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SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B. Jaire Alexander Youth Jersey .C. -- Julianne Zussman had three tries as Canadas womans rugby squad opened their season on Tuesday with a 51-7 victory over the USA Eagles in the first of a two-game Can-Am Series showdown. Jessica Dovanne and Magali Harvey had two tries apiece for Canada while Kayla Mack and Mandy Marchak each added one. Andrea Burk and Magali Harvey made conversions. "We were able to gain momentum off of some big positive tackles and it was an exciting game to play in the backs off a strong forwards performance," said Zussman. "We had some huge defensive hits and that was one of our main goals going in was to battle at the point of contact and dominate them in contact." Mia Bitzar scored the lone try for the Americans, which didnt come until the second half, and Sadie Anderson had a conversion. "Our defence was great, there are still a couple things to find tune, especially getting lower at the breakdown point and particularly at the maul. But for the most part we got our shoulder in and made some positive tackles, which was great," said captain Kelly Russell. These games are being held in conjunction with a two-week selections camp in preparation for 2014 IRB Womens World Cup. The women will play the USA again on Saturday at Westhills Stadium in Langford, B.C. Paul Hornung Jersey . The 27-year-old forward has informed the Leafs that he will be unable to play in Monday nights home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Brett Favre Jersey . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. http://www.shoptheofficialpackers.com/Elite-Clay-Matthews-Packers-Jersey/ . A question that was repeatedly posed last season, and the season before that and in the 2011 campaign before that. TORONTO -- Signs of a rift between Toronto FC manager Ryan Nelsen and GM Tim Bezbatchenko emerged Saturday, further complicating the landscape for an MLS team that is already losing its champion with the planned departure of MLSE CEO Tim Leiweke. In a moment of rare theatre at the post-game news conference, Nelsen tore a strip off Bezbatchenko in the wake of a lopsided 3-0 loss to the New England Revolution. The dressing down came when Nelsen was asked if Bezbatchenkos public challenge to his team on the eve of the game "to take it up a notch" had helped matters. "Not at all," said Nelsen. "Absolutely not." Nelsen then went on to accuse Bezbatchenko of effectively sabotaging his own team by unnecessarily raising the stakes before a match that was not crucial, given there were 10 more remaining after it. "Ive won this league, played in it for four years, been in the (English) Premier League for 10 years, played in a World Cup, Olympics. Ive played in some pretty hot pressure games," said Nelsen, a former New Zealand international defender. "One thing that I do know is this was not one of them." "It affected the guys," he said of Bezbatchenkos words. "What we do at Toronto FC is we keep it in-house -- everything we do, we keep inside the four walls. And the players, coaching staff, everything, stays within the four walls." Bezbatchenko, a 32-year-old rookie GM hired out of the league office by Leiweke last September, summoned local beat reporters Friday with a clear message. The revamped MLS team has had time to gel, he said. Now it has to fire on all cylinders. "I think everyone would agree -- the coaches, the players -- that over the last 12 or so games, it hasnt been good enough, at least for making a run in MLS," Bezbatchenko said. He also said his message to the fans and the club was: "The time is now ... Its we mean business now." Nelsen, who was unaware of Bezbatchenkos planned comments, said they had left his players "very very lets just say aggravated." Toronto (9-9-6) gave up a goal within two minutes and was serenaded by boos from the crowd of 22,591 en route to the dressing room down 2-0 at halftime. "I think we kind of felt a wee bit sorry for ourselves. Players mentally werent right from the start," said Nelsen, in another apparent shot at his GM. "And in a way I cant blame them," he added. The 36-year-old Nelsen, in his second year at the Toronto FC helm, said pressure is a constant for all Toronto teams. So why add to it? "Players are affected. Thats why we want to keep everything in-house," he said in another broadside at Bezbatchenko. Nelsen also pointed the finger at himself, saying his team has to be better than it was on the day and that any criticism should be levelled at him. But he clearly saw Bezbatchenkos comments Friday as meddlesome and needlessly ratcheting up the pressure "Were used to getting it from the outside," he added. "Thats why it should never come from inside. Never." Bezbatchenkos pre-game message did not spark much reaction from a largely empty and hushed Toronto dressing room. Midfielder Michael Bradley, serving a captain in Caldwells absence, essentially said it was not up to players to get involved. Next up is an away-and-home series with the Philadelphia Union, another Eastern Conference team chasing the playoffs. Going into Saturdays game, Toronto was 3-4-4 since the start of July, meaning it has dropped 20 of a possible 33 points over that stretch. But the team was also 2-1-1 in August, standing third in the Eastern Conference and had been dealing with a rash of injuries -- especially on the backline. And a win Saturday would have matched Toronttos franchise high for season wins (10) with 10 games to go. Paul Hornung Youth Jersey. Nelsen said players and coaches are "more than confident in what were going to do. Weve got 10 more games ... Its in our hands. "Well stick with the players. Weve always got their backs." He made no mention of the front office.