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Saturday 14 OctOber 2017

Cubs outlast Nationals, advance to NLCS

United States coach Bruce
Arena stands on the sideline
during a 2018 World Cup
qualifying soccer match
against Trinidad and Tobago
in Couva, Trinidad, Tuesday,
Oct. 10, 2017.
Associated Press
Arena quits

after U.S.

World Cup

failure, Gulati

stays for now
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce NATIONALS

By RONALD BLUM
AP Sports Writer

Arena quickly resigned as
U.S. coach after the Ameri-
cans’ failure to qualify for DISASTER
the World Cup. U.S. Soccer
Federation President Sunil
Gulati is staying around, at
least for now.
Arena quit Friday, three
days after the ruinous 2-1
loss at 99th-ranked Trinidad
and Tobago that ended
the Americans’ streak of
seven straight World Cup
appearances.
“There’s no point in me be-
ing around,” Arena said in
a telephone interview with
The Associated Press. “I’m
not going to be around for
the next cycle. Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Wade Davis reacts
The only thing I regret, obvi- after the final out as the Cubs beat the Washington
ously, is not having a cycle Nationals 9-8 to to win baseball’s National League
with the team, because Division Series, at Nationals Park, early Friday,
you need more time than Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington.
10 months with a team. Associated Press
But I knew that in advance Page 20
of it, so I’m responsible for
it.”

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