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TROJANS
REGROUP,
BRUINS
SUFFER
By MaRVin VaSquez
USC: After suffering their first loss of the season, the Trojans
delivered quite the offensive performance against the visiting
Arizona Wildcats at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Now, USC
is 4-1 overall and 2-1 in Pac-12 play. Meanwhile, Arizona
dropped to 1-4 and 0-3, respectively.
Junior quarterback Matt Barkley and sophomore wide
receiver Robert Woods have led the offense for the Trojans all
season, and that continued against the Wildcats in the team’s
48-41 win. Barkley threw for a school record 468 passing
yards and four touchdowns on 32-of-39 attempts with one
interception. He connected with Woods 14 different times for
255 yards and two scores. What a duo, right?
After one quarter, the Trojans held a comfortable 17-0
edge. However, Arizona mounted a comeback when they
posted 12 points in the second quarter. What really kept the
game from reach was USC’s 10 points in that period. USC
led 27-12 at halftime, particularly because of kicker’s Andre
Heidari’s 31-yard field goal converted attempt.
GALAXYKICK
L.A.
CONTINUES
TO ROLL
By MaRVin VaSquez The Galaxy cheer after Chad Barrett’s
(right) goal.
a SCore froM Chad barrett and an oWn goal lifted the l.a.
Galaxy over visiting Real Salt Lake, 2-1, over the weekend at the Home Depot Center in
Carson with 27,000 in attendance. The victory improved the Galaxy record to 18-3-10 on
the season with a league-best 64 points. Los Angeles remains with the best mark in Major
League Soccer, while staying atop of the Western Conference.
“I thought it was a good game by two good teams. It was nice to have our team really
challenged to come from behind. They weren’t the prettiest of goals. We were aggressive.
We kept our composure. It’s obviously a really good win for our team,” Galaxy head coach
Bruce Arena says.
Off a Javier Morales assist, Real Salt Lake’s Fabián Espíndola gave the visitors the 1-0
lead in the 45th minute of play. Down by one goal, it was not until the second period
where and when the Galaxy embarked on a comeback. Fourteen minutes into the second
half (59), Barrett equalized the score. His sixth goal is second on the team. Midfielder
David Beckham received credit for his 15th assist.
“I talked to Beckham and told him that if he would send it up the field that I would
start running, and it worked out that way. He played a really nice ball into me,” Barrett
comments.
The Galaxy gained the lead and eventual game winner in the 72nd minute off an own
goal, deflected by Real Salt Lake’s Nat Borchers.
Los Angeles has three games remaining, including their season finale at home against
Chivas USA on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m.
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At 12:57 in the third quarter, Barkley connected with
Woods for a 28-yard touchdown pass and reception; this
made the score 34-12. Game over, correct? No. Arizona did its
best to compete until the end. With less than five minutes left
and within a span of a little over three minutes, the Wildcats
recorded two rushing touchdowns behind the efforts of
Ka’Deem Carey. After three quarters, USC led 34-27.
Barkley also got into the mix with a rushing touchdown
of his own at 14:39 in the fourth quarter after a one-yard rush
to the left of the field. The Trojans and Wildcats really did
fight until the end, as they exchanged two scores each in the
final period.
Nick Foles’ passing touchdown to Austin Hill with one
minute left was the last score the game would see. Foles
finished the match with 425 passing yards on 41-of-53
attempts, including four touchdowns and two interceptions.
Carey posted 34 rushing yards on 12 carries and two scores,
while Keola Antolin registered 87 yards on 15 carries.
For USC, Curtis McNeal’s seven rushes led to 74 yards
and one touchdown. Marc Tyler, arguably USC’s most
talented running back, collected 35 yards on 11 rushes. The
other two USC players to have receiving touchdowns were
Marqise Lee and Xavier Grimble. Lee recorded eight catches
and 144 receiving yards.
The Trojans next face the California Bears in San
Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m.
UCLA: The Bruins suffered a 45-19 defeat against conference
foe Stanford, but UCLA could have had that game. With the
loss, UCLA is now 2-3 overall and 1-1 in conference action.
Stanford, on the other hand, improved to 4-0 and 2-0,
respectively. Currently, the Cardinal is ranked seventh in the
nation in the AP 25 while coming it at fourth in USA Today.
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UCLA quarterback
Richard Brehaut ac–
knowledges that the
Cardinal is an intense
and prolific team. “Yeah,
that’s the best team
we’ve played as far as
physicality and getting
after us,” Brehaut points
out. Brehaut finished
with 202 passing yards
on 18 completions in 33
attempts. He threw for
two touchdowns and
was sacked once. On the
running end, Johnathan
uSC’s Matt Barkley celebrates
his four TDs against arizona.
Franklin led the group in rushing with 96 yards on 12 carries.
Josh Smith had UCLA’s lone rushing touchdown.
“We’re going to look at film and kick ourselves on so
many things we left out there against a very good defense,”
UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel states.
On the other side of the ball, Stanford’s quarterback
Andrew Luck collected 227 passing yards and three
touchdowns. Luck also had a wonderful catch. He is the
projected No. 1 pick in next year’s NFL Draft.
“There’s about five positions the guy can play,” Stanford
head coach David Shaw confesses. “We kind of like what he
does at quarterback.”
About his catch, Luck sounds humble. “I’m sure it was
incomplete at the next level,” he says. “Glad we’re playing with
the one-foot-in rule.”
The Bruins host the visiting Washington State Cougars
on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Rose Bowl at 7:30 p.m.
KINGS’
DOUGHTY
Glad he Can Focus
on hockey again
By LiSa DiLLMan
LoS anGeLeS TiMeS (MCT) kings’ fans are relieved Drew Doughty’s staying.
heavier in the Wallet, and lighter on the iCe ... l.a. kingS
defenseman Drew Doughty, proving again that you can be richer and thinner, was getting
reacquainted with his usual line of work in El Segundo on Friday after signing an eightyear,
$56-million contract with the organization. Before a session on the ice, Doughty
met with a handful of reporters and disclosed that he is 203 pounds, about seven pounds
under his usual playing weight. Now back to those other, well, important numbers, more
meaningful than the Kings’ 3-1 victory against the Ducks at Honda Center on Friday night.
Although Doughty is the Kings’ highest-paid player – by average annual value – teammate
Anze Kopitar will receive more in actual payments over the next five years, by design. The
first five years of Doughty’s deal are worth $33.3 million to Kopitar’s $35.6 million. The
ending might have been sweet, but the journey pretty much stunk, according to Doughty.
“I didn’t plan being back home in London [Canada] for that long,” the 21-year-old
says. “I’m not happy that I had to go through all that. But it’s done and I’m happy I’m here.
I apologize to all those who had to patiently wait for me to get here.”
Count Kings coach Terry Murray among the patient ones. “There shouldn’t be any
animosity whatsoever,” Murray says. “This is just business in pro sports today. He was
not [saying], ‘I don’t want to play.’ He wants to be an L.A King.” The Kings won’t be using
a light touch with him. “Gas pedal right to the floorboards,” Murray says. It was offered
that it sounded like a sports-car approach. “Lamborghini approach,” Murray says, smiling.
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