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D.C. United might be playing its best soccer of the season as it fights for a spot in the playoffs, with the latest challenge coming Thursday when it travels to Yankee Stadium for a crucial match with New York City FC.D.C United comes into the match on a six-game undefeated streak that was punctuated with a 6-2 victory on Aug. 27 at home over Chicago behind a Patrick Mullins first professional hat trick and three-assist performance from Luciano Acosta.D.C. United (7-8-11, 32 points in 26 matches) is a point ahead of Orlando City SC for the sixth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference.Were a tough team to beat, D.C. United coach Ben Olsen said. But now weve got to be a team that can go on the road and get three points.New York City FC (11-8-8, 41 points in 27 games) returns to Yankee Stadium, where it has won its last four games and is 4-1-1 in its last six in the Bronx. NYCFC had its four-game undefeated streak end Aug. 28, losing for the first time in more than a month at Orlando City SC.New York City is second in the Eastern Conference, two points behind Toronto FC but just one point ahead of the New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union. David Villa leads New York City FC with 16 goals, which is tied for the league lead.Thanks to the hat trick, Mullins paces D.C. United with just five goals, but Fabian Espndola, Alvaro Saborio, Patrick Nyarko and Lamar Neagle have four each.The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Villa and Khiry Shelton scored goals four minutes apart early in the second half as NYCFC claimed a 2-0 victory on May 8 at RFK Stadium.Both teams are at break-even in goal differential, with New York City scoring 45 and allowing the same and D.C. United scoring 33 and conceding 33. Cheap Nike Air Max 720 China .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. Wholesale Air Max 720 China .C. -- After a listless first half, the Washington Wizards used a big third quarter run to beat the Charlotte Bobcats Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Wizards used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to take control of what had been a close game and beat the Bobcats 97-83 on Tuesday night. http://www.cheapairmax720.us/ . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. Cheap Nike Air Max 720 . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. Wholesale Air Max 720 Cheap . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. Australia will host Sri Lanka in a Twenty20 international at Geelongs Kardinia Park in February, after the ground was confirmed as the 11th venue in Australia currently accredited to host international cricket.Geelong, Melbourne and Adelaide have been named as the venues for three T20Is between Australia and Sri Lanka, to be held from February 17 to 22. The fixtures will all be played as double-headers, with the mens games preceded by womens T20Is between Australia and New Zealand.The decision to take international cricket involving Australia beyond the state and territory capitals is almost unprecedented. Test matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Cairns during the southern winters of 2003 and 2004 are the only other occasions when Australia have played official international matches outside the capital cities.Regional venues were used for some neutral games during the 1992 World Cup, while Launceston, Devonport and Townsville have also hosted official international matches that did not involve Australia. Kardinia Park - known as Simonds Stadium for sponsorship reasons - will be the 21st ground in Australia to host international mens cricket.Kardinia Park had a taste of elite cricket last summer when the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades played a warm-up match there ahead of the BBL campaign. That game was followed a week later by West Indies playing a two-day practice match there against a Victoria XI ahead of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.In order to meet ICC standards for the size of international venues, the pitch orientation at Kardinia Park has been altered to slightly off the square, for the traditional configuration at the ground meant some boundaries were too short. Cricket Australias chief executive officer James Sutherland said given the ground met requirements, he was pleased to take international cricket to Geelong.Were committed tto taking the game to as many parts of the country as possible and we continue to work with regional areas around Australia on how we can make this happen, Sutherland said.dddddddddddd Geelong proved its capability to host cricket last summer with a successful BBL exhibition match between the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades attracting more than 10,000 people.Were really looking forward to the people of the Geelong region and beyond packing out the stadium and supporting the womens and mens national sides.Despite the off-field facilities at Kardinia Park being of high quality and the dimensions meeting international standards, the prospects of the venue being used as a second first-class ground for Victoria appear limited. Tony Dodemaide, the Cricket Victoria CEO, said the cost of installing drop-in pitches and preparing the multi-sport ground (home of AFL team the Geelong Cats) for cricket was more feasible for international games.As preparation for the T20I series, Sri Lanka will play the annual Prime Ministers XI match as a T20 game on February 15 at Manuka Oval in Canberra.Cricket Australia has also announced that an agreement has been reached for Adelaide Oval to host an international cricket fixture on Australia Day every summer for the next five years. For some years the tradition was to hold a match in Adelaide on January 26, but in recent summers such a fixture had not always eventuated.Weve been working closely with the South Australian Government and SACA to secure marquee matches in the state long term and wed like to thank both parties for their support, Sutherland said. Were pleased to be able to announce today that Adelaide Oval will host an International Australia Day cricket fixture for the next five years. ' ' '