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The San Jose Earthquakes will try to extend their unbeaten streak to six games and move above the red line in Major League Soccers playoff race when they entertain the Houston Dynamo on Friday night at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, Calif.San Jose (7-6-10) is seventh in Major League Soccers Western Conference standings with 31 points, just one point behind the sixth-place Portland Timbers. Houston (4-10-9) is last in the Western Conference with 21 points.San Jose has not lost in its last five outings. The Earthquakes are coming off a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Quincy Amarikwa scored his third goal of the season in the win.Houston is winless in its last six games, with two losses and four draws. The Dynamo are coming off a 1-1 draw against Toronto FC.This is the third encounter between these teams this season and the second time they have met in the past three weeks. Alberto Quintero scored two goals to lead the Earthquakes to a 3-1 victory over the Dynamo on May 11 in San Jose. The teams played to a 1-1 draw on July 31 in Houston.San Jose is led by Chris Wondolowski, who has scored nine goals this season. Simon Dawkins, Quintero and Amarikwa have scored three goals apiece.Houston has three players tied for the team lead in scoring. Will Bruin, Giles Barnes and Andrew Wenger have four goals apiece. Cristian Maidana and Ricardo Clark have scored three goals.San Jose and Houston are tied for 17th in MLS with 25 goals in 23 games. The Earthquakes recently made a move in an effort to improve their offensive attack, signing former La Liga striker Henok Goitom.Goitom has amassed 78 goals and 31 assists in 268 games over the course of his professional career. Goitom will reportedly make his MLS debut against Houston.Henok is a proven goal scorer that will add punch to our offense, Earthquakes general manager John Doyle said. 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General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Steve Pikiell may have taken the biggest challenge in college basketball in taking over at Rutgers.The long-term goal is to get the Scarlet Knights back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991.The short-term goal is simply a winning season. Thats something Rutgers has not had 2005-06, which was Gary Waters final season.Fred Hill Jr. didnt have a winning season over the next four years and Mike Rice and Eddie Jordan each failed in three years at the helm.Pikiell replaced Jordan this spring, taking over a team that posted a 7-25 record, including a 1-17 mark in the Big Ten Conference.Ive talked about this from the first day I got the job, about embracing the challenge, said Pikiell, who came from a successful stint at Stony Brook. Thats part of it. We have a theme, night and day, were trying to change things and make that a night and day kind of situation. But weve embraced it. Up in the locker room I want to challenge them. Were trying to change culture.The biggest change for the program this season might be healthy bodies. There were days last season where Jordan didnt have enough players to go 5-on-5.Pikiell had 14 players at practice the other day.Rutgers has two starters back from last season, guards Corey Sanders and Mike Williams . The rest of the starting five has not been set but guard Nigel Johnson, center C.J. Gettys and forward Deshawn Freeman have a shot to fill out the starting lineup.There is a lot more depth up front with Jonathan Laurent, Candido Sa, and freshmen Eugene Omoruyi and Issa Thiam.Weve added some good pieces and some shooters, which we needed, a couple ball handlers, and trying to get their mindset changed, Pikiell said. I really think we can be good defensively.Here are somme other things to watch this season from the Scarlet KnightsCOREY SANDERSThe sophomore guard considered going to the NBA but decided to return.dddddddddddd He played roughly 33 minutes a game last season. Led Big Ten freshmen in scoring (15.9), steals (1.8) and assists (4.3) ... Played in 27 games, with 24 starts ... He was suspended late in the season for violating team rules and that cant happen again.I think Corey can be one of the better defenders in the league, Pikiell said.BIG TEN WOES:The Scarlet Knights have posted a 3-33 regular-season record in two seasons in the conference. They were on the verge of a winless season when they knocked off Minnesota in the regular-season finale.SHAQRedshirt sophomore center Shaq Doorson came to Rutgers from the Netherlands as somewhat of a project. He played in 29 games as a freshman and was expected to contribute a little more last season before hurting his foot and missing the season. The 7-footer is back this year and he is 45 pounds lighter. It should be interesting to see what he does.REBOUNDING:Rutgers was outrebounded by 221 rebounds in 32 games last season, thats almost seven a game.We practice long. A ton of defensive stuff and a ton of rebounds, Pikiell said. We were one of the worst rebounding teams in the country, and were trying to change that. And it takes time. It takes time for guys to buy into that. And theyve bought in as best they can. But Ive been through it before. So we have to be patient with them. Theyre not where I want them to be today, but theyre getting a little closer.---AP college basketball website: http://collegebasketball.ap.org/ ' ' '