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Men’s soccer gets in groove
■ After a loss at Oregon
State, the Ducks rebound
with two wins and a tie going
into a weekend tournament
By Dave Grenley
lor the Emerald
The Oregon men’s club soccer
team has begun another season on
the pitch.
A year after finishing 13-1, the
Ducks return 12 players to a line
up that includes 13 new faces after
a record-setting, three-day tryout.
Player-coaches Andy Lanier
and Dave Woodward witnessed
70 participants put their skills to
the test. Lanier, a junior midfield
er, and Woodward, a returning se
nior goalkeeper, turned away 45
student-athletes who were hoping
to make the team.
The Ducks began the season
with a loss at Oregon State but
have since rebounded with two
wins and a tie, brining their record
to 2-1-1 heading into a tournament
at Lane Community College be
ginning Saturday.
Oregon looked impressive in its
home opener
on a new turf
field against
Lane. A win at
George Fox
has put them
right where
they want to
be heading into tournament play.
“We are definitely an improved
team,” Lanier said. “There is a def
inite increase in our skill level
from last year. The team is return
ing a lot of good players as well as
six very skilled freshmen.”
The strength of this team lies in
returning sldlled players on both
offense and defense. The Oregon
defense is quick to the ball, allow
ing only three goals in its last three
games. The Ducks’ transition
game up and down the field is ef
fective as well.
“We have very few weaknesses
on this team,” Lanier said. “Our
defense is very strong because we
return all defensive starters from
last year.”
The Oregon team is also antici
pating a return trip to the National
Soccer Championship Tourna
ment less than a month from now
in Statesborough, Ga. After a dis
appointing loss to Virginia in the
quarterfinals of last season’s tour
nament, the Ducks know they
must prove something not only to
the rest of the country but to them
selves as well.
“Being one of only two teams
from the West invited to take part
in this tournament... we know
that we must show the world that
we belong to be there just as much
as anyone else,” said Ross Minck
ler, a senior midfielder.
Series.to decide team of decade
By Ben Walker
The Associated Press
ATLANTA— There it is, en
graved right on the ring Atlanta
general manager John Schuerholz
proudly wears: “Team of the 90s.”
To him, Atlanta already owns
that title. No debate needed on
the team of the decade, not even if
the New York Yankees take home
this World Series trophy.
“To answer that question for
the 1,442nd time, we don’t need
to do anything,” Schuerholz said.
“We’ve won more games than any
team, we’ve won 100 games three
years in a row, we’ve won eight
straight division titles.”
“If you choose any criteria ex
cept one narrow criteria — World
\ Series championships — we lead
it,” he said.
Of course, that’s not such a nar
row category. Not to the Yankees.
“Aren’t we the team of the cen
tury?” New York GM Brian Cash
man said Wednesday. “World
championships, that’s the goal.”
Fittingly, the clubs that had the
majors’ two worst records in 1990
get a final chance to make their
cases starting with Game 1 Satur
day night at Turner Field.
Orlando “El Duque” Hernan
dez, MVP of the AL Champi
onship Series, probably will start
for the Yankees. Atlanta can pick
from any of their Big Four of Tom
Glavine, John Smoltz, Greg Mad
dux and Kevin Millwood.
For Atlanta, it’s an opportunity
to win that elusive second World
Series title. Atlanta beat Cleve
land in 1995 — prompting them
to put that boast on their rings —
but have nothing else to show for
eight straight trips to the NL
Championship Series.
For the Yankees, it’s a chance
to win their record 25th title and
third, in four years. That recent
run began when they beat Atlanta
in six games in 1996.
“We’ve got another shot at
them,” Atlanta third baseman
Chipper Jones said.
Atlanta earned their fifth trip to
the World Series in the 1990s by
beating the New York Mets 10-9
in 11 innings Tuesday night in
Game 6 of the NLCS. The Yan
kees beat Boston in five games in
the ALCS.
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