European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday july 6, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 21commentaron i the subject is soccer with this Romise no Hatchet Job on the worlds Ivorite sport. Not americans favorite. Simply the planets confirmed by the 20 billion peo pie who will have watched the world cup on to when it ends sunday. American to ratings for the world cup have been something like 2 percent that was when the . Team played. Without the . Team in there done task. A. A a a with that dichotomy its fun for american writers to Zap soccer. To Call it Boring. Overrated. Out of touch. Can to compare with american football or basketball the Washington posts Steve Twomey wrote it a humorous piece spanking soccer that we ran last week. One of his remarks a soccer fans riot to stay our own Dave Walczak shredded soccer for All its inertia during the 1986 world cup. His column caused such an uproar we ran two pages Worth of whack Walczak letters. In 1982, i tried the same pan soccer approach. With horrible Luck. While my column went to press Germany and France were in the thick of one of the finest sports events in be Ever seen. The germans fought Back from 3-1 in overtime and won in a shootout in the world cup semifinals. So much for sticking soccer. Its safer to Praise european fans fanatic Over soccer. Last sunday at halftime of the Germany Czechoslovakia quarterfinal i meandered Down to my Tennis club to watch the game in the to room. Mind you this club has 21 courts and it s usually packed on sunday. But no one was playing on this Day. It was a ghost club. Soccer fever. We might not catch it in the states but we sure feel it in Europe. Wherever you re stationed a Germany England Scotland Italy Spain Holland Belgium a you be seen the world cup run Neth Over this summer. Quot a some of us have actually caught on to soccer s hysteria. The passing. The flow. The saves. The Flag waving. Talking with locals about their favorite if you re not crazy about the sport you done to exactly Tell a Brit or dutch at the bar what a Crock soccer is. You know Host nation sensitivity and All that. And All you a get is the Standard counterattack that you done to understand the game. Now i have All sorts of answers to that including that i played soccer in High school however Fox it. The a jtop�ah<50cc�r. Sta it who coi lapses Nadony if a for just on h in heavily but rather than get on my Soapbox about soggy soccer which i actually did at speaker s Comer in London i asked the experts. Namely soccer people. Players and coaches of the Hanau hornets who waxed Darmstadt 8-1 in saturdays v corps title game. The Hanau coach is Pete bom. You could say he was bom for soccer. He is a native of Erle see near Hanau and went to school with Bob Gansler coach of the . Team before both emigrated to the states. Bom 49, served 20 years in the army before retiring As a sergeant first class and has coached Hanau to nine straight v corps championships. Keeping in mind that world cup scoring has plummeted from Over 5 goals per game in 1954 to about 2 a this year 1 asked bom what soccer could do for a boost. Rather than get defensive bom admitted soccer needs a spark. A when you watch 0-0, 1-0 games in the last five minutes i can agree its not very attractive a he said. Bombs proposal ditch the offside Rule. Basically the offside Rule assures that the goalie and one other defender Are Between an offensive player and the goal when a pass is kicked. It kills Many a scoring Opportunity. Bom says kill the Rule. As for the argument that this would allow players to Camp out at the goal Mouth bom answered a then you 11 have to put defenders on the world cup bogs Down in the first round because of ties. Holland scored. Ireland tied it. Both teams spent much of the night kicking the Ball Back to their goalies. That a because the tie vaulted both into the second round. Presumably everyone woke up by then. Solution double the teams in the world cup and. Make it a knockout first round. Win or go Home. That would ignite teams fast. Not to mention . Fans interest. I presented that idea to Hanau a Gary Fil Tzanidis. He a a midfielder who scored three goals in the v corps final. Fil Tzanidis 23, Learned soccer As an 8-ear-old in los Angeles and loves it. He Way it is. A a it a still entertaining. I least moves Over time i watch Quot he said. As for Twomey a Post column a i say he a ar6hh/ a a that a <31 be him a. Re a cart it Huff puffins. Amp but who after. So irid a Doall can heroically withstand the pouncing Pound ins Impact celebrate a teammates w Jay let never played the game in his life. I Iove the game. I can play baseball and basketball but i love soccer. Because i love to Kevin Ervin a Hanau defender is another californian who has a love affair with soccer. He says the world cup is great in this format. As for Twomey a soccer swipe Ervin said a that Guy can sit on his Couch drink his Beer and watch his baseball soccer is never Boring. Its a Quick sport. It takes a lot of technique. And u has a lot of set even in the Hoiland Ireland 1-1 game Ervin said Quot the excitement was Stilt fellow Hanau defender Thomas Lascell is More flexible. He loves to Fca a Zilg �?xa-f2-ut��p-�? play soccer Ever since leaving the foot Balf basketball Basc Bale Haven of Rockville n.y., for the soccer heaven of Orlando Fla. He even played with a couple of . National team players. But watch soccer a i fall asleep watching games on to a said Lascell a i would much rather watch the 49crs put 55 Points on the Board. Soccer is Boring to watch. That a Why i can to drag my wife out then again the germ any hoi i and and England Cameroon games were hardly sleep Eros. Which Are a couple of reasons Why most of the world including a Bunch of americans Over Here will be watching Germany Argen Tina in sundays final to atari and strip cup from Page 17 someone is going to crack and a goal will be scored. I feel at this level with this importance i say we play West Germany and Argentina will play on. The two most consistent nations of the last 20 years and both shooting for their third world championships play sunday in Rome. Argentina attempts to match brazils feat of three titles in four tournaments. West Germany is the first team to make the final in three straight tournaments. Codes i referee for final Rome a Edgardo codes i of Mexico will referee the world cup final Between West Germany and Argentina Ufa announced thursday. Codes i 39, will be assisted by linesmen Michal Lietkiewicz of Poland and Armando Perez Hoyos of Colombia in stadium in itome. _ soldiers hitting festivals it is the third straight time a latin it is the third straight time a latin american was named by fifa a referee committee to handle the world cup final brazilians were the head officials at the 1982 and 1986 championship games codes i was the referee for the world cup quarterfinal last sunday in which England beat Cameroon 3-2 in overtime. In the first round codes i also did the game Between Italy and the United states at olympic stadium. Codes i a physician Fri or City earned his first fifa experience codes i a physician from Mexico Ity earned his first fifa exper at the 1985 world youth championships in the soviet Union. Two years ago he refereed at the olympic games in Seoul South Korea. He was bom in Uruguay and moved Mexico More than 10 years ago. Frances Joel Quiniou will referee the playoff for third place Between Italy and England in Bari on saturday fifa said. Kurt Roet Lisberger of Switzerland and Mohamed Hansagi of Algeria will assist him As linesmen. General a five Usa eur soldiers Are wearing uniforms of a different color Friday through july 15 As they partake in olympic festivals in Minneapolis and Alexandria a. In boxing Bradley Martinez a 106-Pounder from Nalmberg and Randal Crippen a 201-Pounder out of Wurzburg provide a one two punch. Baum holders Bart Meese takes his place on the Greco roman wrestling team while Wurzburg a Jada Monroe takes to the mat in Tae Wondo. Stuttgart a Julia turning will compete in the 200-meter sprint and run a leg in the 1,600-meter relay. More than 3,000 athletes Are expected to compete in the olympic style Competition which features 37 different sports. Running a americans interested in competing in the Karlsruhe 80-Klocal Roundup night run can save 50 percent on the entry fee normally 30 Marks by registering by july 16. The two Day event is scheduled to Start at 5 . July 21 at Oslyn Platz Durlacher Altee in Karlsruhe. Runners May Register by calling James Skellion at ets 376-6057 or 7 312. Softball a Twenty eight unit level slots Are open for the Safe Security police Headquarters double elimination european intramural softball championship aug. 11-12 at ,1 entry fee for the tourney open to any Europe based unit is s150 Ana two flight restricted softballs. Fees and team rosters must be received before the coaches meeting aug. 8. To Register or for More information Call Dan Oakley at ets 48 6711 or 7268, or write the tournament director at Box 6538, Apo 09012
