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04/21/2009 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto FC kicks off a busy week on Wednesday, when it hosts unbeaten Chivas USA in a midweek Major League Soccer fixture without one of its top players.
TFC coach John Carver announced on Monday that influential midfielder Dwayne De Rosario would miss Wednesday's game vs. Chivas as well as Sunday's league fixture vs. Kansas City - and maybe significantly more time - because of a hamstring injury.
"He's definitely out for two games and it might be more than that," Carver told MLSnet.com. "Building up to the match on Sunday [vs. FC Dallas] it was an issue of him just having a tight hamstring, but you saw from his reaction that he did tear it. I knew straight away what he had done because I could see it was a sharp pain that he was feeling. We'll find out to what degree it is torn when he has a scan, but he has a tear and that can be anywhere up to three or four weeks. I won't put him under any pressure to get back before he is right."
De Rosario came out in the 74th minute of TFC's 3-2 loss at Dallas on Sunday that dropped the club's record to 1-2-2 through five weeks.
"This is the first muscle injury that we have had at the club for a very long time," Carver said. "De Ro has come from another club and is playing on a different type of surface with his body in a different condition and maybe it has just taken its toll."
Chivas USA (4-0-1) will not be shedding any tears for TFC because it has been dealing with its own injury concerns for what seems like the last year-and-a- half. Goalkeeper Dan Kennedy, defenders Bobby Burling, Ante Jazic, Claudio Suarez and Lawson Vaughn, and midfielder Sasha Victorine are all out with various injuries. Also, forwards Justin Braun and Maykel Galindo are doubtful with injuries of their own.
Despite that fact, Chivas USA enters Week 6 with the league's best record and will aim to continue its strong start to the season with MLS matches at TFC on Wednesday and at The Home Depot Center vs. Dallas on Saturday.
"They're working their socks off for each other, and that's a really good thing to see," Chivas USA coach Preki said after his team's most recent league fixture, a 2-0 win over Seattle on Saturday. "When that group steps on the field, us coaches don't have to worry if there's going to be a commitment on the field. You can see the commitment from every single guy is tremendous, and also the guys who come off the bench, they're doing their job pretty good, so it's really good to see that."
"We had a good preseason. Preki does a good job of getting us ready during preseason, and getting us ready for each game, so I think we do train hard, we train well, and that's all positive," Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton said about the team's ability to overcome injuries. "Also, our roster is very deep. As you can see, we have a lot of guys out and we're still getting some results."
Chivas USA has also been getting results against Toronto since the Canadian club entered MLS in 2007. The Goats are 4-0-0 all-time against the Eastern conference team.
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Brandon Roy Favorite to Win 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year
Portland TrailBlazer’s guard, Brandon Roy, is MySportsbook.com’s overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year odds.
Despite missing 20 games due to an injury earlier this season, Roy has definitely put up the best numbers of his 1st year peers. In 32 games, Roy is averaging 15.3 PPG, 4.2 boards and 3.5 assists in over 33 minutes of play per game. While most rookies breakdown as the season progresses (see Morrison), Roy is only getting stronger as his playing time and scoring average has increased each month.
With 30 or so games left in the regular season, Roy isn’t a lock for the award by any means. Other rookies are putting together some pretty impressive campaigns and a few could give Roy a run for the award with increased playing time. Heading the list is first pick, Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors. Even though he has started only two games all season, Bargnani is averaging 10.3 PPPG while shooting 35% from deep.
Randy Foye of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be set to give Roy the best competition NBA Rookie of the Year betting lines. With the benching of Mike James, Foye looks like he could be the starter in the T-Wolves backcourt for the rest of the season. So far, Foye has averaged 9 PPG and 2.4 assists in just under 21 minutes per game. With his new role of starter, Foye’s numbers will definitely increase. In his first game as the new starting guard this past Sunday, Foye had 10 points; five rebounds and 8 assists. More importantly, he logged 34 minutes of playing time; his third highest run of the season.
Adam Morrison, of the Charlotte Bobcats, was the favorite early on in the season after averaging 15+ PPG through the first month of the season. Ever since his torrid start, Morrison’s point production has declined each month. This really isn’t surprising, considering at 6’8” he only weighs 205 lbs. Obviously he will need to hit the weights big time during the off-season in order to keep from breaking down in the future.
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