PORTLAND, Ore. -- Pep Guardiola showed more than a few moods during his stop in Portland. The charismatic Bayern Munich manager was funny, playful and thoughtful. But Guardiolas mood darkened considerably during Wednesdays 2-1 loss to the MLS all-stars. Second-half challenges by Seattles Osvaldo Alonso and Canadian international Will Johnson of the Portland Timbers led to yellow cards and Bayern players writhing on the artificial turf at Providence Park. Alonso was cautioned in the 64th minute for felling Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri. Johnson hobbled Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 89th minute, leaving the German World Cup star with what Bayern later called a bruised ankle. Alonso and Johnson are both ball-winning midfielders who make their living getting their nose dirty on the soccer field, so were essentially doing their job -- albeit with more enthusiasm than Bayern would normally encounter in what was for them a pre-season game. Guardiola glared at the all-stars bench and looked daggers at coach Caleb Porter, who raised his arms as if to say "What did I do?" After the game, the Bayern boss studiously avoided Porter as the all-stars coach tried to chase him down on the field to shake hands. It added somewhat of a sour ending to what had been a model all-star week. Red Bulls star forward Thierry Henry, who played for Guardiola at Barcelona, did track him down. The two chatted, with Henry seemingly doing most of the talking. Guardiola paid tribute to Henry in the post-game news conference, saying it was an honour to manage him. As for the bad blood and yellow cards, the Spaniard looked to take the high road. "Im not talking about that," Guardiola said of the cautions, although he did say the club was "a little bit upset" at Schweinsteiger getting hurt. "So its not my job. The job was (that of) another person. I dont know if he did it but its not my job." "Coaches get heated," said Porter, downplaying the Bayern bosss apparent displeasure. Guardiola did offer congratulations to the MLS all-stars and to Portland for hosting the event. And he said the U.S. trip was "good," although his praise was somewhat underwhelming, making it sound like it was more of a chore than something for his scrapbook. The all-stars were called for eight fouls to five for Bayern, which had Jerome Boateng cautioned for dissent in stoppage time. Johnson was unrepentant after the match. "Obviously when they go down a goal, I think they got a little pissed off and they tried to get back into it and it got a little bit chippy," he said. "Thats the way games go sometimes." Osvaldo said his piece via Twitter. "Happy with the win tonight against a great team. Ill always play to win, thats my mentality, I hate (to) lose and I play for my family," said the Cuban. 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Parker said in a statement released through the Spurs that the photograph was taken three years ago. Parker, who was born in Belgium but raised in France, said he didnt know at the time that "it could be in any way offensive or harmful. cheap jerseys from china . However, Therrien added that Galchenyuks status for next Wednesdays game against the Detroit Red Wings is questionable. Galchenyuk has been out since Jan. 6 with a broken right hand.TORONTO - The stalemate continues over artificial turf at the 2015 Womens World Cup with the Canadian Soccer Association rejecting an offer of early mediation.The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario had proposed the mediation to provide the parties with an opportunity to resolve the matter in a timely way. Adjudicator Jo-Anne Pickel made the offer Friday after turning down a request from a group of elite players for an expedited hearing on their legal challenge.Pickel said in her interim decision that both the women and CSA had indicated in their filings that they would be willing to go to mediation.A lawyer for the women quickly confirmed its willingness to take part in mediation. But the CSA, in keeping with FIFAs position that there is no Plan B to using artificial turf, subsequently declined.The CSA did not deny its position had changed. Its position Friday was there is no need for mediation since the complaint itself has no merit.Either the tribunal was misled by CSA or it was mistaken in a fundamental way that clearly requires revisiting the players request to expedite, Hampton Dellinger, lawyer for the players, said in statement Friday evening. Whichever is the case, we will ask the tribunal to reconsider its decision not to hear the application on a fast-track basis.The tribunals decision was based on a false assumption that CSA was willing to join the players at the negotiating table. Clearly that is not the case. A hearing on the merits is now more important than ever.American star Abby Wambach and a group of other elite female players lodged their complaint Oct. 1, arguing that forcing them to play on artificial turf was discriminatory since men play their showcase event on natural grass.The CSA rejects that claim, saying the world governing body of soccer sanctions playing on artificial turf as long as it meets certain standards. FIFA, meanwhile, has argued that artificial turf makes sense for Canadas climate while suggesting a mens World Cup could be played on approved turf sooner rather than later.In filing the turf complaint, lawyers for the players asked to fast-track proceedings so arguments could be heard by Nov. 26 in order to have enough time to install grass surfaces by the June 6 start of the 24-country tournament.The CSA, which doubles as the tournaments national organizing committee, opposed the reequest.ddddddddddddIt argued both that the claim had no merit and the players had dragged their feet in filing it. With no mediation and no fast-tracked hearing, the complaint will presumably wind its way through the human rights tribunal calendar. For the CSA and FIFA, no doubt out of sight is out of mind.FIFA has not actively taken part in the legal proceedings.In her interim decision on Wambach vs. Canadian Soccer Association, Pickel said there were factors on both sides of the argument, noting that the tournament is fast approaching and installation of natural grass would take time.But given the jurisdictional complexity of the case, Pickel said she doubted whether even an expedited hearing might result in a timely decision.Pickel also agreed with the CSA that the players had not acted expeditiously in filing heir complaint, given that artificial turf had long been part of the tournament plans.It must be remembered that an expedited application is given priority for Tribunal resources over all other matters currently before the Tribunal, she wrote. What the applicants are in effect requesting is that the Tribunal give their application priority over all the many other applications that have been filed with the Tribunal alleging violations of the (Human Rights) Code.Earlier in the day, a group of 13 U.S. senators sent a letter to FIFA and U.S. Soccer in support of the female players.Led by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the lawmakers signed letters sent Friday to FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation in support of players who say that holding the World Cup on artificial turf amounts to gender discrimination because men play soccers premier tournament on real grass.The 12 Democrat and one Republican lawmakers urge soccers international governing body to reconsider this short-sighted and counterproductive decision.Currently ranked first in the world, the United States womens national soccer team has made our country proud time and time again, the letter addressed to FIFA president Sepp Blatter says. As members of the United States Senate, we are deeply concerned with FIFAs treatment of these players. We urge you to begin good faith negotiations with these athletes, free of retaliation and with the equal treatment that they deserve.———With files from The Associated Press.———Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter. ' ' '