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 beat Liechtenstein 10 yesterday to keep their chances of qualifying for next years European Championship alive.MackailSmith rewarded coach Craig Leveins decision to hand the striker his first start by steering Phil Bardsleys cross into goal in the 32ndminute at the Rheinpark Stadion.Scotland moved into second place in Group I, one point ahead of the Czech Republic. The Scots must now win their final match away against European and World Cup champion Spain on Wed. cheap nike womens shoes nesday to secure a place in the playoffs for next years tournament in Poland and Ukraine or wait on the Czechs result at Lithuania.Spain have won all seven of their group games going into the last at Alicante.Its going to be very difficult to go to Spain and win so were going to need a little help from Lithua. nike women dunks nia, captain Darren Fletcher said. But a shock can happen.Fletcher flew into the principality on Saturday after recovering from tonsillitis, which had led Levein to initially rule the Manchester United midfielder out of the match.But MackailSmith proved the hero after replacing the injured Kenny Miller in attack as Scotland dominated but found it hard to break through against a side also . women dunk missing many regulars to injury.MackailSmiths first international goal came after Steven Naismith had missed three good chances for Scotland, who still endured a 69thminute scare when Allan McGregor stretched to save Nicolas Haslers low shot from going in at the far post.We made it harder than it should have been, Levein said. We had enough chances in the first half in particular to put the gam. nike air shox nz 2.0 me to bed and of course when you dont get that second goal the opposition still have a degree of hope.Liechtenstein are l
d 36 seconds to decide the winner as the Pepperdine Waves scored their first and only goal right out of the box and neither team was able to score in the remainder of the game, leaving the No. 8 Wa. nike air max 90 retro ves with a 10 victory at South Stadium.I was really pleased with the way we played. Theres a reason Pepperdine is ranked No. 8 in the country. But we created opportunities, had great looks and great chances, BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood said after the game.Most of those great looks came in the second half, as offensive production . cheap nike dunk low picked up after halftime, though neither team had a score to show for it. BYU only had two shots on goal in the first half, but added another eight in the second for a total of 10. The Cougars actually held Pepperdine to only seven shots on goal through the contest, but that one shot that actually went in was the . nike shox turbo 10 sl difference.We werent as crisp in the first half, but then we took a breath and settled down. Unfortunately we didnt get the tying goal, Rockwood said, noting that she believed the game could have gone on to be a BYU win if the Cougars had managed to tie it.Things didnt go our way, but I thought there were a lot of positives we could take out of this game, Rockwood said, noting that BYU defender Lindsi Lisonbee, though suffering an injury in the first few minutes, was able to come back in and make her presence felt for much of the rest of the game.The Cougars came into the game after defeating Portland 21 in overtime on Thursday night, as Cami Jensen dished the ball to Jennie Marshall for the golden goal, breaking Portlands 28game undefeated conference streak. That victory, while providing a muchneeded confidence boost, might have cost the Cougars a little early in the Pepperdine game.I think that emotionally we were coming off a great win, and it took us some time to settle down. But we can take a lot from this weekend. I thought we played great soccer, and Im looking forward to the rest of conference play, Rockwood said.In addition to the better offensive effort in the second h




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