SOCCER

Red Bulls rally to 2-2 draw against the Revolution

Milton Caraglio and Dane Richards scored two goals apiece and the New England Revolution and New York Red Bulls drew 2-2 Saturday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Caraglio scored in the 15th and 37th minutes to give New England a 2-0 lead at halftime, but Red Bulls’ midfielder Richards answered in the 54th and 87th to get New York a point on the road.

The Revs went short-handed when Kenny Mansally was ejected in the 55th minute but New York’s man-advantage was brief, as Teemu Taino was ejected in the 69th.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool’s 11-year wait for a league victory at Arsenal ended, and Chelsea fought back against West Bromwich Albion to give Andre Villas-Boas his first win in charge.

Luis Suarez and Raul Meireles came off the bench to inspire Liverpool to a 2-0 win, two late goals coming after the sending off of Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong.

Across London, Chelsea beat West Brom 2-1 after Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka scored in the second half to wipe out Shane Long’s fourth-minute goal.

Two newly promoted sides picked up their first points, with Queens Park Rangers winning 1-0 at Everton and Swansea drawing 0-0 against Wigan.

GYMNASTICS

U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS: Jordyn Wieber finished with 121.30 points, 6.15 ahead of McKayla Maroney, to win her first U.S. title in St. Paul, Minn.

TENNIS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN: Andy Murray overcame a pair of break points late in the second set, then another in the tiebreaker, to defeat American Mardy Fish 6-3, 7-6 (8) and reach the final in Mason, Ohio.

In the women’s draw, Maria Sharapova rolled to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Vera Zvonareva that clinched a spot in the championship match.

FOOTBALL

EFL: The Maine Sabers (6-1) suffered their first loss of the season to the Bay State Buccaneers (4-3), 44-26 at Bridgewater, Mass.

James Dobson caught two touchdown passes from quarterback Jeremy Shorey.

Matt Rollins ran for one touchdown and one 2-point conversion and Chris Libby also caught a TD pass from Shorey.

NEFC: The Southern Maine Raging Bulls (4-2) earned a 7-6 win over the North Shore Generals (2-4) at Lynn Mass.

North Shore took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter as the Raging Bulls’ defense was able to get pressure and foil the extra-point attempt.

In the second quarter, Phil Warren scored on a 20-yard trap play and the Bulls made the extra point for the win.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: Epiphanny Prince made two of three free throws with 0.7 seconds left and the Chicago Sky (12-14) earned a 71-70 win over the host Washington Mystics (5-19) in a game that had 18 lead changes.

• Seimone Augustus scored 17 points and the Minnesota Lynx (20-6) earned an 87-68 win over the visiting Los Angeles Sparks (18-8) to earn their first playoff berth since 2004.

CYCLING

SPANISH VUELTA: Jakob Fuglsang is the early leader after his Leopard team won the opening-day team time trial in 16 minutes, 30 seconds in Benidorm, Spain.

BASEBALL

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES: Jake Fromm of Warner Robins, Ga., had a homer and four RBI in a 6-3 win over Rapid City, S.D., at the Little League World Series to eliminate South Dakota in South Williamsport, Pa.

Also Saturday, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, eliminated Oranjestad, Aruba, with a 20-3 victory. Chin-Hao Yang led a 19-hit attack, going for 4 for 4 with three runs.

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, eliminated Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a 4-2 win, and the central Pennsylvania favorites from Clinton County defeated Cumberland, R.I., 2-0 in the nightcap.

— From staff and news services

 

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