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. With frustration you can either use it or let it eat away at you.The Rangers
. With frustration you can either use it or let it eat away at you.The Rangers
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TERRIGAL, Australia -- Crystal Palace midfielder Mile Jedinak will lead Australia at the World Cup after getting the nod over Tim Cahill to replace long-term captain Lucas Neill. Danny Salazar Jersey . Australia coach Ange Postecoglou announced the decision Wednesday, five days ahead of the Socceroos last friendly on home soil before the squad leaves for Brazil. The 29-year-old Jedinak was a mainstay for Palace last season, playing every game until he had to be replaced due to a groin strain during the last Premier League match. Jedinak has played 43 times for Australia and was considered a longer-term option than 34-year-old Cahill, the New York Red Bulls star who will be playing at his third World Cup. "It is a privileged position and an accolade he richly deserves after the incredible job he has done at Crystal Palace in the toughest club competition in world football," Postecoglou said. "Mile Jedinak embodies everything that is great about Australian football and Australia as a nation. "He has risen to the top ... and done it the hard way from humble beginnings where he has battled and believed in himself to overcome the odds with an enormous work ethic and passion for what he does. I have no doubt he will lead the team with distinction in Brazil." Postecoglou told the 36-year-old Neill before unveiling the extended 30-man World Cup squad last week that he wasnt in the Socceroos future plans. Jedinak, who played in a defeat to Germany in 2010 in his only previous World Cup match, will be only the fourth Australian to lead the Socceroos at footballs marquee tournament, following Peter Wilson (1974), Mark Viduka (2006) and Neill (2010). Cahill and Mark Bresciano, who is also going to his third World Cup, were appointed as vice-captains. Jedinak led Australia for the first time during a 4-3 loss to Ecuador in a friendly in London in March. "To be handed the responsibility of captaining my country at the World Cup is humbling, yet incredibly exciting," Jedinak said. "It is an honour to be named captain but it is also a huge responsibility and I look forward to providing leadership for the team along with Tim and Mark as we take on some of the biggest nations in world football." Australia plays South Africa in a friendly on Monday before leaving for South America. The Australians were drawn into a difficult Group B with defending champion Spain, 2010 runner-up Netherlands and Chile and are considered long shots to advance to the knockout stages in Brazil. Postecoglou said Jedinaks lead-from-the-front mentality was crucial to the selection. "Hes led a group of players and a team in the English Premier League that many had written off. A lot of those characteristics apply to us right now and I know that when we get to Brazil and face up to the challenges we need to face up to, Mile and Timmy and Mark will be leading from the front," he said. "Ive challenged these guys as well to have their best World Cup ever." Tommy John Jersey . The 49ers announced the deal Tuesday. San Francisco selected Lloyd in the fourth round of the 2003 draft. David Justice Jersey . Every once in awhile, it seems like life lets dreams become real - and that is a gift. https://www.cheapindiansonline.com/2468u-shane-bieber-jersey-indians.html . The 27-year-old hit .209 in 86 at-bats last year after missing the 2010 season following surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Rangers latest victory was hardly a masterpiece, until the final second.A quick glance between Carl Hagelin and Derek Stepan produced the winning goal on New Yorks only shot of overtime. Hagelin deflected in Stepans slick backhand pass at 2:55 to give the Rangers a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.The whole game was sluggish from our part, Hagelin said. Step saw me going in. Two defencemen stepped in on him, and he made the perfect play to me.The connection gave the Rangers their third straight win heading into the All-Star break, and ended a rough run at home against the Senators. Ottawa had been 13-1-1 in its previous 15 regular-season games at Madison Square Garden since April 2006.The Senators had the better of the chances in overtime, but Hagelin put the winner behind Craig Anderson as the Rangers won for the 16th time in 19 games.They cant all be Picassos, coach Alain Vigneault said following his 494th NHL victory. This game is about finding ways to win when youre not at your best.Chris Kreider tied it for New York in the third period. Kevin Hayes also scored, and Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves.I wouldnt want to have a start like that and depend on a late comeback, Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh said. They took a lead going into the third but ... we werent going to let this one slip away from us.Everyone knew it was going to be an ugly two points, and some team was going to have to find a way.Erik Karlsson and Milan Michalek scored 1:03 apart in the second period for Ottawa. Anderson stopped 32 shots, but let New Yorks only one in overtime get by him.I saw a pretty good pass and a pretty good deflection, Anderson said. Hagelin has a good stick. Were not winning too many close games, and its frustrating. Its not fun to be around that.The Senators are 4-6-3 in their last 13 and 9-10-9 overall in one-goal games.We played a good game. Were just not playing good enough to win close games, Ottawa forward Erik Condra said.Kreider tied it 2-all at 2:42 of the third when he took a perfect feed from defenceman Marc Staal as he cruised down the slot, deftly shifted the puck to his forehand aand lifted in his 10th goal and fifth in 10 games. Adam Cimber Jersey. It was definitely a character win, Kreider said. We probably didnt have the start we wanted, had a few lulls, but it says a lot about the leadership in the room that we were able to gather ourselves and be ready to play.After falling behind 1-0 on Hayes goal, the Senators scored twice in quick succession to grab a 2-1 lead.Right after Condra was stopped by Lundqvist, the Senators regained control of the puck and worked it around the Rangers zone. Kyle Turris sent a crisp pass from the left circle to the right circle, and Karlsson snapped in his ninth goal at 13:38.Then, just 9 seconds after New Yorks Lee Stempniak was called for high-sticking, Michalek got to a rebound in front and slid a backhander that slithered its way under Lundqvists pad for his sixth goal, putting the Senators ahead with 5:19 remaining in the second.It just wasnt enough to get a much-needed win for the Senators, who are well off the playoff pace.This is how our season has gone. Close but not close enough, defenceman Jared Cowen said. Thats what separates good and great teams. We have to decide which we want to be. Its frustrating for sure. With frustration you can either use it or let it eat away at you.The Rangers had broken the scoreless deadlock at 9:29 when Hayes corralled the rebound of Dan Girardis hard shot from the right point, calmly shifted left in the slot and scored his sixth goal.The Rangers finished their second straight period on the power play, this time the remnants of a two-man advantage created when David Legwand and Eric Gryba were whistled for infractions 46 seconds apart.The teams slogged through a tight-checking first period that produced one power play for each club and a total of 16 shots — nine for the Rangers, including a hard drive by McDonagh that was stopped at the buzzer.NOTES: Vigneault coached in his 932nd NHL game, tying Rangers general manager — and former coach — Glen Sather for 26th place on the leagues career list. He has three fewer wins than Sather. ... Turris has a Senators-high 13 assists and 19 points on the road. ... The Rangers hadnt won 16 of 19 since 1993. ' ' '
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