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VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have four games left on their Major League Soccer schedule. Goalkeeper Joe Cannon is worried some players might have already quit for the season. A frustrated Cannon questioned the commitment of some of his teammates Sunday after Vancouver lost 1-0 to the Portland Timbers to spoil the Whitecaps first game at the newly refurbished BC Place Stadium. "I think in the future weve got to find out who has that heart," Cannon said. "Im not going to point any fingers. Im not different than any guy on this team. "We just need more heart. Thats the bottom line." Kenny Cooper scored in the 25th minute as Portland took advantage of Whitecaps defender Alain Rochats mistake at midfield for the games only goal. Portland midfielder Diego Chara fed Cooper a perfect ball and the big forward hammered a shot from the top of the box over Cannons outstretched fingers. "It was a huge win," said Cooper. "It feels good to get three points against them." It wasnt the way the Whitecaps wanted to christen their new home. The enthusiasm that bubbled before the match turned as flat as yesterdays champagne. "You went away frustrated and disappointed," Vancouver interim coach Tom Soehn said. "I didnt think we had the best energy in the first half. "Thats hard to explain when you look at this venue and the excitement. We gave away a bad goal. There is no looking back. Teams punish you for mistakes." Martin Rennie has already been signed to be Vancouvers coach next season and Cannon worries some of the current Whitecaps dont realize they could be playing themselves off the team. "If feel like every game is an audition," Cannon said. "You know the new coach is watching every single move you make. "There is no room for error anymore. You would think these guys, you would see a little bit more bite." Vancouver captain Jay DeMerit seemed surprised by Cannons comments. "Define heart," DeMerit said. "I think its just a level of effort and commitment. "Its a simple formula. When you put that in for 90 minutes a lot of times results go your way. A lot of times results havent gone our way. I think that says it all." The Whitecaps came close to tying the match in the dying moments when striker Eric Hassli missed on a header. The frustrated Frenchman was left pounding his fist into the turf. Portland and Vancouver, old rivals from past leagues, are both playing in their inaugural MLS seasons. The Timbers improved to 11-13-7 and remain in the playoff hunt. "I think that was one of our best performances on the road this year," Portland coach John Spencer said. "It gave us an opportunity ... to keep the guys focused on what we have to do. "If we can win two or three of the next couple of games we have a chance to make the playoffs. If we dont, we wont get there." The Whitecaps have the worst record in the league (4-16-10) and are playing for pride and jobs next season. Among the sold-out crowd of 21,000 celebrating the return to BC Place was a large contingent of Timbers fans. Dressed in green they sang and waved flags throughout the match. The Whitecaps supporters did their best to drown out the visitors by pounding drums and chanting. Included in the $563-million renovation is a retractable roof that opened moments before kickoff. A huge, centre-hung video board showed the action in HD so sharp it looked like you were watching at home on your own TV. The game was played on a modern Polytan synthetic surface, considered one of the best for soccer. Throughout the building there are 800 Wi-Fi points and 1,150 digital screens, wider seats, improved acoustics and enhanced concession and bathroom facilities. "Its a great venue," DeMerit said. "Its a fantastic facility. "Its our home now for the future and its a great place to be." The CFLs B.C. Lions played the first game in the new stadium Friday. Capacity for football is over 50,000, but that is reduced to 21,000 for soccer. When the Whitecaps play a special curtain is drawn to mask the unused seats in the upper tier. The seats are close to the field, making fans feel like they are part of the action. Beaming Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi looked around the stadium with the pride of a new father. "Im absolutely satisfied," Lenarduzzi said. "There are a lot of things we assumed would be good but we could never tell until we were in here. "Its everything I expected it to be." Jeff Mallett, one of the teams owners, loved the atmosphere. "From our standpoint it looks absolutely fantastic," said Mallett, the former Yahoo president who is a part-owner of the San Francisco Giants. "We are going to get that authentic soccer environment we know is critical. Its going to be a great place to watch a football match." MLS commissioner Don Garber also was impressed. "Its another home for clubs where they can control their destiny a bit more," he said. Notes: Rochat played the match wearing a mask to protect a broken nose suffered in a Sept. 17 game against the L.A. Galaxy. ... Lenarduzzi was a member of the NASL Whitecaps team that played the first game at BC Place on June 20, 1983, a 2-1 win over Seattle before 60,342 spectators. ... Portland won the first meeting of the season 2-1 on Aug. 20. cheap jerseys china . The 5-foot-9 McCain announced the deal on Twitter late Tuesday and thanked his agent, David Canter. McCain was a sixth-round draft pick by the Texans in 2009. cheap china jerseys . Laura Fortino scored and Shannon Szabados made 24 saves as Canada defeated the U.S. 1-0 in an exhibition game Saturday night. The game was a tune-up for both teams as they prepare for the world championship in Burlington, Vt. http://www.cheapjerseyschina.cc/ . Schalke general manager Horst Heldt said Thursday that he made an offer to extend Rauls contract, which expires at the end of the season, in an email to the Spaniards representative, Gines Carvajal. wholesale jerseys . The right-hander was traded from Milwaukee to New York for cash on Wednesday, two days after the Brewers designated him for assignment. cheap jerseys . Endy Chavez had a run-scoring double for the Rangers, while starter Derek Holland threw five solid innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and a walk. Brett Tomko tossed the other four frames for Texas, allowing a run on four hits and two walks. Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Dillon Gee won his first seven decisions this season and allowed a total of one run over his last three starts. Six walks did in the rookie on Tuesday. Conor Jackson knocked in two runs and Jemile Weeks scored three times, as the Athletics handed a wild Gee his first loss of the season in a 7-3 triumph over the New York Mets. Cliff Pennington had an RBI and scored twice in Oaklands sixth straight victory, its longest winning streak since taking seven in a row, September 14-20, 2009. Ryan Sweeney had four hits, including and RBI single. Gee (7-1) suffered his first defeat in 13 games (11 starts) in 2011 and lasted just four innings, allowing three hits and four runs. The right-handers seven straight winning decisions equaled the club record for rookies, but he threw more than half of his pitches (45-of-87) for balls in New Yorks fourth loss in five games. Thats certainly not the guy we know, Mets manager Terry Collins said. This is a game of adjustments. You have to adjust every day, every night, every inning, and I dont think we made any adjustments tonight. The sinker wasnt working, it was off the plate, whatever it was. You have to adjust. If that means you have to throw it down the middle, then you have to throw it down the middle. Josh Outman (3-1) gave up four hits and one earned run over six innings for the Athletics, whose winning streak follows a stretch where they lost 13 of 14 and fired manager Bob Geren. We think some things are going to start going our way and they have, Outman said. Were getting some hits falling here and there we werent getting before. I think Gee threw a better game than he got credit for. Its nice to come out and beat a guy who has had a great season thus far. Jason Bay homered, tripled and knocked in two runs for the Mets, who brought the tying run to the plate in the eighth inning but were shut down by Grant Balfour. Bay tripled in Angel Pagan on a ball that caromed off the glove of a leaping Coco Crisp at the center field wall. Umpires reviewed the play for nearly four minutes to determine if the ball hit the back wall beyond the home run line after deflecting off Crisps glove, but the call remained.dddddddddddd Brian Fuentes hit pinch-hitter Willie Harris with a pitch on the right triceps and Balfour walked pinch-hitter Lucas Duda, but Josh Thole grounded weakly to second to end the inning. Balfour recorded the last four outs to notch his second save of the year. The opener of this three-game series began in shaky fashion for Gee, who walked both Weeks and Pennington in the opening frame before giving up a single to Crisp to load the bases with nobody out. Hideki Matsuis sacrifice fly and Jacksons RBI groundout provided the early advantage. Gee walks four batters in a five-hitter stretch to start the third. That included one to Jackson to force in a run, and Sweeneys infield hit off the glove of second baseman Ruben Tejada made it 4-0. Weeks failed to catch a two-out pop-up, opening the door for Tejadas sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth, which Pagan scored on with a nice head-first slide at home. But the As added more runs in the fifth thanks to a pair of walks from reliever D.J. Carrasco. That included one to Kurt Suzuki with the bases full. Scott Sizemores double play grounder plated another run for a 6-1 cushion. Pennington grounded an RBI single up the middle in the sixth before Bay homered off the facing of the second deck in left in the bottom half of the frame. GAME NOTES:Matsui, starting a game in the outfield for the first time since last July, made some running grabs in left field, one of which was against the fence down the left field line in the seventh inning on a ball hit by Thole...As starting pitchers have a 5-0 mark over their last six games after going 0-11 with a 7.30 ERA over their previous 14 contests...This was Bays first time with an extra base hit since May 19...New York had won four straight over Oakland, including a three-game sweep at Shea Stadium in 2007...Weeks has 16 hits in his first 12 games. The only Oakland Athletic with more hits in his first 12 career games is Mitchell Page (18). cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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