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VANCOUVER - Long Tans hard work finally paid off Wednesday night. Tans first Major League Soccer goal gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a 2-1 victory over D.C. United on Wednesday. "Its my first goal in MLS, so Im very happy," said Tan, the first and only Chinese-born MLS player. "Ill remember today. We feel good." Tan, a 23-year-old from Dalian, a major southern seaport in Chinas Liaoning province, has spent most of the season battling to get in the lineup, let alone start. He helped the expansion Whitecaps, long since eliminated from the playoffs, post their second straight victory. They improved to 6-16-10 with two games remaining in their first MLS season. D.C. (9-11-11) suffered its third consecutive loss and saw its wild card playoff chances reduced with three games remaining. "You want to finish the season proud of something," said Vancouver coach Tommy Soehn. "Weve put together two results now and performances that we feel like were competing." Tan put the Whitecaps ahead 2-0 in the 47th minute as he headed in Alain Rochats cross. "Hes put a lot of work into the last two games and I was really happy for him," said Soehn. "You could see the excitement in his eyes when he scored. Hes earned it. Hes given us a lot of life out there and competes hard." Camilo scored in the first minute for the Whitecaps while Brandon McDonald replied in the 58th for United. D.C. coach Ben Olsen was upset that his club allowed the Whitecaps to score in the first minute of each half. "Obviously, its pretty much an unacceptable performance from the men," said Olsen. "To give up two goals that quickly at the start at the start of halves is something that you preach (against). It comes down to concentration. It comes down to starting the right way." Soehn elected to go with strikers Camilo and Tan again after they were effective in a 3-0 win over an undermanned Salt Lake squad a week earlier. Consequently, star striker Eric Hassli, returning from a one-game suspension for receiving eight yellow cards on the season, started the game on the bench before replacing Tan in the second half. The tandem of Camilo and Tan paid off right away. With the game barely begun, Tan fed Camilo in the box and the Brazilian beat D.C. goalkeeper Bill Hamid with a low shot just inside the post from about six yards out. It was Camilos 12th goal of the season and moved him into a share of second place in league scoring. After Tan put the Caps ahead 2-0, McDonald brought United back within a goal as he headed in second-half substitute Santino Quarantas free kick. D.C. pressed late in the game, but could not produce the equalizer. Olsen said his club should have played with the same desperation from the start. "We deserved to lose this game," he said. United closed out its road schedule with a 5-8-4 mark away from the U.S. capital. D.C. will finish off the season at home against Chicago, Portland and Columbus -- the three teams it is battling for a playoff berth. "Its pretty clear now what we have to do," said Olsen. "So thats a positive -- if you think winning three games in a row is a positive." The Whitecaps will play their final road game at Dallas on Saturday and then wrap up their first season at home against Colorado on Oct. 22. D.C. played without top scorer Dwayne De Rosario, who did not make the trip west after playing for Canada in a World Cup qualifying match Tuesday in Toronto against Puerto Rico. The 33-year-old from Toronto avoided a rare hat-trick which would have seen him play for three different teams in Vancouver this season after trades from Toronto FC to New York in April and then D.C. in June. Noting he did not want to fly De Rosario and risk an injury, Olsen insisted his club still had enough "manpower" to win the game -- but did not perform. Meanwhile, Whitecaps co-owner Steve Nash spoke to reporters at half-time and called for the Whitecaps to show better results next season. "I think weve got to improve our roster," said Nash. He said the club could use more quality and depth after trying to build an expansion team "on the fly." "We feel proud for our guys, but theres not a team in this league that you can say isnt trying to improve their roster," said Nash, declining to say where improvement is needed. The NBA star added everyone in Vancouvers front officeis excited about the pending arrival of new coach Martin Rennie and looks forward to him putting his mark on the club. "Weve chosen a direction and were excited to see him come in and create his own culture and a winning atmosphere," said Nash. On Wednesday, the Caps did their best to make sure Rennies roster decisions are difficult. Notes: Usual Vancouver starting Swiss midfielder Davide Chiumiento was scratched after falling out of favour with coach Soehn. 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Gordon said in a statement that he used cough medicine containing codeine -- a banned substance -- while recovering from strep throat in February. DETROIT -- Ramon Santiago is one of the smallest players on the Detroit Tigers -- a smooth fielder and fast runner, but nobodys idea of a slugger. For the second time in less than three months, the 5-foot-11 backup infielder gave the Tigers a victory with a big hit in extra innings. Santiagos solo homer in the bottom of the 10th on Tuesday night lifted Detroit to a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals. On June 13, Santiago hit an RBI triple in the 10th to give the Tigers a 2-1 victory over Tampa Bay in a game hed entered as a defensive replacement. He came in as a pinch-runner in the eighth on Tuesday but made his biggest contribution two innings later. "I knew I hit it hard, but I was running as fast as I could because I wasnt sure where it was going to end up," Santiago said. "Once I saw it go out, I wanted to enjoy it, because you dont get to do that very often." Santiagos homer off Aaron Crow (3-4) was only his fourth of the year. It enabled the first-place Tigers to stay five games ahead of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. Joaquin Benoit (4-3) pitched two innings for the Tigers, matching his longest outing of the season. Crow struck out Wilson Betemit with the bases loaded to end the ninth, but he got only one out in the 10th before allowing Santiagos surprising homer over the right-field wall. "You like to see someone like Santi get a turn in front of the cameras. Hes the underdog on a team with guys like (Miguel) Cabrera and (Victor) Martinez," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "He ran into a fastball and he hit it well. That wasnt a paint scraper." Detroit starter Doug Fister retired the first 18 hitters he faced. He ended up allowing a run and four hits over 7 2-3 innings and struck out six. Kansas Citys Jeff Francis allowed two hits in 6 1-3 scoreless innings in an impressive duel between the two starters. "I felt like every time I sat down, I was right back up, the way he was throwing," Francis said. Fister was traded from Seattle to Detroit on July 30 as the Tigers tried to bbolster their rotation for the stretch run.dddddddddddd He entered Tuesdays game receiving only 2.63 runs of support per nine innings, and he settled for a no-decision after taking a perfect game into the seventh. Alex Gordon ended Fisters bid with a double. Billy Butler eventually drove him in with a sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. "I knew it, but it never crossed my mind to think about (the perfect game)," Fister said. "It doesnt change how the hitters are going to approach me, and it doesnt change how Im going to approach the hitters, so it isnt something that is in my mind." Francis was pulled with two on in the seventh, and reliever Greg Holland retired Martinez and Alex Avila to end the threat. Holland has allowed only one of his 29 inherited runners to score this season, but he stayed in the game for the eighth inning and the Tigers managed to tie it. With men on first and third and two outs, Magglio Ordonez singled up the middle to make it 1-1. The Royals had missed a chance to pad their lead in the top of the eighth when they put men on second and third with one out. Shortstop Jhonny Peralta fielded Alcides Escobars grounder and threw home to catch Mike Moustakas trying to score. Phil Coke then relieved Fister and struck out Gordon. Detroit nearly won it in the ninth when Louis Coleman allowed three straight two-out walks, but Crow came in and got out of the jam. Notes: In his last three starts, Fister has allowed two runs in 21 2-3 innings. ... Martinezs hard grounder in the ninth handcuffed first baseman Eric Hosmer, but the ball bounced off him and over to second baseman Chris Getz, who threw back to Hosmer covering first for an odd 3-4-3 groundout. ... It was Benoits third outing of more than an inning this season. ... The Tigers and Royals will finish their four-game series with day games Wednesday and Thursday. Rick Porcello takes the mound for Detroit on Wednesday against Felipe Paulino. ... The Tigers are 9-5 against Kansas City this season. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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