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SPORTS Wednesday, June 17, 2015 East Oregonian Golf Page 3B U.S Open Cup McIlroy feels at home on Chambers Bay Timbers trump UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Rory McIlroy didn’t fare so well the last time he played links golf. He shot an 80 at Royal County Down in the Irish Open, missed his second straight cut, returned to his home in Florida and spent four days of practice to get back to his style of golf. Long. High. Powerful. And that’s what he thinks will help him the most at Chambers Bay, a course he describes as “pure links.” It’s all a bit confusing, which is perfect for a U.S. Open that has rarely been such a mystery to so many players. McIlroy wasn’t sure what to expect when he arrived on the weekend and was charmed by the look of the course off Puget Sound. “I think it sets up well for my game,” he said. “You’ve got to be aggressive off the tee. You’ve got to hit driver. I think it’s a course where you’re going to see a lot of guys hit fairways and hit greens. “But when you hit greens, you can still be 50, 60 feet away from the pin. So if you can drive the ball well and your pace putting and long putting is sharp, I think they’re going to be two really key things this week to be successful.” One aspect of McIlroy needs no explana- tion. Associated Press TUKWILA, Wash. — Rodney Wallace scored in the 10th minute of extra time to help the Portland Timbers beat the Seattle Sounders 3-1 in a fourth round U.S. Open Cup game Tuesday night. The defending Cup champion Sounders ¿QLVKHG WKH JDPH ZLWK MXVW VHYHQ SOD\HUV Defender Brad Evans was ejected in the 69th minute with his second yellow card. Forward Obafemi Martins, who tied the game 1-1 in the 79th minute, went down hard in the 85th. He eventually was wheeled away on a stretcher. By then, Seattle had used all three of its substitutions. In the 111th minute, Seattle’s Michael Aziri was shown a straight red card. Moments later, Clint Dempsey got one yellow and then a red. A shot from the top of the penalty area restraining arc by George Fochive led to Wallace’s game winner. Fochive’s shot was blocked, but the ball rebounded out to Wallace in the right side of the 6-yard box. He ripped a shot past goalkeeper Troy Perkins into the far left corner. AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi He might not have a green jacket from the 0DVWHUV+HPLVVHGKLV¿UVWVKRWDWWKHFDUHHU Grand Slam two months ago. But there is little doubt who is the best player in golf, even though he is only a slight favorite at the U.S. Open ahead of Masters champion and world No. 2 Jordan Spieth. Never mind that McIlroy is coming off back-to-back missed cuts on the European Tour. He writes that off on fatigue in the mind more than the body, especially because it HQGHG¿YHVWUDLJKWWRXUQDPHQWVRQERWKVLGHV of the Atlantic. Besides, he won two of the other tourna- ments in that stretch, the Match Play Cham- pionship and the Wells Fargo Championship. “I didn’t obviously want to miss those two cuts in Europe,” he said. “But I think that’s just the way I’m going to be. I’d rather, in a six-tournament period, have three wins and three missed cuts than six top 10s. Volatility in golf is actually a good thing. If your good weeks are really good, it far outweighs the bad weeks.” WORLD CUP: Early goal wiped out by offsides United States’ Abby Wam- bach cele- brates her goal with her team- mates during the first half of a FIFA Wom- en’s World Cup soccer match against Nige- ria, Tuesday in Canada Continued from 1B Marta, who has 15. Wambach came off the bench for the United States in the team’s last match against Sweden. Tuesday, she started up top with Alex Morgan, ZKRZDVPDNLQJKHU¿UVW:RUOG&XS start in Canada after working her way back from a bone bruise in her left knee. The United States, ranked second in the world behind Germany, has two World Cup titles, but hasn’t won since 1999. Four years ago in Germany, the 86DGYDQFHGWRWKH¿QDOEXWIHOOWR Japan on penalty kicks. The win sent the United States through as the leader of its group for the sixth time in seven Women’s World Cups. The team heads to Edmonton, $OEHUWD IRU WKH ¿UVW PDWFK RI WKH knockout stage. The opponent has not been determined. Nigeria, which has won seven of nine African championships, has been to every World Cup since it started for the women in 1991. The Super Seattle in wild U.S. Open tilt Rory McIlroy, of North- ern Ireland, hits on the range during a practice for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay on Tues- day, June 16, 2015 in Uni- versity Place, Wash. By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press Jonathan Hayward/The Falcons were eliminated after the loss to the United States after playing to a 3-all draw with Sweden in the opener and falling 2-0 to Australia. The U.S. opened Group D with a 3-1 victory over No. 10 Australia, before playing to a 0-0 draw with No. 5 Sweden. Morgan hadn’t started a match since April. The speedy 25-year-old played 12 minutes as a sub in the draw with Sweden. Wambach also came in as a sub in the match against Sweden last )ULGD\,WZDVWKH¿UVWWLPHVKHKDG played off the bench at a World Cup VLQFHKHU¿UVWLQ Wambach, who didn’t score in the ¿UVW WZR 86 JURXS VWDJH PDWFKHV had never gone without a goal in the opening round in four World Cup appearances. Julie Johnston had the best chance for the United States early, but her strike in the eighth minute was ruled offside. Minutes later, U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo dove to stop Nigeria forward Asisat Oshoala’s attempt. MACIAS: Juniors to be held in Eugene and I,” Macias said. His next race didn’t go as is just shy of the top 10 on the planned, though, and Macias Vikings’ all-time list. WXUQHG LQ D WLPH RI DW D “Honestly it wasn’t my plan meet in May. to run any 10k’s this season,” “I wasn’t sure if I should keep Macias said. “But my coach on going or not,” he said. “I took saw some potential in me, so I WKHFKDQFH,IHOWUHDOO\FRQ¿GHQW thought I’d try it out.” so I thought, ‘Why not try to hit He said the distance of the the time?’” race (25 laps around the oval) He’s taking the same positive ZDV GDXQWLQJ DW ¿UVW EXW VRPH- outlook into the USATF Junior thing he’s grown to enjoy. Championships, where the top “I think I just actually liked two placers will advance to the it for some reason, I don’t know Junior Pan American Games. why. It’s such a long race that “It has to be for sure one of anything can happen,” he said. my biggest races ever so far,” he “First you’ve got to pace your- said. “It’s like surreal, because self, then you’ve got to race.” I still can’t believe that I hit the +LV¿UVWDWWHPSWDWWKHGLVWDQFH mark. in a meet came in March at the “I’m going to try to just be in Erik Anderson Icebreaker where the race. I’m really the underdog KH¿QLVKHGWKZLWKD going in, so I’m not really — just outside the USTAF junior looking to have a lot of pressure TXDOLI\LQJVWDQGDUGRI on me, and I’m just looking to ³$IWHU , UDQ WKH ¿UVW RQH LW have fun.” was for sure a goal (to reach The USATF Junior Champi- Juniors) from the beginning of onships will be held June 25-28 the track season for my coach in Eugene. Continued from 1B CLASSIFIED M ARK ETPL A C E Pla ce cla ssified a d s on lin e a t w w w.ea storeg on m a rketp la ce.com or ca ll 5 4 1-278-26 78 C O N TAC T US EDITIO N S DEADLIN ES 24 HO UR S ERVIC E 211 S.E. 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