It gave Wigan their fourth consecutive league victory - and they did it after making seven changes from the shadow side beaten 3-1 by Spurs in the FA Cup nine days ago.
He nearly lost his job after defeat by England in 2006 but their revival culminated in the 15-6 win over England in the World Cup final nine days ago.
But things changed after England's dreadful performance against South Africa, when they were knocked out of the World Cup following a nine-wicket defeat.
The table below presents the teams with the ten highest likelihoods of winning the MLS Cup in all nine prior seasons that used some variation of the current format (this is a sorted view of this complete table in my last post on this topic).
Eight of the nine teams with the highest odds of winning MLS Cup in each of the last nine seasons made it to the championship match.
Ryder Cup hopeful Kaymer had nine birdies on his card as he finished with a 13-under total of 131.
There is little data on the economic impact on Olympic cities, but Mr Baade studied what the 1994 soccer World Cup did to its nine American host cities.
Despite winds of 30-45 knots and rough seas, Aucklanders turned out in their thousands to greet the crew of Merit Cup, which includes nine other Kiwis as well as the skipper.
But Munster were never threatened as they marched into their seventh Heineken Cup semi-final in nine years.
Only one team automatically qualifies for the World Cup from each of the nine European groups, with the eight best runners-up going into a playoff in November.
That argument is perhaps backed up by the fact that Spain has now not conceded a knockout-stage goal in any tournament since the 2006 World Cup, a run of nine matches and a remarkable 900 minutes of action.
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Also at 11 under was American Kris Blanks, with countrymen Jeff Overton and Boo Weekley 10 under and US Ryder cup captain Corey Pavin at nine under alongside Swede Carl Pettersson, former Masters champion Zach Johnson and John Mallinger.
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However, as well as missing both legs of the Carling Cup semi-final with Manchester United he is likely to sit out nine Premier League games and the FA Cup trip to Middlesbrough.
Of the 16 World Cup finals played so far, nine have gone to European nations, four to Latin America and three to North America.
The relationship between likelihood of winning the Cup and actually winning it becomes more clear when the same overall table is sorted to identify the teams with the highest likelihood of winning the Cup during each of the last nine seasons.
Takeshi Okada's side had lost five of their previous six games and only scored nine goals in 12 World Cup matches.
He was Wales' first choice number nine at the 2003 World Cup and also toured New Zealand with the Lions in 2005.
Murray has played nine out of 12 Davis Cup ties since making his debut against Switzerland in 2005, but has begun to reassess the event's place in his schedule.
It meant an entire team was unavailable - nine out injured and two Cup-tied in Johnny Heitinga and Lucas Neill - so Moyes had a threadbare, inexperienced squad at his disposal.
The 28-year-old Italian arrived at Loftus Road on a three-year deal last summer and scored on his debut against Exeter in the Carling Cup, but failed to score in nine subsequent appearances.
Nine of Europe's Ryder Cup players are in the field, plus captain Colin Montgomerie.
Nine Barcelona players won the World Cup (with Spain) and I didn't know how they were going to react.
The 31-year-old was with the Glasgow side for four months in 2005, while a Newcastle player - scoring nine goals and lifting a Scottish Cup winner's medal.
If you are offering a loyalty program at your coffee shop, should you offer 10% off each cup, or tell them that after buying nine cups they get one free?
Nine of Europe's Ryder Cup players are in the field in the pro-am event in Scotland, plus captain Colin Montgomerie and vice captains Thomas Bjorn, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley.
The 2000 Heineken Cup champions have won only one of their last nine matches and are bottom of the Guinness Premiership with just three games to go.
It even made jerseys for nine football teams competing in the World Cup when it was held in South Africa - using polyester recycled from plastic bottles.
He has only played in nine games but his past with the World Cup is different.
Westwood was one of nine members of Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team to tee it up for the tournament, along with skipper Colin Montgomerie.
In all, nine countries are bidding to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, with two more nations focusing their bids on 2022 alone.
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