European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 38 the stars and stripes sports Friday july 1,1994saudis, a 250-1 shot Advance by the associated press in the Brave new world of soccer saudi Arabia and the United states join the big boys nearly everybody looks to attack and America Falls in love with the world cup. Whether . Fans Are that enchanted with the tournament remains to be seen. With most games sellouts and television ratings Strong there Are indications it world cud could happen. A a the saudis might Usa 94 be at the forefront of. A wave of popularity . Organizers Hope the world cup brings to America. Yes right up there with the . Team. The longest shot in the 24-team Field when they arrived at 250-1 far beyond the Odds on the United. States a the saudis will be staying a bit longer. They advanced to the second. Round wednesday with a 1-0 Victory Over Belgium that equated the United states. 2-1 decision Over Colombia on the soccer Shock scale. �?o1 told you we would take second place in the group and Here we Are delivering what we promised a said saudi arabians Argentine coach Jorge Solari. A a this was not expected by Many As most folks did no to think the americans would Advance which they did by finishing third in their group. For that they get to. Meet tournament favor. Ile Brazil on the fourth of july at Stanford stadium Quot nobody thought we will beat Brazil nobody in the whole world a . Defender Alexi Lalas said. Nobody though the saudis would play More than three games in this world cup. They actually came close to winning group f. A Quot until the Netherlands scored Midway through the second half to beat Morocco 2-1 and win the group the saudis were the leaders now the dutch stay at the Citrus bowl to play Ireland on july 4, and saudi Arabia goes to Dallas for a match with Sweden of sunday. Belgium which already had advanced plays either Germany at Chicago or the i Riner of. Group d at Foxboro mass. Saced of Airano a Superb Solo Effort five minutes into the game produced the Only goal against the belgians who rested three starters and paid for it. Owaiian dribbled past Dirk Medved before sidestepping Michel de Wolf he then turned around Rudi Smidts moved into the penalty area and whipped a right footed kick past diving defender Philippe Albert and into the left Side of the net Quot this is the Best goal in be Ever scored in my life a Owaiian said. Quot but this goal Means nothing to me. I scored it for every saudi and every Arab Belgium coach Paul Van Hist issued a warning to Sweden and anybody else who might meet up with the saudi. Quot today we played against a very dangerous Side especially on the counterattack a he said a a the dutch were rescued by their Star Dennis Bergkamp who scored in the first half and set up the Winner by Bryan Roy in the 78th minute. With temperatures peaking at 118 degrees at Orlando. Fla., Netherlands sent Morocco Home with an 0-3 Accord. Quot everybody Wras totally spent by the heat. And to score at that stage was simply heavenly a Roy said. In other world cup news a Ion Vladoiu of Romania already banned from three games for a vicious tackle against Switzerland was thrown out of the world cup by his team because of his and off . Vladoiu will return to Romania on it Day. The romanians also cited Quot bad behaviour displayed by Vladoiu in front of one of the romanian coaches.�?�. A two people died during celebrations that turned violent in Mexico City following tuesday games when. Mexico the second round. Officials on wednesday reported More than 250 people injured 16 seriously. Saudi Arabia team members hug goalkeeper Mohammed Al a Cauca 1 brate their 1-0 world cup upset Victory Over Belgium in Washington d.c., Apas they Cele wednesday. Indianapolis a Glenn Robinson thought he was under pressure. Who she kidding he. Hasni to seen anything yet. The first of a record tying nine underclassmen picked in the first round of the Aba draft Purdue a big dog put on a Milwaukee Bucks Cap and pondered his soon to be multimillion Dollar career. A. Quot it feels great to be considered a player who is coming into the league like that a the drafts first selection said. Quot but in one respect it s bad because people Are going to expect for me to come in and want me to Dosee Page 34 for Aba draft list. More than what i can do. In a not going to let that worry me Quot it. A a a a a the 6-foot-8 Robinson the nations player of the year As a Junior first considered a jump to the Aba after his Sophomore season with the boilermakers. After he returned to College he spent too much time fending off questions about whether he would come Back for his senior year. Eventually he refused to talk about it. The Only one he had to answer to lie said was himself. A it was just a lot of a was i ready was i ready for All of this Media attention am i ready to go play on the Aba level it Felt i was ready.�?�. The Bucks As expected were Only Loo Happy to oblige. His considerable talents Range beyond his ability to score although his nations Best 30.3-Point average last season is plenty impressive in itself. After sitting out his freshman year As a prop 48 casualty he averaged 24.1 Points a game As a Sophomore then last season led Purdue to the big ten championship and a no. 1 seed in the Mcaa tournament. A a he became the Only Purdue player Ever to get 1,000wednesday�?Ts Aba draft Points 500 rebound 100 steals 100 assists and 50 a locked shots in a career and was a unanimous air american. Quot everyone would like to be the no. 1 pick. That a just being a competitor a Robinson said. A a lot of people say the no. 1 player is one of the Best and 1 want to be considered one of the Best.�?�. Like Robinsons selection by Milwaukee which was almost a foregone conclusion there were few surprises through the two rounds of the draft wednesday night. There also were no trades although one that would have sent Scottie Pippen from Chicago to Seattle for Shawn Kemp fell through. Another Deal that could Send Pooh Richardson and Malik Sealy from Indiana to the los Angeles clippers for Mark Jackson still might be in the works. What was noteworthy was the number of underclassmen selected in the opening round. Six of the first seven and nine of the top 16 picks were non seniors Matching the record nine underclassmen taken in 1982. Three More Early entry picks were taken on the second round. A a a a a after Robinson was picked California Point guard. Jason Kidd a 6-4 Sophomore who led the nation in assists and set a school record for steals was taken by Dallas. Dukes Grant Hill the Only senior among the top seven picks went next to Detroit. The Minnesota Timber wolves then took Forward Donyell Marshall of Connecticut the Washington bullets drafted Michigan Forward Juwan Howard the Philadelphia 76ers picked Clemson Forward Center Sharone. Wright and the los Angeles clippers chose Forward Lamord Murray a teammate of Kidd at California. The other underclassmen were Michigan a Jalen Rose the third member of the wolverines fab five team of 1992 to depart Early picked 13th by Denver George Washington a Yinka dare 14th by new Jersey and Louisville s Clifford Rozier 16th by Golden state the underclassmen taken on the second round were Cincinnati freshman Dontonio Wingfield 37th by Seattle Minnesota a Vashon Lenard 46th by Phoenix and Georgia s Charles Claxton 50th by Phoenix. A it s a Relief that its now Over. I know where in a headed and now my heart can Stop pounding a said Kidd. R a a a a. He already has set some lofty personal and team goals for his Rookie season with the Mavericks the a bad a worst team last season. Quot i want to be in the top five in the league in steals and assists and for the team to double its number of victories a Kidd said. A i think we can be a playoff team. That a a bold prediction but in a going to stick with Hill son of former nil Dallas cowboys Star Calvin Hill played for two Mcaa championship teams at Duke in 1991 and 1992. He said he did no to mind being picked third by the pistons. A Detroit is where i wanted to go i crossed my fingers a the 6-8 Hill said. A a in a like to think ill play Small Forward but 1 do a Little of everything. That a what in be done my whole career a Wright played Center at Clemson but the 6-11, 260-Pounder is expected to play Power Forward alongside the 76ers�?T last two no. 1 draft picks 7-6 Shawn Bradley and 6-7 Clarence Weatherspoon. The second senior in the draft was 6-9 Power Forward Brian Grant of Xavier Eric Mon Tross of North Carolina became Rotruc atari she a heir apparent when the Boston celtics made him the ninth Choice. Florida states 6-2 Point guard Charlie Ward the Heisman trophy w inner who was passed Over in april a nil draft was chosen by the new York Krieks with the second to last pick of the first round
