European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes Friday May 15,1992 world league flexible fans still turn out for Galaxy by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany while Wald stadium has been Eintracht Frankfurt a Field of dreams it has been Galaxy coach Jack Elway a Field of screams. Elway a Galaxy comes Home to face the 6-2 san Antonio riders on the heels of a painful six game skid that has locked his team out of the playoffs after going a league Best 7-3 last season. Rickoff is set for 7 . Sunday. Eintracht Frankfurt a division i soccer team leads the German Bunde Sliga and has been the Toast of town. The Galaxy which was the world leagues third Best team last season is now the joke of the town. Forget the a build it they will come a number. Despite the horrendous showing of late Galaxy general manager Oliver Luck a motto these Days is a just play they will and come they will the a a they being More than 26,000 fans who have bought tickets for the game. The last time Frankfurt 2-6 played at Home More than 35,000 people jammed into the stadium to watch their Galaxy get decimated by Orlando a Scott Mitchell 38-0 on april 25. It was the first time Frankfurt has Ever been shut out in the team s two year history. In that game things got so bad that the Hometown crowd switched allegiances through the third Quarter and cheered Orlando a every gain jeered every Frankfurt advantage. A i just went Home after that game and i Wasny to really Down i guess. I had a couple Beers talked with my wife about it. What be came up with was that the game really was kind of a social phenomenon the Way the fans switched on us. It Wasny to really humiliating a Luck said. A now if they would have left on us then it might have been a different Story. But they Frankfurt opened the season with two big victories Over division rivals Barcelona and London and had a lock on first place in the european division for All of a week. It would be the last time Elway and Crew would crack a genuine smile. Home losses to Birmingham 17-7and a last minute loss to Barcelona 20-17 dropped his squad to .500. But worse Elway lost starting quarterback Mike Perez for the season against the dragons. A closing Mike was the big key a Elway said. A that really Hurt us because he was starting to throw the Ball like we knew he could. He was throwing with quite some accuracy and his intermediate game was As Strong As it has Ever been. That was the turning Point in our season without a Perez was one of the leagues most prolific passers behind nil allocation products David Archer and Scott Mitchell before he went Down with the rotator cuff injury. Elway played second Stringer Alex Espinoza in Perez a place but Espinoza was ineffective and went out with a hip Pointer. Chris Cochrane who started the season As the expansion Ohio glory a taxi squad quarterback will get the Start. And if there is anyone on the Galaxy roster who wants a Victory badly it is Cochrane. He has never experienced a Victory in the world league. The glory went 0-6 during Cochrane a tenure there. A i just want to win one game at least. I done to even know what it feels like a Cochrane said. A at this Point a Elway said a a we la see who Are the professionals and who Are the Guys who just want to get these next two games Over with and go Home. Its about Chris Cochrane can to keep up with this Jones a Stephanie Jones got the jump on the Field at the first Day thursday at the Germany a track and Field meet in Mannheim Germany. With four events completed Jones has two Gold medals winning the High jump at 5 feet above and the triple jump right at 33 feet 11 i inches. Both efforts were under Jones european season bests of 5-4 and 34-8, but they were Good enough for two berths in the Central european meet in Munich next week. Competition concludes for the a track sters at 10 30 . Today for Field events running events Start at noon at Woods memorial Field. A amps photos by Dave did Oberlin Augsburg earn berths Augsburg Germany a the Berlin boys and Augsburg girls earned berths thursday in the Small schools soccer tournament next Friday and saturday in Berlin by Topping the Germany a South tournament. The Berlin boys ended the 21-year coaching career of Munich coach a1 Mustico Short of a title when they overwhelmed the Mustangs 3-1 in the title contest. They will be joined in Berlin by regular season Champ Ansbach. Mustico a son Alex had a second half score for the Mustangs but it Wasny to enough to overcome a 2-0 halftime Edge for the bears fashioned on goals by Ricardo Olivarez and Anthony Avilla. Olivarez tallied twice for the winners who got assists from Lee Bowman and Sean Clark. The a South a girls representatives Are Augsburg a 2-0 Winner Over Vilseck in the title game and regular season Champion Munich. Amy Requena the tournament map and Emily Krohse provided All the scoring the champions needed to support the shutout goalkeeping of All tournament keeper Nora soccer a rpm a re ached the title game by sweeping 4-0 through thursdays round Robin schedule. The bears faced their toughest test against their hosts rally my from a 3-1 halftime deficit to win 4-3 behind 3 goal trom Clark and another by Bowman. Bryan Weber halt die other s ,0sing Effort Mikko Lavalley 8� these Awhead wasted -3-0 Over Ansbach of 4 Nejl a my St co and Mark Cunningham am a ii i with Bowman netting two and Clar did de Lelo a s a Owman a so had two assists a Gan Witk scr go or a made to the championship shootout Victory Over Munich after Regula Tion and overtime had produced a 3-3 tie. One a Nam had 8�als and an assist for the winners Cue had m8 Immy Tely after her own goal mis by Vlark mustan8s into a 2-2 tie. Angi it Munich ont i 80al a regulation for Augsburg Malone of Janelle Widener and Tamm
