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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. Dermontti Dawson Womens Jersey . - The Vancouver Whitecaps hadnt experienced a loss in over two months before falling to the Colorado Rapids 2-0 on Saturday. Dillon Powers and Vicente Sanchez both scored in the first half as the Rapids snapped the Whitecaps (5-3-7) franchise-best unbeaten streak at eight matches. But as head coach Carl Robinson saw it, it wasnt that big of a deal. "Weve lost one in nine," Robinson said. "I wont get carried away." Despite the loss, Vancouver had reason to celebrate as Whitecaps Mehdi Ballouchy, Steven Beitashour and Nigel Reo-Coker all made their returns after various lengths of absences. Ballouchy played 20 minutes in his first game in nearly 11 months since tearing his right ACL last season. He tore his left ACL two years ago, and played only five games for the San Jose Earthquake before the most recent injury. "Its been a long time," Ballouchy said. "When you do an ACL, you come back, and you do it again, these are long-term injuries. A lot of players dont come back. Its been a steep, steep hill and Im happy to be playing again." Reo-Coker was back in action after missing Wednesdays scoreless draw against Montreal to be in New York for the birth of his first child, while Beitashour was back after a long trek back from Brazil, where he played for Irans national team in the World Cup pool play. Vancouver hadnt lost since falling to Los Angeles 1-0 on April 19. It was the second of a brief two-game losing streak that started with a home loss to Colorado a week earlier. "Weve lost three games out of 15. Its not bad," said Reo-Coker. "Every team has spells like this — even the top teams. Were going through it now. We have so much belief and confidence in this team that were going to bounce back. Its a sign and test of how good we are." Reo-Coker said the birth of his daughter Scarlet changed his life "completely." "Its fantastic," he said. "Its something you cant put into words until you go through." He had a less memorable moment late in the first half when he fouled Sanchez in the box, leading to a penalty kick. Sanchez easily beat goalie David Ousted in the 36th minute to give the Rapids their second goal. "It was just miscommunication between David and myself," Reo-Coker said. "I saw David coming out and we kind of hesitated amongst each other, no one really took command of the full situation." Robinson had no issue with the call. "Second goal, it was a blatant penalty," he said. Powers hit the bar in the 17th minute and put a shot through the legs of a Vancouver defender three minutes later to give Colorado a 1-0 lead. The Rapids had another chance in the 27th minute, but were turned away by Ousted. Vancouver had two solid chances in the second half but Pedro Morales put a shot wide in the 63rd minute and Johnny Leversons laser in the 77th minute was saved by Clint Irwin. Colorado had 19 shots overall to Vancouvers five. "Were going to win games where we dont deserve to and were going to lose games we deserve to win," Robinson said. "Tonight we got what we deserved." Robinson didnt play Beitashour, opting instead to give him a rest after a long period of travel. "Beitas had three flights and in total its probably 16 hours of flying," Robinson said. "What I didnt want to do is risk an injury to him. I made the decision before the game." Troy Polamalu Jersey .Y. -- The New York Islanders were merely content with a lopsided victory. Terry Bradshaw Youth Jersey . Sizemore, who turned 29 on Jan. 4, has been limited to six games over the past two seasons because of an injured left knee that twice required surgery. He originally got hurt on Feb. 25, 2012, during a fielding drill in Oaklands first full-squad spring training workout and had surgery that March 21 to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.CALGARY - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers concluded a tough season on a winning note and were the better team in the snow Saturday as they upset the Calgary Stampeders 18-13.The Blue Bombers (7-11) opened this 2014 season a promising 5-1, but then plummeted from playoff contention. Their victory over the CFLs top team to conclude their regular season snapped an eight-game losing streak.We finally started clicking, today at least, Blue Bomber defensive back Maurice Leggett said. Its a building block of whats to come next season and just a small portion of the chemistry we can have when were clicking all at once.Its a huge relief. We wish we could continue playing because this is the type of weather I think a lot of guys like to play in.With the addition of the expansion Ottawa Redblacks to the league, the Blue Bombers returned to the West Division this year after eight seasons in the East. Winnipeg improved on their 3-15 campaign of 2013, but miss the playoffs for a third straight year.There is a week remaining in the CFLs regular season, but the Blue Bombers finish on a bye week. Led by Lirim Hajrullahus four field goals, the Blue Bombers scored 15 of their 18 points off turnovers Saturday.Winnipeg backup quarterback Robert Marve threw a touchdown pass to Clarence Denmark. Marve replaced starter Drew Willy, who completed just four of 10 passes for 22 yards in the first half. Marve was 6-for-12 in passing for 76 yards in relief.Rob Cote had a touchdown pass, Rene Paredes kicked a field goal and punter Rob Maver contributed a single for the Stampeders. Hajrullahu conceded a two-point safety with 11 seconds remaining in the game.Calgary quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was 13-for-22 in passing for 138 yards and a touchdown throw in the loss, which snapped his run of eight straight victories.Calgary (14-3) has known since beating the Blue Bombers 33-23 in Winnipeg on Oct. 18 that it will finish first in the West Division and host the division final Nov. 23.But with the loss, the Stampeders are no longer able to match the CFLs season record of 16 wins set by the Edmonton Eskimos in 1989.Calgary can still match the franchise record for victories in a season with 15 when it closes out the regular season Friday in Vancouver against the host B.C. Lions.The danger for the Stampeders is losing their top players to injury in these final three games of the regular season that have no impact on Calgarys position in the standings.So the sight of star running back Jon Cornish bouncing his head off the turf in the second quarter and staggering to his feet wwas alarming for Stampeder fans. Heath Miller Steelers Jersey. The CFLs Most Outstanding Player in 2013 had passed the 1,000-yard rushing yards milestone for a third straight season with 105 when he was tackled by Winnipegs Bruce Johnson on a nine-yard run.Cornish needed assistance to get off the field, but walked unaided to the Stampeder clubhouse surrounded by medical staff. He did not return to the game.Whats worrisome for Calgary is Cornish missed six games in July and August with concussion symptoms after he was knocked out in the season-opener. He said the blow to his head Saturday wasnt as serious.My head contacted the ground on the right side and when you hit it on the side, thats when you get the balance issue, so when I was getting up, I didnt have much balance. Then immediately everybody freaks out, Cornish said.Go in, get checked out, no real issues, but as a precautionary measure, they took me out. Like I learned before with concussions, you cant say anything until youve gone a few days without symptoms.Cornish was playing in just his ninth game of the season Saturday after sitting out two other games with injuries, yet he leads the CFL in rushing with 1,082 yards.Stampeder receiver Maurice Price also appeared hurt when he was tackled on the final play of the game, but head coach John Hufnagel didnt have an update on Prices condition following the game. Saturday afternoons game in falling snow and a temperature of one degree was a taste, weather-wise, of what conditions could be for the division final at McMahon. As the turf became whiter and slicker, both offences struggled to move the ball.Winnipeg took the lead on Hajrullahus field goals from 10, 30 and 18 yards in the fourth quarter. The first two of the quarter were scored after Winnipeg recovered fumbles by Mitchell and Calgary receiver Anthony Parker.You cant win a football game with that many turnovers, especially the back-to-back ones we had in the fourth quarter when were trying to get back in the game, Hufnagel said. Penalties hurt us also. We had some nice gains which were nullified by penalties.Truthfully I was very glad the weather was like it was today so we would have the opportunity to play in adverse conditions because we know November 23rd will be a little frosty most likely.Notes: Stampeder defensive end Shawn Lemon set a new team record with his seventh forced fumble of the season . . . Calgary had won five in a row at McMahon before the loss, which was its second at home this season . . . The Blue Bombers snapped a 10-game losing streak at McMahon. ' ' '
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