Union need result at home against FC Dallas

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05/14/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Union coach Peter Nowak said following the expansion club's fourth consecutive defeat last weekend the team is making mistakes "that should not happen."

Philadelphia has made mistakes in every match this season, but Saturday's game against FC Dallas gives the Union a chance to turn their season around at the only place, Lincoln Financial Field, where those errors were overshadowed.

The Union, who move into PPL Park in Chester, Pa. in June, won their only home match at the Linc, 3-2 over D.C. United on April 10.

Philadelphia made mistakes in that match as well, the most obvious an error by goalie Chris Seitz that led to a goal for United, but pulled out its only win. Sebastien Le Toux scored all three goals.

Outside of Philadelphia, the Union have been unable to overcome those errors.

Just last week in a 3-0 loss to Real Salt Lake, defender Cristian Arrieta made a poor back pass to Seitz that led to Real's first goal and Roger Torres moved out of the way of a free kick that Seitz then mishandled to lead to the second goal.

"We made individual mistakes and that should not happen," Nowak said.

In addition to the errors, Philadelphia has scored the first goal in just one of its matches. Not surprisingly, it was the Union's lone win over United.

"The problem that we have been having so far with being away is that we have been making mistakes and haven't been able to score," Fred said on the club's website.

The Union have just three goals on the road and have allowed 11 but could very easily make an impact this year if it gets results at home. Philadelphia is on the road for eight of its first 10 matches, but spends most of the second half at home.

"It's important for any team to have a good record at home. Certainly the way we've started the season, we've put a little bit of pressure on ourselves to try and get those results at home," Union forward Alejandro Moreno said on the club's website.

Le Toux, who has missed the last two games through injury, should return this week. He has four of the team's six goals, and the Union need him up top along with Moreno against Dallas.

Dallas started the year without a win in its first five games - although four of those were draws - but has won its last two matches.

Kevin Hartman took over the starting goalkeeper spot from Dario Sala last week and posted two shutouts. Dallas beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 on Wednesday, then beat D.C. United 1-0 on Saturday. Hartman joined Dallas from Kansas City prior to the season.

"Personally, it's been great to get out there and have an opportunity to kind of prove myself. My biggest thing is just making sure that I'm providing a backbone for the guys in front of me that they're confident in," Hartman said on the club's website.

"That's something as a guy who has been here for a month or whatever doesn't really come naturally. You have to prove it."

Although Dallas has scored in every match this season, it has just nine goals. Coach Schellas Hyndman added Colombian striker Milton Rodriguez on Thursday, but he won't join the team until mid-July.

Jeff Cunningham leads the club with four goals and, after the first three came from the penalty spot, scored in the run of play against D.C.

Overall, Hartman is pleased with the team's recent success and hopes FC Dallas continues to find ways to earn three points.

"Obviously, coming off two 1-0 victories, it feels good for everyone. It shows that we're able to defend over 90 minutes and really manage a game," Hartman said. "Games earlier in the season that we really weren't getting three points from, we now find a way to do it.

"So, that's something for everybody that's great."

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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