European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports j wednesday december 22,1993soccer Junkie works on his flight plan group a Pasadena june 18 Colombia is. Romania Detroit june f8 Usa is. Switzerland Pasadena june 22 Usa is. Colombia Detroit june 22 Romania is. Switzerland Pasadena. June 26 Usa is. Romania Palo Alto june 26 Switzerland is. Colombia 1 world cup first round draw the opening match Between Germany and Bolivia will be played on june 17, in Chicago. The final will be july 17 at the Rose bowl in los Angeles. A total of 52 matches will be played group b Pasadena june 19 Cameroon is. Sweden Palo Alto june 20 Brazil is. Russia Palo Alto june 24 Brazil is. Cameroon Detroit june 24 Sweden is. Russia Palo Alto june 28 Russia is. Cameroon Detroit june 2d Brazil is. Sweden Pontiac Mich. Slave Rome 76,000 Foxboro mass. Foxboro 61,000 group d Boston june 21 Argentina is. Greece Dallas june 21 Nigeria is. Bulgaria Boston june 25 Argentina is. Nigeria Chicago june 26 Bulgaria is. Greece Boston june 30 Greece is. Nigeria Dallas june 30 Argentina i Bulgaria Chicago a. \ Soldier Field Palo Alto up Elf. A a w Stanford 86,019 Pasadena Calif. A Cotton bowl Rose bowl 102,083 e. Rutherford no. Giants 78,891 it Washington do. Robert a Kennedy 56,000 a a w Orlando a. 0q Citrus bowl 70,189. Seating is for football because of wider soccer Field and accommodations for International press actual world cup capacity wifi be slightly less in each stadium. Group e . June Fol Italy is. Ireland Wash. . June f 9 Norway is. Mexico n.y./n.j., june 2j Italy is. Norway Orlando june 24 Mexico is. Ireland n.ymj�?zjune28 Ireland is. Norway Wash. ., june 28 Italy is. Mexico group c Chicago june 17 Dallas june 17 Germany is. Bolivia j Spain is. S. Korea Chicago june 21 j Boston june 23 Germany is. Spain j s. Korea is. Bolivia Chicago. June 27 j Dallas june 27 Bolivia is. Spain Germany is s. Korea mme cup usa9r a Isaic Tuiai group f Orlando. June 19 Belgium is Morocco n.y./nj., june 2$ saudi Arabia is Morocco Orlando june 29 j Morocco is Netherlands j Wash. Dc., june 20 Netherlands is s. Arabia Orlando june 25 Belgium is. Netherlands Wash. ., june 29 Belgium is saudi Arabia a the president of the world soccer body who is involved in a family feud with Pulc. But Pete was gracious about it. At a news conference for Mastercard he talked of a my dream come True in who played in the 1990 world cup. A i was hoping to get Bolivia instead of Colombia. I heard Guys saying a Switzerland is  and Romania is very talented. Maybe we have an Edge on them because by George Vecsey the new York times Las vegas Nev. A already my heart is broken. I cannot do it All. The 1 world cup draw has been official for Only a few hours but already 1 am in a High state of anxiety. I want to be Here. I want to be there. I want to be everywhere. Up to now it was just a Bunch of cities on a schedule. But now the slots have been filled with 24 teams. The entire world is coming to the United states from june 17 to july 17, but they play some of the games on the same Day in cities hundreds and thousands of Miles apart. What am i going to do saturday june 18. The United states against Switzerland in the Silver dome in Pontiac Mich. My National team got a rough draw with Switzerland Colombia. And Romania but then again what draw  be rough for a nation without a real National league this will be the first world clip game Ever held indoors a daring Experiment to put real grass in the Sil. Verdome. Good journalism and National interest say i should be there but my heart says and it docs not often say new Jersey. Saturday june 18. Italy against Ireland in giants stadium in new Jersey. Forget anything you Ever saw with the giants against Washington or Dallas. This will be the most emotional game Ever played alongside the new Jersey Turnpike and unless i can split myself in two in a going to miss it. These two teams have the deepest longest most noticeable ethnic roots in this country of hyphenated americans. And soccer is for better or worse a sport of nationalistic impulses. The Azzurri the blues the National team of Italy the Host country of the world cup in 1990. Ireland the Home of my Brand Mother. Italian flags and the Irish age Irish fans singing their hymns italian fans singing Arias. Somehow 1 done to see my newspaper chartering a corporate Jet to get me Between the two Garry is. This is the first emotional reaction of a soccer Junkie. And there Are billions of us. The whole world was watching the television show on sunday to Sec who would be playing whom. It would be easy enough to goof on soccer for choosing to hold its draw in Las vegas a terrible waste of Good desert but to the world it is a Beacon of wantonness and excitement and Glamour so they held it Here. The show was Long and mostly Orrele a. Vant a i mean what does Barry Manilow lip synching really have to do with soccer a but James Brown lit it up As always and 1 always give an extra Star to any movie with Faye Dunaway in it. The real Haw with the draw is that Pulc was never mentioned. This vicious act was perpetrated by one Joao Havelange by Jim Litke the associated press soccer should consider making Robin Williams a regular at the world cup draw. After All with the possible exception of Vanna White who else could hold a worldwide audience enthralled by a Puzzle so Many of them had already solved just about the time Barry Manilow slip synching of a could it be magic a had us convinced absolutely everything about sundays 90-minute, made for to extravaganza was worked out in Advance along came Williams to provide some badly needed spontaneity and a reason to ease off the Remote control. A a it a Nice to meet you a Williams said seeing the world cup come to his second Home and he said a my life does no to change because of the snub. Havelange soiled his own sport. They should get and of him As soon As possible with the greatest player in soccer sitting unheralded in the audience the show rambled to its conclusion a real opponents real dates real stadiums the games were everything we had All suspected the officials of trying to set up a favourable draw for the United states but the Fine tuning Only schved to avoid teams from the same Region playing each other. A there Are no Breaks for us even in our country Quot said Desmond Armstrong upon greeting fifa general Secretary Joseph Blatter a after All these years of feeling  a moment later As he watched Blatter pop open a plastic Ball Williams inquired a panty Hose a and the moment after that he pulled on a plastic Glove reached into the fishbowl once More and instructed Blatter a turn your head and  a show Biz. It makes life a Little bumps easier to negotiate. Or at very least forget. After the 1990 draw in Italy fifa was accused of having Sophia Loren Wear a Magnet ring to draw certain teams out of we arc More of a team. It would have been hard to some Etc three beatable teams into the . Draw. The world cup is bigger than any one country. It is the Best sports tournament in the world. And now it is real. It is a schedule in my hands but with the enthusiasm comes the frustration. Lets see. I can make the opener Germany Bolivia in Chicago on june 17. Then a your lads in Michigan restraining myself from flying into Newark sunday june 19, surprising Norway against formidable Mexico in Washington next Day the Netherlands against the bowls at prearranged moments. If there was any chicane or on that order sunday it was managed with much less clumsiness. Not that anyone outside the highest reaches of fifa would have noticed anyway. So arcane Are the rules determining who goes where and when that the a Fly a nine step tie breaking procedure looks transparent by comparison. As far As the homeboys were concerned the fix was definitely not on sunday. The United states did no to get the patsies or the paved Road some expected would guarantee a spot in the second round. The brackets were barely full before two time Argentine Captain Diego mar saudi Arabia in Washington. Wilt Ruud Gullet return now that his pal Johann Ruyff has not taken the Joo As dutch coach tuesday june 21, Alkis Panagoulias returns to his second Home with his greek team to play Argentina in Boston will Diego Armando sle a hold out then the United states plays Colombia in the Rose bowl on june 22. Then the red Eye Back to new Jersey for Italy against Norway then Mexico Ireland in Orlando. Then Belgium Netherlands the Battle of the lowlands a maybe a Hooligan Alert a in Orlando. More hard choices. And what about Brazil i Haven to seen Brazil yet. I must see Brazil. The players. The fans. The music. The Flag i Haven to figured out the rest of the first round yet. So Many options. And Only six months to work it out it needed Adona repealed a claim he made in 1990. A we knew beforehand who was going to be in each group Quot Mara Dora said. A with things like this they Are hurting soccer.�?�. Well yes and no. By playing with the rules beforehand fifa let it be known that All the cards dealt sunday were not coming off the top of the deck. That being so it should have had the Good sense to look after its newest richest customer More carefully. If the . Team has to push Back from the gaming tables after just one go round the crowd looking on will thin out in a hurry. Even Robin Williams is going to run out of material sometime. Robin Williams gave draw kicks commentary