MONTREAL -- Montreal Impact midfielder Patrice Bernier was suspended one
game and fined an undisclosed amount on Friday for a nasty tackle on
Toronto FCs Ryan Johnson.
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Major League Soccers disciplinary committee issued the ruling for
Berniers "reckless challenge that endangered the safety of Toronto FC
forward Ryan Johnson."
Bernier was shown the yellow card after his aggressive challenge left
Johnson limping in the 94th minute of TFCs 3-0 victory last week at
Montreal.
The Brossard, Que., native will sit out Montreals match at D.C. United
on Saturday night.
Johnson said after the game that Bernier should have got a red card.
"If I got really hurt I would have been more upset," he said. "Im glad I
was able to walk away from that tackle. That was probably one of the
worst tackles Ive seen."
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As expected, Miami selected former University of Michigan offensive
tackle Jake Long with the first pick in Saturdays draft, merely
formalizing what had been a foregone conclusion for the better part of a
week before things got interesting with the following four selections.
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Wieters homered twice, including a 10th-inning grand slam, lifting the
Baltimore Orioles to a come-from-behind 10-4 win over the Chicago White
Sox on Monday night.
. Calvillos sore shoulder was not a problem as he completed 23 of 38
passes for 325 yards and three touchdowns in Montreals 33-32 comeback
win over the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday night. .
Kearns, who missed his third straight game Tuesday against Philadelphia, said the test showed his elbow is fine.
Hes struggled all season, and is batting .
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"Its in the best interests of myself and the England team that I dont
carry on into next year," Johnson said at a news conference at
Twickenham. Appointed without any coaching experience in 2008, he didnt
want to renew his contract which expires in December.
BARCELONA, Spain -- Levante struck twice early to beat Atletico Madrid
2-0 and move into fourth place in the Spanish league on Sunday.
Forward Valdo Lopes opened the scoring for Levante a minute in when he
headed Jose Barkeros cross off the post and into the net.
Striker Arouna Kone then doubled the lead in the 10th by turning
Barkeros free kick past the goalkeeper with a header for his 12th goal
of the season.
Levantes win at its Ciutat de Valencia stadium lifted it level on points
with third-place Valencia, which visits league leader Real Madrid
later.
"Above all, I take away the work of the entire team," said Levante coach
Juan Ignacio Martinez, whose team was expected to struggle to avoid
relegation this season rather than threaten to qualify for European
competition.
"One of Atleticos transfers ccost three times as much as our entire
squad, that says it all," Martinez added. .
Atletico fell six points behind Levante in Spains last Champions League
spot and will miss in-form forward Eduardo Salvio, defender Miranda and
midfielder Mario Suarez for its derby against Madrid due to suspension.
At Iberostar stadium Mallorca was held to a scoreless home draw by
Granada.
Sevilla visits Athletic Bilbao later looking for a fourth straight win.
Lionel Messi scored his 59th and 60th goals of the campaign to lead
Barcelona to a 4-1 win at Zaragoza on Saturday as the defending
champions reduced Madrids advantage to three points.
Also, it was: Getafe 2, Sporting Gijon 0; Rayo Vallecano 6, Osasuna 0;
and Espanyol 2, Real Sociedad 2.
Malaga plays Racing Santander on Monday to close round 31.
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