NEW YORK -- New York City FC will play homes games at Yankee Stadium during its
first season in 2015.
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. Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost said at a news conference Monday he
anticipated the upper deck would be closed off, leaving capacity at 33,444, down
from the ballparks baseball capacity of 49,642. Trost said it will take three
days to convert field from baseball to soccer, although in a rush it could be
cut to 2 1/2, and the same amount of time to switch it back. The pitchers mound
will be removed each time with a clawlike structure, stored and replaced. The
soccer field, which runs from the first-base dugout to left field, will be 110
by 70 yards, slightly shorter and narrower than the preferred 115-by-74 yards.
NYCFC is working on plans to build a permanent soccer-specific home in New York
City and hasnt given a timetable for how long it will play at Yankee Stadium.
Retired Yankees closer Mariano Rivera attended the news conference in his role
as NYCFCs first season-ticket holder. NYCFC, co-owned by Manchester City and the
Yankees, joins MLS next year along with Orlando as the league expands to 21
teams. Atlanta joins the league in 2017 and David Beckham has been given a Miami
team that starts play at an unspecified date.
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. -- Kelly Scott became the first curler to advance to the Page playoffs of the
2013 Capital One Road to the Roar Olympic pre-trial tournament with an 8-5 win
over Renee Sonnenberg in the womens A-event final on Thursday.
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. The top-ranked Williams carried her winning momentum from 2013 into the new
season, beating No. 2-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to defend
her title at the Brisbane International and set the tone for the Australian
Open. TORONTO -- In coach Randy Carlyles estimation, the Toronto Maple Leafs
have had to make last-minute lineup decisions much more this season than usual,
and theyll have to again Saturday night before facing the Philadelphia Flyers.
Winger David Clarkson left the morning skate with a pulled muscle and is
considered questionable. Its believed to be the same left leg problem that crept
up at the end of Fridays practice although Carlyle didnt figure that would still
be bothering Clarkson. "Kind of a little bit of a surprise again today for me,"
Carlyle said. "We have to make a decision later this afternoon." Carlyle said
the Leafs have the option of recalling a player or dressing 11 forwards and
seven defencemen. Carter Ashton could be inserted into the lineup up front or
Toronto could go with 11 and seven for the sixth time in seven games. "There is
some options," Carlyle said. "Its always tough when youre missing quality
players, and nobody wants to do that, but in the situation if the player is not
deemed healthy by our medical staff and himself, then we have no other choice
other than to make decisions." Clarkson has four goals and six assists in 43
games for Toronto after starting the season with a 10-game suspension. Those 10
points are good for 14th on the team and tied with Dave Bolland, who hasnt
played since November. Captain Dion Phaneuf will be in the lineup against
Philadelphia as Carlyle said Friday. Phaneuf took part in the morning skate, his
first time on the ice this week with teammates outside of game action.
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"I feel good," Phaneuf said. "Obviously when youre not on the ice for a couple
days, you want to get back, feel the puck a bit before you go right into a
game." Phaneuf, who leads the Leafs in average ice time at 24:19 a game, has
played in every game this season except the two he was suspended for boarding
Kevan Miller of the Boston Bruins. That included games this week against the
Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers. Taking some time off between games
is a matter of preservation for Phaneuf. "Sometimes when you have the
opportunity to rest certain things, you want to take the time to do that," he
said. "You weigh how much hockeys going to be played. "For me, it was good to be
able to get those couple days to recharge and to rest a couple bumps and
bruises." More than bumps and bruises have kept Bolland and tough guy Colton Orr
out. Bolland hasnt played since having a tendon on the back of his ankle sliced
Nov. 2, while Orr has been out the past six games. The Leafs open a five-game
road trip Monday in Anaheim, and Carlyle hopes Bolland and Orr will be available
by the end of it, March 17 at Detroit. "Orrsy skated again today, so Orrsys
getting close," he said. "And with Bolland, its a situation as weve talked about
before where were just waiting and biding our time and hopefully rebuilding that
ankle, that area. "Hell give us the green light when he says hes ready."
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