Dallas, Columbus battle to scoreless draw
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08/28/2010 - Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas extended its road unbeaten run to 10 Major League Soccer games, and its overall league unbeaten run to 12 games, by earning a 0-0 draw at Columbus on Saturday afternoon at Crew Stadium.
The game, which featured two of the league's elite teams, produced very little offensive flow for either side.
With the draw, Columbus (12-5-5) improves to 9-2-1 at home this season while extending its lead in the Eastern table to seven points over second-placed New York, which hosts San Jose later on Saturday.
Dallas (9-2-10), on the other hand, moves within two points of second-placed Real Salt Lake in the Western table with its league-leading 10th draw of the season.
The first chance for either team came just 10 minutes in when a Guillermo Barros Schelotto free-kick into the FC Dallas penalty area was bobbled by goalkeeper Kevin Hartman. Chad Marshall pounced on the rebound, but his shot was deflected out of danger by the defense.
FC Dallas had a chance five minutes later when Milton Rodriguez played a through ball to winger Brek Shea breaking into the Columbus penalty area, but his shot went off the side netting.
Shea had another chance about 10 minutes before the break, but his shot went wide of the left post after he cut past a defender at the top of the penalty area to the middle of the field. Marshall got over just in time to disrupt the shot.
Shea set up a FCD attacker David Ferreira about 10 minutes after the break with a low, hard cross from the left, but the Colombian's one-time blast went just over the bar from close range.
Columbus had a chance to get the game's only goal about 20 minutes from time when an Eddie Gaven cross found Schelotto in the offensive third. Hartman came out to challenge the cross, but Schelotto's shot was cleared off the line by defender Zach Loyd, preserving the draw.
FC Dallas will aim to extend its unbeaten streak to 13 when it hosts Toronto FC on Saturday, while Columbus travels to Los Angeles to take on the Galaxy later the same night in its next MLS fixture.
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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.
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