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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 1, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. Acre 1. 1992the stars and stripes a Page 21 Tab Ramos who scored Mac of the three american goals is cat doom from behind by Ireland a Terry Phelan during second half of . Victory at Frk stadium saturday  americans spark upset of Iris by Ronald Blum Washington a a pair of new americans made the United states look like a respectable soccer team on saturday night. Sparked by the debut of new citizens Roy Wegerle and Thomas Dooley the United states shocked Ireland 3-1 saturday night in its finest performance in years. Although it was an exhibition game the Start of a four team tournament with Italy and Portugal know n As . Cup �?T92, the result was quite a Surprise. Ireland a 1990 world cup Quarter finalist started six players from tuesday s 2-0 world cup qualifying Victory Over Albania and had thrashed the americans 4-1 at Home last month. John Harkes and Tab Ramos the Best americans during the 1990 world cup played together for the first time since the final game of that tournament a and Ramos scored the game Winner with 20 minutes to go on a blistering 30-Yard shot. Harkes scored with three minutes re-. Cup 92 mailing off passes from Wegerle and Dooley sealing the americans first Ever Victory against the Irish in five tries dating Back to 1924. A a it a a Feather in the Cap of the United states. Its a Feather in our Cap a Wergeles said. Wegerle 28, could have played for five nations because he was born in South Africa has an american wife a German passport a scottish Mother and lives in England. He elected to play for the United states because he went to the University of South Florida and intends to live Here w Hen his career is Over. He made an immediate Impact. After a scoreless first half the United states scored three times in the second to rally from a 1-0 deficit. Wegerle who plays for Blackburn rovers had waited years for his International debut while his citizenship made its Way through the state department. A a in be seen All my colleagues play the last five years and in be hungered for it a he said. A this is the worst performance by an Irish Side in a Long time a said goalkeeper Gerry Payton starting in place of sidelined Pat Bonner. A not Many teams beat us 3-1,�?� Ireland coach Jack Charlton said. The americans who finished 23rd among 24 teams at the 1990 world cup fell behind six minutes into the second half when Mick Mccarthy a player coach for Millwall in the English league put a header Over goalkeeper Tony Mcola who started to come off his line and then hesitated. Marcelo Balboa tied the score three minutes later after Dooley a 31-year-old who starts for dec Kaiserslautern took a Cross from Hugo Perez and headed it across the Goalmouth to John Doyle. Dooley the son of an american Serviceman who abandoned his family three decades ago fed Balboa who beat Pey ton. Then Harkes and Kamos moved into the spotlight. Wed esd Harkes plays for Sheffield wednesday in the English league and Ramos plays for Figueras in the Spanish second division. Their interaction with Wergeles and Dooley produced the strongest american team Ever fielded. A with Roy coming in we know we can play the Ball to him a Harkes said. Following the scoreless first half Ramos said . Coach Bora Milutinovic told players to Challenge the Irish. A the United states is maybe 50, 100 years behind Ireland in tradition and everything but when we play its 11 on 11 and we have to forget every thing else Quot Kamos said. The game was played in a steady downpour at Frk stadium one of nine Sites for the 1994 world cup. The announced crowd was 35 $96, but there were Many no shows. Still the . Fans chanted happily and the Irish played Mournful bagpipes As they filed out. Quot this is not our Best a a Ramos Smi Quot but its very close.olympic ban on Yugoslavia must come from Ioc Barcelona Spain a olympic officials said saturday that any move to ban Yugoslavia from the summer games would come from the International olympic committee a not local organizers. Quot the Ioc is the owner of the games. Invitations to the games Are sent by the Ioc and would have to be revoked by the Ioc a said Ioc president Juan Antonio Sam ranch Josep Miquel Aba chief executive a nicer of the Barcelona olympic or Cauzine committee screed that . Action would have to come from the Ioc and not from his organization. Sam ranch and Abad were interviewed hours before the United nations Security Council approved sweeping economic sanctions against serbian led Yugoslavia. The measure includes a ban from International sporting events. The Ioc previously has disciplined other countries in line with . Resolutions. But there was no immediate word on whether the organization would ban Yugo Lavia from the upcoming summer Sompi. 1 he Ioc banned South Afri Ca from 1970 until last year because of its apartheid system of racial separation. The . Sanctions had an immediate effect on the Luro can soccer championships which begin june 10 in Sweden. International and european soccer officials said they would go along with the . Sanctions and ban Yugoslavia from the tournament. Quot i think sport should never suffer from political decisions but sport cannot be completely apart from politics and supp Blatter general Secretary of i ii a. The world governing fat do for soccer. Yugoslavia also will be barred from world cup qualifying games As Long As the . Ban continues. Blatter and Lar Nan Johansson president of the european federation said their organizations would meet monday to confirm the decision. Earlier this year the Ioc recognized the breakaway yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia but Sam ranch has said it is too late to consider olympic recognition of i Ooria he inc go of  before summer Gaines begin july  
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