European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse The Waythe Ball bounces by Gerard lol Gran United press internationals soccer is the fastest growing team sport in the United states but where is it heading recently ormer Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger a devoted fan said he expects the United states to reach the finals of the world cup within 10 years. Attendance records Tumble weekly participation soars at All Levels and North american soccer league commissioner Phil Woosnam trots out his prediction that the United states will be the Center of the inter National game by 1988. What some sports experts bemoan is that the excite ment of the soccer explosion seems to have obscured the need for Long term planning for professional develop ment or at least if such planning exists it is not apparent to the average supporter. Kyle Rote jr., a Star of the Dallas Tornado triple Winner of the to superstars event and son of a famous american football player has gone some Way to remedy ing that defect. Role has written a very Good Book Kyle Rote or s Complete Book of soccer with Basil Kane which includes a thoughtful chapter on Ibe Way soccer in North America is beaded and How it should be guided. Firstly there s the growth 1,770 High school soccer teams in 1968, an estimated 2 million Young soccer play ers today 31 percent increase in Nail Gates from 1976 to 1977 crowds of 2,000 for the new York Cosmos in 19s976.000-plus in 1977. Given this upsurge. Rote says i expect to see the United states become a dominant Force in world soccer within the next a but he warns that a lot of hard work and hard thinking lies ahead and lays Down two indispensable for Succes Sij Cash and Caliper. ? i think we have to gel serious about the. General Rea of internationals he says. By this i mean the United states soccer federation the Nail and other soccer administrations sitting Down together and agree ing to Long Range commitments. Above All. They must be soccer is . S fastest growing team sport but what Are its goals i willing to earmark for the first time in american soccer history Large sums of noting that the Success of american soccer in schools and colleges and rising Nail standards has not been duplicated internationally Rote says greater sums must be set aside for coaching training Camps and the personal expenses of National players. Couple to this the higher Caliper of College graduates and professional rookies and our prospects for the future look much Rosier he says. Rote lays Down this blueprint rival soccer leagues spell financial ruin therefore the starry Nail and the humdrum but .-orientedamerican soccer league must merge. A National training Center on the East German Model must be established. Financial Security should be provided for National players. The quota of foreign players in the Nail should beaut. O Competition against foreign teams must be increased. The High school and College seasons must be length ened. American players must compete against each other frequently. Whatever else we Are Able to do in the coming years to raise the standards of american soccer i would think t by Mike Mccloy associated press1. Too Pound mule 19 Miles of Cliffside Trail 120-degree summer heat at the Bottom of the mile deep grand Canyon and Slick Winter ice at the top. In if of to. Ger or pack trips into the Canyon drum a .i.5T8 Man " wed 8, lifelong Arizona rancher the Canyon Rhein attended the University of Montana and worked As a High school librarian before hiring on with Fred Harvey lodged at uie grand Canyon s South rim in Arisna in january 1977. There Are no horses at be mules bulshbs��ni00lt""-Ssta i worked Midnight to 8 . As a T a h0? operator Rhein said then i d go o the mule barn. I Hung around and Hung around and Hun around some she watched wranglers like Bob nash21. Of Florence colo., Bill waybill 27, of Tropic Utah breaking shoeing and23 doing strings of 10 a =5s Page 14 the stars and stripes it is absolutely essential that the United states qualify the 1982 world cup to be held in Spain Rote writ and i believe it can be but to place among the final 16 requires the i ssh spare no expense or Effort to ensure the National to prepares for the tournament at least two Yean before qualifying rounds begin according to Rote. It should not be beyond the a sips financial Abl Ity to get the team together Lor week Long trial Olaf sessions in 1979 and for a Broad exhibition schedule in 1980 so that the team will be physically and pay. Co logically prepared to face the mexicans and the canadians in 1980," he says. Rote says it could be done this Way surely we should be Able to afford a National Trail Center an ill weather facility that could be a throughout the year. And the first thing i would do at the training Center to take 40 to 60 of our Best american players at the end the pro season and train them for a month to six wed every fall. Out of this group would emerge 15 to 20 of i Best players who could then become the nucleus of t . National the Nail could help by contrite ing say $5,000 per club to hire the National squad on full time basis for the fall months so they would worry where their next meal was coming from " Trail As it Cliffs. 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