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SEATTLE -- Nicolas Lodeiro scored on a penalty kick in the 61st minute and the Seattle Sounders beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Tuesday night in the first-leg of the MLS Western Conference finals.Seattle will take an important one-goal advantage into the second match of the two-game series on Sunday in Colorado. But the Rapids picked up an important road goal which could serve as the tiebreaker if the aggregate-goal series finishes tied. A win or a tie by Seattle on Sunday would put the Sounders in the MLS Cup final for the first time.Lodeiro caused issues all over the field for Colorado before drawing the penalty 15 minutes into the second half. A deflected ball rolled to Lodeiro in the penalty area and he was taken down by Marc Burch. Lodeiro sent goalkeeper Zac MacMuth the wrong direction and scored his fourth goal of the playoffs.IMPACT 3, TORONTO FC 2MONTREAL -- Dominic Oduro scored the first of three straight Montreal goals and the Impact held on for a 3-2 victory over Toronto FC in a wild opening game to their Eastern Conference final.The match was delayed 30 minutes by a groundskeeping error, but then Oduro, Matteo Mancosu and Ambroise Oyongo put Montreal in front in the opening 53 minutes. Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley answered back before a roaring sellout crowd of 61,004 at Olympic Stadium.While Montreal will take a lead into the second leg of the two-game, total goals series, Toronto picked up two all-important away goals that can serve as the tiebreaker. A 1-0 or 2-1 TFC win in the second leg at home would win Toronto the series.Montreal looked well on its way to crushing TFC in a playoff match for a second year in a row, having beaten their closest rival 3-0 in the single-game knockout round in October 2015 -- a result Toronto players vowed to avenge. Steve Mandanda Jersey .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. Eliaquim Mangala Jersey . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. http://www.nationalfrancesoccer.com/olivier-giroud-france-jersey/ . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Bacary Sagna Jersey . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. Benoit Costil Jersey . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec. FUKUOKA, Japan -- Skipper Ben Ainslie guided his Land Rover BAR team to the overall lead after the first day of racing at the Americas Cup World Series in Japan on Saturday.Land Rover BAR won the first of three races and has 27 points, one ahead of Oracle Team USA, which won the third and final race.Emirates Team New Zealand was in third place with 23 points.Softbank Team Japan won the second race.The Fukuoka regatta is the ninth and final stop of the ACWS.dddddddddddd The winner of the overall series will earn two bonus points to carry into the qualifiers in June, while the second-placed team will earn one bonus point.Land Rover BAR holds a 15-point lead over Oracle Team USA in the series standings heading into Sundays finale. ' ' '