Red Bulls fall on late Sounders goal
Chad Barrett scored 30 seconds into second-half stoppage time to give the host Seattle Sounders a 2-1 comeback victory over the Red Bulls on Sunday.
Marco Pappa tied it for the Sounders (8-3-2) in the 69th minute.
Seattle defender Tyrone Mears helped set up the winning goal. Playing near the goal line, he floated a ball across the penalty area. Clint Dempsey got a left foot to it and sent it toward the far post, where Barrett was waiting unmarked to tip it in off his right toe.
Lloyd Sam scored in the 36th minute, his fourth goal of the year for the Red Bulls (4-3-5), who are winless in their last three games.
COLUMBIA IN REGIONAL FINAL; JOHNNIES FALL
Bryce Barr pitched five shutout innings and thirdseeded Columbia beat Miami, 3-0, on Sunday night in to set up a rematch for the NCAA Tournament’s Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional championship on Monday. Miami, the No. 5 national seed, was shut out for the first time this season, one night after beating Columbia, 8-3. The Lions (34-16) staved off elimination earlier Sunday by beating fourth-seeded Florida International, 4-3. Elsewhere, Joe Serrano drove in the go-ahead run with a groundout in the ninth inning, and Arkansas held on to defeat St. John’s, 4-3, and win the Stillwater (Okla.) Regional. The fourth-seeded Johnnies were eliminated while the No. 2 Razorbacks advanced to the round of 16. Earlier in the day, St. John’s (41-16) had defeated Oklahoma State, 2-1. to stay alive. Also Sunday, TCU eliminated Stony Brook with an 8-3 victory in the Fort Worth (Tex.) Regional.
JOHNSON MAKES HISTORY AT DOVER
Jimmie Johnson pulled away on the final restart to win at Dover International Speedway in Delaware and become the fifth NASCAR driver with 10 or more Sprint Cup victories at a single track.
Johnson, who won for the fourth time this season, led for the final 23 laps, staying out on cold tires when other contenders made late race pit stops. The sixtime series champion has 10 wins in 27 career starts on the concrete mile track. He needed five extra laps beyond the scheduled 400 because a late accident brought out the caution. Kevin Harvick was second, followed by Kyle Larson, Kasey Kahne and Aric Almirola. Johnson joined NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty (Martinsville-15, North Wilkesboro-15, Richmond-13, Rockingham-11, Daytona-10), Darrell Waltrip (Bristol-12, Martinsville-11, North Wilkesboro-10), Dale Earnhardt (Talladega-10) and David Pearson (Darlington-10) as drivers to win 10 races at a single track.
MILESTONE FOR JAPAN AT FRENCH OPEN
In Paris, Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man in more than 80 years to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open, breezing past Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 as rain played havoc with other matches at Roland Garros. Nishikori broke his opponent five times and hit 40 winners to follow in the footsteps of Jiro Satoh, who made it to the semifinals twice in Paris in 1931 and 1933.
After a rain delay of more than 21/2 hours in the morning, Sunday’s showcase match between second-seeded Roger Federer and Gael Monfils was suspended as light started to fade. Monfils leveled the match at 3-6, 6-4 with a backhand winner before play was called. On the women’s side of the draw, former champion Ana Ivanovic returned to the quarterfinals by beating ninth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.