European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes going Flat out swedish striker Martin Dahlin. Who plays for Orussia Mon Victory Over Russia on Friday. Defender Dmitri Galiamina a preparing to no by Bill Knight Seattle Post intelligencer Mission Viejo Calif. A with a capacity Rose bowl crowd and a world television audience watching the american soccer team will try to do today what nobody dreamed possible when the world cup kicked off a week ago. If the upstart americans a nobody s pre tournament favorite a beat Romania they will Complete the first round unbeaten and move into the 16-Tcam second round As either a no 1 . 2 seed de world cup Usa 94 pending on the outcome of the Switzer land Coio Biu game being played at i same time today in Palo Alto . A. Is. Romania live from the Rose bowl 10 . Get Onan to Milutin Volc does it again a see Page 32 the americans will try to rattle the romanians and take them out of their Normal patient counter attacking style of play. A when they arc having Success and pressuring they do very Welt,11 said . Defender Alexi Lalas a if we can get with a win and a tie already it is Likely the the americans will Advance regardless of what happens today but they want to end any doubts against Romania the team wearing the cups most unpredictable Label. Four Days after shocking Colombia the romanians were crushed by Switzerland a they can play Reat or they can play an awful game a said . Forward Ernie Stewart. A they want to come in first in the group just like we do.,�?� said Marcclo Balboa the american sweeper who expects the talented romanians to regroup  will have lots of motivation. But i think their mentality is different. When things go wrong they seem to yell at each other and Bicker. When they got Down 2-1 against Switzerland they were on each other. Quot when we get behind we keep on playing. We keep on fighting no matter what happens. We will Battle for the full 90  and that a what it will take against romanians explosive scoring potential. The plan is to concentrate on stopping speedy Georgc Hagi considered one of the worlds most talented players lie i bulletin in a pair of group f world cup soccer games completed just As this edition of the stars and stripes went to press saturday night in Griesheim Germany Bel glum took a commanding Lead in the group by blanking the Netherlands 1-0 in steamy Orlando Fla and saudi Arabia stayed alive for the the second round with a 2-1 Victory Over Morocco at East Rutherford no. Rented the romanian attack by setting up two goals and scoring a third against Colombia and got his teams Lone goal against the Swiss. A Shagi not Only can shred a defense with his passes he scores goals himself said . Teammate Paul Caligiuri. A besides that they have two speedy  striker Florin Radu Choiu is a prolific goal scorer connecting twice against Colombia. Hagi Radu Choiu and several others have joined the elite of european big Money stars since the fall of romanians communist government. It sounded somewhat bizarre an up Start american plotting strategy to beat a team that ranks with Europe a Best and made it to the second round of the world cup in 1990, losing out to Ireland on penalty kicks Romania is a foots Down Winner of the tournaments frequent flyer award. The team opened in Pasadena flew to Pontiac and returned Here for today a first round finale. In the first game Romania was conservative allowing Colombia to control then striking quickly to take advantage of some shaky play by the Colombia goalkeeper three goals on Only 10 shots. Frustrated by the More physical Swiss Romania faded and turned ugly three yellow cards and a red card ejection of Ion Vladoiu. The us. Coaches continue to be Sty Mied about the Progress of midfielder Claudio Reyna from a hamstring injury to his right leg. He was ruled out of the world cup by team officials late thursday but they softened that prognosis on Friday. He now is listed As doubtful for Romania and Day to Day beyond that. A the hamstring injury is a difficult one Quot Trainer Rudy Rudowsky said. A you can to Force him Back too soom for fear of re aggravating the existing injury. A the has t done any kind of explosive work for fear of it getting any worse than it already is. So we re taking it slow right  move up Wimbledon England a immune to the rash of Wimbledon upsets top seeded Pete Sampras and nine time Champion Martina Navratilova cruised through third round matches saturday. Sampras trounced fellow american Chuck Adams 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, in a match suspended by rain late Friday. The defending Champion has yet to lose a set in his three matches winning the last two in less than 90 minutes. A hopefully i can maintain this level a in be played extremely solid a he said. But he described his fourth round foe hard serving czech Daniel Vacek As  Navratilova seeking her 10th title at the age of 37, triumphed 6-3,62 Over fellow american Linda Harvey wild who had won the Only previous match Between them. Like Sampras Navratilova Hasni to lost a set yet and has a Clear shot at the title following the first round oust of of top seeded Steffi Graf. The new favorite no. 2 seed Arantha Sanchez Vicario routed Nancy Feber of Belgium 6-2, 6-1. She needed treatment during the match after pulling a muscle i in her upper Arm that troubled her serve. In the Only upset of the Day Japan a Naoko saw Matsu Hung on to beat no 11 Mary Joe Fernandez 6-0, 7-5. Fernan Dez trailed 4-0 in the 58-minute second set before battling Back. Fifth seeded Jana Novotna who broke into tears after blowing a. 4-1. Third set Lead Over Graf in last year s final fought Back from a second set lapse to beat Dominique Mona Miof Belgium 6-0,4-6,6-0. Novotna appeared to be floundering when Monami took a 4-0 Lead in the second set. But the czech saved six set Points and extended the set to 65 minutes before losing it then overpowered her foe losing Only seven Points in the third set. In menus play fourth seeded Goran Ivanisevic who also Hasni to lost set in his three matches beat Amos Mansdorf of Israel 63,7-5,6-4. The menus no. 7 seed three time Cham Pion Boris Becker beat Javier Frana of Argentina 7-6 7-46-4,1-6, 6-3, and ninth seeded Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine Defeated Richard Fromberg of Australia 7-6 7-4 6-3,5-7,6-4. In the big match for Home country fans Jeremy Bates became the first British Man to win on Centre court since 1985, out playing Power serving Markus Zolecke of Germany 6-4,6-4,3-6,6-3. 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