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SPORTS Trappers 5, Dukes Story on Page H3 Sunday, JulylO, 1994 Albuquerque Journal Page 1, Section IT 0 H12jIL1q 11 SATURDAY NIGHT WorldCup USA94 Spain, Holland Fall Victim To Late Goals THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Quarterfinal matches Today BULGARIA VS. GERMANY ESPN, 9:55 a.m., Ch.41, 10 a.m., CAL, 7:15 p.m. (tape) SWEDEN VS. ROMANIA Ch. 7, Ch.41, 1 :30 p.m., GAL, 9:30 p.m.

(tape) Bulgaria vs. Germany German coach Berti Vogts is finally happy, believing his tinkering has at last produced the winning lineup. The reinsertion of veteran striker Rudi Voeller gave a lightning bolt-like spark to the offense against Belgium in the second round; Voeller scored two goals and assisted on the other. He also has replaced aging and slowing Andreas Brehme with speedy Thomas Strunz on defense. Vogts said the defending champions can get better, and has to hope sweeper-captain Lothar Matthaeus fully recovers from a gash on his foot that forced him out of the Belgian game.

Bulgaria is riding a hot streak. After not having won a World Cup match in 1 7 ries, it has won three in a row. As expected, Hristo Stoitchkov and Emil Kostandinov have been the leaders, 1 Stoitchkov scoring a highlight-film goal against Mexico in the second round. prv The Bulgaians" have to do without 'Sefender Emil Kremenliev, who earned yellow cards against Mexico and jyill be suspended at least through the semifinals. Two of the four semifinalists in the World Cup were set Saturday, as Brazil and Italy both scored late in their quarterfinal matches to take one-goal wins.

Brazil, which escaped with a 3-2 win over the Netherlands in perhaps the best match thus far in the tournament, awaits the winner of today's game pitting Romania against Sweden. Italy, 2-1 victors over Spain on Roberto Baggio's second game-winner in as many matches, will face the survivor of defending champion Germany against Bulgaria. BRAZIL 3, NETHERLANDS 2: Anybody could figure Romario and Bebeto would do it for Brazil. Who would expect a slow old warhorse like Bran-co to unleash the samba celebrations? In a World Cup classic that produced all five goals in the second half, Brazil beat the Netherlands at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas to keep the hopes of a soccer-made nation alive for a record fourth title and a first championship since 1970. sf I iL.

-t ft i V'" 'v- i k.y A i' 4 ''w. -a. i A' A v. 'r i -i'-- 1 -J i C'mon fief! While Brazilians and Italians celebrate, Spaniards and the Dutch cry "FOUL!" H5 CZZ3 MORE: See BRAZIL on PAGE H5 "1 4 5 5 Sweden vs. Romania Sweden hasn't advanced this far in a jm JVorld Cup since it was host back in "4958.

It lost the final that year to Brazil. The Swedes seem to have something to prove. They lost three straight in Italy in 1 990, all by 2-1 scores including dialling to Costa Rica. But since then, Sweden finished third at the European Championship in 1992. MartinOahlin, who returned from a j)ne-game suspension against Saudi Arabia, has four goals so far and is the leader rin a dangerous trio up front that also includes Kennet Andersson and Tomas Brolin.

Mj Gheorghe Hagi has been Romania's main threat, scoring three times. Hie Dumitrescu came through with a pair against Argentina, a game that had a pace the Romanians unlikely will be able to match. If it's any indication, Argentina said it was leaderless without Diego Maradona, yet still scored twice against Romania. v. Romania and Sweden tied in a pretournament exhibition.

The Netherlands' Frank Rijkaard, left, heads the ball over Brazilian captain Dunga. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Giuseppi Signori, right, congratulates teammate Roberto Baggio after Baggio scored the game-winning goal for Italy. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pearman's Goals i Ar Within eac Ex-La Cueva Player Earns OlyFest Gold j. 'I By Rick Wright After graduation, however, the management of her soccer career might take precedence for a few years. Friday, she won a team gold medal while representing the East in the United States Olympic Festival.

Once again, the best opportunities appear to be far from home. ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Up it mum Li -L ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM Ex-La Cueva player Tammy Pearman. Tingley Field in 1937 was home to the Albuquerque Cardinals, and survived 31 more years of professional baseball. FENTON, Mo. Tammy Pearman had to leave her home in Albuquerque to pursue a career in college soccer, though she might have made that choice for academic reasons, anyway.

"I'm hoping to go into in advertising or sports management," says the La Cueva High School graduate, who soon will begin her senior year in communications at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. "There's really not that much in New Mexico for women d's Mich Tingley Fiel MORE: See PEARMAN on PAGE H10 On the Field or Off it, istory Is Cherished Ailnian Keeps in Touch "This is one of the finest minor league ballparks in the country superior to some Class A or Double A cities." if I fh 1 .1 v. Branch Rickey, St. Louis Cardinals general manager LOOKiriQ player," Allmann says. "If people keep asking me to play, I will." Maintaining a playing career while working full-time as a coach, Allmann says, has had both direct and indirect benefits.

"I signed a Festival player for UNM last year," she says, "but mostly, it just By J.D. Kailer park at 10th and Atlantic. An $84,000 WPA construction job, the mastermind of Tingley through his Washington (read that as Franklin D. Roosevelt) connections, had turned the trick. It mattered little the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, with such stars as Pie Traynor, Arky Vaughan, the Waner Brothers, would win a 12-7 exhibition game over the Albuquerque Cardinals of the Class-D Arizona-Texas League.

Baseball was back. Albuquerque professional baseball whether the club was called the Cardinals, Dukes or Dodgers stayed at the site for 31 years, though the park in 1938 was renamed Tingley Field. Players moving to the majors from the Cardinals or Dukes were few and far between in the 1940s and '50s. Shortstop Bobby Sturgeon, 1937 Cards, was the first Albuquerque product to hit the majors, playing for the Cubs in 1940-42 and '46-47. Southpaw pitcher Don Ferrarese, of the '48 Dukes, hurled seven years for the Orioles, Indians and White Sox between 1955-61.

JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT UNM Coach Wins Silver During Her 7th Festival FENTON, Mo. As long as they keep asking, Amy Allmann will keep playing. Allmann, 28, is the women's head soccer coach at the University of New Mexico. She's the first-ever UNM women's soccer coach, in fact, having led the Lobos to a surprisingly successful inaugural season last fall. But Allmann's also an active player a goalkeeper good enough to have represented the United States in the FIFA Women's World Championships in 1991 as the U.S.

won a gold medal. She won a team silver medal with the West team this week in the United States Olympic Festival, her seventh appearance in that event. "I'm never going to say I'm retired as a 1 Allman: "I'm never going to say I'm retired. There were nearly 3,000 shivering fans on hand that April 7, 1937 day when Branch Rickey, St. Louis Cardinals general manager, gave his blessing to Albuquerque's Rio Grande Park.

The fans roared then- mm 'BACK helps me keep in touch with soccer around the country. "And I think coaching has made me a better player. As you get older, your reactions slow down a little bit. But coaching has helped me anticipate things on the field a little quicker." Rick Wright approval as Rickey already well respected in baseball circles and soon to be one of the game's most powerful figures lauded Gov. Clyde Tingley and the Works Projects Administration for its efforts refurbishing the Duke Pedro Santiago was one of the best defensive outfielders In the minors from 1951 -1955.

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