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GLASGOW -- Canadas mens rugby sevens team arrived in Glasgow with its hopes pinned on a medal. Babe Ruth Braves Jersey . But the Canadians proved no match for a Scottish team that had the heart of the host country -- and the some-45,000 delirious screaming fans at Ibrox Stadium -- behind it. Canada dropped a 21-5 decision to Scotland on Saturday at the Commonwealth Games in a dramatic battle it needed to win to be in the mix for the medals. "It always is a factor if its your home team, isnt it?" coach Kieran Crowley said. "You always see that the home team in a tournament like this does massively well. "Massive disappointment. We came here with the objective to get a medal. Now we have to recover, obviously be very disappointed, but come morning, weve got to focus on finishing ninth now." Connor Braid scored the lone try for Canada, which had lost 39-0 to defending champion New Zealand in its opener then bounced back to run roughshod over Barbados 68-5, setting up the must-win game against the Scots. "Proud of all the guys," said an emotional John Moonlight, Canadas captain. "No matter what happens, that last game I think we put it out there. The score didnt go our way. A lot of things didnt go our way. "I guess we have to wait four years for another chance. It hurts. You dont forget stuff like this and (Sunday) were going to come out with three wins, 100 per cent." Canada, which can finish no better than ninth, will play Trinidad and Tobago in the bowl quarter-final Sunday. Lee Jones, Richie Vernon and Mark Bennett scored for Scotland in front of a raucous crowd at Ibrox Stadium -- normally home to Rangers F.C. New Zealand had already clinched top spot in Pool A -- arguably the toughest pool in the tournament with three of the worlds core teams in Canada, the Scots and themselves -- with their victory over Canada and a 17-14 win over Scotland. The Canadians knew they were in for a stiff test against the Scots in the rowdy jam-packed Ibrox Stadium. The noise was deafening when the two teams walked onto the pitch to ACDCs "Thunderstruck." They clapped and stomped their feet and broke into spontaneous chants of "Scot-land!" They booed when a call went Canadas way. "Its tough but its cool, its something you can thrive off of for sure," Braid said of the crowd. "We beat them at home in Glasgow in May, and that was a really good feeling so we were just hunting for that the whole way through. "It came down to a couple missed tackles, but the boys really put it out there against a really strong Scottish team." Canada and Scotland are familiar foes, the Canadians edging the Scots in the semifinals of the IRB World Sevens World Series stop in Glasgow earlier this season. Canada went on to make history by reaching the final for the first time, only to be trounced 54-7 by New Zealand. Still, the Canadians finished a best-ever sixth on the series, while Scotland was 12th. Trailing 7-0 Saturday, Braid muscled his way across the try line with 1:14 left in the first. But a minute later Vernon scored on a long run down the middle, and Scotland had Canada pinned in its own half for most of the rest of the game. "There was still plenty of time left," Braid said of the halftime score. "Weve come back from bigger deficits before so I dont think we were too worried. But time was just against us. They were pretty good at the breakdown again. Our tackling percentage was a lot better, but still, individual tackles needs to improve." Canada took the field as the sun was setting after an eight-hour break between games -- something the team wasnt pleased about. Crowley said the team "went through the channels to put complaints in about it," to no avail. The Canadians arrived at Ibrox shortly after 7 a.m. to begin warming up for New Zealand and remained there all day, napping on mattresses and playing board games -- Settlers of Catan was the game of choice -- in a huge tent set up behind the stadium. They werent using the long day as an excuse though. "(Scotland) had to play two other games in the same time period that we were resting, so its tit-for-tat really," Braid said. "It was interesting. The boys got a good nap in, and thats just the way it happens. Sometimes you play at 8 (a.m.) and youre up at 5:30 in the morning. Sometimes you play at 9:30 at night with an eight-hour gap. The show must go on." In Canadas win against Barbados, John Moonlight, Mike Scholtz and Ciaran Hearn scored two tries apiece, while Braid, Nathan Hirayama, Harry Jones and Justin Douglas each scored one. Hirayama was good on all six conversions and Braid booted three. They were no match for the mighty New Zealand All-Blacks in their opener. The bigger and faster All-Blacks thoroughly dominated the Canadians, swatting away their tackle attempts like they were brushing away pesky flies. "Our own defence and penalties let us down," Braid said after the loss. "We had systems in place but we fell apart when it came time." Rugby sevens will make its Olympic debut in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and if Saturdays action was any indication, the sport will be a massive hit. More than 185,000 sevens tickets have been sold, including a sellout on Sunday. The game, featuring seven players aside and two seven-minute halves, is played at a breakneck pace, keeping fans captivated. Saturday at Ibrox, they cheered almost as lustily for teams such as Barbados and Uganda as they did for their own Scots. After Barbados 59-0 rout by New Zealand, the crowd gave the losing team a standing ovation. They cheered on Uganda when that country scored three tries in the final two minutes to beat Sri Lanka. The Uganda players ran towards the crowd with delight after the game. New Zealand meanwhile, is gunning for its fifth gold medal in rugby sevens, having won the title all four times the sport has been in the Games. The All-Blacks will play Kenya -- second in Pool B -- in the quarter-finals. South Africa won Pool B and will face Scotland in the quarters. Pool C winner Samoa faces England, and Australia, winners of Pool D, meet Wales. Bobby Cox Jersey . - The Carolina Panthers believe Steve Smith lost "top-end" speed, a big reason the franchise parted ways with its all-time leading receiver. John Smoltz Braves Jersey . While Minnesota takes aim at its eighth win of November, the Canadiens will try to post just their third victory in nine games this month. http://www.baseballbravesproshop.com/julio-teheran-braves-jersey/ . Jeter doubled high off the left-field wall and scored on Jacoby Ellsburys first hit in pinstripes in the fifth. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in the Yankees 112th opener in New York. In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142 -- even when his double-play grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored Solarte in the third inning for the first run.NEW YORK, N.Y. - Carey Price and Bobby Ryan got the call. P.K. Subban and Erik Karlsson did not.Price of the Montreal Canadiens and Ryan of the Ottawa Senators are among 42 players named to participate in the NHL all-star game later this month in Columbus. Each Canadian team has one representative, with Subban not making the cut.Montreal forward Max Pacioretty said he wasnt surprised about his goaltender being selected. He was caught off guard, however, when he found out after a 2-1 overtime loss to Pittsburgh that Subban had been left off the all-star roster.Theres no one else, just Carey? I didnt know that at all, Pacioretty said. No P.K.? No way. You would have thought a team that was in first place earlier this week, you would have thought … maybe get a little more respect.Price called his selection to the all-star team an honour.Its always a fun experience, the Montreal goalie said. Its definitely an honour to go and represent my team. Im looking forward to it. It should be a really good time.Ryan is going for the first time, along with Mark Giordano of the Calgary Flames, Radim Vrbata of the Vancouver Canucks and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers.I thought there was a good chance that Id probably go, but you never know right to the end, Giordano said before the Flames game in Vancouver. Im kind of excited to see what its all about.Said Ryan: I think everyone who is on the ballot always wants to get that one opportunity and it came this year. Im excited. Its going to a great weekend.Phil Kessel of the Toronto Maple Leafs was named to his third all-star game and Dustin Byfuglien of the Winnipeg Jets his second. Byfuglien was picked as a defenceman after moving back to that position this season.On Saturday night the league announced the remaining 36 all-stars who will join the six voted into the game by fans: the Buffalo Sabres Zemgus Girgensons and Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford.That did not include Subban, the 2013 Norris Trophy winner whos considered one of the most exciting playmakers in the league. The all-star game seems built for his style, but the NHL had a tough squeeze to get every team at least one player.Nugent-Hopkins is looking forward to the loose game.Its just a fun game, guys are just going out there having fun moving the puck around and trying to run up the score as much as possible, he said in Edmonton.Reigning Hart Trophy winner Sidney Crosby is set to make his first appearance since 2007, joined by Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Evgeni Malkin. Crosby was chosen for four previous all-star games but did not play because of injury.A few of this years MVP candidates — Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars, Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers and Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators — will be there, too.The leagues leading scorer and only player with 50 points, Jakub Voraacek of the Philadelphia Flyers, returns to Columbus where he spent his first three NHL seasons with the Blue Jackets. David Justice Jersey. Former Blue Jackets star Rick Nash, who has 25 goals for the New York Rangers, will get a homecoming, as well.Giordano was a no-brainer as hes tied for the league lead in points among defencemen.Numbers are funny sometimes, said Giordano, who has 10 goals and 26 assists. I just and try and be consistent and try and sort of play the same way as much as I can every night. ... Im trying to take a lot of pride in playing tough minutes and playing them well.Every NHL team was represented among the 42 players, though within hours of the announcement it was unclear if that would happen. Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard was taken off the ice in Washington with a groin injury.Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and forwards Ryan Johansen, Nick Foligno will be there for the host Blue Jackets.The NHL all-star weekend goes from Jan. 23-25 and includes the fantasy draft Friday night, skills competition Saturday and game Sunday.All-star captains will be announced at a later date.Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings, by virtue of winning the Stanley Cup, and Peter Laviolette of the Predators, the team with the most points at the halfway point, will be the coaches.Six rookies, including Calgarys Johnny Gaudreau and Ottawas Mike Hoffman, will take part in the skills competition but not play in the game.This is the first all-star game since 2012 in Ottawa, after a hiatus because of the 2012-13 lockout and 2014 Winter Olympics.Goaltenders: Corey Crawford (Blackhawks)*, Carey Price (Canadiens), Pekka Rinne (Predators), Roberto Luongo (Panthers), Sergei Bobrovsky (Blue Jackets), Jimmy Howard (Red Wings)Defencemen: Duncan Keith (Blackhawks)*, Brent Seabrook (Blackhawks)*, Mark Giordano (Flames), Dustin Byfuglien (Jets), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Coyotes), Justin Faulk (Hurricanes), Erik Johnson (Avalanche), Drew Doughty (Kings), Ryan Suter (Wild), Shea Weber (Predators), Brent Burns (Sharks), Kevin Shattenkirk (Blues)Forwards: Zemgus Girgensons (Sabres)*, Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks)*, Patrick Kane (Blackhawks)*, Phil Kessel (Maple Leafs), Bobby Ryan (Senators), Radim Vrbata (Canucks), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Oilers), Sidney Crosby (Penguins), Evgeni Malkin (Penguins), Alex Ovechkin (Capitals), Jakub Voracek (Flyers), Claude Giroux (Flyers), Ryan Getzlaf (Ducks), Patrice Bergeron (Bruins), Nick Foligno (Blue Jackets), Ryan Johansen (Blue Jackets), Tyler Seguin (Stars), Anze Kopitar (Kings), Patrik Elias (Devils), John Tavares (Islanders), Rick Nash (Rangers), Vladimir Tarasenko (Blues), Steven Stamkos (Lightning), Tyler Johnson (Lightning)Rookies (skills competition only): Johnny Gaudreau (Flames), Mike Hoffman (Senators), Aaron Ekblad (Panthers), Tanner Pearson (Kings), Filip Forsberg (Predators), Jonathan Drouin (Lightning)*-Voted in by fans ' ' '