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Sixty-one years is how long Mumbai had to wait to watch its national team in action. Mumbai, having undergone a complete makeover in recent times, got ready to host a Puerto Rico side ranked 38 places higher than India.Andheri Sports Complex is the only structure of some sporting significance in all of Mumbais suburban district, an area that houses just over 9 million people, a population nearly three times that of Puerto Rico.45 minutes prior to kick off, a large chunk of the arena remains empty. Officials say the ground will hold up to 18,000 once the pending grand stand has been built. At present it just about manages two-thirds of that.FIFA officials inspected the premises last year as a potential venue for the U-17 World Cup to be held next year, and insisted that a players tunnel be built, among other things. Right next to that tunnel, filled to capacity, arrived the Yellow Brigade, fans of the I-League club, Mumbai FC.Barely touching a thousand in number, they lead the way for the rest of the arena to follow for the next couple of hours. Banners of Chettri - Pure Class, One nation, One team, One dream are suspended from the roof of the stand, and the chants are a mix of what one might expect at a Premier League game and the Wankhede cricket stadium.As the blues go marching in is impeccably timed with Indias arrival on the pitch. 5 claps, split two and three follow Lets go India and Soo-Neel-Chetri all echoed in perfect sync. The DJ then spins to his Wankhede playlist; Chak De India and Vande Mataram.15 minutes to kick-off and the stadium fills steadily. 10 minutes later, the announcer asks for the crowd to welcome the two sides - India and Potrico. Mumbais crowd are often a deadly mix of well-informed, unforgiving and opportunistically brash. Potrico becomes the theme for the next set of chants.Derby day norms apply at kick-off. Every second of Indian possession is cheered. Every Puerto Rican touch is booed.There are a few thousand seats still empty by the time referee Santosh Kumar points to the spot in the 8th minute. Puerto Rico go 1-0 up. India have hardly touched the ball. The crowd decide to turn on the heat.Uncharitably, referee Kumar is the subject of the next round of chants. The words in between referee and the five claps cant be printed. By now the arena is near packed. And just about everyones joined in.Narayan Das equalizer in the 17th minute brings the roof down. The brigade celebrates but refuses to let off the referees back. 7 minutes later, he awards the softest of free kicks as Sunil Chhetri runs into Emmanuel DAndrea just outside the box. Ironic cheers greet the decision. Chettri curls it in to put India 2-1 up. The crowd claim the assist.India open up. The crowd acknowledge Chhetris every touch. India are now taking the game to their jet lagged hosts, and by the time Jeje makes it 3-1, windows and terraces of neighboring buildings have filled up, fire flares emitting yellow smoke erupt in the brigades section and the Poznan celebration - which involves the fans turning their backs to the pitch, joining arms and jumping up and down in unison is seen for the first time in Mumbai.A stupendous performance by @chetrisunil11 is recognized duly by a raucous Mumbai crowd! #INDvPUR #BackTheBlue pic.twitter.com/ysv9K05UL9- Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) September 3, 2016But this wasnt Dortmund or Manchester, it was Mumbai. The home of Bollywood. And so, the song In the Mumbai, all over India from the movie Shootout at Lokhandwala and Chale Chalo from Lagaan accompany the Poznan. Strange in thought, surreal in practice.Puerto Rico are to never to recover from there on. Their coach David Gulleimat admits the atmosphere was something he didnt expect. 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The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. The last time Saint Marys had a bit of layoff between games it came out flat, resulting in its only loss of the season.The 19th-ranked Gaels will be coming off another break from game action when they play Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday night in Moraga, Calif. So the question is, how will this Saint Marys team that relies so heavily on precision execution deal with not playing a game for six days?The Gaels (8-1) were crushed 65-51 in a home game against Texas-Arlington on Dec. 8, eight days after their road victory over Stanford. Saint Marys coach Randy Bennett was perplexed by his teams performance that night.We just ... I dont know, Bennett said after that game. I cant put my finger on it.The Gaels have played two solid games since then, but now the layoff question arises again against the Islanders, who will have just one day off following their 73-69 victory over Texas-San Antonio on Sunday.Corpus Christi (7-2) is not the threat that Texas-Arlington was and its record is somewhat misleading. Only four of the Islanders wins came against Division I foes.But they have won two in a row, including the home win over Texas-San Antonio.Our guys did a really good job defensively to give us some momentum toward the end of the second half, and our execution was good, Corpus Christi coach Willis Wilson said after that game, which gave him his 300th career head coaching victory.The Islanders have already beaten one school named St. Marys, but that Dec. 9 victory was against a Division II school located in Texas. Traveling to play this nationally ranked Saint Marys squad will be a different challenge.Corpus Christis only opponent comparable to Saint Marys was Texas A&M, which handed the Islanders an 86-59 loss on Dec. 5. Despite having to travel back to Texas after playing at Cal Poly two days earlier, Corpus Christi outrebounded the Aggies 39-31.We were a little tired and it showed up in a couple of areas, Wilson said.ddddddddddddThe Islanders will make a similar trip going in the opposite direction, again with only one day off, when they play the Gaels. Fatigue could be a factor again.Saint Marys has not had to travel much at all. Tuesdays game will be the fourth of five straight home games, and the Gaels have not been outside the San Francisco Bay Area since Nov. 27. The Gaels are particularly difficult to beat in their cozy 3,500-seat arena, having won 25 of their past 27 games there. They were sharp in their last game, a 73-51 victory over Western Kentucky.Saint Marys had 23 assists on 31 made field goals against just seven turnovers in that game, and the starting backcourt of Emmett Naar and Joe Rahon combined for 16 assists with just one turnover.When we have low turnovers and high assists, we are usually going to win, Naar said.The Gaels ranked third in nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.86 in games through Sunday, and Rahon (6.6 assists per game) and Naar (6.1) both are among the nations top 25 in assists per game.What Bennett would like to see is better defense.I think were making a little progress, he said, (but) I dont know if Ill ever be completely satisfied.The Gaels allowed their first nine opponents to shoot 42.6 percent from the floor after limiting foes to 40.9 percent shooting with virtually the same personnel last season.Corpus Christi has the weapons to test Saint Marys defense. It is averaging 82.1 points and has four players averaging more than 12 points per game.The Islanders are paced by 6-foot-8 Rayshawn Thomas, who leads the team in both scoring (17.4) and rebounding (8.2).He will be challenged in the paint by 6-11 Jock Landale, who leads Saint Marys in scoring (18.0 points) and rebounding (9.0). ' ' '