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Houston and Toronto FC are on different paths this season as the MLS campaign winds into the final stretch.But that doesnt take away from the importance of Saturdays match between the two sides in Houston, a site where even the leagues best teams struggle to secure a victory.Toronto (10-7-6, 36 points) has its focus set on a run that would push it to the Eastern Conference championship and is just a point off the pace currently being set by front-running New York City with 11 matches left to play.The Dynamo (4-10-8, 20 points) are at the bottom of the table in the Western Conference and have gone five matches without a win following a 1-0 loss to Montreal on Aug. 6. That setback was the fourth game in the past five matches in which Houston did not score a goal -- the Dynamo has just 24 goals in 22 matches.Toronto is led by Sebastian Giovinco, last seasons league MVP and Golden Boot winner. Giovinco leads the league with 15 goals and is tied for second with 10 assists and has recorded two hat tricks in Torontos last four games, including a 4-1 home victory over the New England Revolution on Aug. 6. The teams current four-game winning streak matches the club record, set last season.Toronto also boasts U.S. mens national team players Michael Bradley, who has two assists in 13 games this season, and Jozy Altidore, who has entered as a sub and scored two goals in the last four matches after missing nine games with a hamstring injury.If Altidore is in, if Giovinco is in, you have to pay attention to those guys and where they are on the field, Dynamo interim coach Wade Barrett said of the Toronto attack. And Bradleys range of passing is so good and hes so accurate over multiple distances that he is a dangerous player, even when hes far away on the field.Torontos defense has been the best in the Eastern Conference, allowing just 24 goals in 23 games, but it will be without its starting keeper as Clint Irwin is out with a strained quadriceps. Backup goalkeeper Alex Bono will get the call in goal on Saturday. Bono has allowed six goals in his eight full starts.The Dynamo have won the last two meetings in the series, both in Toronto. The teams have played to four consecutive draws in Houston, all at BBVA Compass Stadium. The last win for either team in the Bayou City came in 2011, a 2-0 Houston victory at Robertson Stadium, the Dynamos former home pitch. Mike Conley Jersey . Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers. Wholesale Jazz Jerseys . P.A. 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Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- They may have been playing a game that determined which team would finish last in the American Athletic Conference but Tulane coach Willie Fritz said his players were extremely motivated against UConn Saturday.Running backs Lazedrick Thompson and Josh Rounds combined for five touchdowns and Tulane snapped a six-game losing streak with a 38-13 win over UConn Saturday night in the season finale for both teams.Its been a really frustrating season, Fritz said. We talked last night about how this is a game of pride. We have to come out, and number one, pride is something pretty important to play for. I thought our guys really exhibited a lot of competitiveness, toughness in all three phases.Tulane (4-8, 1-7 American) scored the games first 24 points to break a 14-game conference losing streak. Its last conference win came against Central Florida, 45-31, Oct. 3, 2015.UConn (3-9, 1-7) saw its season end on a six-game losing streak.Tough game. Tough year. Long, hard year, UConn coach Bob Diaco said. Expectations were spectacularly high. Obviously performance and production was spectacularly low.Thompson finished with 108 yards on 23 carries and three touchdowns, including a 45-yard jaunt in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.Rounds had 78 yards rushing on 16 carries and two touchdowns.UConns Arkeel Newsome scored both of UConns touchdowns. He ran for a season-high 166 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, while adding 28 yards and another score on two catches.Donovan Williams, a true freshman making his third career start, completed 11-of-26 passes for 104 yards for the Huskies. He had two interceptions and his first career touchdown pass.Tulane entered the game ranked 119th nationally in total offense and UConn was 122nd. Some had thought the game might resemble last years meeting in New Orleans, a game UConn won 7-3.Tulanes Larry Bryant blocked a UConn punt on the fifth play of the game, setting his team up at the 23-yard line for its first possession.ddddddddddddBut the Green Wave settled for a 23-yard Andrew DiRocco field goal and a 3-0 lead.After quickly forcing another UConn punt, a 32-yard pass from Glen Cuiellette to tight end Kendall Ardoin set the Green Wave up with a first-and-goal. Rounds scored on a 1-yard plunge two plays later.Field position made it easy, said Cuiellette, whose team held a 19-minute advantage in time of possession. It was a whole different mentality going in there for a drive starting on the 25, 20, inside the red zone. It makes it easier on us.Tulane led 10-0 after one quarter as UConn completed the season without scoring a first-quarter touchdown -- the only team in the nation that failed to do so. The Huskies were outscored 76-9 in the first quarter this season.UConn wide receiver Noel Thomas caught six passes and finished with a school-record 100 this season. He also carried the ball three times for 20 yards and completed a pass to Williams on an early trick play.UConn safety Obi Melifonwu made 24 tackles, tying the school record, in the loss.THE TAKEAWAYUConn: Some fans and media have called for Diacos firing but the $5 million buyout his contract calls for makes that a difficult proposition for the school. He said he expects to return. No doubt. I have a contract until 2021. Unless my calendar is wrong, its 2016, Diaco said.Tulane: Fritz earned his first-ever American Athletic Conference win thanks to an inspired group that made big defensive and special teams plays: two blocked kicks and two interceptions.UP NEXTUConn: The Huskies season is over and Diacos tenure with the team is in doubt.Tulane: The Green Waves season is over as well, albeit with a little more momentum. 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