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TORONTO -- There was little separating Toronto FC and New York City FC during the Major League Soccer regular season.The teams played twice and drew twice -- 2-2 at Yankee Stadium on March 13 and 1-1 at BMO Field on May 18.A winner must emerge in their two-game Eastern Conference semifinal that opens in Toronto on Sunday and concludes Nov. 6 in New York.NYCFC (15-10-9) finished one point ahead of TFC (14-9-11) in the standings, which meant Toronto had to play the Philadelphia Union Wednesday to advance to the next round. TFC won 3-1 at BMO Field.Both teams have a lot of guys who can make you pay if you make mistakes, Toronto coach Greg Vanney said. To me thats the allure of this game.New Yorks designated players are David Villa, Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard, while Toronto has Sebastian Giovinco, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore.It sets up for a wonderful spectacle, if you will, for the league, Vanney said.New York led MLS in goals scored (62) but was 17th in goals allowed (57). Toronto was seventh in goals (51) and tied for second in goals against (39).Certainly defensively we have our work cut out for us, Toronto center back Drew Moor said. If you stay tuned in on them and communicate well, you might have a chance to keep them off the scoresheet.Villa is certainly an MVP candidate, scored a lot of goals (23) this year and hes getting some pretty good service from some very good players.Said Vanney: Theyve got a good solid team. We cant get too caught up in just the three so-called stars for them.Lampard could be a key.Frank is really important for us because when we started pushing for this playoff spot, that was related to Frank, NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira said.Lampard, 38, missed the first 12 games or the regular season because of a calf injury.After coming off the bench for three games, Lampard scored 12 goals in 15 straight starts before he sustained another calf injury on Sept. 17.Lampard returned as a substitute last Sunday in a 4-1 win over the Columbus Crew that clinched the spot in the semifinals and contributed two assists.Of course, hes a very good player for the team, a very important player for the team, said Villa, the team captain. We missed him a lot the games he was out.Now you saw the other day, he gets on the pitch and he gave us a lot, he helped us a lot.Lampard participated in a full workout Wednesday when the team returned to training. Vieira was asked if the midfielder would start Sunday.We have to see how hes going to react to the workload, but (Wednesday) morning he did a full session with no problem at all, Vieira said. When everyone was off, he came to do some work (Tuesday).He knows himself and there is no reason why Im not going to start him, but at the same time I have to look at his workload and see how hes going to do this week physically. Cheap Air Max Discount . Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks. Air Max Discount . PAUL, Minn. http://www.cheapairmaxdiscount.com/ . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Discont Nike Air Max Shoes Cheap . 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Its a long wide boulevard of the distinctly functional variety, with cheap and cheerful hotels lined up along one side, and even cheaper, rather less cheerful stalls and boutiques on the other.Its grimy and noisy, and tailored towards a transient market, with the average trip across the road bringing to mind that old-school computer game, Frogger. As you dither through the traffic, a constant stream of buses, lorries, carts, rickshaws and auto-rickshaws bear down on you at every speed imaginable, first from one direction, then from another, with only a thin brick kerb in the middle providing any sanctuary.If you time your run right, you can even tuck into a power-up on the other side, because for some reason there seems to be an intermittent but constant stream of banana-traders marching steadfastly up the hill with their loads strung out in two pans across their shoulders. Ten taka (10p) for a bunch of four, and thats breakfast sorted for another day.But back to the boozer, because frankly thats the logical place to go back to after a hard days hacking in the Chittagong press box. Its a five-minute wander from my digs at the Asian SR Hotel, through a fog of exhaust fumes from the endlessly revving engines of Chittagongs Bus Depot (from which you will be whisked on a ten-hour, 20 taka trip back to Dhaka if you drop your guard for so much as a moment), and then round the corner by the partially collapsed buildding on the left of the road as you approach the roundabout.ddddddddddddIf you blink, you miss the turn-off, because immediately youre plunged into darkness for 20 metres, as you totter down a muddy back-alley towards a green staircase behind an iron shutter, where a burly security guard is the only clue as to the riches that lie within. But a smart salute (and occasionally a palmful of baksheesh) earns you the right to ascend to the second floor, where a cavernous and unlit restaurant marks the gold at the end of the rainbow.Its not a lot to look at, but then Bangladeshi bars dont really go in for frills. Strictly speaking, alcohol is frowned upon in these parts, but frankly, given the run-ins the country has had with religion in the past, no-one actually gives two hoots any more. Certainly not the landlords, when they can rake in 140 Takas (￡1.40) for a coke-sized can of Hunters, whose blue, red and gold emblem looks suspiciously similar to a certain well-known Aussie lager.It may be a seedy setting, but its a distinctly up-market clientele (and given that each beer costs more than the countrys average daily income, thats not exactly surprising). A large fish tank behind the bar is the only designated source of light, although with satellite TV showing everything from Bollywood to the Premier League, the venue flickers with a cinema-like glow.Except of course, when one of Chittagongs regular power-cuts kicks in. But as and when that happens, the conversation carries on without so much as a beat being skipped. As if an announcement had gone out that the 17.32 to Paddington has been delayed by approximately 40 minutes. And we apologise for the inconvenience it may cause. 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