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LOS ANGELES -- The first soccer game played at Dodger Stadium finished with one of the sports most familiar results: an impressive victory for Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 17th minute and set up Mesut Ozils goal 14 minutes later, leading Real Madrid to the final of the International Champions Cup with a 2-1 victory over Everton on Saturday night. Ronaldo and Ozil starred in soccers debut at the 51-year-old stadium, keeping Real Madrid unbeaten in preseason friendlies this summer. In preparation for soccers arrival in Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers flattened their pitchers mound and spread temporary grass over the infield and warning track, creating a workable pitch for a doubleheader in front of an enthusiastic Southern California crowd that enjoyed a well-played exhibition. "It was a little bit strange because we didnt play in a football stadium, but the atmosphere, the tradition of this stadium is outstanding," Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. "To be in this stadium with such fantastic history is a great thing for us ... and I was pleased with our performance." Second-half substitute Nikica Jelavic scored in the 61st minute for Everton, which gave a solid challenge to the Galacticos. Tim Howard, Evertons American goalkeeper, made a handful of brilliant saves to spark chants of "U-S-A" in the crowd. "Both teams were trying to feel each other out, and its tough to assess results this early," Howard said. "It felt good out there, though. It felt loud. It felt electric. We had a good time." The inaugural International Champions Cup matches seven European teams and MLS Los Angeles Galaxy in an exhibition tournament. The final is Wednesday night in Miami, where Real Madrid will face the winner of Chelseas meeting with AC Milan outside New York on Sunday. Just two weeks away from the season opener in La Liga, Real Madrid had more than enough talent to overcome Everton. The Toffees reached the semifinals earlier in the week with a surprise win in San Francisco over two-time defending Serie A champion Juventus, which faced the Galaxy in the second game. Dodger Stadium has hosted the Beatles, a papal Mass, eight World Series and 52 Dodgers seasons, but had never converted its baseball-specific field into a soccer pitch. One sideline began just outside the right-handed batters box and stretched right to the edge of the warning track near the right-field pole, 330 feet away from home plate. Even with nearly every good seat in the majors largest ballpark selling for $85 or much more, a solid fan contingent greeted both teams. Evertons Catalan coach, Roberto Martinez, acknowledged the game was a valuable chance to test the Toffees against the worlds best. While his team looked good for stretches, particularly around Reals net, they repeatedly were caught scrambling when their offside trap was beaten. "It was a fantastic game for us," Martinez said. "We were very disappointed in the first half, how effective we allowed Real Madrid to be on the counterattack, but thats about the only area where we were disappointed. I thought we kept the ball very well against one of the best teams in the world." While Ronaldo was the crowds favourite, German national team midfielder Ozil was named the man of the match. Ronaldo broke between two defenders for a golden chance in 10th minute, but the Portuguese star tried to volley Sergio Ramos long lead pass and booted it well over Howards goal. Ronaldo scored when poor marking and a sharp pass from Ozil left him alone in Evertons end, where he faked Howard to the ground and tapped home a long shot for the first goal in Chavez Ravine history. Everton had plenty of early chances as well. Marouane Fellainis header glanced off the post in the 24th minute, and Sylvain Distins apparent goal on a header six minutes later was waved off for a foul in the box. 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Then the defense made a big play to secure a much-needed win.Justin Jackson ran for 171 yards and Austin Carr caught three touchdown passes as Northwestern held on to beat Iowa 38-31?on Saturday.Trae Williams interception in the final minute sealed the win for the Wildcats (2-3, 1-1 Big Ten), who scored touchdowns on three straight drives in the second half after Iowa ran off 17 straight points to take the lead.For us to weather that storm and then not to flinch after they went on a 17-0 run, I thought showed some maturity from this group and then to get the finish was critically important, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said. Weve got to squeeze everything out of this group. I think theyre coming along for us.C.J. Beathard threw for 204 yards and a touchdown for Iowa (3-2, 1-1), which snapped its nine-game regular-season Big Ten winning streak.The Wildcats -- ranked as the worst scoring offense in the Big Ten and 125th out of 128 FBS teams coming into Saturday -- exploded for nearly as many points against Iowa as they scored in the last three games combined.Northwesterns Clayton Thorson threw for 164 yards. Carr -- his favorite target and the Big Tens receptions leader -- has caught a touchdown pass in four straight games. Hes the first Wildcat player to do that since 2000.Jackson became the fourth player in Northwestern history to reach 3,000 career yards. The juniors 58-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter regained the lead for the Wildcats.Defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo had four of Northwesterns six sacks.The Hawkeyes had two chances to tie the game in the final seven minutes, but were forced to punt and then Williams intercepted Beathard at Northwesterns 36-yard line.Iowas mistakes -- pass protection and penalties -- were costly. The Hawkeyes had 70 penalty yards, including consecutive personal fouls on Northwesterns last scoring drive.Were not good enough to give up 15 yards, whether its a sack, a penalty, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. Were just not good enough, and not many teams are.Iowas LeShun Daniels Jr. and Akrum Wadley combined for 1007 rushing yards and three touchdowns.dddddddddddd Wadley has seven touchdowns in three games against Northwestern.THE TAKEAWAYNORTHWESTERN: The 38-point outburst is what Fitzgerald needed to see after the Wildcats totaled just 65 points in their first four games. Northwestern took advantage of good field position early. It had three scoring drives of 75-plus yards in the second half.The key was limiting mistakes. Fitzgerald pointed to holding penalties and turnovers as reasons why the offense has sputtered. The Wildcats had one fumble and only one penalty against Iowa.The offense has been there, but I just think weve had self-inflicted wounds, Fitzgerald said.IOWA: Beathard didnt have time to find targets in his first game without top receiver Matt VandeBerg, who broke his foot this week in practice. Beathard was sacked six times and had to scramble to throw most of the game.Senior Riley McCarron had career-highs with eight catches and 78 yards. He could emerge as Beathards top target.INJURY REPORTNorthwesterns Brett Walsh was carted off the field during a scary moment in the third quarter, but officials said tests came back negative. Walsh is expected to travel back to Evanston, Illinois, on Saturday night.Walsh, a junior linebacker, was hurt covering a kickoff. The game was delayed almost 10 minutes while medical personnel attended to Walsh. He was put on a stretcher and carted off to the locker room.NOTABLESNorthwestern had lost four of the previous five games in the series. The Wildcats won in Kinnick Stadium for the first time since 2009. .Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell had a career-high 16 tackles. Jewell has had double-digit tackles in three straight games. .Iowa kicker Keith Duncan hit a career-long 24-yard field goal.UP NEXTNORTHWESTERN: The Wildcats have a bye next week before visiting No. 17 Michigan State on?Oct. 15.IOWA: The Hawkeyes travel to Minnesota with hopes of holding onto the Floyd of Rosedale trophy. Iowa got whipped 52-14 in its last trip to Minnesota two years ago. ' ' '