Penalty Kick

Et cetera Substitute Charlie Davies converted a penalty kick in the 85th minute to give visiting D.C. United a 1-1 Major League Soccer tie with Real Salt Lake. Davies drove into the right side of the penalty area against Real's Chris Wingert , and although there appeared to be little or no contact, Davies went down to win the penalty. Of Davies' five goals off the bench this season, four have helped United (4-5-5) earn either a win or a tie. Fabian Espindola scored on a penalty in the 38th minute to give Real (6-3-4)

After winning his two national titles, Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski placed a goal from each championship site near a corner of Ludwig Field as a reminder of the team's lofty expectations each season. With 11 members of the 2008 national championship team on the roster, the Terrapins are in the hunt for an additional title as the second overall seed in this season's NCAA men's soccer championship. In Sunday's second-round game against Penn, they dominated from the opening whistle and scored three first-half goals en route to a 4-0 victory before an announced 2,401.

Rivals Severna Park and host Broadneck stayed focused on keeping eight or nine players behind the ball in Tuesday night's Class 4A East regional final, as neither team wanted their season to end because of a defensive lapse or miscue. The tight defense led to 100 minutes of scoreless soccer, forcing penalty kicks to decide the winner. In the shootout, the 10th-ranked Falcons scored on all five of their attempts and goalie Brent Jones came up with a big stop to win the shootout, 5-3. "Once again, we come up against Broadneck and we knew they were going to be a difficult opponent," Severna Park coach Roy Dunshee said.

College field hockey Terps win ACC championship for third straight season Junior Jemma Buckley had three goals to lift top-seeded Maryland (19-1, 5-0) to a 5-2 victory over second-seeded North Carolina (19-2, 4-1) on Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C., for its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship and ninth overall. Tournament Most Valuable Player Katie O'Donnell , the four-time ACC Offensive Player of the Year, added a goal and three assists. Buckley, freshman Jill Witmer and junior Lauren Barr were named to the all-tournament team.

After 100 minutes of evenly played boys soccer in Tuesday night's District V championship, the difference between No. 1 Wilde Lake and No. 2 Arundel was fingertips. They belonged to Wilde Lake senior goalie Daniel Evans, who alertly turned away a penalty kick from Arundel senior Billy Fowler to secure the championship at Meade High. After the teams played to a tie at 1 through overtime, Wilde Lake got goals from Kendrick Pacchioni, Zachary Johnson and Matt Flyr to take a 3-2 advantage going into the fifth and final attempt in the penalty-kick shootout.

Aaron Overton went 8-for-13 for 180 yards and threw four touchdown passes and two two-point conversion passes to lead No. 13 Patterson past visiting Lake Clifton, 46-8, Thursday. The Clippers improved to 6-1, and the Lakers fell to 0-7. Overton also had four rushes for 46 yards, including a two-point conversion run. Deonta Winston caught one touchdown pass and rushed for another, and Donta Dewitt caught one touchdown pass and two two-point conversion passes. Forest Park 49, Maritime Academy 0: Patrick Makell had six carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns as the host Foresters (7-0)

JOHANNESBURG — One was the hope of its continent. The other was an afterthought on its. One was in the World Cup quarterfinals just four years after first qualifying. The other hadn't been that far in 40 years. So when Ghana met Uruguay on Friday, it wasn't about settling scores or renewing rivalries. It was about two teams trying to keep their fairy-tale runs from ending. And wouldn't you know it? With neither team wanting to go home, they played 30 minutes of extra time tied at 1-1 before Uruguay extended its improbable stay on penalty kicks, sending it on to a semifinal Tuesday against the Netherlands.

SEATTLE - A cold night, two exhausted teams, overtime inconclusive and a national championship on the line. That was the scenario at Qwest Field on Sunday night, where a wind-chilled crowd of 46,011 saw Real Salt Lake win Major League Soccer's 2009 title. When Robbie Russell's penalty kick hit the back of the net to give the Utah side its first MLS title in only its fifth season, Galaxy heads dropped. The players had given everything, only to fall in a shootout, 5-4, after a 1-1 tie. David Beckham and Landon Donovan tried to lift the spirits, shaking their teammates' hands before hugging each other.

South River sophomore midfielder Anna D'Ambra had a couple of choices to consider when she ran on to a through ball in the second overtime of Wednesday night's game against rival Arundel: pass or shoot. She chose the latter, and it proved a smart decision as she neatly placed a shot into the lower left corner with 2:58 left to give the No. 5 Seahawks a resilient 2-1 home win over the No. 3 Wildcats in Anne Arundel County girls soccer. South River improved to 10-2 overall and 8-1 in Anne Arundel, handing Arundel (11-1, 8-1)

Varsity City's Coxson, Poly's Goodson and Ali-El could return soon City quarterback Adrian Coxson, who suffered a shoulder injury in Friday's victory over Walbrook, could be back in the Knights' lineup within a couple of weeks, he said Sunday night. The senior said the injury is a small ligament tear in his left shoulder that happened on a hard tackle after he had passed the ball. Coxson has filled a void at quarterback for the Knights, although he has committed to Penn State as a wide receiver.