SANDY, Utah -- Steven Lenhart scored two goals in a four-minute span of the
first half to lead the San Jose Earthquakes to a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake
on Saturday night.
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second victory in 15 road games this season moved them within three points of a
playoff spot with four games remaining in the Major League Soccer regular
season. "It was a big win for sure," San Jose coach Mark Watson said. "We knew
we maybe had to be perfect, and win the rest of our games. I thought the effort
and the commitment the players put in was fantastic." Real Salt Lake, which had
won this seasons previous two meetings by shutout, got a goal from Javier
Morales in the 19th minute. It was his eighth of the season and came during a
flurry of scoring on an otherwise quiet night at the goal. Real Salt Lake
remained tied for second place behind Seattle in the chase for the Supporters
Shield, awarded to top team in the regular season. Still, it missed an
opportunity to capitalize on a struggling Earthquakes team that won the Shield a
season ago. Lenhart began the goal spurt when he headed in a cross from Cordell
Cato in the 18th minute. After Morales equalizer, Lenhart beat goalkeeper Nick
Rimando with another header, this time off a free kick from Shea Salinas. "I
think he heads the ball harder than I shoot it," Salinas said of Lenhart, who
recorded the sixth career multi-goal game of his career. "Its pretty
impressive." Lenhart entered the night with two goals in 17 games and hadnt
scored since July 27 against Portland. The forward followed each goal with an
animated celebration that included a leap into the air and fist pump toward a
section of the announced crowd of 20,504 - the fourth-largest in Rio Tinto
Stadium history. Lenhart left to a chorus of boos when he was replaced at the
beginning of stoppage time. San Jose, which ranks 16th in the league in scoring,
tallied more than one goal for just the second time in seven games. Morales goal
came on a corner kick from Kyle Beckerman. Salt Lake, which played without
injured leading scorer Javier Morales (calf), had its three-game home winning
streak snapped. Salt Lake tested the Earthquakes defence in the second half, but
repeatedly failed to connect on crossing passes into the goal box. Robbie
Findley and Chris Wingert each narrowly missed on shots that went wide left in
the final 20 minutes.
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Wis. -- Melvin Gordon darted for the end zone, carrying the lunging Purdue
defender with him over the goal line. Nothing seems to stop Wisconsin running
backs. Gordon ran for three touchdowns and 147 yards, James White added 145
yards and a 70-yard score, and the 24th-ranked Badgers opened Big Ten play by
trampling over Purdue with a 41-10 win Saturday. "Theyre just so dynamic, their
ability to make people miss and they really kind of complement each other with
the running styles, in my opinion," coach Gary Andersen said. Wisconsin moved on
nicely from last weeks stunning 32-30 loss to Arizona State, after officials
mishandled the final seconds to deprive the Badgers of a game-winning field-goal
try. No last-minute worries this week. Wisconsin (3-1, 1-0) led by two
touchdowns at the half and by three scores early in the third quarter after
Gordon fended off Ricardo Allens failed last-ditch effort to stop the 15-yard
touchdown run. Andersen said he wanted his players to learn from the loss and
move on -- but not necessarily forget about it. Thats a very sizable chip on the
collective shoulders of the Badgers. They might be a field goal away from being
unbeaten heading into next weekends showdown at Ohio State. "Its just getting
started, its not as if were ever going to forget that," linebacker Chris Borland
when asked about the Arizona State loss. "Were going to play with the idea of
taking frustration out on our opponents all year." Purdue (1-3, 0-1) got
walloped with decisive disadvantages in total yards (546-180), yards rushing
(388-45) and first downs (22-12). Not the way coach Darrell Hazell hoped his
first Big Ten game would go. "Right now, weve got to do a good job as a football
team soul-searching," he said. "Obviously, thats not the way Purdue football
wants to play. We need to get a lot better." Quarterback Rob Henrys 22-yard
scramble for a score on what appeared to be a busted play provided one of the
few highlights for the Boilermakers. Nose guard Warren Herring had a sack and
three tackles, and Borland had six stops and a pass breakup at the goal line
with the game still close in the first half. "We got more push today, overall.
We got aa few more pressures that came clean early, forced him to escape,"
Andersen said.
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passer better today and had some opportunities to make some plays, and they made
them." Wisconsin tallied four sacks on the afternoon after recording just one
combined over the first three games. Purdues defensive highlight came after
Allen intercepted an errant throw by Joel Stave and returned it to the Wisconsin
10 to put Purdue in good shape on its next drive. But two running plays stalled,
and Borland broke up the third-down pass to hold Purdue to a 24-yard field goal
by Paul Griggs. That made it 14-10 early in the second quarter. Still, maybe,
just maybe, the Boilermakers were going to build on their near-upset last week
of Notre Dame before losing 31-24. One big problem: Purdue couldnt stop the run.
Gordons 27-yard scoring run sapped Purdue momentum after Griggs field goal to
put Wisconsin back up by 11. He followed with his 15-yard run early in the third
quarter. "We were in the game in the first half. When the second half came, we
have to find a way to win. We came out a little bit low and they ganged up on us
in the third quarter," cornerback Taylor Richards said. "We have to come out in
the second half and find a way to win." Its not like Purdue didnt know that
Wisconsin would run the ball, though. Its as much a part of Badger football as
students rocking to House of Pains "Jump Around" between the third and fourth
quarters, even with Andersen in his first year calling the shots in Madison.
Statistically, Purdue seemed to be in decent shape coming into the game after
holding its last two opponents to less than 100 yards rushing. Instead, Gordon
and White made the poor-tackling Boilermakers look silly. Gordon had 16 carries
in his fourth-straight 100-yard game. White, the FBS active career leading in
yards rushing (3,013), also got 16 carries. Henry finished 18 for 36 with 135
yards and an interception. He netted zero yards on seven carries. Overall,
Purdues running game was nonexistent again, with starter Akeem Hunt gaining just
31 yards on nine carries. Herrings solid play early set the tone for Wisconsins
active defensive front.
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