European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 10,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 world cup �?T90americans aim to copy Cameroon by Rusty Bryan staff writer Sirrenia Italy a As this world cups ultimate outsider the . Team took a Little heart a and a Little Soleen a at the Success of another lightly regarded team. Cameroon s shocking 1-0 Whitewash of defending Champion Argentina in fridays opener was greeted with enthusiasm tinged with envy m the . Camp on the eve of the americans 5 . Sunday Kickoff against Czechoslovakia. A this underscores what we be been saying All along coach Bob Gansler said saturday. A a favourites done to always win the lesser team can Rise to the  but Forward John Vermes had hoped it would be his club that first Rose to that occasion. A we were watching and found our sieves pulling for Cameroon but we were disappointed because we wanted to try to be the biggest underdog Here. It would have been Nice if we had been the first to Post a Good  that desire gets at a sense of frustration that Many of the americans seem to Harbor. A i done to expect you Guys new people to be for us but when 1 pick up Usa today and they make us 50,000-1 goalkeeper Tony Meola began with a disbelieving shake of his head a a. I done to care what it is a in be never seen a team or a horse or a dog Start 50,000-1.�?� �?o1 do believe this team has never received the credit it deserves for qualifying without the Benefit of playing in a league. It serves to make All of us More determined a Gansler said of his teams image As cup cakes. Defender John Doyle said the Lack of respect helps. A let them think that a game with the . Is a sure two Points he said. A that works for us. Our players Are confident and  Vermes echoed the thought. A i can to say we a win lose or draw tomorrow but Well be ready. The intensity will be there a he said. A Cameroon proved that a favorite can to go out and play easily against a lesser  its a lesson though that must also be sinking in the czechoslovakian training Camp in nearby Montecatino. A was game time approaches the anxiety level rises not just in this Camp but the others a Gansler said. Drawing some american anxiety saturday was czech midfielder sweeper Jozef Chovanec. A the plays for Psi Eindhoven Holland so in be played against him a said Vermes who plays with pc Vole dam. A a he a a very tactical player All Len footed and very relaxed out there a Good distributor of the  a a in a say Chovanec is As important As anyone in their lineup a Gansler said a but they succed in a variety of ways with a variety of people. Lubos Kubik is a great  throw ins a the . Squad voted to pass up a saturday Chance to practice on the game Field in Florence opting instead Tor a a a Light workout in Sirrenia. Sas Scott a Milter John Vermes said before sundays opener a it would have been Nice if we had been the first to Post a Good result a i always used to go look at the Field to see if there was grass in the goal a Meola said. A but at this level there a always grass. I just asked Joe . Goalkeeper coach Machnik if the goal were the same  then it was supposed to be a night of watching future opponents Italy and Austria tangle followed by bedtime. A a in la be Able to sleep a Vermes said. A a we be been in the olympics and so  besides Vermes dreams when he a awake. A i guess you could say in a living the life my father  live a he said. A my father was a prominent player for honed Hungary in the Early �?T50s. Seven players off that team made the National team and my father might have been one of them if the revolution of 1956 Hadnot come  Vermesh father emigrated to the . When the uprising failed eventually settling in new Jersey and forfeiting his Chance to play in a world cup. A Gansler spent the first part of saturdays news conference denying a report that he was resigning. A a there a no truth in that a he said. A i spoke to no one yesterday and the report came As a total  rises on czech shot at americans by Rusty Bryan staff writer Sirrenia Italy a the Iron curtain May be Down but there is still a lot the . Team does no to know about Czechoslovakia. Most pressing is the question of which czech team will take the Field at 5 . Sunday in Florence. Will it be the powerful Bunch that lost Only to Belgium in qualifying play leading up to the cup or will the team that has played listlessly since the tech revolution show up again the mystery is compounded by the return of two National players who defected during a tour of Germany in 1988. With the old regime deposed Forward of d Kubik Fiorentina of Italy and Ivo Knoflicek 15t. Pauli Hamburg of West Germany rejoined the Nav a pal Teai?1? just As it hit its lacklustre cup run up. V Iti action of two Fine players in Knoflicek and rubik gives them More possibilities but they have to be migrated into the team a said . Coach Bob Gansler. You have to consider their effect on the players who were there. How Well they be been Able to integrate them we 11 see in our game and subsequent  Gansler blamed political turmoil in Czechoslovakia More than the return of defectors for the teams difficulties and expects a a a competent team at Kickoff. A a they re Well organized and Well balanced. There a not one particular thing that we can Point to and say a if we can Stop that Well win or a if we attack that Well be  a despite their Long cup history eighth appearance first since 1982, runners up m 1934the czechs have fallen on hard times since their european championship in 1976. Recent setbacks including a Home loss to lightly regarded Egypt can to have helped the Outlook. Still the czechs have weapons. Jozef Chovanec Psi Eindhoven of Holland overlaps from his sweeper position to make a Strong Midfield. Kubik Michal Bilek Tomas Skuhravy Sparta Prague and Stanislav Griga Feye Noord of Holland provide scoring punch. Griga will miss the game with the . Because of a suspension for rough play. Although Gansler said Friday the . Starting lineup was Well set he declined to reveal it. He did hint that Tony Meola would be in goal on the basis of his greater experience Over Kasey Keller. Gansler was sanguine about his teams underdog role. A a it a not just another game but it is a game a he said. A there Are butterflies on both sides and favourites have expectations As Well As underdogs. A everybody just wants that first whistle to  rosters Czechoslovakia coach a Jozef Venlos. 1, Jan Stejskal 2, Julius Bielik 3, Miroslav Kadlec 4, Ivan hasek 5, Jan Kocian 6, Frantisek Straka 7, Michal Bilek 8, Jozef Chovanec 9, Lubos Kubik 10, Tomas Skuhravy ii Lybomir Moravcik 12, Peter Fieber 13, Jiri Nemec 14, Vladimir Weiss 15, Vladimir Kinder 16, Viliam Hyravy 17, Ivo Knoflicek 18, Milan Luhovy 19, Stanislav Griga 20, Vaclav Neme Cek 21, Ludek Miklosko 21, Peter Paluch. United states coach a Bob Gansler. 1, Tony Meola 2, Steve Trittschuh 3, John Doyle 4, Jimmy Banks 5, Michael Windischmann 6, John Harkes 7, Tab Ramos 8, Brian Bliss 9, Chris Sullivan 10, Peter Vermes 11, Eric Wynalda 12, Paul Krumpe 13, Eric Eichmann 14, John Stollmeyer 15, Desmond Armstrong 16, Bruce Murray 17, Marcelo Balboa 18, Kasey Keller 19, Chris Henderson 20, Paul Caligiuri 21, Neil Covone 22, David Vanole