Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Former Bays teammates called up by National team Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:23:03 EST Message-ID: \SE D;SPORTS;SOCCER \HD Former Bays teammates called up by National team \BY John Haydon \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES Former Maryland Bays teammates Bruce Murray and Jean Harbor have been called up by U.S. National team coach Bora Milutinovic for the team's last game of the year tonight in Monaco against AS Monaco of the French first division. Murray, a Germantown native, spent the past two weeks training with Partick Thistle of the Scottish first division. Harbor, who made his debut for the U.S. team last month against Canada, recently had a trial with Oldham Athletic in the English Premier league. Harbor, who lived in Adelphi for many years, played last season for the Baltimore Blast of the now defunct Major Soccer League. John Harkes and Roy Wegerle, who play in the English Premier League, will fly in for tonight's game. Because of numerous injuries to first-team players, Milutinovic has called up college players Mark Chung and Matt Kmosko. U.S. Olympian Cobi Jones, who just completed a one-week trial with F.C. Cologne of the German First Division, also is in the lineup. Tonight's game will be played in the picturesque Louis II Stadium as part of a national holiday in Monaco. Milutinovic will have an advantage as he coaches the U.S. side - he used to play for Monaco. Five-a-Side team - The U.S. Five-a-Side Indoor National team plays Spain in its second game of the FIFA Indoor Five-a-Side World Championship at Kowloon Park in Hong Kong tonight. The America team competing in Group D of the 16-team defeated Russia 8-3 in its opening match Tuesday. Jeff Agoos and Chico Borja scored two goals each. The United States, which finished third in 1989 in the first world indoor tournament, took a 3-0 halftime lead on Fernando Clavijo's goal in the fifth minute, Agoos' goal in the 14th and Borja's goal one minute later. Second-half goals by Agoos, Terry Woodberry, George Fernandez and Borja made it a seven-goal lead before Russia closed to 7-3 on a pair of goals by Konstantine Eremenko and another by Boris Tchoukhlov. Dale Ervine scored the final American goal. The U.S. plays China on Saturday in the last game of group play. The Five-a-Side game, which follows FIFA rules, is different from the American Six-a-Side indoor game. The game is played on a field 44 yards long and 22 yards wide, with no sidings. The goals are roughly 6x9 feet, and the game consists of two 20-minute halves. The ball is also smaller than the conventional soccer ball. College news - A crop of local talent will be on display when William and Mary (16-4-4) meets No. 3 North Carolina State (12-2-4) Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Raleigh, N.C. Nine of the Tribe's 13 regular players graduated from area high schools, including Greg Turk (Robinson), Joe Soos (Woodbridge), Chris Norris (Woodson), Christian Powers (St. Allbans), Khary Stockton (Gonzaga) and Eric Dumbleton (Lake Braddock). And three talented freshman who have scored off the bench in key games this year are Chris Scrofani (Ireton), Tim Prisco (Gar-Field), and Andrew Petty (South Lakes). World Cup 2002 - Joao Havelange, president of FIFA, expressed his support Tuesday for Japan to host the 2002 World Cup, Japanese sports officials said. Havelange said he thinks it best to hold the World Cup that year in Asia, and Japan's program for hosting the event is the best among the candidates, officials said. Havelange praised the nation's program, which contains a plan for construction of stadiums with seating capacities of 50,000 to 80,000, and a top-grade air and land transportation network for the convenience of players. The host nation for the 2002 World Cup will be decided at FIFA's executive committee meeting in 1996. China, South Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia are also expected to apply to stage the event. Touching on the 2006 World Cup, Havelange said he believes South Africa would have the best facilities among African nations. Perez signs - U.S. National team midfielder Hugo Perez has signed a one-year contract with the Ittihad Club in Saudi Arabia. Perez was spotted by the Saudi club when the U.S. team lost to the Saudi national team 3-0 before 70,000 fans at the King Fahd Stadium in the Intercontinental Cup last month. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM