That account cited two individuals with specific knowledge of the existence of the investigation; they declined to be identified because of the confidentiality of criminal investigations.Caso challenged the reports, saying that “unidentified sources mean nothing” and that “there’s no substance in that story. Mark Chung scored in the 41st minute and Pat Onstad recorded his eighth shutout of the season for the San Jose Earthquakes in a 1-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night at Salt Lake City.The Earthquakes, who improved to 11-4-9, doubled their lead over FC Dallas for first place in the Western Conference to six points and improved to 2-0-1 against Salt Lake (5-14-4). I was last.”I think there’s only one horse for you,” Rocco said, sizing me up. “It is still hard for me to forget, especially now, when it comes up a lot.

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