Crew, Sounders square off at Qwest

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04/30/2010 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Crew travel to take on Seattle Sounders FC at Qwest Field in Major League Soccer action on Saturday night.

The Crew (2-0-1) are one of just two unbeaten teams through one month of the season, although they have only played three league games. The team is coming off a 1-0 win at defending MLS Cup champions Real Salt lake last weekend thanks to a Guillermo Barros Schelotto penalty-kick goal. The Crew earned the full points despite managing just one shot on goal in the game.

"I'll take it, its three points,' Crew coach Robert Warzycha said. "I'd rather win a scrappy game and know we'll get better. We had one shot on goal and actually scored and I'm happy about it."

Goalkeeper Will Hesmer also had a strong game for the Crew, with a number of key saves to give his team a chance to beat the champs.

"I thought we could have done a little better job of possessing the ball," Hesmer said. "But at the end of the game you know they're going to throw everything they have at you and you're going to have to withstand pressure and fight and battle hard and win some challenges in the box and we did that for the most part."

Seattle (2-2-2), on the other hand, will be trying to rebound from a two-game road trip last week that say them come away with just one point.

After suffering a late setback to settle for a share of the points on April 22 at Dallas, the Sounders fell at Toronto three days later to conclude the trip.

"I thought we were doing alright and were pretty comfortable, then we made a big mistake in the back and that was a big shot of adrenaline for Toronto," Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid told his club's website of the Toronto loss. "Then we made another mistake and then after that Toronto dominated the game the last 20 minutes."

Seattle felt like it was in the game, which it lost 2-0, but two critical mistakes led to two goals by Toronto, which was obviously the difference.

"You can make mistakes and thats part of the game, but with the two big mistakes we made, you will never win the game. It doesn't matter how good you play," Seattle attacker Freddie Ljungberg told his team's website. "It's extremely disappointing that we're not winning when we play so well. Next time we won't make those mistakes and we'll win the game."

Seattle will be without attackers Nate Jaqua, Pat Noonan and Michael Fucito because of injuries, while defender Taylor Graham is questionable.

Columbus will be without defender Shaun Francis, while veteran defenders Chad Marshall and Gino Padula are doubtful.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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