Originally published Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Portugal threatened the Turkish goal time and again, finally getting second-half goals from Pepe and Raul Meireles for a 2-0 win Saturday...
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Portugal's Pepe (15) celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Turkey in the Euro Cup.
GENEVA — Portugal threatened the Turkish goal time and again, finally getting second-half goals from Pepe and Raul Meireles for a 2-0 win Saturday night in Group A of the European Championship.
In the tournament's opening match earlier in Basel, Vaclav Sverkos scored his first goal for the Czech Republic, which held up for a 1-0 win over Switzerland, a co-host of the event with Austria.
Pepe, a Brazil-born central defender playing in his first major competition for Portugal, scored from inside the area after a passing combination with Nuno Gomes. Pepe beat defender Emre Asik to the ball and sent a right-footed shot into the net.
Meireles added another in injury time off a crisp three-way passing play.
Portugal, hoping to repeat its successful campaigns at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup — it lost to Greece in the final four years ago at home, then reached the semifinals of the World Cup in Germany, losing to France — dominated all game.
In the early game, Sverkos ran onto Tomas Galasek's superb header after beating the offside trap and put the ball to the left of Switzerland goalkeeper Diego Benaglio with the outside of his right foot.
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D.C. United 2, at Fire 1
Luciano Emilio scored in stoppage time to lift D.C. United. Jaime Moreno tied the score at 1 for United in the 63rd minute. Emilio scored after dribbling past two Fire defenders and sending a right-footed shot past Fire goalie Jon Busch.
At Galaxy 3, Rapids 2
Alvaro Pires and Edson Buddle scored first-half goals to help David Beckham get a win in his return from England national team duty. Alan Gordon of Los Angeles and Colorad"s Facundo Erpen were each ejected near the end of the first half after a brief altercation.
Earthquakes 2, at Crew 0
Midfielder Ronnie O'Brien set up goals by Ryan Johnson and Ramiro Corrales and San Jose defeated Columbus 2-0 Saturday.
Wizards 0, at Real Salt Lake 0.
Kansas City goalie Kevin Hartman made seven saves and the Wizards survived a flurry of Real Salt Lake scoring chances. The Wizards nearly won it as the game entered stoppage time, but Real's Nick Rimando made a diving save.
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