FC Tucson might need to invest some of its capital in expanding the size of its bandwagon, because this club is about to become quite popular.

The second-year amateur soccer team made up of college players pulled off a thrilling 3-2 win in penalty kicks over San Antonio on Tuesday night, downing the professional Scorpions in Texas to advance in the U.S. Open Cup tournament.

San Antonio, a member of the second-division (behind Major League Soccer, in terms of U.S. soccer hierarchy) North American Soccer League, was the second pro team FC Tucson has beaten in as many weeks in the U.S. Open Cup, a 100-year-old tourney that this year pits 68 clubs from various levels of soccer in a single-elimination format.

FC Tucson beat USL Pro (Division 3) club Phoenix FC Wolves 2-1 last Tuesday in Tucson.

Tucson led 2-1 late in the second half when San Antonio was awarded with a penalty kick for a handball in the box, which the Scorpions converted into the equalizer.

After two scoreless 15-minute overtimes, penalty kicks decided the winner, with San Antonio missing on its first and fifth attempts while Tucson made all four tries to win 4-3.

"You're still PDL" chants the SA supporters. Yes, yes we are. You need a favorite PDL team America. Make us yours. #BeatHouston

— FC Tucson (@FC_Tucson) May 22, 2013

With the victory, FC Tucson moves on to face MLS club Houston Dynamo next Wednesday (May 29) in Houston in the round of 32.

According to Houston's Web site, tickets are already on sale for the match at BBVA Compass Stadium. Sounds like it'd be a fun road trip.

How, truly, does one measure which is better between Arizona and Arizona State?

Mascots? School colors? Graduation rates? Poorly spelled billboards? So many of those topics can be decided subjectively or skewed to lean one way or the other.

But athletically, the folks at the UA and ASU have found a way to decide this over the past five years: the Territorial Cup Series.

Awarding a point to the winner between the schools each season in 18 commonly played sports, the 2013 cup was actually on the line heading into the final head-to-head competition between the Wildcats and Sun Devils: Sunday's Pac-12 baseball game in Tempe.

When the dust settled, a 1-2-3 game-ending, game-winning double play with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Arizona a 7-6 win over ASU. The victory gave the UA a 3-2 edge in the season baseball series, and more importantly — to those that care — the deciding point in the Territorial Cup Series to win it 9.5-8.5.

In case you were wondering, here's the sport-by-sport breakdown:

Wins for Arizona (9) - Baseball, men's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's gymnastics, women's outdoor track and field, softball, men's swimming, women's swimming

Wins for ASU (8) - Women's basketball, men's cross country, football, men's golf, women's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field, women's soccer, women's tennis

Series ties (1) - Women's volleyball

So, what does winning this cup get Arizona? Besides an actual cup-like trophy? Well, nothing else tangible. Just another piece of ammunition to fire in the ongoing ASU SUCKS war.

The University of Arizona is planning a new bike path that will help cyclists avoid one of the busiest intersections around campus. Check it out.

Two national lists rank Tucson in the top 10 for biking. Find out where the city ended up on each list.

Check out the story of a run-in with a potential bike thief.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department is requesting more info on the tacks that are being placed on Catalina Highway. Check out the story here.

The University of Arizona football team will be rocking new threads this season, and it almost seems as if they're going the same route as similarly-Nike-sponsored PAC-12 rivals, the Univeristy of Oregon Ducks, with uniforms that seem slightly...gimmicky. Brian Pedersen, the resident sports guy around here, had similar thoughts (though he appears to have wished they were just a bit more gimmicky):

#arizonawildcats FB uni redo thoughts: 1) Why go gradient (2-tone) numbers when NCAA plans to ban them? 2) Was hoping for some Zubaz action

— Brian Pedersen (@realBJP) May 6, 2013

The seven different uniform combinations on display in the YouTube video released today (which you can see above) feature a new number font, gradient-like color blending on the shoulders and the numbers, three different jersey and pants options and four separate helmet options.

Basically, I'd be surprised if Arizona wore the same uniform combo twice this season. While I'm not a fan, I'm sure that recruits will be psyched.

Check out more Arizona Athletics videos at their YouTube page, and photos of the new unis at the Arizona Athletics Instagram page.

The first year under coach Rich Rodriguez was a mild success for the University of Arizona football team, which made a bowl game, received some national attention and is getting people to start paying attention to the Wildcats again.

Sadly, this hasn't translated into massive Twitter fame for RichRod.

Proving that there is just no offseason or downtime in college sports, the Tulsa World has compiled a list of the top college football coaches in terms of Twitter followers. Rodriguez ranks a paltry 41st with 8,297 followers (though that number had bloomed to 8,309 as I write this), which puts him more than 97 THOUSAND behind runaway leader Les Miles of LSU.

It's even 1,100 less than the oh-so-famous Willie Taggart of South Florida, but at least it's far more than the esteemed coach of Girls Gone Wild University and Casino, Todd Graham (71st, 1,983 followers).

Too bad RichRod can't count the 1,364 followers that parody account @FakeRichRod has amassed.

Sunday's Cyclovia Tucson had more participants than any of the previous ones. Find out how many people came and when the next one will be.

New rankings by a national advocacy group say Arizona is the 10th friendliest state for bicyclists. Find out why the state moved up the list and what it has to do to move higher.

Pima County Sheriffs stopped a large group ride this week and threatened to give them tickets. Find out why.

I'm a gear junkie, no denying this. I love the ever-changing landscape of caps, lids, tops, pants and all other accessories associated with the uniforms that professional, college, even high school — have you SEEN the sweet threads Cienega High School's football program sports? — so learning that the University of Arizona was going to be sporting new unis this fall has me all-a-tizzy.

But dragging out the reveal? Not my thing.

Just show the new uniforms, Arizona. No need for a 'teaser' video, as is shown below:

Looks like there's multi-colored shoulders, and a new font to the numbers. There will probably also be some nice little twists and turns at other points of the new gear, and some will love them and others will hate them. The same thing happened when the blue helmets were added a few years back, then when the red jerseys, copper helmets (MORE COPPER PLEASE!!!!) and red helmets were introduced.

Whatever the case, just put 'em out there. No more teasing, please. The sooner they're revealed the sooner UA can start making coin on new merchandise sales.

And on that note, UA gear people: will you please make the red baseball jerseys available for sale?

In what's actually fairly important news coming out of the world of professional sports, NBA veteran journeyman Jason Collins came out in a Sports Illustrated cover story hitting newsstands this week, making him the first active, American male professional athlete to come out.

From Sports Illustrated:

Why am I coming out now? Well, I started thinking about this in 2011 during the NBA player lockout. I'm a creature of routine. When the regular season ends I immediately dedicate myself to getting game ready for the opener of the next campaign in the fall. But the lockout wreaked havoc on my habits and forced me to confront who I really am and what I really want. With the season delayed, I trained and worked out. But I lacked the distraction that basketball had always provided.

The first relative I came out to was my aunt Teri, a superior court judge in San Francisco. Her reaction surprised me. "I've known you were gay for years," she said. From that moment on I was comfortable in my own skin. In her presence I ignored my censor button for the first time. She gave me support. The relief I felt was a sweet release. Imagine you're in the oven, baking. Some of us know and accept our sexuality right away and some need more time to cook. I should know — I baked for 33 years.

When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue.

I realized I needed to go public when Joe Kennedy, my old roommate at Stanford and now a Massachusetts congressman, told me he had just marched in Boston's 2012 Gay Pride Parade. I'm seldom jealous of others, but hearing what Joe had done filled me with envy. I was proud of him for participating but angry that as a closeted gay man I couldn't even cheer my straight friend on as a spectator. If I'd been questioned, I would have concocted half truths. What a shame to have to lie at a celebration of pride. I want to do the right thing and not hide anymore. I want to march for tolerance, acceptance and understanding. I want to take a stand and say, "Me, too."

He did so less than a week after Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury's top pick in the WNBA draft and the most promising draft prospect to play women's basketball in a decade, noted her sexuality in an interview (also with Sports Illustrated), in a move summed up perfectly by the New York Times: "Female Star Comes Out as Gay, and Sports World Shrugs"

The sexuality of athletes has been a hot-button issue as of late, as rumors swirled earlier this month that four active NFL players have considered coming out en masse.

Following the first NFL Draft without a University of Arizona player drafted since 2005, Wildcats quarterback Matt Scott didn't have to wait long before securing a free-agent deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Got a chip on my shoulder I'm coming for someone's spot #yougonelearntoday #jaguars
— Matt Scott (@mscottqb10) April 28, 2013

Scott was projected as a late-round pick a few months ago, but then after combines and pro days the buzz machine lifted him to as high as a second- or third-rounder.

Then three days and about 270 picks went by over the weekend, and a dozen college quarterbacks were drafted, but not Scott.

Could he have been passed over because of fear that he'd have another concussion and end up doing this during a game?

Whatever the case, Scott makes it two straight years a UA quarterback has gotten a shot in the NFL, with Nick Foles getting drafted (and starting the second half of the season) for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012.

Philadelphia, consequently, signed UA offensive lineman Kyle Quinn to a free-agent deal on Saturday. Also signing: wide receiver Dan Buckner, with the Arizona Cardinals.

In Jacksonville, Scott will be playing for a coaching staff that includes former UA position coach Frank Scelfo. He'll also get a chance to don the NFL's first two-tone helmet:

Fleet Feet Tucson, the Eastside running store where one of Tucson's Boston Marathon participants works, is hosting a run Monday at 6 pm to benefit The One Fund, set up by "Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino...to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15, 2013." The run begins at the store at 7301 E. Tanque Verde Road and, according to the Fleet Feet Tucson Facebook page, "everyone, regardless of age, ability, and pace is welcome."

Registration will be from 5 to 5:45pm. The event is free, but t-shirts will be available for $20, with 100% of the proceeds going to the fund.

More information at the event's Facebook page.