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Show 8 Wednesday, July 13, 2005 ™ SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE REAL FACES MINNESOTA IN U.S. OPEN continued from Page 6 three goals scored and six allowed. They are led by two Liberian internationals, both longtime Minnesota players. Forward Johnny Menyongar is the team's leading scorer with eight goals so far this year season, while his counterpart, Melvin Tarley, led the team in scoring last season. Tarley has only two goals this season. The other leading scorers on the team are two MLS refugees, Chris Brunt and Jeff Matteo. Brunt spent time with the Kansas City Wizards last year and is in his first season with the Thunder, with two goals and four assists in 2005. Matteo was the 20th pick in the 2002 SuperDraft and is also in his first year with Real Salt Lake midfielder Clint Mattiis sends the ball to the corner flag as MetroStars midfielder Eddie Gaven defends him Monday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Minnesota, scoring three goals. Real Salt Lake may see some changes in their backline for the match, considering how often they were scored upon in L.A. in a 5-1 loss on Saturday. Brian Dunseth is expected to return to the starting lineup at center back after sitting out the Chivas USA match for a red-card suspension. New acquisition Paul Broome may see his first action for RSL and is listed as probable for the contest. Rusty Pierce is out for today's game. The midfield is expected to remain intact from Saturday, though Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick should start in place of Chris Brown, who will be moved back to defense, his old position in his earlier days in MLS. Jason Kreis and young phenom Jamie Watson will again start at forward. RSL is expected to line up in a traditional 4-4-2 formation with Eddie Pope, Nikolas Besagno and Andy Williams still away on international duty. Some late-minute changes to Real Salt Lake's lineup up front may include Dipsy Selolwane, from the Botswana International, who won the 2003 Open Cup as a member of the Chicago Fire and also Dante Washington, who scored twice in RSL's 5-2 reserve game win at Chivas USA on Sunday. The winner of Wednesday's match will travel to Denver to face the Colorado Rapids, tentatively scheduled for Aug. 3. RSL's Open Cup match today will not be televised, but it will be streamed via Real Salt Lake's Web site. In their next MLS contest, Real Salt Lake travels to Kansas City to face the Wizards on Saturday at 6 p.m. The game will be shown on a one-hour tape delay, starting at 7 p.m. on KSL Channel 5. bshaw@ chronicle.utah.edu PIPER THINKS HIGHLY OF BUCKS continued from Page 6 passing in the post. High-flying small forward Desmond Mason can get back to doing what he does best: ferociously attacking the rim. After settling for too many jumpers in 2004-2005, he should be excellent finishing on the break in tandem with Ford. He's not the best passer or ball-handler, but he has greatly improved in both areas. Look for Bogut to hit Mason on countless backdoor cuts as he's guarded more casually than ever before. However, Mason could face stiff competition for the starting spot in Simmons, last year's Most Improved Player. He's less athletic than Mason, but he still garners more rebounds (6-3.9 * ast year) and is a more effective shooter (hitting .435 on threes, fourth in the NBA). Simmons also plays harder on the defensive end and if he doesn't crack the starting lineup then he immediately becomes a favorite for the NBA's sixth man award. Another positional battle might ensue for power forward, where lead-footed Joe Smith is the lone weak spot on the starting roster. He doesn't rebound well for a man his size, 6 feet 10 inches, and no longer exerts himself on the defensive end. Armstrong regains yellow jersey COURCHEVEL, France—Two faces. One was Lance Armstrong's, steely but almost serene as he pedaled furiously in the thin mountain air. The other was a mask of pain worn by Jan Ullrich, his great German rival trailing farther and farther behind. Armstrong took a giant step toward a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory with a dominant ride Tuesday on the first Alpine climb of this year's race, retaking the overall lead ~ which he could hold all the way to thefinishin Paris on July 24. At the top of the snaking, crowdlined final climb to the ski station of Courchevel, the American was beaten to the line by Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde, a 25-year-old who Armstrong says could be the next big thing in cycling after he retires at the end of this Tour. But the second-place finish was just fine. Riders Armstrong regards as his main threats, including Ullrich, were way behind, still laboring as he and Valverde clasped hands in the saddle in mutual recognition. They covered the in-mile 10th stage in 4 hours, 50 minutes, 35 seconds. Because of a protest at the start by farmers angry over wolf attacks on their sheep and cows, organizers shortened the race by more than 9 miles, beginning it after the town of Froges, near the city of Grenoble. Mickael Rasmussen crossed the finish line third and Spain's Francisco Mancebo was fourth, both 9 seconds back. Along with Valverde, they were the only riders who managed to stay with Armstrong on the final ascent. The ride silenced doubts that Armstrong is too old at 33, or too jaded after his record six victories, to win again. If he follows the pattern of previous Tours, he might not relinquish the leader's yellow jersey that he already wore for five days last week. "Today, I had good legs," Armstrong said. "We are in a good position with regard to some of the main rivals, so we'll have to protect that and that might mean protecting the jersey and hopefully retiring in it. But we'll see, there's still a lot of racing to go." Overall, Armstrong leads Rasmussen by 38 seconds. While he does not regard himself as a challenger to Armstrong, the Dane has shown himself enough of a threat on climbs—he won the ninth stage with a gutsy solo ride over six ascents—to warrant the Texan's attention. "He's a damn good climber and we have to watch him now," Armstrong said. Italian Ivan Basso, among the challengers left behind by Armstrong on the 13.8-mile final ascent, was 1:02 behind in fifth place Tuesday—his overall deficit to Armstrong growing to On a high-octane team that will demand little more at the four spot than defensive presence, a position change for Gadzuric might be a better option for Coach Stotts, at least until Ilyasova finishes honing his game. Per 48 minutes, the Dutchman's averages of 18.1 rebounds and 2.9 blocks were among the best in the league. Gadzuric could get away with his limited mobility guarding the other sluggish fours in the East. At least as well as Smith, whose wheels are rustier than a Model T's, Welsch and point guard Maurice Williams are more than serviceable reserves, while humanfly-swatterCalvin Booth is a solid defensive replacement underneath. And Bogut? Well, it's hard to believe he won't at least put up r5 and 10 per game in his rookie season, and two blocks and three-fourths assists doesn't seem unreasonable either. If he does just that and nothing else, then the Bucks immediately become a top-four team in the East (behind, obviously, Detroit, Indiana and Miami). If he does better, as we Ute fans will claim we always knew he would, then the Bucks could be playing for the big gold traffic cone as soon as next June. Far fetched? Maybe, but I'm willing to believe anything. After all, surely there's at least a 6.3 percent chance... mpiper@ chronicle.utah.edu STEPHENSON QUITS SOONER JOB IN A HURRY continued from Page 6 —his alma mater— in 1993 only to return to Georgia Tech less than a week later. He retired in 2000. New overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, pulls on the yellow jersey on the podium after the 10th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Grenoble and Courchevel, French Alps, Tuesday. Alejandro Valverde of Spain won the stage, Armstrong placed second. five-time runner-up, dropped behind about halfway up the climb, grimacing and puffing, when Armstrong's new Ukrainian teammate Yaroslav Popovych upped the already punishing pace—shaking off a tumble earlier in the stage when he collided with, a car from rival Team CSC. "He REALLY accelerated," Arm2:40. strong said. "That was a sprint. He Ullrich, the 1997 winner and a had a serious crash and came back Get ahead ofThe rest and didn't even think about it." Ullrich, perhaps feeling the effects of a crash of his own in the ninth stage, struggled to the finish line in 13th place, 2:14 back, his overall deficit to Armstrong growing to 4:02. Ullrich's teammate, Andreas Kloeden, runnerup last year when Armstrong won his record sixth crown, fell to 4:16 behind overall. The Associated Press It also wasn't the first time Stephenson, a Sooners assistant from 1972 to 1977, was considered a candidate at Oklahoma. Stephenson was up for the job in 1990, only a year after he had led Wichita State to the College World Series title, but he stayed with the Shockers. Cochell was hired instead. "We had just come off a national championship," Stephenson said at the news conference. "We had great, great players in the program and I had just finished a monumental facility fund-raising drive. We were in the midst of trying to put that together and build it "With all those factors, it was a tremendously different scenario than today, meaning that we had a lot of things that we felt like we could accomplish on thefieldwith the players that we had and we also felt like we had tremendous support upcoming, and we had things facility-wise that we still needed to build in order to realize our dreams." As many as 69,000 students, family, faculty and staff will bury their heads in it. Don't miss the biggest issue of the year! OPENINGS ISSUE The Openings Issue is mailed to all U students registered for Fall Semester. Although direct mail advertising is usually the most expensive, our Openings Issue provides a cost-effective way of reaching the University community. All remaining copies are distributed at all the regular spots on campus for faculty and staff as well. For extra exposure and value, inquire about our Map Page and other targeted sections. 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