European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports monday june 6,1994u.s. Not so Green this time around a by Ronald Blum Mission Viejo Calif. A they re four years older and presumably Wiser. Are they any better in 1990, the Young americans who got the United states its first world cup berth in 40 years were knocked out of the tournament after an 0-3 first round and finished 23rd among the 24 teams. Last time they were just Happy to be there. This time with the United states automatically qualifying for the world cup As the Host nation Many team members say they la be failures if they done to get to the second round. A if we play at the top of our level and we have a Little bit of Luck i think we can accomplish it a said midfielder Tab Ramos. A we done to have the Type of pressure All the teams have from their  when the americans got to Italy four years ago they still were on a High from world cup countdown just 90 Days. A if i Wasny to sure that i  have reasonable Success 1  have taken the Job a said Milutinovic hired on the recommendation of Franz Beckenbauer after the German turned Down the Job. Milutinovic a 49-year-old serbian who Speaks Spanish French and German but Only Bolcen English junked Gansler a defensive tactics and encouraged players qualifying. Their average age of 24.2 was the lowest in the tournament. In Many ways it was a College All Star team with four players from Urcla and two from Virginia. Now Ramos is a Veteran of four seasons in the Spanish league. John Harkes another midfielder spent four seasons in the English league and Forward Eric Wynalda has spent two seasons in the German Bunde Sliga. . Soccer officials have found three a a passport americans to supplement the group. Defender Thomas Dooley of Germany and Forward Ernie Stewart of the Netherlands Are sons of . Servicemen. Roy Wegerle a South african who plays in the English league went to College at South Florida and has an american wife. Still it May not be enough to Advance from a group that includes Switzerland Colombia and Romania. Teams will need at least a win to Advance possibly a win and a tie. A maybe the american team does no to have the stars but it has an 11-Man team and it really fights a said Greece coach Alkis Panagoulias the american coach at the 1984 olympics. . Players also had the goal of going to the second round four years ago but that became unrealistic after a 5-1 opening loss to Czechoslovakia. The americans were Down 2-0 at halftime gave up another goal seven minutes into the second half and wound up getting out shot 24-7. Players were battered from the Roui. Fined a Linesman. A fall of a sudden it was like getting hit with a Bat Over the head a Ramos recalled last month. A we adjusted. The next game we did  playing defensively the americans lost Only 1-0 to Italy at olympic stadium. With 20 minutes to go Peter Vermes and then Bruce Murray nearly scored. A 2-1 loss to Austria underscored How much More these players needed to Progress from the Mcaa level. A a it a difficult to reach an International level in Only one or two years a czechoslovak coach Josef Venlos said then. Bob Gansler was replaced As coach the following March by Bora Milutinovic a soccer a Miracle worker Quot who took Mexico to the world cup quarterfinals in 1986 and Costa Rica to the second round in 1990 after working with the team for rough play and Wynalda was ejected and fined for pushing an opponent in front of to handle the Ball. He wants players to have fun. Instead of practice players have sometimes heard him say a today we go to  a the leaves people having questions in their mind what s going to of happening who a going to be playing where its very difficult Harkes says. Under Milutinovic the americans were 8-2-3 in 1991 and won the first conc Acaf Gold cup the championship of soccer a North and Central american and Caribbean Region. But they slumped to 6-11-4 in 1992, 10-13-11 last year and 5-5-6 counting saturdays 10 Victory Over Mexico their final game before the world cup. The 28-31-24 record under Milutinovic Isnit impressive but european club commitments injuries and suspensions left Milutinovic with his full roster for just nine of those games. The americans went 7-1-1 in those including wins Over England and Ireland and a tie with Italy. A a it a not the same to play a Friendly game against Italy on a sunday As it is to play Italy in the world cup Quot Ramos says. National teams Are rarely at full strength Only during the quadrennial world cup and world cup qualifiers and during the quadrennial european championship does it usually occur. Milutinovic has chosen at times not to use his Best players even when they Are available saying he needed to look at the others. A Bora always keeps the big picture and that a the world cup a says Steve Sampson one of the . Assistant coaches who frequently helps players and reporters try to divine Milutinovich a thinking. Several prominent players from the 1990 roster have been Cut Vermes Murray goalkeeper Kasey Keller and defender Desmond Armstrong. The starting lineup in the americans june 18 opener against Switzerland at the Pontiac Silver Doc figures to have just five holdovers from the Czechoslovakia game Tony Meola in goal Paul Caligiuri on defense and Harkes Ramos and Wynalda at Midfield. Marcelo Balboa will be at sweeper with Alexi Lalas or Cle Kooiman joining him on defense. Dooley a Veteran of Germany a Bun Elisga will be in the Midfield. Two probably will Start from among Stewart Wegerle and Frank Klopacs Back with the team after being dropped in late 1989 and a hot scorer of late. A your experience is so much More than it was in 19 Tain. Will All the changes be enough a i think its unrealistic to expect every summer Well come up with a big upset a Ramos says. A we have to play at 100 percent and get through and beat these  90,�?� says Meola the . Cap goalie Tony Meola a Veteran of 1990, airs one out at a team Usa practice session. Piile eat one of . World cup team no. Name 18 Brad Friedel 1 Tony Meola 12juergen Sommer 17 Marcelo Balboa 3 Mike bums 20 Paul Caligiuri 21 Fernando Clavijo 4 Cle Kooiman 22 Alexi Lalas 2 Mike Lapper 5 Thomas Dooley 6 John Harkes 13 Gobi Jones 19 Joe Max Moore 7 Hugo Perez 9 Tab Ramos 15 Claudio Reyna 16 Mike Sorber bom Hometown goalkeepers 1971 Bay Village Ohio 1968 Kearny . 1969 Naples Fla. Defenders 1967 Cerritos Calif. 1970 Marlboro mass. 1964 Diamond bar Calif. 1957 St. Louis 1963 Ontario Calif. 1970 Detroit 1970 Huntington Beach Calif. Midfielders 1961 Mission Viejo Calif. 1967 Kearny . 1970 Westlake Village Calif. 1971 Irvine Calif. 1963 san Diego 1966 Hillside . 1973 Springfield . 1971 St. Louis forwards Chicago. Tilburg Netherlands Caps goals 14 Frank Klopacs 1966 8 Ernie Stewart 1969 Ivroy Wegerle 1964 11 Eric Wynalda 1969 coach Bora Milutinovic. Assistant coaches Timo Zekoski Steve Sampson Sigl Schmid. Goalkeeper coach Milutin Soskic. Coventry England Westlake Calif. 25 _ 85 a 0 a a 90 10 18 0 83 4 58 0 11 1 46 5 39 1 39 4 49 4 50 5 34 9 77 16 50 3 17 2 35 2 31 9 16 2 17 2 53 14 germans returning 9 of 11 title game starters Zurich Switzerland a nine of the 11 players who started for Germany in the 1990 world cup final were included in the 1994 roster announced saturday by fifa soccer a governing body. Five of the players who started for Argentina Are returning too including Diego Maradona. The rosters of the 24 teams which were due by Midnight Friday european time contained most of soccer Stop stars including Roberto Baggio of Italy Beneto and Romario of Brazil Hristo Stoichkov of Bulgaria Roger Ulilla of Cameroon Faustino Asprilla of Colombia Rashidi Yekini of Nigeria Gheorghe Flag of Romania Martin Dahlin and Tomas Brolin of Sweden and Stephane Chapuisat of Switzerland. Among the missing were several injured players including Marco Van Bas ten of the Netherlands a three time european player of the year. He wanted to play but declined because of pressure by a Milan his club in Italy. Dutch teammate Ruud Gullet was dropped after walking out of Camp in a dispute with coach Dick Advocaat. Russia dropped four stars who refused to play for coach Pavel Sadrin midfielders Andrei Kan Chelkis and Igor Shalimov and forwards Sergei Kiriakov and Igor Kolyma nov. The . Roster averaged 26.4 years of Are. Up from 24.2 four years ago in Italy. Of the German players who started the final at Rome on july 8, 1990, Only sweeper Klaus Augenthaler and Forward Pierre Litzbarski Arentt still around