Landon Donovan burns Troy Perkins for Galaxy's first goal. Photo by AFP.
And those words are: Comeback victory!
It was ugly. It was frustrating. It was nerve wracking. It was ungainly and choppy and, in the
end, it was a refreshing reminder of what this team can do when it puts its shoulder to the
grindstone and grits it out.
The weekend of action in college soccer wrapped up without any real surprises as the top 25
teams went five for six on Sunday, Only Harvard suffered a defeat, marking the Crimson's fifth
match without a win.
A 74th-minute winner from Stephen Baker broke a 1-1 tie and gave No.
After Saturday's big comeback victory against the Seattle Sounders, the New England Revolution
were already looking to the big three game road trip ahead. Up first is a flight to Los Angeles
where the Revs will take on Chivas USA.
Though the Revs have a pitiful 1-8-1 record on the road this season, playing a Chivas USA side
that are only 4-4-2 at home and are at the bottom of the Western Conference may be just what the
Revs need to turn their away form around.
Had it not been for the arrival of their boss at halftime, Stoke probably would have fallen
victim to an under-performing Aston Villa side. Tony Pulis flew back to Wales early Monday morning
after his mother passed away.
Heading into halftime, Stoke found themselves down 1-0 after Villa's Stewart Downing used his
head to put the Villans up.
Emile Heskey came on around the hour mark with Villa a goal down to Blackburn and within a
minute he had equalised, possibly with his first touch, and 18 minutes later Ashley Young was
nodding in Heskey's cross for the third goal to seal a comeback victory. Ashley had also headed in
a second goal in between, crossed in by Nathan Delfouneso.
Emile Heskey came on around the hour mark with Villa a goal down to Blackburn and within a
minute he had equalised, possibly with his first touch, and 18 minutes later Ashley Young was
tapped in Heskey's cross for the third goal to seal a comeback victory. Ashley had also headed in a
second goal in between, crossed in by Nathan Delfouneso.
The weekend of action in college soccer wrapped up without any real surprises as the top 25
teams went five for six on Sunday, Only Harvard suffered a defeat, marking the Crimson's fifth
match without a win.
A 74th-minute winner from Stephen Baker broke a 1-1 tie and gave No.
