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HARRISON, N.J. -- Kenny Miller helped the Vancouver Whitecaps finally open their account in the road win column. Miller scored in the 83rd minute and the Whitecaps won their first away game this season, 2-1 over the Eastern Conference-leading New York Red Bulls on Saturday. "It is a relief. It was important for us to do that," Vancouver head coach Martin Rennie said. Vancouver is 1-4-1 away from BC Place this season. The Whitecaps are unbeaten in three straight and improved to 4-4-4 on the season. "That was an important win for us," Rennie said. "I dont think our point totals (match the quality of) our play." Miller slipped behind New York defender Kosuke Kimura, who was eyeing midfielder Russell Teibert outside the penalty area. Teibert spied Miller, who outmuscled Kimura to the ball for his third of the season. "(Miller) had been looking for that ball all game long," Teibert said. "Fantastic finish." Even though Millers goal decided the game, it was the play of goalkeeper Brad Knighton and the back four who kept the Whitecaps in the match. Facing the MLS best offensive attack, Knighton yielded just teammates Greg Klazura own goal in 13 shots. Klazura deflected New York midfielder Jonathan Steeles crossing shot into the goal in the 51st minute to give the Red Bulls a 1-0 lead. "Theyre a lethal attack. We managed it very well," said Knighton. Especially in the first half. New York, which entered the game unbeaten in its last seven, levelled six shots at Knighton while controlling the ball for nearly 71 per cent of the half. Knightons biggest save came on Peguy Luyindula in the 94th minute. The New York forward split two defenders in injury time and blasted a drive into Knightons midsection. A few seconds later, the game was over and the Whitecaps were celebrating their first road win of the season. "Theyre lethal right to the end," Knighton said. "It was a sigh of relief." Jordan Harvey equalized seven minutes after Klazuras own goal. New York midfielder Eric Alexander headed Y.P. Lees cross into the box and Harvey ripped a left-footed drive that Luis Robles did not have a chance to stop to tie the game at 1-1. "It felt great," Harvey said. "Its a goal. Its a boost for the team." "It builds everything. Great team effort. Were missing some guys (but the win) shows we have a deep team." Notes: Vancouver improved to 1-0-3 against the Red Bulls in four all-time matchups. The announced attendance was 19,969. ... The Whitecaps were shorthanded as defender Jay Demerit (torn left Achilles), defender Brad Rusin (strained left calf) and midfielder Omar Salgado (fractured fifth metatarsal in the right foot) did not play due to injuries, while midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker was suspended for the game. Schuhe Großhandel . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. 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Nike Air Max Kaufen Schweiz .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. As noted in this space last week about the strongly run Breeders Cup Juvenile by Classic Empire and Not This Time, there is much optimism for this years class of 2-year-old males. More encouraging signs came Saturday in stakes victories from Mastery and Gunnevera.Mastery, a most eye-catching debut winner at Santa Anita just two weeks before the Breeders Cup, won the Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar, a springboard to the Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity on Dec. 10. Mastery was supposed to win the Bob Hope. He was 1-5. So it says something about Mastery that he also managed to impress.Mastery absolutely toyed with runner-up California Diamond through the stretch run of the Bob Hope. The official win margin was 1-1/4 lengths, but it would have been significantly larger if Mastery had been asked to run. The thing that was most striking about the stretch run of the Bob Hope, however, was the contrasting profiles of the two protagonists.California Diamond might not be the second coming of Hindoo, but he had seven starts before Saturday; he won five, four of which were stakes, including three straight stakes scores. California Diamond had all the seasoning that Mastery lacked, and yet Mastery performed through the stretch as though hes been doing this racing thing forever.If there is one caveat regarding Masterys victory Saturday, it was that the pace he set was slow -- in fact, the slowest of the five main-track races on the Del Mar card -- and by a significant margin. But there are a couple of points that might mitigate the slow fractions. For one, even though he was in front, Mastery still shut himself off, which I take as a strong indicator that he will successfully rate off the early lead.The other consideration is how Mastery finished. If he didnt finish well after that slow pace, then there wouldnt be nearly as much to get excited about. But Mastery went his seventh and final furlong in 11.61 seconds, which is fast, and strongly suggests stretching out will be no issue for him.Gunneveras win in the Delta Downs Jackpot was more of an in your face performance. He lagged early off a fairly strong but contested pace, and overwhelmed his field with a move at least five wide on the far turn that eventually carried him to the lead and then on to a near six-length romp.Gunneveras Delta Jackpot was flashy, but it is important to put his effort in some context. Gunnevera was the only member of the 10-horse field to have won a graded stakes race (he won the Grade 2 Saratoga Special in August), and he was also the only one in the field to have prior Grade 1 stakes experience (he finished fiftth in Keenelands Breeders Futurity in his most recent outing).ddddddddddddThat said, one of the several things to like about Classic Empire even before he won the Breeders Cup Juvenile is he won the Breeders Futurity despite stretching out to two turns for the first time in his first representative start in three months; Im not counting his Hopeful appearance, when he wheeled coming out of the gate as the favorite as a representative outing. It should be noted that Gunnevera was in a similar position when he ran in the Breeders Futurity.The Breeders Futurity was Gunneveras first start in two months, and it was also his first start around two turns. He wasnt able to overcome those hurdles the way Classic Empire did. Gunnevera was put to a heavy drive on the far turn at Keeneland, yet he gave a little ground and position through the Breeders Futurity stretch run. But while that says Gunnevera has quite a bit of improving to do before he can be considered on the same level as Classic Empire, the outing in the Breeders Futurity worked perfectly for Gunnevera in the context of the Delta Jackpot.Unfortunately, the 2-year-old filly division this year hasnt been as compelling as the juvenile males has been, but that may begin to change after the smashing victory from Shanes Girlfriend in the Delta Downs Princess Stakes one race before the Jackpot.Shanes Girlfriend, a romping if surprising (she was 8-1 in a field of nine) debut winner at Santa Anita late last month, shipped and stretched out for the Princess, and ran off to score by just over 13 lengths. Now, it must be noted that there was not one graded stakes winner among the nine opponents she crushed Saturday, yet I still feel Shanes Girlfriend upstaged Gunnevera.The Princess was run at a mile, the Jackpot was at 1 1/16 miles; thats close enough to make pace comparisons. When you do, youll find the Princesss pace was faster to the first quarter (23.06 to 23.18) and substantially faster to the three-quarter mark (1:11.71 to 1:12.52). Shanes Girlfriend did what she did being right on top of that faster early pace, a pace that was actually the strongest sustained pace (emphasis on the word sustained) all day at Delta, and all day at Delta Saturday was 11 races.And for the record, Shanes Girlfriend completed her mile in 1:37.98. Gunnevera got his mile in 1:38.64. Yes, I know Gunnevera had another sixteenth to go after that mile split, but he certainly wasnt speeding up late, even if he was drawing away. ' ' '