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TORONTO -- The Canadian mens rugby team will play the U.S. on June 21 in Sacramento,China Chicago Cubs Jerseys, Calif., as part of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup.Canadas other game in the tournament -- against Japan on June 7 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, B.C. -- had been previously announced.The contest against the U.S. Eagles will be played at the new Cal Expo Multi-Use Sports Field.Canada is currently ranked 15th in the world, while Japan is No. 13 and the Americans are No. 18.The other Pacific Nations Cup pool features No. 8 Samoa, No. 11 Fiji and No. 12 Tonga.Samoa will host Tonga on June 7 before Fiji entertains Tonga on June 14 and Fiji faces visiting Samoa on June 21.The U.S. will host Japan at the Stub Hub Center in Los Angeles on June 14 in the other Pool B game.The Pool A winner will be crowned the Pacific Island conference champion while Pool B will compete for the Asia/Pacific conference title."The Pacific Nations Cup is an excellent opportunity for all participating teams to play some tough, competitive test matches with just over a year to go until Rugby World Cup 2015,Cheap NFL Jerseys," Mark Egan,Cheap Penguins Jerseys, the International Rugby Boards head of competitions and performance, said in a statement Wednesday.Canada will also host No. 10 Scotland at Torontos BMO Field on June 14.Canadian coach Kieran Crowley plans a trials match in B.C. a week before the first game in June so he can review the Canadian-based and overseas talent at his disposal.Domestic-based players will take part in the Canadian Rugby Championship in the late summer with Crowley selecting the cream of the crop to represent Canada in the Americas Rugby Championship in the fall.The Canadians will also have three test matches in November.Canada has already qualified for the 2015 World Cup, which opens in September 2015 in England. The Canadians will play in Pool D with No. 5 Ireland, No. 7 France,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, No. 14 Italy and No. 17 Romania.Fiji and Canada both finished with 3-1-0 records at the Pacific Nations Cup in 2013 but the Pacific Islanders placed first by virtue of more bonus points. The 2013 event was a basic round-robin format. NEW YORK, N.Y. - The troubled tenure of Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes as owners of Chivas USA has ended with Major League Soccer purchasing the team.MLS said Thursday it had assumed operation of the team,cheap jerseys, which had the second-worst record in the league last year at 6-20-8 and averaged a league-low attendance of 8,NFL Jerseys China,366 at home.Vergara and Fuentes have controlled the Mexican club Chivas Guadalajara since 2002 and had a 50 per cent interest in Chivas USA when it was created in 2004 and started play the following year. The pair took operating control of Chivas USA in August 2012 when they bought out former partners Antonio and Lorenzo Cue, who had been running the team."The original plan which we came up with in 2004 and executed in 05 was to extend one of soccers most venerable brands into the United States," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said during a conference call. "The concept was to take a team that in essence represented the hopes and dreams of Mexican soccer fans both in Mexico and the United States and try to extend that here to the United States."Ultimately the concept didnt work out," he added. "I came up with the idea with folks here at the league. I dont believe it was the concept as much as there was some executional issues."The concept of a league owning a team is not unprecedented. An entity owned by Major League Baseball bought the Montreal Expos in 2002,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, moved the club to Washington, D.C., for the 2005 season and sold it to the Lerner family the following year. The NHL had operational control of the Phoenix Coyotes from 2009-13.MLS said Wilmer Cabrera, hired as coach on Jan. 9, will remain oon the job. ddThe league said it will sell the team to an ownership group committed to keeping the team in the Los Angeles area. Garber hopes to have a deal in place by the end of the year."Sometimes it takes time to get this done. Were not in a rush," Garber said.Garber said the new ownership group must intend to build a new stadium, and he mentioned the site of the L.A. Sports Arena as a possibility. Chivas USA shares the StubHub Center with the Los Angeles Galaxy.David Beckham was not considered a possible buyer. The former Galaxy star exercised his option to purchase an expansion team in Miami."I wonder if he would have thought differently if his option execution date was a year from now versus a year ago," Garber said.The team will use the Chivas USA name this year, then will get a new name and logo along with new owners."When Angelica and I gained full operational control of the team for the first time 15 months ago, we were hopeful we would be able to turn it around," Vergara said in a statement. "However, there is only one Chivas de Guadalajara, and we have realized that it will require more time,wholesale nfl jerseys china, further resources, and a level of commitment that would divert too much of our focus from our other business interests."Two former Chivas USA youth coaches, Daniel Calichman and Theothoros Chronopoulos, filed a discrimination lawsuit against the team last May in Los Angeles County Superior Court,Womens USA Soccer Jersey, claiming they were fired because they arent Mexican or Latino."Its been resolved. Its no longer a pending case." Garber said. "It was resolved very recently." |
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