European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 36 the stars and stripes sports wednesday june 15,1994 i a a Ltd a a the jfe3uk a a i Ord wide Mote people watch soccer than any other sport roughly one billion television viewers in -16? countries tuned in to watch the 1990 world cup finals Between Germany and Argentina almost four times the 253 million who watched the 1993 super bowl. The world cup which is held every four years will be in the United states for the first hone this summer with games in nine cities. Twenty four countries wifi play 52 games Tiptn june i 7 to july 1? to determine soccer s world Champion. An old sport soccer has been played longer in the , than in any country except Britain. In 1885, the a. And Canada played the first International match outside the British Isles. Soccer basics a the object of the game the to put the Ball in the net with any part of the body except the hand and arms. A each team starts 11 players from its roster of 22. A each team is allowed to substitute the goalkeeper and two other players. A each Golf counts for one Point a each game consists of two 45-minute halves with no timeouts. The referee keeps the official time and adds Quot injury to me a at the end of each Naif to compensate for play stoppages on the Field keyed to diagram below kick off matches Start with a kick off after a Coin toss. Also every time a goal is scored play restarts with a kick off taken by the team that gave up the goal. Penalty kick taken from the 12-Yard spot by a team after it is fouled. Inside the penalty area. Goal kick when the Ball goes Over the endline the other team gets a goal kick from a spot on the six Yard Box. Goal the Ball must fully. Cross the goal line. Walt on kicks near the goal defensive players try to Block direct shots. A Comer kick awarded to attacking team if a defender last touches the Ball before it goes Over his own end line. 7 direct free kick 9 when near the Golf players try to Bend it Over the Wall and past the goalkeeper. Q indirect free kick two players must touch the Ball before a team can score usually one player nudges the bail before another player kicks it Over the Wall. Q throw ins after the Ball bounces out of Bounds along the sidelines the team that did t put it out of Bounds gets a throw in. Both feet must touch the ground and release must be simultaneous with both arms. Fouls. When soccer was Young brute Force and violence wore the Nora now conduct has been regulated with a list of offences called Foutlik referees May penalize the offending team by awarding the opponents a free kick. Some examples of fowls direct kick awarded foots include a kicking or attempting to kick an opponent a tripping a jumping at an opponent a charging an opponent in a violent or dangerous manner a striking or spitting at opponent a holding a pushing a handling the Bah indirect kick awarded foots include a playing dangerously example attempting to play the Ball while it s in the goalie s hands a when not playing the Ball obstructing an opponent a the goalkeeper taking mom than four stops with the bail a delay of game kicking tripping k wiring tripping distracting opponent Felling opponent s in ii a a a o dangerous play world cup reaching its final Frontier by Thomas of Toole Scripps Howard news service More than two years ago 141 countries began the qualification process for the worlds most important team championship. Only 24 countries remain a and they Are coming to cup soccer the quadrennial extravaganza that captivates billions begins Friday in Chicago when defending Champion Germany meets Bolivia. After 52 matches and a month of marvellously intense and colourful Competition a Champion will be crowned july 17 in the Rose bowl. How big is the final More than a billion people tuned in to watch the 1990 championship game. The super bowl pales in comparison. A was an organizing committee we have set the table but the feast is really going to be on the Field a said Alan Rothenberg chairman of world cup Usa and president of . Soccer. A i think we will have the pub lies attention riveted for that Quot Guido Tognoni a spokesman for fifa International governing body of soccer predicts Quot when the world cup comes soccer will take Over the United nearly All games a divided among nine cities a will be sellouts. World cup officials expect record attendance at least 3.5 million. This is the 15th world cup and the first in the ., Long seen As fifa a final Frontier. Soccer is played by millions Here but football baseball and basketball own television and advertising. Its Uncertain what kind of lasting Impact world cup will make on americans. A poll earlier this year found that Only 25 percent even knew the world cup involves soccer. But the . Certainly is making an Impact on the world cup. This tournament will feature the cup s first indoor game innovative telecasts and Rule changes. It also will be spread Over an unprecedented three time zones. The . Team which is not expected to finish among the top 16, opens saturday in Pontiac mich., against Switzerland in the Silver dome this will be the first world cup game indoors. Real grass has been placed Over the artificial turf because International rules insist soccer be played on a natural surface. Sod also has been placed Over the carpet at giants stadium in East Rutherford . Artificial turf at the Cotton bowl in Dallas was removed and replaced by grass. The tournaments first stage has six groups of four teams playing round Robins. Teams Are awarded three Points for a win and one for a tic. The top two countries from each group and the four countries with the next highest Point totals Advance to the round of 16. After that its single elimination. Brazil and Germany Are expected to meet for the championship. Each has won three world cup titles. Brazil Hasni to won since 1970, and the pressure on coach Carlos Alberto Parreira and his roster of one name stars Romario Rai Bebe Toa Etc is extreme. It will be a Surprise if the . Advances from group a Colombia is favored Switzerland and Romania Are probably better than the . Traditionally Host countries do Well. In the previous 14 world cups the Host won five times and four other times finished in the top three. Never has the Host team failed to Advance to the second round. Partly to capture . Fans and to encourage scoring some rules have been changed. In past cups Only two Points were awarded for a Victory in round Robin play. That made the difference Between winning and tying less significant and teams tended to play defensively. Fifa changed to three Points for a win to inspire More offence which should Appeal to american fans. The 1990 average of 2.21 goals per game was the lowest Ever Bac passes a a stalling tactic where defenders pass the Ball Back to their own goalkeeper a have been outlawed. That is attempt to Speed up the game. But Rothenberg and other . Officials arc con corned with three aspects other than scoring turning a profit which almost certainly will happen establishing a . Professional league which May happen and having the . Team reach the second stage "1 done to want to say something that will be shoved too far Down my Throat in the future a said Rothen Berg a but i think we re a Lead pipe cinch at All three of p h
