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TORONTO -- Two games into the MLS season, Toronto FC is reeling. "Two games, six goals," said a downcast Toronto manager Aron Winter. And two losses. Toronto may still be alive in the CONCACAF Champions League but it is 0-2-0 in MLS play thanks to a defence that is several grades below shaky. Asked if there were any positives in Saturdays 3-0 home-opening loss to the San Jose Earthquakes, the Dutch coach said "No." "You can lose a game, but not the way we lost the game today." Chris Wondolowski scored twice and Shea Salinas added the third for the Earthquakes (2-1-0) in blustery, difficult and occasionally wet conditions before an announced crowd of 20,753 at Torontos lakefront. The goals were ugly ones for Toronto, with a string of Earthquake players queuing up to knock the ball into the net. "We were not happy in the locker-room after the game ... It was not a good game from our side," said the Toronto coach, which in Winter-speak is akin to calling the afternoon a disaster of Titanic proportions. "There are a lot of things we didnt do well today," he added. Injured captain Torsten Frings had been keeping the leaky Toronto backline in some semblance of shape. Without him, it is an adventure in defending. "To have Torsten (in that position) is completely different than without him," said Winter. Frings went down early in the season-opening 3-1 loss in Seattle. Hes not expected back for four to six weeks. The team has little time to sort itself out. It hosts Mexicos Santos Laguna on Wednesday in the opening leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal. And Saturdays game was the first of five in 14 days. Toronto goalkeeper Milos Kocic was steaming after the match, saying his team had failed to adapt to the windy conditions or put the Quakes under pressure. "I felt like theyre feeling theyre playing at home and we were playing away," said Kocic. "Thats unacceptable." Toronto has never beaten the Quakes at BMO Field, going 0-2-3. And it had little hope of reversing that record after a woeful start Saturday. There was blame to go all around. Winter painted a picture of mistakes on top of mistakes. San Jose pressed from the start and went ahead after just nine minutes when former Toronto FC midfielder Sam Cronin found Wondolowski unmarked in the penalty box. The Quakes forward, whose six-game scoring streak ended last week against Houston, headed it past Kocic with ease. Torontos attacking trio of Johnson, Joao Plata and Reggie Lambe, with help from midfielder Luis Silva, created chances as the first half progressed but couldnt take advantage. Winter looked to turn up the offence to open the second half with striker Danny Koevermans coming in for midfielder Terry Dunfield. It took the big Dutchman less than a minute to start throwing himself around in the San Jose penalty box. And the Earthquakes found themselves on the back foot in the early going. But the Earthquakes went ahead on the counter-attack in the 56th minute as Salinas, one of four onrushing Quake attackers available to Marvin Chavez, slotted a low shot past Kocic. Winter substituted defender Ty Harden in the 64th minute, saying later he was unhappy with the performance. He could have said the same about almost every one of his players. It was 3-0 in the 67th, with the Toronto defence undressed yet again. Rafael Baca broke in on the right and sent the ball across the box as Kocic rushed out. Wondolowski misplayed the ball and had all the time in the world to get control of it and bang it home. Wondolowski could have had the hat trick but hit the goalpost from close range in the 87th minute. Afterwards, Wondolowski conceded he could have had more. "I almost had four," lamented the striker, who upped his goal tally in Toronto to six. TFC gave up a league-worst 59 goals last season and has not posted a shutout in 10 MLS games while conceding 19 goals over that stretch. With Frings hurt and central defenders Adrian Cann and Dicoy Williams still recovering from long-term injuries, the backline remains a real concern. "I hate conceding goals and this is a terrible start to the season for me," said Kocic. "Six goals in two games. its not how defenders should play, including all of us." The day started with news that Toronto goalkeeper and vice-captain Stefan Frei would be out eight to 10 weeks after breaking his fibula in a freak training accident Friday. The emergency backup goalie was Brian Rowe, a former UCLA second-team All-American who was a Chivas USA pick in the 2012 MLS supplemental draft. Rowe is an MLS pool goalie, available for just such circumstances. Nike Roshe Run Cheap Nz . 51, Heath Bell blew a save. 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Hammel also walked one and struck out two, and Bruce Billings pitched a scoreless top of the 10th to get the win. SASKATOON -- The tournament heavyweights lived up to their billing at the Canadian mens curling championship. Ontarios Glenn Howard and Albertas Kevin Koe, picked as pre-tournament favourites, will meet in Sundays final at the Tim Hortons Brier. Its a rematch of the final two years ago in Halifax, where Koe defeated Howard 6-5 in an extra end for the Canadian title. "You cant feel bad about that game," Howard recalled Saturday. "Kevin Koe was a one-man wrecking crew. I shouldnt say that. His team played great, but Kevin made some key shots down the stretch and thats what wins you Briers." Koes Calgary team downed Manitobas Rob Fowler 8-6 in Saturdays semifinal to advance. Earlier, Alberta beat Kevins younger brother Jamie and his Yukon and Northwest Territories foursome 10-6 in a playoff between the third and fourth seeds. When Koe won the championship two years, ago, he took a similar route by winning the three-four playoff game and the semifinal before facing Howard. "Its a great memory for us, probably not so for him," Koe said. Sundays victor represents Canada at the world mens curling championship March 31 to April 8 in Basel, Switzerland. Ontario topped the preliminary round 10-1 and Alberta was third at 8-3. Ontario hammered Manitoba 9-3 in Fridays playoff game between the top two seeds. Howard will appear in his 11th career Brier final -- five as third for brother Russ and six as Ontario skip. He and front end Brent Laing and Craig Savill will play their sixth final in seven years, but their lone win was in 2007. "Obviously weve lost a few finals," Howard said. "Am I happy when we lose in the finals? Not at all. If we lose tomorrow, Im not going to be very happy as well because we definitely want to win this one." Third Wayne Middaugh, who skipped Ontario to a title in 1998, joined Howards Coldwater Curling Club squad prior to this season. Koe retained front end Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen from his winning team two years ago. Pat Simmons came on board at third prior to this season when Blake MacDonald stepped back from the sport. "Its a good challenge for us like it was in 2010," Kevin said. "Our record against Glenn is not great for sure. I think it will be key for us to get off to a good start. Obviously theyre playying great this week, but if theres a game theyll be antsy about, it would be the final Im sure.dddddddddddd" Simmons was diagnosed with a throat infection thats steadily worsened throughout this tournament. Hes taking antibiotics for it, but suffered Saturday. He still managed to shoot 89 per cent against the Territories and 75 per cent versus Manitoba. "Im going to play until I cant walk," Simmons said. "Adrenalin is a great thing. Its just it can only last so long. Hopefully its got one more day in it." A the teams seconds provide an interesting matchup to watch Sunday. Rycroft topped the preliminary round at that position with 89 per cent shooting accuracy ahead of Laing at 87. Alberta broke the semifinal against Manitoba open in the eighth end by scoring four for a 7-4 lead. Fowlers first stone of the end, an attempted takeout, appeared to change course en route to the target. Koe played a split to lay four. Fowlers attempted corner freeze was heavy and straight, allowing Koe an open hit for four. "Our only consolation is we played our A-plus game tonight and we had a rotten break when we were hitting against two," Fowler said. "It was just about to the spot where we would have the roll and it picked and missed everything. "Thats a tough way to lose. You go out, play your heart out, play your best game and are really in a position to win the game. It evaporates that quick on you." Manitoba will play the Territories for the bronze medal Sunday morning. The Canadian champion is eligible for $144,000 of Sport Canada funding over a two-year period as well as $40,000 from Own the Podium for training and competition expenses. "The amount of time and money we put into this game, that funding is massive," Howard said. "You can take it and play a few more spiels. You can get some more training. We put it to good use." Theres also an automatic berth in the 2012 Canada Cup, at which an Olympic trials berth will be awarded to the winner. The Brier champion is also named to the North American team in the 2013 Continental Cup of Curling, a competition against European and Asian teams. Ontario and Alberta get $40,000 in prize money as finalists. The bronze medallist receives $30,000 and the fourth-place team $20,000. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap jerseys cheapjerseyswholesale wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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