Palace upends defending champs, prepares for first-place Eagles

- Crystal Palace might soon start experiment using just nine players instead of 11. Losers of three of its past four games, Palace rallied from an early deficit, had two players ejected, but still managed to score in stoppage time to upset defending United Soccer League Second Division champion Harrisburg, Pa., 2-1, on Thursday night. "It's the worst possible outcome," Harrisburg midfielder David Schofield told reporters. "You can't be two players up and still lose a game, it just can't happen. I'm kind of at a loss for words.” The City Islanders (5-2-9) opened the scoring on a penalty kick just six minutes into the game. But Palace (9-5-1) got the equalizer a short time later from midfielder and former After the score was tied, however, Palace lost their leading scorer, Gary Brooks (6 goals, 1 assist), for the game with a... [read full story]