European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 3. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 i Jav j by Ronald Blum Mission Viejo Calif. A. A Bora Milutinovic probably will pull a fast one against Brazil Gobi Jones is the Likely Midfield replacement for the suspended John Harkes. A i think i add a lot More Speed in the offensive attack a Jones said Friday As the United states prepared for mondays second round game at Stanford stadium. Quot hopefully i am put to Good use against the brazilians. Hopefully in a put to Good use with  Jones combines with Ernie Stewart and Eric Wynalda to give the United states one of the speediest front lines in the tournament. A the s the kind of player who  Jou on your heels As a de Ender a Wynalda said. A a he a extremely explosive. Jones 24, creates excitement among fans with his dreadlocks and ready smile. He has five goals in 53 International appearances but played just 59 minutes in the first round substituting for Stewart twice up front and for Tab Ramos in the right Midfield against Romania. A in the third game i came in with More time 64th flt . Is Brazil minute and in a position in a used to playing a Jones said. A i think i did pretty  Harkes is More of a defensive player creating a different dynamic on the left Side. Jones looks to attack. A when we broke out with Ernie and myself we be sometimes broken out too Quick a Wynalda said. A a he Sable to get into the attack fast a Jones teammates Arentt worried about him fitting into their flow. A a in be played in the preparation games with him and we have Good rapport a said defender Paul Caligiuri who also plays on the left Side. The americans were to practice at their training Camp in Mission Viejo on saturday morning before flying on a charter from Eltoro Marine base to san Jose.  practice at Stanford on sunday. Quot it is a very difficult thing that is ahead of us but not impossible a Milutinovic said Friday. A we have everything to gain and nothing to lose. That s a situation we should take full advantage of a a. Up North Brazil practice Friday at Santa Clara University. Brazilian Media was hysterical after tuesdays 1-1 tie against Sweden. A there is absolutely nothing to worry about a Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said. . Assistant coaches say the americans will try to play a compact defense clog the Middle and Force Brazil to attack on the flanks. A the . Team has improved technically a Parreira said. A it has gained a lot of experience defends very Well and attacks dangerously. The americans will try to pass the Bau around and Brazil will have to take the initiative and move onto the attack.�?�. Brazil is 5-0 against the americans outscoring the United states 20-3. . Players say the history Isnit in. Portent. A the toughest thing in sports is to win when you re expected to win a . Assistant coach Sigi Schmid said. Notes a . Goalkeeper Tony Meola did no to practice Friday resting his left knee which he strained in practice this week. Asked if there was any Chance midfielder Claudio Reyna would play against Brazil Milutinovic said a no Chance. Its very difficult to think that somebody who did no to make training for two weeks will  Reyna has been sidelined since june 8 with a pulled right hamstring. At Ladbroke in Britain the Odds of the United states winning the world  from 50-1 before the tournament to 125-1 after the 1-1 tie with Switzerland to 40-1 after the 2-1 Victory Over Colombia to 50-1 after the 1 0 loss Romania to 66-1 after the americans Drew Brazil As their second round  party opens . Festival by Teresa m. Walker St. Louis a the . Olympic festival �?T94 kicked off Friday night with an old fashioned Lawn party under the Gateway Arch on the Banks of the Mississippi River capped by a Little motown and fireworks. A the City of St. Louis has gone out of its Way to retake sure you have a Good time and that the . Olympic festival 94 goes Down As the Best Ever a Florence Griffith Joyner three time olympic Gold medallist said in welcoming about 2,200 athletes. They joined volunteers and thousands of fans who crowded onto the grounds of the Jefferson National expansion memorial for. The two Hiir show. People sat in folding chairs and on blankets on a Clear hot evening for the free opening ceremonies. The red Baron flight team started the ceremonies with a flyby along the River. Bob Costas Abc announcer and St. Louis native who was honorary co chairman and master of ceremonies pointed out that St. Louis hosted the 1904 summer olympics in conjunction with that years worlds fair. 1 a what has not changed in the years Between the 1904 olympics in St. Louis and the . Olympic festival �?T94 in St Louis a is the skill the dedication the commitment to excellence and the competitive spirit of the athletes Quot Costas said. The. Highlight came when area native and olympic Gold medallist a1 Joyner carried the olympic Torch onto the grounds. He passed off to Boxer Augustine Sanchez and volleyball player Kristin Folkl who then lit the cauldron for the 10-Day festival. The festival designed to give athletes a taste of the olympics featured Only mixed doubles Tennis Friday. On saturday the Festi on Val kicks into gear with 17 events including boxing basketball figure skating swimming and diving. By Bill Knight Seattle Post intelligencer Seattle a heading into the second round the world cup is up up and away / a a attendance television ratings and general interest Are soaring in soccer Ikhter ate America. Scoring is on the Rise from the last tournament. Colombia and Maradona have gone away. The plot thickened saturday in Chicago and Washington d.c., with the Start of a 16-team, single elimination format leading to the july 17 championship game in the Rose bowl. While Germany and Brazil remain the favourites it s obvious after 36 games those traditional world soccer Powers will face significant Competition. A this is anybody a world cup right now a american Forward Eric Wynalda keeps insisting. A four or eight years ago nobody could have seen that Nigeria would totally destroy Bulgaria 30 like they did in the first round. You can no longer just look at a pairing and say because of tradition that one team is going to  example two teams considered Lon shots even to Advance to the second round the . And saudi Arabia a came within a single goal at the right time of winning their respective groups. Two other outsiders Nigeria and Mexico did win group honors. Example Bulgaria which had never won in 16 world cup games q-10-6 until this year survived the Cut from 24 teams. So did Switzerland uninvited to the party since 1966, and Longshot Sweden. No team won All three first round games. Brazil and Germany came the closest with two wins and a tie but neither looked invincible Spain  each had a win and two ties. The first favorite out the door was hot dog Colombia and the first superstar sent packing was Argentina a Diego Maradona who flunked a routine Post game drug test. His teammates responded by blowing a 2-0 match to Bulgaria putting their title Hopes in question. Other not Aldes a helped by rattle change that gave a 3 Points for a win Wona cup up from 2 Points i 1c a a in past Douma urn ment thus Clis. Cou raging teams tvs gain a for a be it goal scones m up somewhat a 93 As compared to v 1990 world cup play. That s 2.58 goals per game compared with 2.27 in 1990. A there were just two first round scoreless ties the stuff that prompts yawns from casual . Fans. Only Greece went wingless and scoreless in the first two  attendance As predicted has been close to capacity for most games. There were 16 sellouts and the average crowd for the first round was nearly 67,000, highlighted by three capacity turnouts and More than 92,000 per game in the Rose bowl. The .-Romania showdown last Sun soccer promoter s by the los Angeles times Palo Alto Calif. A when Peter Bridgwater a former English policeman and now a Bay area soccer promoter Learned that the world cup was coming to Stanford stadium his wish was for the United states to meet England there on monday. England alas did not qualify for the tournament. So he made another wish a for the United states to meet Brazil there on monday. A a in a Over the Moon?1 said Bridgwater the world cups Palo Alto venue director when that second round matchup became a reality earlier this week. A on Friday in a trailer next to the stadium that ser is As his temporary office Bridgwater seemed More under the gun. A a in a still very excited a he said. A a it a the game of the tournament and for us its like having the final Here. But As amazing As it seems who would have thought you  find a marching band on july 4?�?� there Are other problems. One of the first things he did after learning the United states would be playing in Palo Alto on monday was invite president Clinton and vice president a1 Gore. They have not accepted. But neither have they turned him Down. His most pressing problems concerned pregame and halftime shows. He initially thought about putting on a red White and Blue extravaganza before c. I Day in Pasadena attracted an estimated 22 million Abc television viewers and the ratings Drew better than Wimbledon. Tennis or Golf. A the world cup and soccer interest got a big hype from the american Victory Over Colombia everybody a candidate As the biggest disappointment in the comic tuition. A despite deep concern Over possible violence from visiting fans most of the celebrations have been mild compared to what happens in other countries.11 suspensions announced Dallas apr . Midfielder John Harkes is one of 11 players suspended for the second round of the world cup. Harkes received two yellow cards in the first round and will not be available for the United states game monday against Brazil at Stanford Calif. Others who will be out because of two yellow cards received in. The first round Are Jan Wouters of the Netherlands Joaquin Del Olmo of Mexico Florin Radu Choiu of Romania Jose Luis Caminero of Spain and two bulgarians a Trifon Ivanov and Zlat Kolanko. Gone with red cards Are Italy goalie Gianluca Pagliuca bulgarians Zanko Tzvetanov and romanians Ion Vladoiu who was sent Home by his team for poor conduct on and off the Field. Also dismissed from his team was Germany a Stefan Effenberg for an insulting gesture directed at fans in the Cotton bowl last monday. He too had accumulated two yellow cards in the first  True remembering that one team on the Field will not be celebrating the fourth of july. So he ordered two massive flags to be unfurled before the game one from the United states and one from Brazil. To give the game a Holiday flavor he also arranged for fireworks to be set off after the National anthems. But he is still negotiating with the defense department for a pregame Fly Over and he lamented there Are no marching bands to be found anywhere. A most of them arc booked on that Day a he said a How about the Stanford band Quot i respect the Stanford band Quot he said diplomatically a but i think they re on  r