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TORONTO - Its almost like a recurring nightmare for Toronto FC goalkeeper Milos Kocic. Cheap Colombia Soccer Jerseys . For two straight games hes seen his team build two-goal leads only to have the defence around him dissolve in the final 20 minutes, leaving him virtually on his own. Chris Tierney scored in second half-stoppage time to complete a New England Revolution comeback on Saturday and force a 2-2 draw on at BMO Field. "Whatever I do, it doesnt matter I guess. Its frustrating," said Kocic. "I see other goalkeepers in the league make one save and the game ends 1-0 or 2-0. Whatever I do, it doesnt matter." The Revolution (5-7-3) scored twice in the final 20 minutes with a goal by Blake Brettschneider and then Tierneys equalizer on virtually the last play of the game. If it wasnt for some fine saves by Kocic in the second half, Toronto wouldnt even have earned a point. For most of the first half, Kocic was a spectator as his team controlled the play but it all changed after halftime and the last 20 minutes in particular. Similarities between Saturdays draw and Wednesdays 3-3 draw in Houston against the Dynamo were easy to see as TFC blew a two-goal lead in much the same way. In both games Torontos opponents scored with just under 20 minutes remaining and then added the equalizer in the final seconds of the game. For a team as starved for points as TFC, its four points thrown away. "I think (New England) scored in the same minute that Houston did," said Danny Koevermans, who scored just over three minutes in for Toronto. "I dont know what it is. Well see next game. Maybe we can do it then." First-half goals from Koevermans and Ryan Johnson were wasted by TFC (1-10-2). The sense that the game was far from over in the second half was evident, much as it was against Houston. Torontos back four on Saturday was a young one with Jeremy Hall the eldest at just 23 years old. After the match, TFCs head coach Paul Mariner admitted that the defensive line likely needs to be addressed before the teams next match. He also said that three games in eight days may have caught up to his team and helped in their second-half disappearing act. The result leaves Mariner without a win in three games since taking over coaching duties from Aron Winter. "I think we were running on fumes at the end -- a long road trip, three games in seven days," said Mariner, saying his team will refocus for yet another game on Wednesday in Montreal. "Its MLS, isnt it? We just couldnt hold out." Both Toronto goals came from headers inside the 18-yard box on pinpoint crosses from the left side by defender and Canadian international Ashtone Morgan. It was a dream start for Toronto as Morgans left-sided cross was perfectly met by Koevermans, who muscled out New England defender A.J. Soares to flick the ball into the goal three minutes in. "From the warm-up I was feeling my crosses were looking really good," said Morgan, who was named Torontos man of the match. "Just doing what I do best just to get the feels and get my balls in and we got two goals out of it." It was almost an identical delivery from Morgan that created Torontos second goal right before half. Once again, a well-delivered cross from Morgan went to the right place in the New England penalty area. This time, however, Koevermans missed the header but an unmarked Johnson had the wide-open net to head the ball into from about six yards out. Right before the half, Kocic looked sharp when he dove to his left to push away a header from Revolution defender Stephen McCarthy. Kocic was eventually undone in the 71st minute when, after diving to his right to parry a Revolution shot from outside the 18-yard box, he was left helpless as substitute Brettschneider strolled in all alone, picked up the rebound and slotted the ball in. New England continued to press but it looked as though Toronto would escape with the victory. However, Tierney got a head to Florian Lechners cross, leaving Toronto players and fans stunned. The game ended seconds after play resumed. "If I can come to something Im trying my best to come out for every cross I can but Im not a Superman to come on every cross and we have to fight and have to be responsible for the runners in the box," said Kocic. "I told them that before we started but its coming back at us over and over again. I hope well learn one day." Notes: Announced attendance at BMO Field was 18,877. ... 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His executive assistant, Victoria Kirton, said Steward died Thursday at a Chicago hospital. She didnt disclose the cause of death. "It is not often that a person in any line of work gets a chance to work with a legend, well I was privileged enough to work with one for almost a decade," Klitschko said Thursday. "I will miss our time together. The long talks about boxing, the world, and life itself. Most of all I will miss our friendship." Steward, whose father was a coal miner and mother was a seamstress, was born in West Virginia. He got boxing gloves as a Christmas present at the age of 8, the start of what would become a long career in the sweet science. He moved to the Motor City just before becoming a teenager and trained as an amateur boxer at Brewster Recreation Center, which once was the home gym of Joe Louis. Steward, at the age of 18, won the national Golden Gloves tournament as a bantamweight. Instead of trying to make it as a professional boxer, he went to work for the Detroit Edison Co. and in 1971 accepted a part-time position as head coach -- for $35 per week -- of the boxing program at the Kronk Recreation Center. A dynasty was born. The Kronks first professional champion was Hilmer Kenty, a lightweight from Columbus, Ohio, who started training there in 1978 and won the WBA title two years later. But It was Hearns who really put Kronk -- and the trainer known as Manny -- on the map. The boxer known as Hitman was the first man to win titles in four divisions -- he won five overall -- and topped his 155-8 amateur record by going 61-5-1 with 48 knockouts as a pro. Even though Steward had a lot of success with Hearns, some of his setbacks from his corner were among the most memorable in the sport. Hearns was knocked out in the 14th round by Sugar Ray Leonard in 1981 -- Steward said that was the most painful experience of his life -- and Hearns was on the short end of a three-round fight with Marvin Hagler in 1985 that is considered one of the best bouts in boxing history. "He brought the very, very best out of me," Hearns once said of Steward. Hearns wasnt alone. Steward trained, helped train or managed some of the greatest fighters -- and some kids who just needed to get off the streets -- of the past 40 years out of Kronk and in other facilities across the globe, putting fighters from many countries in red and gold trunks. Before he fell ill, Steward also trained super-middleweight Adonis Stevenson, shaping the brawler from Longueuil, Que., into a more well-rounded boxer and helping him become a top ccontender in his weight class. Cheap Arsenal Jerseys. "Lennox used to say when fighting as an amateur that everyone was afraid of the Kronk guys," Steward once said. "He saw the respect when they saw the colours." The gym for years was seen as a way to keep kids out of trouble in southwestern Detroit. "A lot of these kids would be in the streets," Steward once said. "They live for this." And, Steward lived for it, too. He loved boxing -- and boxers -- but like the Motor City, the gym he adored fell on hard times. The city closed the original Kronk Recreation Center -- a hot, sweaty basement gym -- after vandals stole its copper piping in 2006. It was allowed to remain open, but it put Steward in a difficult financial situation and he later rented space at a gym in Dearborn so his young fighters could train. "With the loss of Emanuel Steward, we have lost a true Detroit icon," Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said. "Emanuel Steward embodied our citys toughness, our competitive spirit, and our determination to always answer the bell. "We are grateful for Emanuel Stewards many contributions to our city and his impact on generations of young people." In the early years at Kronk, most of his fighters were black. In recent years, his melting pot of boxers included a Ukrainian heavyweight, an Irish middleweight and scores of young men from Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Steward was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. He worked closely with Lewis during his title run, and with current heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko as recently as July when the boxer led 22,000 fans in singing "Happy Birthday," to the beloved trainer. Klitschko had to trained recently without Steward for his fight against Mariusz Wach next month in Germany "His spirit is always here," Klitschko said. "I can hear his voice in sparring while doing things, whispering in my ear. As the famous saying goes, The show must go on, and thats exactly the case." Steward also trained actor Wesley Snipes for his role as a boxer in "Undisputed" and appeared briefly with Lewis in "Oceans Eleven Steward worked since 2001 as a boxing analyst for HBO, sharing his rich knowledge of the sport and an adorable personality with a younger generation of fans. "Manny was a respected colleague who taught us so much not only about the sweet science but also about friendship and loyalty," HBO Sports President Ken Hershman said. "His energy, enthusiasm and bright smile were a constant presence. Ten bells do not seem enough to mourn his passing." HBO Sports commentator Jim Lampley -- a friend of Stewards since the early 1980s and broadcast partner for more than a decade -- said Stewards wisdom and common touch made him special. "He was the most loyal, generous, positive spirited, broadly accepting man Ive ever known," Lampley said. "He had a positive impact on everyone he encountered." ' ' '
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