Dallas, Chicago battle to draw

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05/27/2010 - Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas and the Chicago Fire battled to a 1-1 draw in Major League Soccer action at Toyota Park on Thursday night.

The draw was the sixth in 10 games to start the season for the Hoops (2-2-6), who close out their May schedule on a three-game winless run.

Chicago (2-3-4) also went winless in May, going 0-1-3.

FCD got on the board first on Thursday, with David Ferreira scoring his first goal of the season just six minutes into the fixture.

The Colombian ran onto a long ball played from the back. After defender Wilman Conde went down, Ferreira stormed into the Fire penalty area, cut past a defender with his right foot and fired a left-footed laser past goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra.

The Fire controlled play the majority of the first half, with a pair of horrendous Mike Banner misses being the team's best chances before Brian McBride scored the controversial equalizer.

The first of Banner's misses was on a free kick from inside 20 yards that he skied well over the goal. The second came minutes before the equalizer when Justin Mapp set him up with a square ball in the FCD area with a wide open net in front on him. Banner missed that chance high as well.

Mapp's next set-up went to a more proven goal scorer when he fired a cross into the area to McBride, who skied to head past goalkeeper Kevin Hartman for his fourth goal of the season. Replays showed he was well offside, however, but the goal counted as the linesman obviously missed it.

The Fire will aim to add to their win total with two games next week at home vs. Philadelphia and Colorado before the World Cup break, while Dallas has just one before the break, on June 5 vs. San Jose.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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