FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- No one with a chance to make the U.S. team for the Ryder Cup wants to talk about it.Patrick Reed is getting to the point where he doesnt have to.The start of the FedEx Cup playoffs also was the end of Ryder Cup qualifying, and while five Americans already have clinched a spot on the team -- Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker and Brooks Koepka -- the other three automatic spots were up for grabs at The Barclays.Reed was at No. 8, and his chances have improved dramatically with a two-shot lead going into the weekend at Bethpage Black.He sees a bigger picture.Im going into this week trying to win a golf tournament, Reed said.He was at 8-under 134 and had a two-shot lead over Rickie Fowler (69) and Emiliano Grillo (69). The 16 players within five shots of the lead included defending champion Jason Day and Jordan Spieth, both four shots behind.REEDS DROUGHT: Reed has gone 55 tournaments worldwide since his last victory, dating to his victory at Kapalua to start 2015. He has had five runner-up finishes since then, and hes pleased with his consistency. He just wasnt pleased with his finish on Friday.Reed was three-putted from 30 feet for bogey on the 16th hole, leaving his first putt some 8 feet short. And after a 5-iron to tap-in range on the par-3 17th to restore a three-shot lead, he went with driver off the 18th tee. Reed thought about hitting 3-iron short of the bunkers, leaving him 165 yards. His caddie said driver would leave him 100 yards, and as well as he had been hitting it, he gave it a try. Reed went left into trouble and made bogey.No matter. He says he has made only two mistakes all week, both leading to bogeys.FLAWLESS FOWLER: Fowler blasted out of a bunker to 4 feet on the ninth hole on Thursday, and his par putt looked good all the way until it spun around the back of the cup and came back toward him. He still remembers that hole because its the only bogey he has made at Bethpage Black this week.Fowler was bogey-free for a 69 on Friday and was two shots out of the lead, along with Grillo.Any time you can go bogey-free out here at this place, its good golf, Fowler said. Yesterday I had about a 4-footer that came back at me -- hit a good putt, should have went in, but didnt. Other than that, Id be bogey-free through two rounds.So yes, he feels good about his chances.SPIETHS COMEBACK: Jordan Spieth thought he hit a good approach on the 10th hole to start the round, only for the ball to miss by a foot and plug at the base of a bunker on No. 10. His only option was to play away from the green, and he made double bogey. Just like that, he was around the cut line.Spieth steadied himself with a 31 on the front nine for a 67 and was four shots behind.JASONS FADE: Jason Day came out firing, with five birdies in seven holes to tie for the lead. And then it all went sideways, mainly off the tee.Day played the next three holes in 4-over par to give all but one of those shots back. He also three-putted the 14th hole from 25 feet and wound up with a 70, leaving him four shots behind. The defending champion says the hard work he put in last week is starting to come around, and he has big hopes in store for the weekend.THE CUT: The cut was at 4-over 146, and it was significant for 16 players.Thirteen of them started the week out of the top 100 and were trying to advance to the next playoff event. Their season is over, a group that includes Francesco Molinari, David Toms and Boo Weekley. Three others still had a mathematical chance to qualify for the Ryder Cup team until they missed the cut -- Bill Haas, Kevin Na and Daniel Summerhays. None has ever played in the Ryder Cup.RYDER CUP: Perhaps the two players that interest Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III the most on the weekend are Zach Johnson and J.B. Holmes. Johnson is No. 7 in the standings, $188,257 ahead of Holmes, who is No. 9. Going into Saturday, it wouldnt take much for Holmes to make up the difference. Holmes was having a rough day until he birdied the 17th and 18th holes to salvage a 72. He was tied for 10th. Johnson was in a large tie for 39th. Fake USA Soccer Jerseys .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. USA Soccer Store . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/ . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim. USA Soccer Shirts . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. Custom USA Soccer Jerseys . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187.Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich with his reputation in tact but it will be remembered for missing the cherry on the cake after failing to win the Champions League, according to Sky Sports Munich reporter Uli Koehler. Bayern were knocked out in the last four of the competition by Atletico Madrid on away goals, despite a 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.It means Guardiola will leave to join Manchester City this summer having lost three semi-finals to Spanish opposition during his time in Bavaria after defeats to Real Madrid and Barcelona previously. Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller and Franck Ribery show their disappointment on Tuesday night The Catalan coach said he was not concerned with his track record after the defeat to Atletico, and Koehler hailed Guardiola as incredible, but said it would be remembered that he came up short in Europe.I was talking in the last couple of hours to the fans and, okay, there is still disappointment here but Pep Guardiola has done great work here, Koehler told Sky Sports News HQ. As a manager he developed the team to a really top, top level. Guardiolas Bayern were knocked out at the semi-final stage of the Champions League three years in a row Pep Guardiola is an incredible manager but maybe sometimes the players were confused about all his decisions. Sometimes, maybe, he makes it too complicated, the easy game is not his game. One game he changed the tactics four times but at the end he won.He put Bayern, game-wise, at the really top level and, after the three years he has spent here, at a financial level, Bayern are also top and his reputation is incredible. Vidal blasts ugly Atletico Arturo Vidal slams ugly Atletico Madrid after Bayern Munichs Champions League exit He will be remembered as a top manager but, at the end, it will also be remembered that the manager is missing the cherry on the cake, it is not here.Koehler said the overriding feeling in Munich was one of disappointment given their dominance in the tie, which had made for a vast improvement on the nature of the exits of the last two years. Guardiola will leave Bayern to join Manchester City in the summer You can feel it here at the training ground; it is not only the players and it is not only the bosses, it is also the supporters who came out here to watch the training and you feel it, he said.The disappointment is very big because it was so painful to lose and Bayern were the much better team and this was the change to the other two failures in the last two years when they didnt advance to the final. Guardiola says Bayerns fans should be proud of their efforts against Atletico Madrid and that the club has a bright future under Carlo Ancelotti Bayern didnt play so good then, but last night they had one of the best games of the season.ddddddddddddThe only thing Bayern didnt get was the third goal and they deserved it and so that is why it is very painful. They didnt have the luck you need to advance to a final.Xabi Alonso scored in the first half in Munich to level the tie before Thomas Muller saw a penalty saved. The World Cup winner was left out of the first leg in the Spanish capital and Koehler thinks this is a sign of Guardiolas thinking before games. Bayern cheated by Atleti exit Bayern Munich feel cheated after Champions League exit, says Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Pep Guardiola is a guy who thinks too much. He changes his mind, Im sure, three days in a row thinking about the right tactics, what to do, what not to do and to leave him out in the first leg against Atletico Madrid was, for sure, not a good idea, he said.But on the other hand you lose 1-0 in an away game to Atletico then you still have a chance, this can happen in a semi-final of the Champions League. So there is still a chance you can turn it around and Bayern had their chance last night. Muller missed a penalty against Atletico Madrid Pep Guardiola will not be happy about it and it will be rated from the fans as not the best decision. Bayern now have to look forward, they still have a cup final against Borussia Dortmund, which will be really tough.I think Muller showed last night he cannot do everything. He didnt score the penalty, it would have been 2-0. It didnt happen and it was a great, exciting game but the disappointment here at Bayern Munichs ground is huge. Also See: Atleti shock Peps Bayern Vidal blasts ugly Atletico Bayern cheated by Atleti exit Pep: Ive given my life to Bayern ' ' '