European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Swiss . Tie one on by Harry Atkins Pontiac Mich. A it May not have been great soccer it was great theater and it was hot. The United states and Switzerland played to a 1-1 tie saturday in the first champs win Spain tied a see p. 32 world cup game staged indoors. Georges Bregy scored for the Swiss and Eric Wynalda scored for the . Team before a crowd of 77,557 in the Pontiac Silver dome. A it was definitely the Best goal of my life a Wynalda said. It was 92 degrees inside the Silver dome with 52 percent humidity. Yet it was a competitive if Sloppy game from . Soccer fans a Hodgson said Start to finish. The Swiss had several Good chances the Swiss appeared to have a Little la a in game but Meola was impede More Talent but the americans were a table. Tad quicker. It Wasny to until late in the Sec the closest Call came in the final min Ond half that players began to show a Ute when Clarkes Drew a yellow card for Tigue. A foul on Swiss Star Stephane Chapuisat. A it was extremely hot. It was a hard but Meola was ready and handled Sut Job a Swiss coach Roy Hodgson said. Terms hard kick in the Middle a few feet in the Swiss dominated most of the front of the net. Closely played first half. Then everything there was a distinct motown flavor to suddenly erupted As each team scored in the pregame extravaganza which lasted the final six minutes of the half. About 30 minutes. Bregy gave the Swiss a 1-0 Lead in the the show featured Singer Martha 39th minute on a free kick. . Goalie Walsh and hundreds of performers in Tony Meola had no Chance on the per eluding choirs from local High schools factly placed kick into the upper right the ceremonies focused on the uniquely Corner. Bregy was awarded the kick after american Silver dome and the revolution Tom Dooley pulled Down Alain Sutter. Ary natural grass playing surface inside it. The . Team was awarded a free kick showing off american ingenuity a a few minutes later when Ciri Sforza grass Field of 1,850 hexagons 100 Trian brought Down John harks Gles and 44 trapezoids was trucked into Wynalda brought the pro american the Silver dome to temporarily replace crowd to its feet with a free kick that the artificial turf which Isnit allowed by slammed into the net at 44 37. Wynalda fifa soccer a governing body. A team of who was ejected in the first game of the experts from Michigan state University 1990 world cup tournament kicked it made the indoor game possible by grow from 28 Yards. The Ball just grazed the ing grass  of the crossbar Well out of the it was the first world cup appearance reach of Swiss goalie Marco Pascola. Since 1966 for the Swiss who went 03 in a yes we know they play Good football England. The . Team qualified in and we had to play before 40-50,000 1990, but went 0-3 in the first round. A a a a. A map . Defender Csc Looman 14 steers the Ball away from danger saturday As Switzerland s Ciriaco Sforza 10 and Alain Sutter rear Rue a missed scoring Chance Starks instant replay Trey lumps to 3-2 Anthony Mason jams Friday in front of Otis Thorpe. By Dea Schabner new York up a for John Starks the shot Felt the same it had the same effect on the Houston rockets too. Starks drilled a 3-Pointcr with 2 22 left Friday night putting the new York kicks ahead for Good in a 91-84 Victory Over Houston that gave them a three games to two Lead in the Aba finals. The shot inspired the kicks who blew a 13-Point third Quarter Lead to fall behind by As  4 Points in the fourth much the Way Starks 3-Pointer in the closing moments of game 4 lifted them. A i knew once Vernon Maxwell stepped to my outside that shot was going to present itself a Starks said a it was the same shot he gave me in game 4. So i just stepped up and knocked Down the  a it took our momentum from us and it Hurt us a Maxwell admitted. A i Felt like 1 had a handle on it hut he got  Patrick Ewing scored 25 Points grabbed 2,rebounds and blocked eight shots. He hit 11 of 22 irom the Field after hitting just 17 of 57 in his last two games a a we be been winning some games with him m a slump a Anthony Mason said. A but when the big fell a Breaks out of it we re that much More  the kicks can wrap up the Aba championship with a Victory in game 6, scheduled for tonight in Houston Olajuwon shares the blame a see Page 35 1 30 . Get monday on an to and radio if necessary game 7 would be played wednesday night also at the  being that we be got the Chance to close it out in game 6, we done to want Rivait for game 7,�?� Mason said. Starks finished with 18 Points and six assists Mason scored 17 Points and Derek Harper added 14 Points and seven assists for new York. Hakeem Olajuwon it who had eight turnovers still led Houston with 27 Points a 13 in the fourth Quarter a and Otis 7horpe scored 14 Points and had 13 rebounds. Olajuwon who was All but unstoppable for much of the fourth Quarter scored off a drop step with 4 26 left that gave the rockets a 79-76 Lead. But Kaiser Starks scored on a drive Olajuwon had his jumper blocked by Ewing and that seemed to break the Charm. Maxwell hit one of two free throws giving the rockets an 80-78 Lead with 3 13 left but Houston would not score again for More than two minutes. A i thought Patrick was just awesome from a defensive standpoint a new York coach Pat Riley said. 1 thought Patrick was just awesome from a defensive standpoint a new York coach Pat Riley said. When he is away from Hakeem he has the Freedom to roam and Block  the stars and stripes june 19,1994 Page 36