Colorado hopes for Rapid improvement in K.C.

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07/21/2007 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Wizards won for the first time in seven games last week, and will try to continue their winning ways on Sunday when the club hosts the struggling Colorado Rapids at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Wizards 1-0 win last time out coincided with the return to the lineup of the league's leading scorer, Eddie Johnson. The team posted a 0-3-2 mark while Johnson was away on international duty with the United States, but along with the return of defender Jimmy Conrad, K.C. is looking to turn things around and make a run at the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Even with that poor run of play, last week's win pulled the Wizards to within one point of conference leaders New England, who host Houston on Sunday. Kansas City may have a chance to take over the lead in the East by the time they step onto the field on Sunday night, and with Johnson back in the lineup leading the way, that looks like a good possibility.

K.C. tallied just four goals with Johnson out of the lineup and the team lacked a confidence around the net when it came to finishing. They still created chances, but without Johnson to provide the finishing touch, they were held scoreless twice and scored just one goal in two other contests. They had plenty of opportunities to score and win games, but Johnson's return last week as well as the team's return to the win column has to be a relief to head coach Curt Onalfo.

"It was a great three points," Onalfo said of his club's 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake last week. "At times we were not as sharp as we wanted to be. Some things were a little out of whack in the midfield, but we got things worked out and ended up playing pretty well. At times we were not as sharp as we wanted to be, but it was the first time in a while we played with our full team."

The Rapids will have their full team as well for the game, but it has not done the club much good in recent weeks. Colorado is winless in its last eight games, including six losses. A large part of the team's struggles has been an inability to score goals. The Rapids have tallied just three goals in that eight-game stretch, and have been held scoreless in five of their last six matches.

The Rapids are still sitting in fourth place in the Western Conference, but the L.A. Galaxy has played a number of games less than Colorado, and will likely pass the team in the next month if things don't turn around quickly.

Herculez Gomez leads the team with four goals this season, but has not found the net since June 2. The team's second leading scorer, Roberto Brown, was let go by the team this past week, leaving head coach Fernando Clavijo with little in the way of experienced scorers up top. Much of the scoring burden will fall to Jacob Peterson, who has replaced Brown in recent weeks in the starting lineup. Peterson has scored one goal in 13 appearances this season, but is one of only five players left on the roster to have scored for the squad this season.

Clavijo has quite a turnaround on his hands if Colorado is to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2001 season.

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The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.

Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.

The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.

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