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Toronto loses 1-0 to Red

Bulls, advances on away goals

By The Associated Press 3-4 on aggregate against Eastern Conference finals,
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto NYCFC. beating New York City FC
FC lost 1-0 to the New York Bradley Wright-Phillips 4-3 in the two-leg series af-
Red Bulls in an abrasive scored his 100th career ter falling 2-0 in the second
game Sunday and still ad- goal for the sixth-seeded game.
vanced to the MLS Eastern Red Bulls when a long- The Crew will host the Sup-
Conference final on away range shot deflected in porters Shield winner To-
goals after the two-leg se- off him in the 53rd minute. ronto FC in Game 1 of the
ries ended tied 2-2 on goals A Toronto goal by Jona- conference finals Nov. 21.
aggregate. than Osorio in the 78th was NYC’s David Villa opened
It was a feisty affair that saw called off due to a foul, ap- the scoring in the 16th
Toronto striker Jozy Altidore parently for what was con- minute on a penalty kick New York City FC’s Ben Sweat, left, tackles Columbus Crew’s Pe-
and Red Bulls captain Sa- sidered a shove. Things got as Zack Steffen dove the dro Santos (32) during the first half of an MLS Eastern Conference
cha Kljestan sent off after even uglier minutes later wrong way. It came af- semifinal soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in New York.
a tunnel melee at halftime. when a drink was thrown ter Josh Williams tripped Associated Press
The wild match also fea- from the stands at ref- Rodney Wallace in a non- and the Crew won 4-1. scoreless draw in the first
tured a pair of disallowed eree Chris Penso after he threatening position at the DYNAMO 2, TIMBERS 1, leg in Houston on Monday.
goals and six yellow cards, booked Giovinco. corner of the 18-yard box. HOUSTON WINS 2-1 ON AG- The goals gave the Dy-
and a drink thrown at an After falling 2-1 at home on Andraz Struna made it 2-0 GREGATE namo a 2-1 advantage on
official from the crowd. Monday night, the Red Bulls in the 53rd on a deflected PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — aggregate, setting up the
In addition to Altidore, needed to win and score shot off the head of Crew Dylan Remick and Mauro conference final against
league-leading Toronto at least two goals Sunday defender Jonathan Men- Manotas scored to send the Seattle Sounders.
will be without star striker to avoid defeat. sah. Houston through to the The Timbers were decimat-
Sebastian Giovinco for the NEW YORK CITY FC 2, CREW In the first leg Tuesday night, Western Conference final ed by injuries going into the
next game after his sec- 0; CREW WIN TWO-LEG SE- Artur started a three-goal after a victory over Port- game and dealt a big blow
ond yellow in two games. RIES 4-3 outburst for Columbus in land in the second leg of on Saturday when defend-
TFC will play the Colum- NEW YORK (AP) — Co- the second half, shortly af- their semifinal. er Roy Miller ruptured an
bus Crew, who advanced lumbus advanced to the ter NYC went down a man, The teams played to a Achilles during training.q
Harvick to Victory Lane, where the and two laps shy of the

Texas celebration was miss-
checkered flag at Mar-
ing the traditional firing of tinsville before getting
Continued from Page 17 six-shooters by the winner. wrecked by Hamlin. In-
“A little disappointed to TMS officials bypassed the stead of the possible win
come up short, but to use of the pistols after a then that would have
clinch a spot in Miami is man armed with an as- clinched a championship
unbelievable,” Truex said. sault rifle opened fire ear- spot, he now likely has to
“Definitely got the job lier Sunday inside a church win at Phoenix to advance.
done today, and came in the small community of “Yeah, I guess. ... I assume
here and did what we Sutherland Springs, about so,” Elliott said. “We’ll just
needed to.” 300 miles south of the go on to Phoenix. We are
Kyle Busch had already track near San Antonio. going to try our best, try to
clinched a championship The man killed 26 people get a victory and go on to
spot with his win at Mar- and wounded about 20 in Kevin Harvick celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NAS- Homestead.”
tinsville a week ago to start what Texas Gov. Greg Ab- CAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Harvick felt good about
the third round of the play- bott said was the deadliest Worth, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. his car all day, but had to
offs. That leaves only one mass shooting in the state’s Associated Press earn the victory in Texas.
spot up for grabs among history. son dealt with a loose car pion Johnson. Tony Stewart, the former
the five remaining playoff Denny Hamlin, another of all day and finished 27th. “I’d feel confident if we Cup champion and car
contenders next week at the playoff contenders, fin- Keselowski dropped from were locked in. These rac- owner, liked what he saw
Phoenix. ished third, while Brad Kes- third to fourth in points, 57 es you don’t know what’s in those last 20-25 laps.
After doing a long burnout elowski was fifth and Ryan behind Truex. Hamlin is fifth gonna happen,” Keselows- “It wasn’t just the fact of
along the frontstretch in Blaney sixth. Chase Elliott in the standings, followed ki said. winning this race, but it’s
the No. 4 Ford for Stewart- finished eighth, and his by Ryan Blaney, Elliott and Elliott knows that feeling, just how it was won,” Stew-
Haas Racing, Harvick went teammate Jimmie John- seventh-time Cup cham- having been in the lead art said. q