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SANDY -- U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann has made a few key changes in the midfield and backfield for Tuesday night’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras in Utah.

DeMarcus Beasley will miss the match while serving a one-game suspension because of yellow card accumulation. Beasley had started the previous six matches at left back and Klinsmann has put German-born Fabian Johnson in Beasley’s spot.

Graham Zusi and Jermaine Jones both return to the midfield after sitting out a 2-0 victory over Panama last week. Zusi sat out because of yellow card accumulation. Jones was cleared to play after being held out when he suffered a mild concussion in a 2-1 victory over Jamaica on June 7.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Weber State All-American Amber Henry will compete at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week in Des Moines.

Henry will run in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase, looking to qualify for the World Championships. 

LAS VEGAS -- A 68-year-old Utah retiree from Layton is taking home more nearly $635,000 after winning the seniors' championship at the World Series of Poker.

Snow College men’s basketball coach Rob Nielson has announced that Mason Rich, a 2013 graduate of Bonneville High School, has verbally committed to play for the Badgers. 

Rich will be leaving in July for a two-year LDS Church mission to Peru, and has committed to join the Badgers in the fall of 2015. 

“I’m stoked,” said Rich, “Going on a mission and then coming back to play for Snow feels right. I like the coaches at Snow and think it will be a really good fit.”

In his senior season at Bonneville, Rich averaged 14.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. 

For a night, Rio Tinto Stadium will become ground zero for the United States Men’s National Team and its hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

And Utah soccer fans have been quick to embrace both the team’s presence and the importance of the match.

When tickets for tonight’s match (7 p.m., ESPN) initially went on sale to the public in March, the match sold out in 24 hours, and U.S. Soccer added 200 tickets for release on Saturday, selling those out in an hour.

OGDEN — A day after Father’s Day, the sons were represented as the Ogden Raptors’ roster was released featuring five players whose dads played in the big leagues.

Zach Babbitt, Dillon Moyer, J.D. Underwood, Jesmuel Valentin and Alex Santana are all hoping to follow their fathers’ footsteps to the majors.

The 2013 Raptors began to arrive in Ogden on Sunday and held their first workout at Lindquist Field on Monday morning to prepare for Thursday’s season opener at Grand Junction. 

OGDEN — Weber State senior Anthony Morales has been named to the 2013 College Football Performance Awards Watch list for linebackers.

Morales is one of 37 linebackers in FCS football named to the list, including seven linebackers from the Big Sky Conference.