delayed Barcelona's Spanish Primera Liga title celebration, routing visiting Alaves 3-0 on goals by Ruben Baraja, Pablo Aimar and David Villa. Barca leads by eight points with three matches remaining. CAPTION(S): box Box: MEXICAN PLAYOFFS |
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