8 I MONDAI; JULY 19, 2010
Seatlie Sounders' Blaise Nkufo (right) battles FC Celtic's Jos
Hooiveld for a header Sunday. Celtic defeated the Sounders 2-1 in
Seattle. Celtic is one of several European teams on tour in the U.S.
Power takes crash
By John Nicholson
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TORONTO -- Will Power luiew
when to be aggressive and when
to play it safe Sunday in the wreck
filled Honda Indy _
Toronto. . ~ iNDY RACING
After patiently
avoiding early
trouble
Indy Car leader
boldly passed Justin Wilson on the
outside off a restart with 14 laps
left, then held off Dario Franchitti
for his second straight victory and
fourth of the season,
- As I predicted, it was a very
wild race." Power said. "It started
on the first corner for me when I
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Hayes. who started a 2-on-1 coun
terattack.
Closing in on the goal and with a
defender converging. Hayes
dished the ball to Leroux, who
scored to tie the game. The run
not only demonstrated Hayes'
pure athletic ability but also her
mental feel for the game.
Graham Hays. who covers
women s college soccer for ESPN.
watched the Ghana match and
was impressed by Hayes' decision
making on the counterattack.
"I thought it was great. Sydney
Leroux postgame credited Maya
for making the pass and not going
for goal," Hays said. "I saw [Penn
State] coach [Erica) Walsh's com
ments about Maya when they
signed her that it's those two parts
of her game that are impressive."
Hays said Ghana's athleticism
slowed down the U.S. and didn't
allow the American side to play its
control-based game. Against the
Swiss however, the U.S. jumped
out early, scoring three goals in
the first 25 minutes.
Against Ghana, the U.S. central
midfield was unable to create
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double of the contest, giving
Auburn a 6-4 lead.
The Spikes cut their deficit in
half when second baseman Walker
Gourley singled home center
fielder Mel Rojas Jr. in the eighth.
Right fielder Adalberto Santos
lined into a double play the next
at-bat, however, ending the
Spikes' chance for to tie the game
in the eighth. In the ninth, State
College failed to score Curry from
second with one out.
Curry led the Spikes, going 3-
for-4 with a run scored, raising his
batting average to .424. He has
now reached base in all of his 14
games with State College, and has
at least one hit in 13 of them.
Zac Fuesser, getting just his
second start in six appearances,
pitched 3.2 innings and allowed
two earned runs on four hits. The
left-hander struggled with his con
trol, walking four while striking
out only two.
Right-hander Trent Stevenson
threw the next 3.1 innings, giving
up four runs, two earned, on five
hits. Colton Cain, making his sec-
Jl%
had Helio (Castroneves) and
(Ryan) Hunter-Reay come cruis
ing up the inside. I was like. 'OK
I'll let those guys go.' And then I
lost a couple of more positions.
But I know how this race goes.
"The key for me when I came to
this race was avoiding carnage
and accidents, which I know hap
pens every year. and like I said, in
the first corner, that right there
could have been the finish if I'd
just turned in. But I backed off. -
Power then gambled and won
with the race on the line. moving
past Wilson on the outside on the
first turn after the fifth of sixth
caution periods.
Power pulleil away. while Wilson
spun out moments later and
many scoring chances and had a
hard time moving the ball. Nairn,
one of the team's best playmakers
and creators, was subbed out in
the 54th minute. Though the move
was a bit of a surprise, it did help
the U.S. attack. but Hays doesn't
expect any long-term changes
"What they seemed to be lack
ing in the first half was that play
maldng, not just from Christine,
but from the whole team," Hays
said. "I was surprised that to fix
that you sub in Novola who is a
very good playmaker for the other
playmaker. I don't think it was a
reflection on Christine at all, the
whole team just wasn't playing as
well as it could.'
However, the second match saw
a different U.S. offense that creat
ed plenty of chances and a better
flow up the middle. Nairn often
dropped into a defensive role
against Switzerland, and area of
her game she admits isn't her
strong suit.
Simply making the move into
the defensive role and wearing the
captain's armband. Nairn is devel
oping as a leader on and off the
pitch. Once she was taken off
against Ghana. the midfielder said
her job didn't change much; and
she wanted to be there for her
"It felt like we were
going to handle their
starter pretty well."
Pat Irvine
Spikes outfielder
and appearance with State
College, threw one shutout inning.
Rojas Jr., the 2010 3rd-round
pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
made his professional debut for
the Spikes. Batting leadoff, he
went 1-for-4 with a run scored. He
also ran down a fly ball in center
field in the eighth inning that
saved a run.
It was a play that Curry said no
other center fielder he has ever
played with has made.
"You can tell he's got talent and
he's got a lot of room to grow,"
Curry said.
"He's going to be a great play-
The two Pinckney Division foes
will finish out their three-game
series at 7:05 tonight before the
Spikes come home for a five-game
homestand spanning Tuesday
through Saturday.
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Wade unfazed by critics
By Tim Reynolds
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade is
keeping track. He's heard ana
lysts say this Miami Heat lineup
will be a flop.
He's heard other
NBA
players lash out
over the way
Leßron James made his deci
sion.
He's heard executives from
other teams list Boston and
Orlando as the teams to beat in
the Eastern Conference.
All duly noted in Wade's mind.
He's not bothered nor angered.
he says. But at the Summer
Groove charity game Wade co
hosted Sunday with Alonzo
Mourning, he acknowledged that
when the Heat convene for train
ing camp in late September the
naysayers will serve as motiva
tion for himself. for James. for
Chris Bosh and everyone else
inside the reloaded Miami locker
room.
"My whole career is built on
fuel. - Wade said.
"It's always been there. It's not
going to change what I do with
my life. It's not going to change
the way I am as a person. But it
fuels you. And we all need that.
Every athlete, every competitor
needs something to fuel them.
It's going to happen throughout
the year.
After an offseason with little
time to relax. Wade got back to
doing what he prefers Sunday --
playing basketball.
James wasn't there for the fes
tivities Sunday nor was Bosh.
But there has clearly been a
filled Honda Indy Toronto
dropped from contention.
"The tires got a lot of pickup
(rubber from other tires) and
were cold and I knew everyone
was going to he struggling and
that there'd be a lot more chances
of people making mistakes,"
Power said. And that's what he
(Wilson) did on the restart
"I'd say it was a calculated. but
risky, move to pass him on the out
side because I wasn't sure I'd
make it out the other side. It was
close, but sometimes you have to
do that in racing it you want to
All four of Power's victories
have come on street or road
courses. He won two weeks ago at
Watkins Glen and swept the sea-
teammates all game long
\Valsh has been in contact with
U.S. coach Jill Ellis throughout
the national team's camps and
exhibitions and Walsh said Ellis
has been more than impressed by
Nairn's leadership.
"Speaking with Jill Ellis, she's
just been praising Christine's
growth and responsibility and
accountability within that team
from last cycle to this cycle."
Walsh said. "Even from last year
to this year lEllisl said it's visible
the changes that she's making in
her leadership behavior and that
can only benefit us going into the
fall season."
The U.S. team arrived in
Dresden in time to catch the third
place game between Germany
and Uruguay in the World Cup.
"It was amazing to see how
important soccer is in their coun
try. It's like football in our country,
imagine a huge super bowl party
with an entire city. - Nairn said in
the e-mail. "Because soccer is so
young compared to others. it is not
our main sport. I hope our country
can continue to be excited to
watch soccer after the World Cup
is over.-
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Africa. the son of a farmer could
not have afforded the travel
required to reach the game's
highest level.
- It was great to haVe a South
African winning it on Mandela
Dav,' said Dennis Bruyns, the
chief executive of the Southern
Africa PGA. 'And there was a
great sense of satisfaction in
having a South African caddie
with him. too.-
It was the fifth major for the
Springboks dating to Relief
Goosen winning the U.S. Open in
2001, and the first at the British
Open since Els won at Muirfield
in 2002, a victory that inspired
Oosthuizen.
"Shrek is on the move,"
Goosen said.
"I knew he had a lot of talent.
He grew up in an area (Mossel
Bay) that's very windy, so for
him, these conditions are nor
mal. The guy's got one of the
best swings on tour. I think he'll
be around for many years to
come."
Some 45 miles away, Player
giant spike in Heat buzz since
they all announced they would
play together.
Outside the arena for the char
ity, parking lots that typically
charge $lO a spot for NBA games
wanted $2O. Fans begged for
autographs, and Wade said there
was more excitement than after
the 2000 title.
"It's going to be crazy, - formes
Heat forward Doren Wright said.
He would know.
He's a close friend of Wade,
who is a godfather to Wright's
son.
But when Golden State made
Wright an offer, he decided
that it was time for a new begin-
"I'm just glad I'm getting out of
the way - Wright said.
The new nameplates are
already up in the Miami locker
room. 'James 6 - and "Bosh 1"
have already been installed just
down from Wade's cubicle. The
proximity of the stars, within
about 12 feet of each other isn't
sitting well with Wade, who joked
the new arrangement won't
work.
It's his lone complaint of the
summer:
The Heat kept Udonis Haslem,
Joel Anthony and Jamaal
Magloire. traded Michael
Beasley and added Zydrunas
Ilgauskas and Mike Miller.
Deals with Magloire and
Juwan Howard will be
announced later this week.
Carlos Arroyo is on the cusp of
returning. and James Jones said
Sunday that he'll be coming back
as well -- even though it'll be at a
lower salary
son-opening races in Sao Paulo
and St. Petersburg.
The Australian, 42 points ahead
of Franchitti. is in his first full sea
son with Team Penske after driv
ing six races last season, high
lighted by a victory in Edmonton.
Before shilling to Indy Car, he won
three Champ Car races, including
the 2007 Toronto race on the tight
and bumpy 11-turn. 1.755-mile
Exhibition Place track.
"I want to win an oval race
before the year's out," Power said.
"I've been knocking on the door, so
I think that may come.-
It was like a football game out
there." Hunter-Reay said.
"Everyone was hitting everybody
else. It was nasty out there at
They give me the equipment to times.-
Power gave Roger Penske his
150th open-wheel win and 41st in
the lndvCar Series.
Christine Nairn (10) takes a shot against Purdue last season. Nairn is a
co-captain on the U.S. women's U-20 team playing in Germany.
was returning from a golf outing
and listening to every shot on
the radio, proud as can be. He
saw the potential during a prac
tice round they played at the
Masters this year.
Player called Oosthuizen on
Sunday morning and gave him a
pep talk.
"I told him he's got to realize
that lots of people are hitting bad
shots," Player said, not knowing
how few of those the kid would
hit. 'And I told him the crowd
was naturally going to show a
bias."
Oosthuizen was relaxed as he
could be, putting his arm around
Rasego after hitting off tiT 18th
tee and walling over the Swilcan
Bridge, thousands of fans
packed into the grandstands,
along the road and peering out
the shop windows.
It's a proud moment for us,
especially with the Old Man,
winning on his birthday,"
Rosega said.
"Winning at St. Andrews, it's
unbelievable. He deserves what
he's just done."
Oosthuizen might have been
nervous, but it didn't show. Charl
Schwartzel, his best friend from
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In a few days, Miami has gone
from a young team to a veteran
one with title aspirations.
- When it comes to the top play
ers and the excitement of play
ers, you can't put a price tag on
experience and we're bringing
that in with guys like Juwan and
Big Z and Mike Miller and of
course UD coming back," Wade
said.
- We went last year and the last
two years of having a pretty
young team of guys. Now we're a
veteran-type team."
And that team will have a bulls
eve, Wade said.
He expects that when the NBA
schedule comes out in a few
weeks, teams around the league
will check first to see when
they're playing the two-time
defending champion Los Angeles
Lakers, then when they'll face
the Heat.
.'We're not even the champions
but we're going to get that kind of
attention from teams," Wade
said. "It's a respect factor"
That "respect factor," as he put
it, is what matters more than any
doubters.
Wade knows what Miami will
have in the locker room, and to
him, that's more important than
what any outside entity might say
about the Heat summer of 2010.
- I'm not really concerned
about what people say any
more." Wade said.
I've made my comments.
Inside here, we know how com
petitive we're going to be. At the
end of the day, we've got to play
the game of basketball. We'll all
see then. There's not much to
win, - Power said. "I have a full
time ride with one of the best
teams in the series, so to pay them
back, you've got to win. We'll
always be challenging for wins
every weekend and we should be.
It's as simple as that."
Power finished 1.2757 seconds
ahead of Franchitti, the winner
last year in Toronto.
Hunter-Rear was third, fol
lowed by Tony Kanaan, Graham
Rahal, Danica Patrick, Wilson,
Marco Andretti, Simona de
Silvestro and Dan Wheldon.
their junior golf days in South
Africa, ran into him on Saturday
and said Oosthuizen was show
ing him comedy videos on his
phone.
- This was about an hour
before he teed off," Schwartzel
said.
If anyone showed nerves, it
was Casey.
With the warm applause from
a British gallery that had not
seen one of its own holding a
claret jug in 11 years, he hit
wedge to 4 feet below the hole at
No. 1 to send a message. The
birdie putt caught the right lip,
however, and it took until the
sixth hole before Casey could
make a birdie.
He wasn't alone. Of the final 10
players to tee off, only Goosen
made a birdie on any of the
opening five holes.
Oosthuizen plodded along
with pars.
Oosthuizen went 24 consecu
tive holes without a bogey until
his streak ended on the par-3
eighth hole by missing a 6-foot
par putt.
That trimmed his lead to
three, and Casey hit driver onto
the par-4 ninth green.