European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 21,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 austrian goalkeeper Klaus Lindenberger gets ready to make a hand save on american Peter Vermes during the first half of Austria a 2-1 Victory tuesday night in  decks . By Rusty Bryan staff writer Florence Italy a the fight went the distance but the United states got knocked out anyway. Despite playing a Man Short for nearly an hour tuesday Austria bludgeoned a 2-1 Victory to end italia �?T90 for the . Austria a first goal was the first of the tournament for the austrians who must await the results of other first round games to see if they Advance to the second round. The austrians were a Man Down because of a red card flashed at midfielder Peter Artner for stamping Paul Vermesh right instep in the games 33rd minute. It was the Only red card among 10 pulled out by syrian referee Jamal Al Sharif. A we expected a physical game a said american defender John Doyle in a burst of understatement. Austria was whistled Tor 22 fouls the americans for 18. At that stage a red card looked like ju5 what the doctor ordered for the ., which needed a win and a substantial one to move along to the knockout phase of the tournament. Instead its own to came with shocking suddenness less than five minutes it nto the second half. That a when austrian striker Andreas Uris converted a . Comer kick into a to Yard dash for the go ahead score. Corralling a Clearing pass at Midfield wins exploded Between napping defenders Esmond Armstrong and Jimmy Banks eat sweeper Mike Windischmann at the penalty line and rammed a Bullet to the right Side of goalkeeper Tony Meola. A it was a miscommunication a Banks said. A Desmond thought i had him and i thought Desmond had  the score revitalized an austrian team that had been Labouring up to that Point. The austrians had just endured their fifth straight scoreless half despite starting three strikers against the . But it Wasny to until austrian coach Josef hic Kersberger pulled one of them team Captain Toni Polster from his truncated lineup at halftime that the attack caught fire. A Polster was just a target player a Doyle said. A i got worried when they replaced him with two Quick  and with Good reason. Both of them scored. A no. 13 Ogris made a great run on the Ball a . Assistant coach Ralph Perez said. A Mike just Wasny to Quick enough to get  Perez said the game winning goal scored by Gerhard Rodax in the 63rd minute came As a result of the a Domino effect. A a that a when one Man will lose his Man so another Man moves Over and so on Down the  Rodax was left unmarked during the shift to respond to some determined work by Austria a Michael Streiter along the right sideline. Streiter a Cross found Rodax just As he charged into the Middle of the . Penalty area. Despite the High pressure applied by the . In the second half the . Did no to get the goals a repeat of its cup opener won by Czechoslovakia 5-1. A we had enough Guys Back a Doyle said. A we just did no to get the Job  the . Got one of the goals Back in the 83rd minute when Tab Ramos took a pass from Vermes Cut into the penalty area beat Robert Peel deep and pushed the Ball to an unmarked Bruce Murray at the penalty spot. Murray a shot just got under goalkeeper Klaus Lindenberger for the americans second and final score of the tournament. Ramos deft work was the Only time the . Was Able to exploit its Man advantage despite a furious charge at the end that produced some chances and wrested a us a chants from american fans among the 34,857 in attendance. The . Ended up getting 11 shots on goal. Short handed Austria got 12. Two of the americans shots came from the right foot of Forward Eric Wynalda who replaced Banks after the second austrian goal. It was Wynalda a first appearance since being ejected against Czechoslovakia. Perez said being a Man up can Lull an offence into being too deliberate. A you think you have a lot of time on the  the austrian counterattacks salvaged a game that had been going just the Way the americans had hoped it would. They wanted a scoreless first half and got it thanks to Cool defensive play and a couple of big saves by Meola. They had also wanted to maintain Possession of the Ball ending up having it 57 percent of the time. They did no to necessarily want a card show but that a what they got. The foul festival started innocently enough when Manfred Zsak was cautioned for moving the Ball on a free kick. The rest though were full Contact cards mostly stemming from Murray a personality conflict with Peel. The two exchanged blows Early with Peel showing the referee a bloody Mouth he claimed Murray had inflicted on him. A my Job is to go Down there and mix it up to free up things for Peter a the 6-3 Murray who was invited to Box by an italian defender last thursday in the americans 1-0 loss said. Peel retaliated without Sanction with an Elbow to Murray a head a few minutes later and the Battle was joined. Murray Drew a yellow card himself later in decking Peel in retaliation. A there weren to any cheap shots out there a Ramos who was frequently tossed around said. A you just had 22 Guys playing As hard As they  despite the Effort the outcome made partial prophets of the experts who had predicted the americans would earn no Points in route to first round elimination. Of the five . Appearances in world cup finals four have ended in the first round. The . Made the semifinals Only in 1930. Still the experience Wasny to completely pointless. A i think we showed that we re not As see world on Page 19