European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Only time will Tell . Plays waiting game 1-0 loss world cup a by Barry Wilner a sports writer after losing its biggest world cup game the United states was left to play a waiting game. It could end As Early As tuesday or As late As thursday. It could have been much easier. Romania beat the americans 1-0 sunday winning group a and leaving the . Team in third place. Only the four Best third place teams will Advance to the second round. While the United states still is in Good shape to get a berth it figures to find tournament favorite Brazil or defending Champion Germany looming around the Corner. A we wanted to play a team like Brazil or Germany a . Goalkeeper Tony Mcola said Quot but we wanted it to be in the semifinals at teammate Tab Ramos thought the americans got carried away with their Success after tying Switzerland and beating Colombia. He said overconfidence did them in at the Rose bowl As much As Romania which got a goal from Dan pct Csc in the 18th minute and held the Lead. Quot we thought we were going to go Forward and beat this team forgetting they re a better team than we Are a Ramos said. Switzerland got second place despite losing 2-0 to Colombia which became the first team eliminated from the tournament bulgarians were crying tears of Joy after their first world cup Victory in six trips to the soccer championship. Star Hristo Stoichkov had two goals on Penally kicks As Bulgaria routed Greece 4-0, the second loss by that score fur the greeks in the event. At Pasadena Calif in temperatures that reached 120 degrees on the Field sunday Romania seemed comfortable enough Petrescu finished off a terrific series of passes after the . Defense overplayed the stars and stripes ports june 28,1994 Page 32 toward left Wing. Meola appeared out of position As Petrescu put the Ball Between the goalie and the Post on the near Side in the 18th minute. Quot from that Angle i done to think anybody thought he would shoot a Paul Cali Giuri said. Quot i done to think anybody got on to Tony at All after that goal. All we talked about at halftime was How we were going to but they never did. The americans will be without midfielder John Harkes who received his second yellow card of the first round and will be suspended for the second round. If there is a second round for them. It will take a series of improbable results in the other five groups to keep them from advancing Quot before the world cup began if anyone had predicted wed get four Points no one would have believed them a defender Fernando Clavijo said. Quot so we have something to be very Happy Herman Gaviria and Harold Lozano scored for Colombia in the game at Stanford Calif. At Chicago Bulgaria moved into Contention for the next round and Greece made fans wonder How it became the Only european team to go unbeaten in qualifying Quot in Bulgaria there is probably talk on the streets that it a cd re going to the finals a said Zlatko Iankov. Tom Dooley is a picture of Complete dejection As he leaves the Field at the Rose bowl after heartbreaking . World cup loss to Romania in title deciding group a Jackson stuns Sanchez Vicario Wimbledon England a Zina Garrison Jackson leu a charge of five american women into Wimbledon a a quarterfinals monday with a dramatic three set upset of second seeded Arantha Sanchez Vicario. The spaniard was the favorite after Lori Mcneil a first round upset of defending Champion Steffi Grant but Garrison Jackson a finalist Here in 1990, won for Only the second time in 10 career meetings with Sanchez Vicario 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a 2l/>hour thriller. Never before had the two top seeded women been ousted before the quarterfinals. Mcneil nine time Champion Martina Navratilova and first time Wimbledon Quarter finalists Gigi Fernandez and Lindsay Davenport also advanced Davenport with a rout of slumping Gabriela Sabatini. Not since 1985 have five Ameri can women gone so far Here. American men also did Well. Top seeded Pete Sampras yet to lose a set in four matches overwhelmed Daniel Vacek of the czech Republic 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 7-5and 10th seeded Michael Chang ousted French open Champion Sergi bruguera of Spain 6-4, 7-6 9-76-0 to set up one of the quarterfinals. Chang seeded 10th, got past the fourth round for the first time in seven Wimbledon a. In an All american Battle sixth seeded Todd Martin staved off a comeback bid by former Champion Andre Agassi and reached the quarterfinals for the second straight year with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 7-046,6-1 Victory. Martin will play coded Wayne Ferric a of South Africa who beat Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden 6-3, 6-7 7-26-4, 6-3. / Sampras handled Vacek in Only 87 minutes the third time the defending Champion was Able to win in less than an hour and a half. He connected on 77 per cent of his first serves and hammered 18 aces against the 51st-ranked czech raising his four match total to 89. Agassi who won the title Here in 1992, had the crowd on its feet As he took the fourth set but Marlin bore Down in the fifth winning the last game at love. Fourth seeded Goran Ivanisevic another big server lost his first set in four matches but beat Alexander Volkov of Russia 7-6 7-37-6 8-64-6, 6-2 with 36 aces the most so far in the tournament. American Bryan Shelton playing his third consecutive five setter finally ran out of magic and lost to Sweden a Christian Bergstrom 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8. Shelton a Only easy match was his first a straight sets upset of no. 2 seed Michael Stich. Navratilova in her Farewell Wimbledon at age 37, crushed Helena Sutkova 61, 6-2, slamming an Ace on match Point to move a step closer to her 10th title. A a it a Nice to have an easy one physically a Navratilova said. Quot i think in be finally convinced myself that i can still play this Mcneil outlasted Florcne a lab at of Argentina 7-6 7-476 7-4 to make the quarterfinals Here for the first time since 19s6. The ninth seeded Davenport playing Only her second Wimbledon routed no. 10 Gabriela Sabatini 6-1, 6-3, and Fernandez in her 10th try Here beat Sayuk Basuk iof Indonesia 64,6-1. Third seeded Conchita Martinez beat Kristine Radford of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 64, and fifth seeded Jana Novotna tearful loser to Graf in last years final advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 win Over Naoko Sadamatsu of Japan. Novotna next plays Navratilova Martinez plays Davenport and Fernandez plays Garrison Jackson. A Larisa Sci and playing in her 11th Wimbledon joined Davenport and Fernandez As a first time Quarter finalist. The 27-year-Otd latvian rallied past Amanda Roetzer of South Africa 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 and will play Mcneil in the quarterfinals
