European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 23,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 19 commentary soccer czars get Down to business going All the Way Back to 1823, the Monroe doctrine has been invoked at the slightest suggestion of outside interference on the american continent. However no gunboats were sent steaming along the coastline two weeks ago when a foreign Power took an interest in an election being held in the contemporary Mecca of America Orlando Fla. There was nothing Mickey mouse about the world soccer body helping to elect a insurgent candidate Alan Rothenberg As the new president of the . Soccer federation. This was big business. It was not exactly a coup financed by a secret intelligence Agency but it had its share of Dawn Telephone Calls and suggestions that the ruling party be overthrown. At stake was the sporting image of the United Stales which has been awarded the world cup of soccer for 1994. After the recent dreary Low scoring world cup in Italy More americans than Ever Are raising their voices and saying they never did like that game anyway. Nevertheless assuming we Haven tall bombed and gassed each other Back to the Stone age by 1994, germans and brazilians and koreans and yes even iraqis will be sitting in front of the tube watching How the yanks handle their first world cup. Until aug. 5, american soccer had been in the hands of the people who played and loved the game mostly the so called ethnics of the older cities like Werner Fricker a european born businessman from Pennsylvania. However this mom and pop operation Falls under the auspices of the federation internationale do football association known to fearful referees cowed players submissive leagues obedient sponsors and Servile National federations As fifa. Fifa strikes fear not with poisoned umbrellas or wily Mata Haris but with Blunt country hardball pol George Vecsey tics. It has overpowered the International olympic committee keeping its Best professionals out of the summer games insuring that the world cup will always be the True championship of soccer. Beyond the giant yellow fair play cards it displays fifa a double purpose is to spread soccer to Heathen nations and to make Money tons of it. With attendance dying in Brazil and dwindling in Europe fifa needs a new Frontier Al Dorado Nuevo because of warm memories of 100,000 fans streaming into the Rose bowl for the so or finals of the 1984 summer games fifa awarded the 1994 world cup to the United slates Only to discover it had made the business equivalent of turning Over the catering of a formal dinner party to a hot dog Vendor. Of a horrified at a modest television contract for 1994, fifa ordered the bidding to be reopened an absolute embarrassment to the american federation. Fifa then developed an antipathy to Paul Stichl who had been organizing the 1994 Effort leading to the appointment of Scott Parks let Ellice. Stiehl then announced himself As an opposition candidate against Fricker. It was t just fifa that had a problem with the Usuf. At a recent soccer symposium Hank Stcin Buccher an official with gatorade said a the United states soccer federation is full of Nice people but they re generally an Amateur  one does not want to portray corporations As philanthropies eager to give Money to a Sweet Little game. The world cup in the United states could mean millions of dollars for corporations like Adidas the sporting goods company recently bought by Bernard Tapie the owner of the Marseilles soccer team. These Are serious people w to want to feel they Are dealing with serious federations. When Fricker made a few arrogant Public appearances in Italy fifa hinted at appointing a Delegate to the world cup Effort but Fricker did not take the hint. We All know what happens in the old intrigue movies to leaders who become inappropriate. Less than two weeks before the election there was a new candidate Rothenburg who is just finishing his term As president of the California bar Assoc a lion and who had organized the soccer portion at the 1984 summer games under Peter Ueberroth. We shall wait to Sec if it was Mere coincidence that Ueberroth recently became a consultant to Adidas with an option to buy into the company. Taking no chances at Dawn of the federation election fifa had one of its top people Guido tog Noni make a phone Call asking Stichl to withdraw. Instead Stichl went Public probably making it a bit difficult for him to gel Good seats for the 1994 finals. Nobody invoked the Monroe doctrine As the delegates overwhelmingly voted Rothenburg into office. Winning the election was the easy part. Improvement will be harder. Rothenberge a first step should be to Complete Frickert a laudable overture to Franz Beckenbauer to work for the federation in whatever capacity the Kaiser wants. A if Costa Rica and Cameroon and Ireland can upgrade their game with outsider expertise so should the United states. Besides with fifa keeping an Eye on things there is no such thing As an outsider. It is a Small world and getting smaller. The new Vortik to it my new . Soccer chief wooing Beckenbauer w Ith or without his glasses Franz Beckenbauer will be seeing offers from the Usuf. By Julie cart los Angeles times Alan Rothenburg president of the . Soccer federation stepped up the federations Pursuit of Franz Beckenbauer on monday saying that he will offer the West German coach a Job doing a anything and  Rothenberg also dismissed As Quot silly a letter sent from six former Usuf officers to soccer a International governing body fifa protesting what they say was fifa a interference in the recent Usuf elections. Rothenberg said that he will meet with Beckenbauer in Austria next month to discuss the possibility of the coaches working with the Usuf. Beckenbauer however was quoted by Agency France Presse on sunday As saying that he will not be coming to the United states in any soccer capacity for at least two years it at All. Rothenberg who was elected As president last month said that he wants to meet with Beckenbauer personally. He said that he is already planning to meet fifa officials in Switzerland Early next month and will make a Side trip to talk with Beckenbauer. Rothenberg said that he has had preliminary discussions with Beckenbauer a representatives and is prepared to offer him virtually any Job within the  who took West Germany to the world cup title last month has been rumoured to be taking a position with the Usuf. The coach was quoted by Agency France press As saying a i cannot do anything else in Germany with my title of world Champion. I wont go to the United states to prepare for Ine world cup before 1992.�?Tb rumours have also surfaced that Beckenbauer will soon take a coaching Job in Europe. Regarding the letter to fifa which Rothenberg termed Quot a rather feeble protest Quot Little response is expected. According to Stephen Flamhaft a Brooklyn n.y., attorney retained by the group of former Usuf officers fifa has yet to respond to the letter sent aug. 10. Flamhaft said monay that the letter asked fifa to conduct an inquiry into allegations that fifa officials actively campaigned for Rothenberg. He is not optimistic that fifa will show any interest in investigating itself. Holtz Rompage 17 lined to identify them or to say whether a in it of them were dismissed from the Roibal program or from school. None of the five players who had a la Lvi Lestsa Cre permitted to compete while steroids were in their sys tem a Rosenthal said. Holtz and Rosenthal criticized sports illustrated for publishing the Story without offering the University a Chance to respond. A we believe that printing this article with notre Dame not absolutely having a Chance to participate or respond to the false charges is unfair unprofessional and journalistic ally irresponsible Quot Rosenthal said. Huffman who had two Brothers who starred As linemen at notre Dame claimed in this weeks sports illustrated that a almost half the Letterman at notre Dame used steroids at some  he also said some players sold the muscle building drug which is banned by the Mcaa. �?o1 saw the boxes of 40 or 50 bottles m Guys rooms. Bottles of pills bottles of in a eatables Quot Huffman says in the first person article. Quot the seen the bottles in their rooms and in be seen Needles in their trash cans. Everybody on the team  Huffman said he wrote the is article because of what Holtz said about him in his 1989 Book a the fighting spirit a championship season at notre  in the Book Holtz said Huffman let Down his teammates by quilting the squad. "1  be going Public with the Way i fed about Holtz and his program if he Hadnot gone Public about me a Huffman says. %