Revolution Gets Past the Fire
Taylor Twellman scored once and helped set up another goal as the New England Revolution eased past the Chicago Fire, 3-0, Wednesday night at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
It took 33 minutes for the unbeaten Revolution to score. But once it found the back of the net, the Fire couldn’t get back into the game.
On the first goal, New England’s Shalrie Joseph made a run and crossed the ball to Twellman, who sent it back to Joseph. The Revolution captain passed to Clint Dempsey in the box. Dempsey tapped the ball up and then caught it perfectly with his right foot to beat Chicago goalkeeper Zach Thornton.
Ten minutes later, Revolution midfielder James Riley crossed the ball past five defenders. Chicago’s Jim Curtin attempted to stop it but ended up flicking it to the foot of Pat Noonan, who beat Thornton.
Twellman closed out the victory in injury time. He ran from midfield into the penalty area, where he sent a shot into the net.
New England (3-0-1) leads Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference. Chicago dropped to 2-2-1.
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Mexico and Poland played to a 1-1 tie in a friendly match after the MLS game at Soldier Field in front of 54,427.
Mexico took the lead in the 51st minute. Antonio Naelson passed to Ramon Morales, who put a shot through goalkeeper Artur Borucs’ legs into the side of the net.
Poland tied it 20 minutes later when Pawel Brozek sent Marcin Baszczynski’s setup into the net.
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Chelsea and Liverpool played to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the European Champions League semifinals at London.
Chelsea had the better possessions, but Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek did not have to make a save. Liverpool had one good scoring chance, but Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech stopped Milan Baros’ header in the 38th minute.
On Tuesday, AC Milan beat PSV Eindhoven, 2-0, in the first leg of their semifinal. The second legs are next week, with the final on May 25 at Istanbul, Turkey.
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Romario scored his last goal and played his final 39 minutes for Brazil’s national team, helping the five-time world champions beat Guatemala, 3-0, in a friendly at Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Romario scored with a header from eight yards in the 16th minute. The match ended the international career of one of the nation’s soccer idols.
