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when theres a physical side to it.

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TORONTO -- The two worst teams in MLS square off Saturday in a game that gets uglier the closer you lk. D.C. United (1-10-3) is winless in a club-record 12 league games. Visiting Toronto (1-7-5) is winless in 11. Catch all of the action live on TSN2 and TSN Mobile TV, tonight at 7pm et/4pm pt. United has taken just three of the last 36 points on offer, during which time the four-time league champion has scored just five times. An Eastern Conference playoff finalist last season, D.C. United has been shut out nine times in 2013 including its last three games. The team has gone 295 minutes without scoring, the sixth-longest streak in MLS this season and the eighth-longest in club history. Red Bulls star Thierry Henrys six goals match the total of Uniteds whole team and hes tied for fifth in league goal-scoring. D.C. United manager Ben Olsen and captain Dwayne De Rosario, a Canadian international and former league MVP, have bumped heads this year although a DeRo hat trick in U.S. Open Cup play this week no doubt helped heal the wounds. Toronto, which has scored once in its last five outings, is 1-17-9 in its last 27 MLS games dating back to July 28, 2012. It has picked up just five points out of a possible 33 in its current winless run. First-year manager Ryan Nelsen preaches confidence and patience as he continues his radical makeover of the struggling squad. On Thursday, Toronto sent its 21st player packing since the end of last season. Progress is slow. Toronto is only three points ahead of its pace last season when it opened with a league-record nine-game losing streak and was 1-10-2 at this point. Valuable points have been squandered through late goals. Toronto has lost 11 points in seven games through last-minute opposition strikes. Points are at a premium for both teams Saturday. "Its a big game," said Nelsen, a former D.C. United captain. "Everybody knows it. They know it, we know it." While Torontos record doesnt reflect it, Nelsen and his coaching staff have been separating the wheat from the chaff. The current roster contains some promising young talent and a few serviceable veterans. But it is short on creativity and lacks killer instinct. Several big pieces are missing. How bad has Torontos luck been this season? Reliable fullback Richard Eckersley has missed eight league games since injuring his hamstring celebrating a teammates goal in a 1-1- tie with FC Dallas on April 6. To make matters worse, he aggravated the inquiry while rehabbing it. Veteran defender Danny Califf has gone from starter to patient zero on the TFC roster. According to the team, Califf -- currently No. 5 on the centre-back depth chart -- has suffered from two viruses, in addition to a sore back and knees. One suspects someone on the coaching staff is having fun reading a medical dictionary while they try to trade the 33-year-old Califf and his US$165,000 salary. Striker Danny Koevermans, returning from a knee injury, was intrigued to learn a sore back had kept him out of practice. It was actually a virus, he assured reporters. Communication has not been a Toronto strongpoint this season. Open practices are a thing of the past, other than the final minutes of a session. And in a city whose media is beginning to ignore a soccer franchise that continues to be the league drmat, the coaching staff is pushing back rather than reaching out. Assistant coach Jim Brennan tk time out Thursday to complain to a local reporter about a story. Nelsen, grilled about the teams pr run, recently told another beat reporter "youre not really educated on how a game can be" because they were only lking at the score, not the performances. Nelsen reinforced that point Thursday when he told reporters that his team had performed well, but just not been rewarded with points. "Youd have to be pretty deaf, dumb and blind (not to recognize) ... the progression from Game 1 to Philadelphia game," he said. "Theyre just two different teams that we are now. But weve just got to turn those performances into points." Perhaps the coaches are lking to shield their players. Or perhaps the frustration is getting to them. Nelsen can range from affable to annoyed, sometimes in the same scrum. Listening to the Kiwi, you might think Toronto FCs new management inherited a Sunday pub team rather than one bankrolled by a billion-dollar sports empire. Still eight managers and no playoffs speak volumes about Torontos woeful seven-year history. Rubbing salt into the wound, the recent Canada-U.S. womens soccer friendly set an attendance record at TFCs home stadium. The leagues own power rankings have D.C. United at 19th and last in the league. Toronto stands 17th, ahead of 3-8-2 Chivas. Washington would be a great place to start winning, especially since Nelsen, president Kevin Payne and chief scout Pat Onstad all spent time with D.C. United. Toronto captain Darren ODea is questionable at left back after picking up a bug while on international duty with Ireland. Centre back Doneil Henry, suspended after being red-carded last time out, will likely be replaced by Gale Agbossoumonde. Koevermans, returning from a long absence due to knee surgery, is likely to see action off the bench. D.C. United also has injury concerns. Midfielder Chris Pontius (concussion) and defenders Ethan White (hip flexor) and James Riley (adductor) will reportedly miss Saturdays game. Defender Dejan Jakovic (adductor) and midfielder Kyle Porter (calf), both Canadian internationals, are listed as questionable. NOTES -- D.C. United has a career a 10-3-2 all-time record against Toronto FC and won all three meetings last year. Toronto has not won at RFK Stadium since 2010. Jordan China . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed. Air Jordan Outlet . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. https://www.jordanchina.us/ . -- Linebacker Myles Jack ran for four touchdowns, defensive end Cassius Marsh caught a scoring pass, and No. Air Jordan Discount .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. Clearance Air Jordan Store . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Pity the volleyball during what promises to be a fast and furious match when Texas and Stanford square off in Saturdays national championship at Nationwide Arena.Bm, bm, bm, bm.Thats what you saw (and heard) in Thursdays semifinals: Four teams killed it at speeds that would raise eyebrows on interstates, and the two most powerful -- the Cardinal and the Longhorns -- advanced to the final bout of the season.When its imposing 6-ft-6 Cardinal opposite Kathryn Plummer or bruising 6-ft-4 Longhorns outside hitter Yaazie Bedart-Ghani doing the damage, most of us would run for cover.But thats not how these players lk at it.Ive walked out of a practice with bruises, just red marks from being slapped with the ball. But in a way, you kind of love it, Cardinal setter Kelsey Humphreys said. Thats why we play.For Texas, Ebony Nwanebu, Paulina Prieto Cerame and Micaya White drilled the majority of the rockets in the Longhorns sweep over Nebraska on Thursday, but the consensus from the players on Friday is that the heaviest hand belongs to Bedart-Ghani. And while Cardinal middle blockers Inky Ajanaku and Audriana Fitzmorris flexed their muscles in Stanfords 3-1 win over Minnesota, Plummer got the most attention for her strong-arming ways.Here are some more thoughts about those screaming spikes:TV or not TV?Theres a TV on the side when we practice so we can replay film. And all the time when our outsides are hitting a sharp cross, it will bounce up and hit the TV. Were like, Pr TV. -- Longhorrns setter Nicole DaltonPop culture?My goal by my senior year is to pop a ball.dddddddddddd Im working on that, getting in the weight rm to get a little bit stronger. -- sophomore Bedart-GhaniThats gonna leave a markThere was one time in practice, I got super-lucky on a dig on one of Yaazies hardest swings. I dug it and my arms were red for 10 minutes. They were actually stinging. I got it up, so I didnt care. -- Longhorns libero Cat McCoyThe power of powerTheres a sweet finesse about the game when theres a physical side to it. When all those things come together, its really fun to play. It almost seems like its in slow motion. -- Longhorns coach Jerritt ElliottDown for the countIf your blocks not in front of them, you are just praaaying that it hits your platform and not your face. When it hits you in the chest, you end up on your butt. -- HumphreysIs everyone OK?We have a really great B side of the net; we call them Machine Team. They take a lot. Tami (Alade) and Courtney (Bowen) have taken a lot to the forehead, and we have to stop practice and make sure everybody is OK. It can really mess you up. -- AjanakuTake a listenKathryns ball -- it has a different sound. Its a very heavy ball. When you listen to Inky when she hits, its like a snap. Its kind of a sharp sound. When Kathryn hits it, its like a thump. You can tell theres more speed on it. -- Cardinal coach John Dunning ' ' '

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