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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Diego Valeri, Jack Jewsbury and Fanendo Adi scored second-half goals while both teams played a man short to help the Portland Timbers beat Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on Sunday.In the 65th minute, a left wing cross from Vytas Vytautas Andriuskevicius was too high for Jack McInerney to head on goal. But it bounced right to Valeri just inside the penalty area, where he blasted a right-footed shot past goalkeeper Alec Kann for his 10th goal of the season.Big players, especially attacking players, come up with goals, Portland coach Caleb Porter said. Valeris doing what the big players do on good teams. You come up with big goals. Hes done that for us time and again.The Timbers put the game out of reach late in the game. In the 87th minute, Darlington Nagbe made a series of twists and turns to maintain possession in the Sporting penalty area, before laying off a pass for Jewsbury to smash into the net for his first goal.Obviously (Darlington) got into a good spot and I just tried to trail the play a little bit. I think he spun the guy two or three times and was able to lay it off to me, Jewsbury said. To be honest, I was just trying to pick the corner. It was nice to see it hit the back of the net and get that second goal, for sure.Adi followed three minutes later by collecting his own blocked shot in the penalty area and converting his second attempt for his 11 goal.Portland played most of the match with 10 men, after Diego Chara was shown a red card in the 12th minute for apparently elbowing Sporting midfielder Benny Feilhaber in the face after the two players got tangled up.We actually played better when we were 11 vs. 11 than when we went up a man. We got too direct, which I thought let them off the hook too many times, Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes said. When youre up a man, you got to make the other team work and we didnt do that. We just kept giving them the ball back by playing direct up the field.Sportings man advantage was wiped out in the 39th minute, when Soni Mustivars attempt to control the ball instead caught Valeri in the knee, earning him an early exit.Portland (8-8-8) snapped a two-game winning streak and moved back into a playoff position, two points ahead of Vancouver for the final spot in the Western Conference. Kansas City (10-11-4) had its two-game winning streak snapped and remained in fifth place, one point ahead of the Timbers. Pedro Martinez Red Sox Jersey . Ashley Youngs cross was inadvertently headed by Chester into his own net in the 66th minute, allowing United to claim a third straight league win. 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Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to lead the Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night. Sydney Kings bounced back to their best with Monday nights 99-93 victory over state rivals Illawarra at WIN Entertainment Centre.Sydney stretched an eight-point halftime buffer to 15 early in the third quarter and answered every challenge by the home side in an often spiteful second half.The Kings led by as many as 19 in the fourth period of the top of the table showdown, notching their ninth win of the season and third from as many meetings with the Hawks.Spearheading Sydneys charge were Kevin Lisch (23 points), Jason Cadee (22), and Greg Whittington (20), while Rotnei Clarke (27) top-scored for the Hawks.Illawarra built a 23-15 lead in the first period, but Cadee and Whittington combined for 18 points to help the visitors lock the scores at 25-all at quarter-time.Whittington and Cadee stayed hot in the second period, whiile Lisch and Brad Newley hit key baskets to put the Kings up by seven.ddddddddddddSydney maintained the upper hand, making 48 percent of their shots to take a deserved 52-44 lead into halftime.The margin swelled to 15 two minutes into the third period before Clarkes red-hot shooting helped the Hawks cut the deficit to three.The Kings held their nerve, closing with a 13-4 run to take a 78-66 lead into the final quarter.Despite letting a 19-point lead shrink to five with three minutes remaining, they did enough to squeak home.Illawarra are on the road against Brisbane on Saturday, while the Kings meet Cairns in North Queensland on Friday night before hosting Melbourne United on Sunday afternoon. 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