Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

Despite finishing fifth in Benítez's first season, Liverpool won the 2004 – 05 UEFA Champions League, beating A. C. Milan 3 – 2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended with a score of 3 – 3.

Despite finishing 6th in 1896, North Melbourne was not invited to the breakaway the competition, a fact not lost on their supporters today.

Despite finishing with a 6 – 10 record in the 2005 – 2006 season, the Eagles ranked second in the NFL in merchandise sales, and single-game tickets for the next season were sold out minutes after phone and Internet lines opened.

Despite the efforts, Feyenoord underperformed once again in the national league, finishing in a disappointing sixth place.

Despite finishing the 2005 – 06 season in seventh, Roeder's fortunes changed in the 2006 – 07 season, with a terrible injury run to the senior squad, and he left the club by mutual consent on 6 May 2007.

Despite finishing at the. 500 mark in 1988 – 89, the Flyers made the playoffs for the 17th consecutive season.

Despite finishing just one point shy of a third straight Atlantic Division title, the Flyers blitzed their way through the first three rounds of the playoffs, dominating Pittsburgh, Buffalo and the Rangers all in five games apiece to win the Eastern Conference championship, and clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1986 – 87.

Despite the team continuing to play well, their popularity continued to fall, with the team finishing twenty-first in the league in attendance for the season.

Despite this, Columbus managed its best season record to date, staying above a. 500 game wins average until the very last game of the season and finishing fourth in the Central Division with 80 points.

Despite the staggering amount of changes, the Oilers produced a comparable season to 1990 – 91, finishing third in the Smythe Division with 36 wins and 82 points.

Despite these moves, the Oilers were unable to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth straight season, finishing fourteenth in the Western Conference.

Despite the problems during filming, Spielberg was able to complete Temple of Doom on schedule and on budget, finishing principal photography on August 26.

Despite the challenges, the settlers constructed the palisade per Standish's recommendations in just three months, finishing in March 1622.

Despite moving to the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, the club was relegated, finishing bottom of the First Division and suffered the longest run of defeats at this level.

Despite its novelty, it proved to be one of the most successful clubs this season, finishing in 5th place out of 48 Division II teams at the National Championship in Louisville, Kentucky.

Despite finishing the following season bottom of the Alliance, they were eventually elected to the expanded Football League in 1892.

Despite finishing with a 61 – 21 record, however, the Spurs could not avoid being upset in the first round, 4 – 2, by the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

Despite finishing second in the league, the club was relegated to Ligue 2 by the French Professional League for amassing a € 50 million ($ 68 million ) debt.

Despite avoiding financial oblivion, Thistle were relegated to the third tier of Scottish Football in 1997 – 98, and only narrowly avoided a further relegation the following season, finishing in eighth place.

Despite the additions of Jonas and Corrigall and yet another outstanding year along the ground from Bill Symons, the 1970 Argos were a major disappointment, finishing with a record of 8-6, only good for 2nd place.

Despite receiving numerous offers to act in other films, she declined, stating that she wanted to concentrate on finishing school.

1958 – 59: Despite a mediocre 35 – 37 record the Nationals would make the playoffs again by finishing in 3rd place.

Despite Malone's scoring and the presence of players like Harry Mummery, Quebec had a dismal season, finishing last, with four wins and twenty losses.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

Despite his personal distaste for obesity ( `` disgusting '' ), Dr. Keys has only an incidental interest in how much Americans eat.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite his long association with and close proximity to the Buddha, Ananda was only a stream-winner prior to the Buddha ’ s death.

Despite entering the LM forty minutes ahead of schedule, Young and Duke completed preparations only ten minutes early due to numerous delays in the process.

Despite this unofficial standard, regional variations of American English have not only persisted but have actually intensified, according to linguist William Labov.

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

Despite its secretive nature, the northern bobwhite is one of the most familiar quails in eastern North America because it is frequently the only quail in its range.

Despite only a small notice appearing in the Literary Gazette, handwritten notices carrying the date and time of the funeral were posted throughout the Moscow subway system.

Despite extensive internationally financed programs to upgrade the harbors at Moroni and Mutsamudu, by the early 1990s only Mutsamudu was operational as a deepwater facility.

Despite an undefeated season in 1948, only 23, 891 people showed up to see the Browns beat the Buffalo Bills in the championship game.

Despite this, she was acknowledged only as Dowager Princess of Wales by Henry.

Despite the legends and fiction surrounding this character, his actual career was punctuated by only a handful of skirmishes followed by a desperate quest to clear his name.

Despite only five appearances throughout the entire show, Vicious is arguably the series ' main antagonist, or at any rate the only recurring one.

Despite these improvements, a second invasion by the former Katangan gendarmerie, known as Shaba II in May – June 1978, was only dispersed with the despatch of the French 2e régiment étranger de parachutistes and a battalion of the Belgian Paracommando Regiment.

Despite high ticket prices, the exhibition lost money, with only one recorded sale.

Despite student enthusiasm for Keggy, the mascot has only received approval from the student government.

Despite logo changes since 2005, the old " DC bullet " continues to be used only on the DC Archive Editions series.

Despite covering only about 5. 5 % of the total area of Egypt, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta are the most important regions, being the country's only cultivable regions and supporting about 99 % of the population.

Despite the 1891 discovery by Eugène Dubois of what is now called Homo erectus at Trinil, Java, it was only in the 1920s when such fossils were discovered in Africa, that intermediate species began to accumulate.

Despite the talents involved, it only lasted from 1915 to 1917, after which its separate producers took their films to Paramount for distribution.

* Ivan Rodriguez ( 2003 ) — Despite only playing one season with the Marlins, he put up some the of the best offensive and defensive statistics by a Marlins catcher and was a key cog in the 2003 World Championship team.

Despite the small engine of the Mustang I, Lunn was the only Dearborn engineer to have some experience with a mid-engined car.