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71985 Sports ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH May 17, 1985 5D t. Wiimis. Ever lowllifj 2-1 u.s got on his toes to watch. Borja, who probably had the best overall game of the American forwards, waited and waited and waited.

Then, as the ball trickled into net, Borja grabbed Peterson in a hug, a scene repeated over and over again by the rest of the American team. The 15,823 fans in attendance, who had not had much to cheer about, began the chant, "U-S-A! U-S-A!" open and he sent a nice shot into the goal." Said Peterson: "I think he (Maurice) was guessing that the shot was going the other way, because if he had guessed right, I think he could have stopped it. He just got a hand on it before it went into the net." No super slo-mo was needed to follow the ball into the net. Van Der Beck, who was screened on the play. CLIP SAVE 4 fcvA 4' mm done by St.

Louisan Perry Van Der Beck and by forward Hugo Perez. Van Der Beck brought the ball upfield and sent the ball across the field to Perez. Perez then spotted Borja near the right post that area was open all night and Chico had the easy goal. With 21:40 remaining before intermission, the score was 1-1. It would stay that way for more than an hour.

Trinidad and Tobago seemed content to play for the tie; it had only four shots all night and Brcic was not required to make a save. But U.S. Coach Alkis Panagoulias would have been fit to be tied had the game ended in a tie. "It would have been catastrophic," said Panagoulias. A tie, particularly a low-scoring one, would not have helped the U.S.

chances of advancing in World Cup play. And even though the U.S. began to dominate play in the last 20 minutes, time was not an ally. "It was becoming a matter of urgency," said Davis. "The more time ticked off, the worse off we were." But two moves seemed to help the U.S.

players. The first was the placement of defender Paul Caligiuri for Durgen. The second was the switch of midfielder Mike Fox for An-gelo DiBernardo. The latter move came with about 20 minutes left. Fox, who plays for the Las Vegas Americans in the MISL, gave the U.S.

a new lease on life. "A lot of guys were tired," said Fox. "We needed a little bit more running to open up the field." Which they did. The U.S. began using better judgment with its passes.

In turn, the midfielders and forwards began beating their Trinidad and go counterparts and worked their way into the clear. "It seemed," said Fox, "that it was just a matter of time before we would score." With just over 10 minutes left, defender Kelvin Jones saved one American goal by kicking away Borja's shot after Maurice had been caught out of position. Borja just missed again a short time later when his shot from point-blank range went over the goal. Finally, Kapp and Peterson did not miss. "My attitude is that my responsibility is first to play defense," said Kapp.

"You don't want to try something and then be out of position so they could score. But I saw that Mar was By Cathie Burnes Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The ball seemed to take forever in making its way to the Trinidad and Tobago net. "It rolled and it rolled and it -rolled," said forward Chico Borja. "It had to take 4 minutes to get into the net." For Mark Peterson, who had taken the shot, "it seemed even longer than that." But when the shot trickled past Michael Maurice, the goalkeeper for the Trinidad and Tobago team, the wait was worthwhile. Because after stubbing its collective toe for the better part of 80 minutes Wednesday night at Busch Stadium, Peterson's shot gave the United States the lead it needed in a 2-1 victory.

The victory was the first for the U.S. team in the second round of World Cup qualifying. The U.S. will play Trinidad and Tobago Sunday afternoon in Torrance, before meeting Costa Rica twice later this month. The slow-moving goal, which was set up on an excellent cross by Erhardt Kapp, was a reflection of the effort by the Americans for much of the night.

They had a hard time getting started, and a more difficult time getting passes to click. Offsides calls were the rule rather than the exception. Not surprisingly, 18 minutes 41 seconds into the game, Trinidad and Tobago gained a 1-0 advantage on a goal by Adrian Fenrose. Fenrose had received a beautiful crossing pass from defender Julian Garcia. U.S.

defender Jeff Durgan lost his footing and Fenrose had a clear path on goal. His shot hit the crossbar and then fell behind keeper David Brcic into the net. The goal, captain Ricky Davis suggested, was a "thanks, I needed that" slap in the face. "It actually was a blessing," said Davis. "It put a scare in us." Said Borja: "We were nervous.

It always shocks you when a team you've never seen before scores first. But we were able to score again quickly; they weren't able to intimidate us. And that might have been the key to the game." Four minutes 39 seconds later, the U.S. tied the game on a tap-in by Borja. The work behind the goal was SWIMMING POOL SHOPPING LIST POOL MART has the most complete line of swimming pools, chemicals accessories in the Midwest at super low prices.

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watched in desperation as the ball rolled into the net. "I never thought that it would go in," said Peterson. "I think he misjudged the shot. He was playing the other way and was out of position. "All I wanted to do was get a shot on goal.

At first, I thought about hitting the ball hard, but I changed my mind at the right time. I'm just happy to score a goal in a World Cup soccer game." Peterson knows that Perez and Borja are the money players up front. A goal against Trinidad and Tobago will boost his confidence something he says will help his game even more. "We buckled down in the end and started to play as a team," said Peterson. "It was a little frustrating tonight.

"I'm so used to playing indoors and it's tough to adjust to the outdoor game in such a short time." "I U.S. Coach Alkis Panagoulias said the indoor game has hurt his team. The U.S. players are used to the indoors, where there are no offsides penalties to worry about. "They say that the future of soccer is indoors," said Panagoulias.

"They can keep indoor soccer. I can't get these players ready for the outdoor game because of the indoor game. "Thank God we got by all the obstacles in the second half. We got the two points, and that is what is important. We showed our strength in the second half." Peterson said he was just happy to get back outdoors.

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$6.99 ACCESSORIES By Keith Schildroth Mark Peterson had not played a full outdoor soccer game in almost two years. In fact, a 20-minute stint during a trip made by the now-defunct New York Cosmos to Africa last May was the last outdoor appearance, he had made until Wednesday night. He made the most of it. Peterson wiped away the cobwebs and scored the winning goal with just 1 minute 40 seconds remaining as the U.S. team packed away a 2-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago at Busch Stadium in the teams' World Cup qualifying game.

The forward line of Peterson, Hugo Perez and Chico Borja had a tough time cracking the Trinidad and Tobago defense. An offsides trap caught the U.S. team napping 15 times during the game. "We are always under pressure to score goals," said Peterson. "Going in we felt a lot of pressure, and I hope this will help us in the next three games.

"We talked about the trap at half-time and we knew that we could beat it," said Peterson. "We really had a problem with it in the first half. A trap is funny because if you don't execute it right, you can get burned." The U.S. was burned five times on offsides calls in the first half and it was guilty on 10 occasions in the second half. Peterson and back Erhardt Kapp combined to beat the trap and scofe the winning goal.

Kapp carried the ball deep into the Trinidad and Tobago zone and sent a crossing pass to Peterson blasted a shot at Trinidad and Tobago goalie Michael who let the ball bounce off his chest. The ball hit the goalpost and Maurice Ewing Has Infant Son NEW YORK (AP) Patrick Ewing "is extremely proud" of his 1 -year-old son and has not tried to hide the existence of Patrick the elder Ewing's lawyer was quoted as saying. Commenting on a story that appeared in Wednesday's editions of the New York Post, Washington attorney David Falk said the All-America center from Georgetown visits his son on a regular basis and has signed the birth certificate as his father. "He (Ewing) has supported the son financially and will continue to do so. He has no intent whatsoever to do anything other than proudly identify himself as the father," Falk said.

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