European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New format for cup draw . Team by Ronald Blum Las vegas apr thanks to fifa the United states should have a much easier Chance of advancing to the second round of next Summers world cup. Soccer a governing body on thursday changed the rules for sundays world cup draw ensuring that the United states which went 0-3 in 1990, will have to play Only one of the worlds top 11 teams in the first round. Quot by getting seeded no. 1 we already done to have to play the five strongest teams a a . Soccer federation president Alan Rothenberg said adding the new rules were a even  under the old rules teams were ranked based on their performance in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 world cups with the Host nation 4nd defending Champion getting automatic seeds. Because Strong teams such As the Netherlands played badly or did no to even qualify for recent world cup soccer world cups some top teams would have been in the bowl for third ranked nations. Instead All of Europe a Strong non seeded teams Are together in the same bowl. The United states coming from the bowl of seeded teams wont have to play another seeded team and will play Only one from the bowl with the next Best six. The changes left the bowls for the draw As follows bowl one Germany Argentina Belgium Brazil Italy and the United states. Bowl two Bolivia Cameroon Colombia Mexico Morocco and Nigeria. Bowl three Bulgaria Ireland Netherlands Romania Russia and Spain bowl four Greece Norway saudi Arabia South Korea Sweden and Switzerland. Fifa general Secretary Joseph Blatter rejected suggestions that fifa dispense with a draw and determine the groups in a manner similar to the Mcaa basketball tournament bracket. Quot this is not the custom in fifa a Blatter said. Vwe have a tradition in our Competition that we will have a draw. This custom goes backwards to 1930, when we had the first world  Blatter said the Rule changes ensure that teams from the same continent wont be in the same group except for Europe which provides 13 of the 24 teams there will be one group with three european teams and five with two. To would have been very difficult to present a consistent draw without the changes Blatter said the draw will determine the six groups and they will be assigned to cities before the Law Nour ceremony is Over. It already has been determined that the United states will play at the Pontiac Sil verdome and the Rose bowl and that the stars and stripes december 18,1993 Pago 32 Germany will play at Soldier Field and the Cotton bowl. The other Sites Are giants stadium Stanford stadium Frk stadium the Citrus bowl and Foxboro stadium. During its 3v4-hour meeting fifa a world cup organizing committee rejected a request from South Korea and North Korea to Field a joint team and also recommended that three Points instead of two be Given for first round wins. That change expected to be approved Friday by fifa s executive committee  have changed the 16 teams to Advance out of the first round in 1990.pacers end Hawks Streak spurs Deal mavs 17th loss in Row by the associated press Dallas kept losing Atlanta stopped winning. The Mavericks losing Streak reached 17 games thursday night As the san Antonio spurs beat Dallas 103-89. Atlanta a winning Streak ended at 14 games As it blew a 17-Point Lead and lost 99-81 at Home to the Indiana pacers Dallas is Only two losses shy of the club record losing Streak of 19 that the Mavericks set last season As they went 11-71. They can match it monday at new York if they also lose at Houston on saturday. Quot we be got a Long Way to go a Mavericks coach Quinn Buckner said. Quot we have to find some people to play with  David Robinson scored 30 Points including 13 in the first Quarter and 13 More in the third. Dale Ellis added 18 Points and Dennis Rodman had 18 rebounds for visiting san Antonio. Quot a losing Streak is scary because you never know when the team is going to get out of it. Sometimes a team on a losing Streak is real Loose and can sneak up on you. We did no to want them to be Loose tonight a Robinson said. Atlanta a Streak came to an end because the Hawks could t hold onto a huge Lead they built in the second Quarter. T Dominique Wilkins gave the Hawks a 36-19 Lead but the pacers came Back with a 14-0 run. A we were ready to play but things just did no to go right a Wilkins said. A so Many times the clock was running Down and forced us to take bad shots they just outplayed us  a the Streak had to end sometime a Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens said. A i just wish it had been on the Road rather than at  was the first loss in 10 games for Atlanta at the Omni. Only 10,551 fans showed up at the 16,510-seat Arena. In other games thursday night kicks 108, lakers 85 at new York Patrick Ewing broke Walt Frazier s team scoring record of 14,617 Points with an 18-foot jumper in the second  Wasny tall Good news for the kicks however. Starting Point guard Doc Rivers twisted his left knee while driving to the Basket. He was to undergo an mrs exam Friday. Ewing finished with 27 Points and Charles Oakley had a season High 21. The pacers Reggie Miller beats the Hawks Mooke Blaylock to c Loose Ball in Atlanta thursday  111, hornets 95 at East Rutherford n.j., the nets limited Charlotte to 37 percent shooting and blocked a season High 15 shots. Chris Morris had six of his team High 19 Points in a seven Point spurt after Charlotte closed to 92-86 with 6 13 to play. Pistons 97, bullets 95 at Washington Joe Dumars took the game into his own hands in the fourth Quarter scoring 16 of his 27 Points to Send Washington to its ninth straight loss. Detroit had a 80-76 Lead before Dumars made two straight buckets to increase the margin to eight. Gug Liotta hit a 3-Pointer, but Dumars did the same to give Detroit an 8779 advantage with 6 45 left. Washington got within 90-87 before Sean Elliott hit a jumper. Don Maclean then made a Layup but Dumars nit a 3-Pointer for a 95-89 Lead. Heat 90, Cavaliers 89 i Cavaliers got a scare when Chris Mills left the court holding his Chest and had to have an Electrocardiogram in the Locke room. He was later taken to a local Hospital. Herskowitz the heat team physician examined Mills. A the is not in any distress or danger i hey Are going to keep him overnight As a precaution Ary measure and see what the tests show a he said. Steve Smith scored Miami a last four Points including a 17-foot jumper with 7.3 seconds remaining. 246850 0005