European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 15, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 . Soccer s Rothenberg survives bid to unseat him san Dieco tap a Alan Rothenberg who header this Summers world gup survived a bitter Campaign to win re election saturday As the president of the United states soccer federation. Rothenberg won another four year term at the us Sfa a annual general meeting when he Defeated Usuf treasurer Richard Groff on the second ballot. Rothenberg won 53.4 percent of the vote while Groff took 46.6 percent. A it says the rank and file is in overwhelming support of what we be doing a Rothenberg said. A the people have spoken up pretty  the results however seemed to fall Short of the landslide Rothenberg had predicted before the meeting. Although official results were not released it was Clear Rothenberge a biggest support came in the Amateur and youth Camps. Three of the four . Professional soccer leagues cast their votes with Groff. The american professional soccer league the National professional soccer league and the Continental indoor soccer league supported Groff Only the United states inter regional blazers make bid for world hoop tourney Toronto a the Portland Trail blazers have submitted a bid to Host the world championship of basketball tournament and have been told their chances Are a very  a a it a definitely a City we re interested in a said Boris Stankovic Fiba general Secretary. Fiba basketball a world governing body stages the world championship every four years. The 1994 world. Championship is being held in Toronto so Portland a Best shot at hosting the tournament is probably eight years from now in 2002. Executives from the Trail blazers met Friday with Stankovic and Steve Mills the a bad a vice president of special events. A it went very Well a Stankovic said of the meeting. A we talked about construe Tion of the new Arena in Portland a it looks  the deadline for bids to Host the 1998 world championship is sept. 15. Portland is the first City to submit a bid but Stankovic said he also expects bids from Italy Japan Mexico and Indianapolis. The Winner will be announced oct. 28 or 29, he said. A we wanted to make Clear to Boris what Well do to make sure we get  with the 1994 tournament held in North America the 1998 site Likely will on another continent Fiba officials said. But if Portland is passed up in 1998, its chances would be a very Good to be the Host City in 2002. A we want to make sure when the thing comes Back to North America that we get it period a Trail Blazer president Marshall Glickman said. Stankovic visited Portland in 1992.for the tournament of the americas the olympic qualifying event. A i think he was very pm pressed with the tournament of the americas. We exceeded their wildest expectations a Glickman said. # a what also impressed them was the interest. In Portland its a big Deal. Here in Toronto its not As big. And they re Nappy with How its doing Here. I said a great if you re Happy with this you 11 really be Happy in  a soccer league sided with Rothenberg. A a it a certainly disappointing a Groff said. A but we knew we were around 40 percent of the vote. We did no to know of Many votes Hank had  Hank Des Bordes current Usuf executive vice president wound up influencing the vote in Rothenberge a favor. Rothenberg had 48.86 percent of vote on the first ballot with Groff close behind at 46.92 percent. When Des Bordes was Able to gain just 4.22 percent he dropped out. On the next ballot Rothenberg _ seemingly gained All of the Des Bordes supporters votes a and had the Job in hand. Rothenberg is a los Angeles attorney who unseated Werner Fricker in 1990 for the Usuf presidency. In the weighted voting Amateur Del Rothenberg Gates received 130 votes youth delegates accounted for 204 votes and delegates representing professional soccer had 23 votes. In addition there were 27 votes from other delegates. Rothenberg said he won because of his record which includes heading arguably the most successful world cup in history this summer that is expected to net the Usuf Between $20 million and $50 million. A i done to know How i could have done More than i did in the last four years a he said. After the election doff addressed the Usuf membership from the head dais. After his speech in which he agreed to support Rothenberg Groff received a handshake and hug from the incumbent. This was in Stark contrast to recent weeks when the two men failed to recognize each others existence while in the same room. On Friday Rothenberg refused to shake Goffs hand at a candidates forum. A _ the Campaign was especially bitter with a War of words erupting. Rothen Berg said the Groff campaigns a backhanded Sleazy Way gets my ire  Danes Avert soccer strike Copenhagen Denmark apr at least one sports strike ended saturday. Danish National team regulars on saturday reached an new agreement in principle Over pay with the federation Ana called off their threatened strike of next wednesdays scheduled Friendly game against Finland. The danish football association dub had said it would use amateurs in the match after its regular first division pros said earlier this week they would not play unless a new salary Deal for 1994-96 was reached. The dub had rejected the players demand for a share of team sponsorships. But dub spokesman Lars Behrendt said that the players have a in principle agreed about the Content of a new  Mads Oland who negotiates with dub on behalf of All professional soccer players said that the 16 play ers selected for wednesdays game against Finland had agreed to play after an agreement had been sketched. 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