European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 3, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25csc football makes 1991 debut by Mike Bowers staff writer air Force football is Back for another go at it. And Arch rivals Ramstein and Rhein main clash sunday in the feature attraction on the four game Continental sports conference opening weekend. Action actually begins saturday with Pitburg entertaining Span Dahlem and Lindsey trekking to Hahn. Sundays other game finds Sembach invading Oesterberg. All games begin at 1 . For Loyal air Force football followers the mention of a rockets rams clash conjure up visions of a heated highly contested confrontation for bragging rights. This game scheduled at Ramstein should live up to All expectations. In their Only meeting last season the rams easily won 42-17 and marched on to claim the Csc regular season title with a 7-1 record. Rhein main 1988 and 1989 Safe Champion barely made the 1990 Csc playoffs with an unimpressive 3-5 slate. Its 1989 Safe title defense began on a sour note when the rockets were whipped 40-0 by the Wei Brincken warriors. A playoff system that allowed All but two of the nine teams to participate in postseason play became Rhein Mains Trump card. Rockets Terry Maki. Player coach now. The rockets capitalized by winning the Csc championship Over the Span Dahlem sabers. A bid for a third straight Safe Crown was thwarted by the Lakenheath eagles. A big part of the rockets re Survance was a revitalized defense that featured former air Force Academy and 1986 Kodak All american linebacker Terry Maki. Maki is Back but in different capacities. In addition to assuming head coaching duties he will also serve As the rockets defensive coordinator plus again help Anchor the line backing corps. �?o1 wont Start myself a laughed Maki on wednesday. A however 1 definitely will get some playing  even with All the coaching duties Maki makes time to get in a few practice licks. �?o1 try and work out with the team three or four times a week a he explained. A however there Are Many times i feel compelled to pull myself away and get to the business of running the  the rams also have a new person serving As head coach. Bill Schultz assistant for the past two years now directs a team that he feels did no to live up to anyone a expectations. A the season was a propounding disappointment a Schultz said Friday. A it was Tough to Swallow losing in the playoffs after emerging As one of the dominant  Schultz Wasny to making predictions but he expects a great game typical of those he has seen in the past. A it will be a Tough game. We have lots of respect for their coaching staff and they Rhein main always have Talent that equals Lis a said Schultz. A even with Maki coaching i done to Forsee Many drastic changes. They be had Success with their old system. Why should they change it a Lindsey eyes improvement following last years one win Campaign As it takes on Hahn which finished 1990 with five straight wins before bowing to Rhein main in the Csc quarterfinals. The Hawks wound up rams Bill Schultz. Promoted to head coach regular season strife in a three Way tie for second place with a 6-2 record. Pitburg finished 4-4 in Csc Competition last year and then lost to Span Dahlem one of the 6-2 clubs in the opening round of the playoffs. Sembach the third 6-2 club in 1990, reached the semifinals last year but was Defeated by the rockets. Meanwhile the wolfhounds will be attempting to improve on their Best Ever 2-6 performance oblast year. They made the playoffs for the first time in their seven year existence. The a hounds sniffed an upset in that playoff game taking a Hulf time Lead before giving Way to Sam Baches explosive offence. Each team will play 10 games this season an increase of three from last year. The conference is set up into two leagues. Pitburg Ramstein Rhein main and Span Dahlem comprise the american league while National league teams consist of Hahn Lindsey Sembach and Oesterberg. Wei Brincken air base is in the process of closing Down and did t Field a team tins year. Teams will play each other twice in their own division and will meet each of the other leagues teams once. The Post season Competition which features All eight Csc teams this season begins with the quarterfinals the weekend of oct. 12-13, followed by the semifinals the next weekend. According to Homer Jackson 17th air Force sports and recreation superintendent the total playoff Sytch was instituted to give the weaker teams More incentive to Complete the season. A in the past a said Jackson a we had weaker teams compete in the finals and win. The whole objective of the football program to maintain compete pc Ness. This system Isnit perfect however it gives everyone a Chance to participate up to the very  the Csc championship game is scheduled for oct. 27 and the Safe championship on nov. 3 at the Field of the Csc Champion. No . Soccer league seen before world cup showcase new York up the United states selected to Host the 1994 world cup despite repeated failures in professional soccer will not establish a major league until after soccer a showcase event the head of the . Soccer federation said. A we will not have a full schedule for a professional league until 1995,�?� Usuf president Alan Rothenberg said at a news conference thursday announcing a marketing arrangement Between the federation and american airlines. Shortly after the United states was awarded the world cup in 1988, the Usuf announced a plan to establish a Multi tiered system of professional leagues. The system would have a top level league stretching across the country with one and perhaps two Levels of minor leagues operating regionally. As in the top leagues overseas there would be a system of promotion and relegation Between Levels depending upon performance. But Rothenberg who was elected to head the Usuf a year ago said plans re lating to the Host role for the world cup have taken precedence Oyer establishing a pro league. In addition he said the Public might be More receptive to a . League after watching world cup Competition in the summer of 1994. A everything is in the planning stages now a he said. A we plan to have a full schedule of games by it the end of the world cup most Likely in 1995.�?� the american professional soccer league featuring eight teams on both coasts currently is the country a flagship for outdoor soccer. The apse signs players on a part time basis and plays a june to August schedule instead of the nearly year round Competition provided in the Best leagues overseas. Several ventures have been started in the last 25 years to establish a professional soccer league in the United states but none managed to make major inroads on fans bred on baseball football and basketball. The North american soccer league appeared to have the Best shot at reaching major status with the sport enjoying a Boom period in the late 1970s after the new York Cosmos signed brazilian Star Pele. But popularity waned in the Early 1980s As teams spent More Money to import foreign players and the league disbanded in 1985. Currently the Best Way for . Players to get training has been to go overseas to play in european and South american leagues. Several members of last years world cup squad Are playing on foreign rosters. But Rothenberg said that once coach Bora Milutinovic selects the final . World cup roster in 1993, the Usuf would begin reclaiming players from the foreign leagues to play full time for the National team. A we will ask those clubs to which we have loaned players to give them Back and in some cases we will have to buy Back their contracts a Rothenberg said. A one potential thing to consider is we be created a Market for these Guys and now we re going to have to pay some substantial dollars to get them Back. But with no pro league Here that a fine.shape Cage Camp slated basketball the shape training Camp is set for nov. 13-30. A . Forces squad selected from that Camp will play in the 31st shape International basketball tournament dec. 1-7 in Belgium. Players interested in the trial local sports Camp at Heidelberg should Contact the Usa eur sports office at 379-7818/6007 or civilian 06202-807818/6007. Racquetball a an open tournament sponsored by the Kaiserslautern army Community is scheduled aug. 16-18 at Klc bar Cavern registration deadline is aug. 9, and there is a $15 entry fee. Call Gloria Taylor at ets 483-7115 for additional details. A Fliege Horst Cavern is the site of a labor Day weekend tournament sponsored by the Hanau military Community. Entry fee is $15, with aug. 27 the entry deadline. Sex Laker May rejoin team As aide an sports Albuquerque a after a years absence from the los Angeles lakers Michael Cooper said he a ready to return to the Aba team As a member of the coaching staff. Cooper who played 12 seasons with the lakers said he is very close to reaching an agreement with the club. A a there a some movement since the last time we talked and it looks like in a going to be rejoining the lakers a a he said. Cooper who left the lakers last season to play basketball in Italy said he met with Laker officials this past week in los Angeles. Cooper said if an agreement is reached his duties would include scouting and involvement in player personnel moves such As trades and the College draft. Cooper 35, said he has reached a financial settlement with the italian team 11 Messager which originally signed him to a three year contract reportedly Worth More than $1 million a season. A my obligations with them Are finished a he said. Central european time television football a nil american bowl los Angeles raiders is. Miami dolphins at Tokyo 4 . Sunday live. Pan am games a ii . Sunday live. Baseball a Minnesota at Oakland 10 . Sunday san Francisco at Cincinnati 2 . Monday live. Radio baseball a new York Yankees at Detroit. 1 30 . Sunday live