Oregon daily emerald., May 19, 1994, Page 9, Image 9

Soccer seeks some respect
heories abound as to why
the United Stains doesn’t
JL like soccer, People hern
have about as much interest in
watching soccer players as they
have in watching a good
plumber at work.
They won’t even watch the
sport on television Tins is hard
to explain in a country where
people watch reenactments of
convenience store robberies and
change the channel to find out
the time and temperature
instead of looking at a clock and
stepping outside.
Some soccer fans predict that
the World Cup will bring n soc
cer boom to the United .States
Some soccer fans also believe
that the world's biggest sporting
event will he the opportunity
that Elvis has waited for to
reveal that the special Hill Bixby
hosted was correct, and he was
alive and well all those years but
was forced info hiding because
of-his work as a secret agent for
the government.
Most people in the United
States do not understand soccer
very well. This fact does not
bother them. Hut it’s difficult to
pinpoint why the world's most
popular sport is so underappre
ciated here.
People have their theories
There’s the 1 Haven't Got Time
For It Theory: With baseball,
basketball and football already
taking up the entire year, there’s
no room for a soccer season in
the average fan’s viewing calen
dar. ‘
There’s the Hlood and Guts
Theory: Soccer just isn't enough
of a contact sport for the average
American sports fan. Right. This
explains why baseball is popti
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lar and hockey has never caught
on.
There's the Not Enough
Action Theory. The old joke
says that soccer has only three
scores: 0 0. 1-0 and 1-1 Base
ball. suffering from a similar
malaise, has lowered the quality
of major-league pitching to try to
make the game more interesting
Soccer fans say that ill feel
ings and misconceptions will
vanish when Americans get a
taste of big-time international
soccer. They may have a point
there.
.Soccer has international
superstars, players whose grace
on the field and exploits off it
transcend the realm of sports
Italy's Rolierto Baggio is the best
player in the world. He's nick
named "II Divino." Italian for
"The Divino One." He's joined
by such talents as Dino Baggio,
nicknamed "11 Duce," (Italian
for "alfresco") and fieri.uigi
Casiraghl, nit knamed "Eablo"
(no English translation avail
able).
Sin t er has fan participation
like no other sport in the world.
Fans, also called "hooligans" in
some countries, occasionally
participate in intense displays of
loyalty and rivalry, sometimes
called "riots,” that rival the
action and intensity on the field
The United States doesn't
want the threat of spectator vio
lence overshadowing the World
Cup. In our country, violence
has its place on the playing sur
face and in the streets outside
the stadiums and shouldn't
detract from the enjoyment of
fans in the seats
The fear of violence has
caused Cup organizers to pro
pose banning Inter sales at soc
cer matches The prospect of a
ban on stadium Iteer sales exer
cised official heer manufacturer
Anhaeuser Busch (catchy slo
gan: "Nothing boats a Bud after a
good six < or riot") who had
payed a considerable sum to
become the Official Beer of the
World Cup
This will be one of the many
interesting storylines worth
watching when the games begin
When the World Cup begins, the
honor and pride of entire
nations rest on the shoulders of
players and coaches that have
waited years for this opportuni
ty.
While the United States plays
to gain respect and avoid humil
iation, the World Cup is mu* h
more serious to many nations
Maylxi Italy coach Arrigo Sai i hi
liest explained the important e of
the World Cup in his country
when he told the Assix latod
Press about his team, "I have
been working for three years to
build a good group, and I think I
will have it If I'm wrong. I
will pay for it"
No wonder Italy usually dixrs
so well
Scott Simonson is a s/xtrts
reporter for the Emerald.
Snavely looks to gain NCAA berth
By Steve Mims
Oregon Oeity tm&akj
Tod Suavely will try to become the first Oregon
men's golfer to advance to the NCAA Champi
onships in four years when he competes in the West
Regional beginning this morning in Tucson. Ariz.
The Ducks were not one of the 12 teams chosen
from the Far West region to plav in the tourna
ment, but Suavely was selected as the lone indi
vidual competitor from the region. The top 10
teams from the lH-team field advance to the NtiAA
Championships, along with the top two individu
als whose team doesn't advance. For Suavely to
advance to the next month's national champi
onship in McKinney. Tex., he must he one of the
top two golfers from a team that doesn't qualify.
"I've got my goal of top 10." Suavely said. "I
think that would get me to nationals "
Oregon has not been represented at the NCAA
tourney since the team qualified in 1990. hut Suave
ly believes he can end that streak One thing work
ing in Snavely's favor is course familiarity, as the
Ducks played Tucson National Golf Course two
weeks ago at the Pacific-10 Conference Champi ■
unships. Suavely finished the conference tourna
ment in 11th place with a four-round s< ore of 293
"I played the course five times this month."
Suavely said "I know the course and have a good
feeling about it
Suavely, a junior from Beaverton, was named
first-team all-I’uclO this year after five top 10 fin
ishes to go along with 1 llh-place finishes in his
last two tournaments Suavely had his (test tour
naments back-to-back when he finished second at
the Southwestern Intercollegiate m Westlake Vil
lage. Calif in March, fie fore winning the Western
Intercollegiate two weeks later
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