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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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
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played off the bench at a World Cup
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Wambach, who didn’t score in the
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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.
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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— just outside the USTAF junior looking to have a lot of pressure
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on me, and I’m just looking to
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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.
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