European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                American wins speak volumes for Milutinovic tuesday july 9, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 49 from t y a Milutinovic by Randy Harvey los Angeles times los Angeles a in searching for a coach to Lead the Host United states into the 1994 world cup it took the . Soccer federation officials longer to learn How to pronounce his name than it did to make Bora Milutinovic their leading candidate. Who among the coaches available was More qualified than Milutinovic who became known in the sport As something of a Miracle worker he took Mexico to the world cup quarterfinals in 11986 and later led Costa Rica to the second round four years later. Miracle working ranked High on the us Sfa a list of prerequisites. But pfc had one liability that the critics said might prevent him from achieving similar Success with . Players. He did not speak much English. He did however speak enough when he was hired As the National coach in March to respond in perfect English to those who asked about the potential for confusion. A no problem a was his answer. T a yugoslav it was no problem for him to learn russian in school French while playing in Monaco and France italian while coaching in Italy and Spanish while coaching in Mexico. As for English he said that until he mastered his sixth language he would get by which is what he was doing during a recent practice with the team at Cal state Dominguez Hills. Noticing defender Paul Caligiuri who recently returned to the National team after playing last season in East Germany a first division meandering up the Field with the Ball Milutinovic ordered a Spiel Spier in German that Means a play play a if the sport is significantly More Complex than that it has not seemed like it to the . Players since Milutinovic arrived. Casting off the Safe but encumbering soccer by the numbers style that they Learned under previous coach Bob Gansler they have been liberated by Milutinovich a Confidence in them to open the throttle when the Opportunity presents itself and attack As it is done on the playgrounds of South America and Europe. Play play do they Ever in 10 games under coach Bora As he likes to be called the United states has lost Only once. That was 1-0 to 1990 world cup runner up Argentina. Before 41,103 Friday night at the los Angeles coliseum in the semifinals of the confederation of North and Central american and Caribbean association football Gold cup the americans beat Mexico 2-0 a Only the third for the . In 26 games against the mexicans since 1934 and the first since 1980. The Victory Over Honduras in the championship game marked the first time since the Usuf began keeping records in 1885 that the team has won five consecutive full International games. Success has come so quickly that Usuf officials no longer pester Milutinovic about combing his hair which like him has a rather Independent nature. Yet he insisted last week that his Only goal for this tournament was to play consistent entertaining soccer and reach the semifinals. A we want to play Good and win a he said. A but the goal is not this cup. It is world cup in �?T94.�?� Between now and the summer of 1993, when he plans to put his world cup team together he said that he wants to learn As much As possible about All the players in the United states a As they learn about him. It has been Only a few weeks since they were introduced but so far the players and Milutinovic seem to be taking to each other. In practices the 46-year-old former yugoslav National team midfielder dresses in a sweat suit and gets right into the action As he coaches during scrimmages. He gets plenty of Good natured ribbing when his Middle aged shots soar off target. When he stops play occasionally to instruct players on the decisions they have made with the Ball his most frequent advice is his latest English phrase a a cd Mon boys have  midfielder Bruce Murray who has been with the National team for More games than anyone else in history said that the atmosphere is conducive for learning the basics that Many . Players have missed in their development outside of soccer a mainstream. A a he a picking everyone a game apart taking everyone Back a Murray said. A a we re going to learn the basics All Over. He a really starting from the ground  Urcla midfielder Chris Henderson the youngest player on the team at 20, had an Opportunity to play full time with the olympic team which is for players under 23. But at the risk of burning out he decided to shuttle Between the olym a Dominic Kinnear 8 and John Doyle celebrate sundays Gold cup Victory by the resurgent . Soccer team. Pic team and the National team. A every Day with Bora is such a learning experience a he said. Milutinovic said that he has always admired . Players for their spirit. A the skill the tactics is not so Good Quot he said during a recent interview at Oste Ria Orsini Romano a los Angeles area restaurant where the italian soccer fanatic owner treats Milutinovic As if he were the biggest Star in town. A but american boys in Good shape run All Day. They never quit. That is  Milutinovic acknowledged that he has been somewhat distracted during the Gold cup tournament because of the civil strife in his native country. Born in Rajina Basta Serbia he his four Brothers and a sister were brought up by an aunt after their parents were killed during world War ii. Two of his Brothers also played for Yugoslavia a National team. One of them Milos now coaches Belgrade a partizan club a Ferrenial Power in Yugoslavia. Before arriving at Orsinia a Milutinovic placed a Call to his family and Learned that everyone was Safe. But As always he declined to discuss the situation in Yugoslavia. A i am soccer coach not politician Quot he said. Asked if there is anything else in life he would rather be doing than coaching soccer he thought for a few moments and gave up. A i have perfect life a he said. A i go All Over world talk to people and coach  is by Rob Staggenborg staff writer professional teams in the . And Canada have approached 195 world league players through june signing just 49 of them to contracts according to a league negotiation permission log. The Phoenix cardinals made the most approaches inquiring about 45 players but signing Only five to contracts. One of those players was London monarchs wide receiver Jon Horton a former Arizona Star and an All world selection this season who signed a three year Deal last week. The Philadelphia eagles approached 38 players signing Only four players. The Hamilton Tiger cats of the Cal signed seven players and the Saskatchewan roughriders re signed Barcelona quarterback Tony Rice Only to release him on Friday. The Arena football league signed two Olaf quarterbacks with san Antonio of Ben Bennett signing with the Dallas texans and London Reserve of John Witkowski signing with the Detriot drive. Through thursday the european division had 12 players sign pro contracts. The Galaxy had five players sign with pro teams the monarchs had four players sign and Barcelona had three players sign. The Galaxy a punter kicker Tom Whelihan signed with san Diego Perez signed with the giants offensive guard Ken Hackemack signed with Buffalo offensive tackle Garry Frank signed with Kansas City and nose tackle Chris Williams signed with Phoenix. London Switkowski went to Detroit of the Arena league Horton signed with Phoenix cornerback Corris Ervin went to Hamilton and defensive end James Singletary signed with Indianapolis. Barcelona a Rice signed with Saskatchewan running Back Paul Palmer signed with the eagles and Dempsey Norman signed with Green Bay. The leagues most valuable player however is still available thanks to league rules which require a fee of double a players salary for signing. London a Stan Gelbaugh who led the monarchs to the first world league title has not been offered a contract or even approached by nil teams despite leading the league in every statistical category for quarterbacks. With incentive awards Gelbaugh increased his $25,000 w-2 listing to nearly $94,000. Therefore a nil team would pay the league $186,000 right off the top plus a signing Bonus which goes to Gelbaugh and the six figure salary lie could command with his prior nil experience. Quot my agent Joe senk Viek is trying to work through it but nobody is trying to buy out my $180,000  said the Maryland graduate who is thinking about going to graduate school if he does no to get picked up by an nil team. A a it a a bad situation for me. 1 kind of look at it As being penalized for having played  stays no. 2 after tour s 3rd stage Dijon France apr Greg Lemond kept his second Overall position monday after the third stage of the tour de France. Belgium a Etienne de Wilde captured the stage that left from vill Eurbane and ended in Dijon a distance was of 131 Miles. Lemond Leader Rolf Sorensen Erik Breukink and More than 100 other riders finished in the main pack behind the stage Leader. In the unofficial Overall standings Lemond still is 10 seconds behind Sorensen of Denmark who took the Overall Lead during sundays second stage. Breukink is third two seconds behind the american. Tuesdays leg goes from Dijon to reims. Lemond has struggled All season. The three time tour de France Winner worked hard All year to begin this years race in in top shape and said he was confident despite a number of poor showings in his prep races. He had an attack of anxiety just before the Start of this years tour de France but showed he was ready when the race started. After coming in third in the prologue he was Conli Dent enough to make the first breakaway in sundays first stage around Lyon. Lemond Rode away from the main pack with a group of 11 to finish almost two minutes ahead of the Field. Quot the pack was very nervous at the Start this morning so i told myself that i had to take the Opportunity As soon As possible a Lemond said sunday