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SAN FRANCISCO -- Fred Couples took the second-round lead Friday in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, shooting his second straight 6-under 65 in the Champions Tours season-ending event. Bart Starr Jersey . Winless this season with four runner-up finishes, Couples had a bogey-free round at TPC Harding Park. "This is a big event," Couples said. "These are the best players on the tour and I want to win. Im certainly not playing any better because I want to win. I want to win at Birmingham, Seattle, Chicago, Newport and everywhere else I finished second." First-round leader Peter Senior bogeyed the 18th for a 69 to fall two strokes back. "I didnt do much wrong," Senior said. "I didnt get away with anything but I think Im in a good position. I had a heap of chances early in the round that I didnt convert." Bart Bryant was third at 8 under after a 66. Bernhard Langer was another stroke back after a 68. Charles Schwab Cup points leader Kenny Perry had a 71 to remain 3 under. Langer is the only player with a chance to overtake Perry. Even Langer wins the tournament, Perry would take the season title and $1 million annuity if he finishes fifth or better. Fred Funk aced the par-3 eighth hole with a 4-iron, but bogeyed four of his next seven holes and finished with his second straight 70. Couples took the lead when he parred the eighth hole and Senior had a bogey. Couples birdied Nos. 9 and 10 and led by three strokes. "I had another good round and hit the ball well," Couples said. "When I hit pretty good irons I made the birdies. When youre near the lead, playing fast is a bonus." Couples, who last won at the Senior British Open in July 2012, continues to deal with neck and back pain and said hell consult a doctor Monday to find the cause. "Theres something going on," Couples said. "Its just not comfortable. Its doable. Sometimes when I turn I snag it. Its more at night when Im lying down. My back hurts and I dont sleep much. 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PAUL, Minn. http:///...ollins-Elite-Jersey/ . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. SYDNEY, Australia -- Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has been fired in the wake of Australias 6-0 loss to France in a friendly in Paris on Friday, prompting a search for a replacement just eight months out from the World Cup. Football Federation Australia announced early Saturday that Osiecks contract had been terminated. German-born Osieck was already under pressure after Australias 6-0 loss to Brazil last month and Australian media reported he needed a draw or better on Friday to save his job. In a statement released in Australia on Saturday, chairman Frank Lowy said the decision was "based on the longer term issues of the rejuvenation of the Socceroos team and the preparations for the World Cup and the Asian Cup." "FFA has set a strategic objective of having a highly-competitive team in Brazil and then handing over a team capable of winning the Asian Cup on home soil in January 2015. We have come to the conclusion that change is necessary to meet those objectives," Lowy said. FFA chief executive David Gallop said assistant coach Aurelio Vidmar will act as caretaker coach for Australias match against Canada in London this Tuesday. Gallop said Head of National Performance Luke Casserly and the National Technical Director Han Berger will be charged with finding a new head coach. The most popular appointment with Australian fans would be the return of Guus Hiddink, who guided Australia to a second-round appearance at the 2006 World Cup, losing only to a late goal by eventual champion Italy. The Dutchman has been out of work since leaving Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala in July. Lowy has appointed European coaches under his current reign, but prominent local A-League coaches Ange Postecoglou, Tony Popovic and Graham Arnold are also considered candidates. Fridays crushing defeat at the Parc des Princes -- in which France led 4-0 inside 30 minutes and could well have scored in double figures -- led to an outpouring of anger from fans and former players. Former Australia international Robbie Slater tweeted "worst position wevve ever been in. Ray Nitschke Jersey. Embarrassing! I feel for the young players." The 65-year-old Osieck managed Canada from 1998 to 2003. Most famously he led "Holgers Heroes" to victory in the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, earning the Canadians a trip to Japan for the Confederations Cup. When he stepped down after a disastrous 2003 Gold Cup, the no-nonsense German coach left with a record of 20-17-9 and Canada ranked 78th in the world. He was appointed Australias national coach in 2010 and guided Australia to its third-straight World Cup. But their form during this years qualifying campaign was often unconvincing and their successive 6-0 defeats ended his three-year term. Asked about his future immediately after Fridays defeat -- and before his firing was confirmed -- Osieck seemed to have accepted he would be removed. "Two heavy losses of that extent gives some food for discussion. The merits of the past are forgotten when this happens." Current Australia midfielder Tim Cahill showed some sympathy for his sacked coach, tweeting "want to say thankyou to Holger for getting us to our third World Cup. Is this a first, to get us to WC and get the sack. Sad day for football in Oz." Osieck, who was an assistant to manager Franz Beckenbauer when Germany won the 1990 World Cup, took over as Australia coach in 2010, shortly after its exit in the group stages of that years World Cup. Its qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was in jeopardy after a loss to Jordan but it finally sealed its place with an 83rd-minute goal to Josh Kennedy in its final qualifying match, at home to Iraq. Osieck had been widely criticized for sticking with aging players such as Mark Schwarzer, Cahill, Lucas Neill and Mark Bresciano and others of the so-called "Golden Generation" which got Australia to the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. Osiecks removal continued a bad recent run for coach of Australian national teams. Cricket coach Mickey Arthur and rugby coach Robbie Deans had also been removed in the second half of 2013. Wholesale Jerseys China' ' '