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The San Diego Nomads will play the San Jose Earthquakes for the Western Soccer Alliance championship Sunday night at 7:30 at Southwestern College.

San Jose defeated F.C. Seattle Storm, 3-0, last Sunday to advance to meet the Nomads, who, as regular-season champions, received a bye into the final match.

The Nomads, who finished fifth in the six-team WSA a year ago, have defeated the Earthquakes in both regular-season meetings. The Nomads won, 2-1, in overtime at San Jose, and 1-0 on penalty kicks in San Diego.

San Diego (6-4) is led by goalkeeper Anton Nistl (0.81 goals-against average) and defender Marcelo Balboa (6 goals in 10 matches). San Jose (6-5) is led by player-coach Barney Boyce and the WSA’s top scorer, Joe Mihaljevic (7 goals, 16 points).

Preceding the championship match at 5:30 p.m. will be an exhibition match between the U.S. national youth team and the Leonardo Cuellar Latin American All-Stars. Cuellar is a former San Diego Socker.

Two players from the San Diego Nomads have been selected by the United States Soccer Federation to a pool of 20 players who will represent the USA in the sixth FIFA World Youth Championship for males under 20 years old.

Defender Marcelo Balboa, of Cerritos, the Nomads’ top scorer, and forward Lucas Martin, of La Jolla, have been named to the team, which will compete against 15 other nations in Chile, from Oct. 10 to 25.

The USA Youth World Cup Team will play an exhibition match against the Mexican Collegiate champion tonight at 7:30 at San Diego State University’s Aztec Bowl.

Proceeds go to SDSU and the USA team. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 for youths, students and senior citizens.

Professional golfers Ben Crenshaw and Lanny Wadkins will conduct a free golf clinic and exhibition at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Live, Work and Play Fair at Carmel Mountain Ranch.

The clinic will be held on the seventh tee at the Carmel Mountain Ranch Golf Course.

Other events at the fair include a fun walk, a world-class invitational 5-kilometer race walk, sky diving and helicopter rides.

American record holder Tim Lewis will compete in the 5K race walk. He is ranked eighth in the world among race walkers and holds every American record from 5K to 25K.

Carmel Mountain Ranch is located 17 miles north of downtown San Diego on I-15.