They began the season with an unprecedented 11-game unbeaten run, dropping points in only three ried games, and seemingly scoring at will: they beat West Michigan Edge 4 – 0 on opening day, but four past Chicago Fire Premier, thumped Cleveland Internationals 5 – 0 in early June, outplayed PDL new boys Toronto Lynx 4 – 0 at home in the very next game, and blew the Indiana Invaders off the field 5 – 1 before the season was two months old.

By winning operationally, strategically it could not keep up the momentum as the superiority of the Soviet Union's industrial base and economy began to take effect.

Colorado began the season on a high note, winning their opener on April 1, in a 2 – 1 comeback victory over the Cardinals.

In his sophomore season, Earnhardt, now with 20-year old Doug Richert as his crew chief, began the season winning the Busch Clash.

Earnhardt began the season by winning his Twin 125-mile qualifier race for the ninth straight year.

The first reformatory writings began the work of winning him over to the evangelical cause.

However, at 13 he began focusing his energy on reading and study, winning his first academic prize in midsummer 1809.

He began auspiciously, winning the first race of the season, the South African Grand Prix, and then led the third race, the Monaco Grand Prix until the very last turn of the last lap.

In the 1998 elections, the Latvian party structure began to consolidate with only six parties winning seats in the Saeima.

After the massacre and subsequent violence, Gandhi began to focus on winning complete self-government and control of all Indian government institutions, maturing soon into Swaraj or complete individual, spiritual, political independence.

Hope was restored in 1987 when, guided by rookie manager Tom Trebelhorn, the team began the year with a 13-game winning streak.

After shooting five short films one after another in three years and winning many awards consecutively, he began shooting his feature films.

He also became a fan of Mad magazine, and began spending long hours practicing his drawing talent, winning a competition at the age of eleven.

The Chargers then began a three game winning streak most notably beating the Ravens by more than any team has beat them this season.

The Padres ' 2007 season began April 3 in an away game against the San Francisco Giants, winning it 7 – 0 in front of a capacity crowd of 42, 773 at AT & T Park, defeating $ 126 million staff-ace Barry Zito in his Giants debut.

New York began the regular season by winning their first 10 games, and then went into a tailspin and lost three of their next four.

The primary season began with U. S. Senator Tom Harkin winning his native Iowa as expected.

As she matured, people commented on her beauty ; she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of " Miss Richland " in Washington state in 1959.

The award winning ULTra PRT system began passenger trials at London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, in October 2010 and opened for full passenger service 22 hours a day, 7 days a week, in May 2011.

Davenport began her clay-court season by winning the tournament in Amelia Island, Florida.

Nancy also began at this time to show her skill at winning over critics.

According to the game, after winning the war with the aliens, the Confederation did not relinquish its naval power and began exploiting the resources of the outer worlds.

The year began with Häkkinen winning the first four of six rounds.

French-Canadian literature also began to attract a great deal of attention globally, with Acadian novelist Antonine Maillet winning the Prix Goncourt.

Their rivalry began to truly develop after Rafter shocked the tennis world by winning the 1997 US Open, a tournament that many expected Sampras to win, having won in 1995 and 1996.

Turcotte began his career in Toronto as a hot walker for E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm in 1959, but he was soon wearing the silks and winning races.

The Cowboys ' streak of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games began in 1990, and included 79 straight sellouts at their former home, Texas Stadium, and 81 straight sell-outs on the road.

This began Edison's long streak of entrepreneurial ventures, as he discovered his talents as a businessman.

Hearn's broadcasting streak began on November 21, 1965.

The streak began on November 9, 1995, on the Avalanche's eighth regular season home game during the 1995 – 96 season, with an attendance of 16, 061 at the McNichols Sports Arena versus the Dallas Stars.

With that streak, the Spurs began climbing back up in the Western Conference standings.

Though the Canucks finished three games under a. 500 win percentage in the 1981 – 82 regular season, they began gaining momentum by finishing the campaign on a nine-game unbeaten streak.

Undaunted, Argüello began another streak of wins, and found himself in the ring with a world champion again, this time challenging Marcel's successor to the throne, Mexican world champion Rubén Olivares in Los Angeles.

Kramnik began 2010 at the Corus chess tournament in the Netherlands, during which he defeated new world number-one Carlsen with the Black pieces in their head-to-head encounter, ending Carlsen's 36-match unbeaten streak.

The 2008 volleyball squad defeated New Covenant for the Class 1 District 6 championship which began a streak of 4 straight District Championships.

The streak began with winning the final two games in the 1999 State Championship series against Jonesville.

Next began his second 20 plus knockout wins in a row streak, when none of his next 28 opponents heard the final bell on their feet.

And the year began as expected, with Graf extending her Grand Slam winning streak to five events at the Australian Open, defeating Helena Suková in the final.

Benn turned professional in 1987 and began a streak of consecutive knockout wins.

Starting in 1995, Palmeiro began a streak of 38 + home run years that continued through the 2003 season.

On the PGA Tour, his streak began at the 2004 The Players Championship ( 46 events ) and on the European Tour it began at the 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic ( 82 events )

Nápoles began a streak of 20 wins in a row, 13 of them before challenging for the world's welterweight title.

Hunter began the 2007 season with one of the fastest starts to a season in his career, featuring a 23-game hitting streak starting in mid-April and ending on May 10.

The year 1976 also concluded an official streak of 105 consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour ( ending at the World Open ), which began for Nicklaus in 1970.

The championship marked Kariya's first international gold medal and began a streak of five consecutive gold medals for Canada at the tournament.

On June 11, 1957, Musial tied the NL record for consecutive games played with his 822nd, a streak that began on the last day of the 1951 season.

At this point he began a 15-game winning streak.

The Supremes went two years without a Top 40 hit, finally scoring with " When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes " in 1963 which began a long streak of Holland – Dozier – Holland-penned Top 10 hits, including ten US # 1 hits, beginning with " Where Did Our Love Go ".