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NA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1998 B3 LOS ANGELES TIMES ffilfnl Tl Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov: "There are objective reasons why soccer in Russia is no longer so good, and one of them is the collapse of the Soviet Union." MONDAY: Tennis TUESDAY: NHL WEDNESDAY: Soccer THURSDAY: College Football FRIDAY: Weekend SATURDAY: NFL Facte Arena Named Coach of National Team weekly Lineup i En rTerHrPTrr jctft)) VTVrrniTrf Pi tfe fry 1 I Mm 4JfteiL Bruce Arena at a Glance Sept 2 1951-Bom In Brooklyn, N.Y. 1971 Graduated from Nassau Community College, where he won All-American honors in soccer and lacrosse. 1972 Named most valuable defensive player as a goalkeeper in the NCAA Division I tournament. 1973 Graduated from Cornell, where he won All-American honors In lacrosse. Nov.

15 1973 Makes his only U.S. national team appearance, playing for 45 minutes against Israel in Beersheba, a 2-0 loss. 1973 Assistant coach at Cornell. 1976 Coach at the University of Puget Sound. 1978 '95 Coach at Virginia, winning NCAA titles In 1989 flolnt), 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994.

1996 Coach of U.S. Olympic team in the Atlanta Games. Team goes 1-1-1 against Argentina, Tunisia and Portugal 1996 Wins Major League Soccer championship and U.S. Open Cup as coach of Washington D.C. United.

1997 Repeats MLS championship with D.C. United. 1998 Wins CONCACAF Champions Cup with D.C. United, the first American team to win the regional title. Oct 27, 1998 Named U.S.

national team coach. New U.S. national team Coach Bruce Arena led D.C. United Associated Press to the first two MLS titles. BEST OF THE WORLD V)nffi Oct 26 ITAIY (DMttOK Om) Taam I MPta.

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Bordeaux 8 I I 22 8 25 Marseille 7 0 3 21 7 24 Ratines 6 2 2 12 II 20 Auxerre 5 2 3 14 9 18 Monaco 5 3 2 15 7 17 Nantes 5 3 2 13 10 17 Lyon 4 2 4 14 8 16 MontpeHler 4 4 2 21 17 14 Parts SG 3 4 3 7 8 12 Lens 3 5 4 15 17 11 Bastla 3 5 2 10 11 11 Nancy 2 4 4 9 12 10 Strasbourg 2 4 4 5 9 10 Toulouse 2 4 4 8 17 10 Matz 1 4 5 5 11 8 Lortent 1 4 5 8 14 8 Le Havre 1 5 4 6 II 7 Sochsuit I 7 2 6 24 5 MEXICO (Premier DMiloa) (nee One WIT OF OA Pta. Cruz Ami 9 1 3 30 13 30 Guadalajara 9 2 2 28 21 29 AUeUco Cetera 5 6 2 18 22 17 Lam 3 6 4 21 22 13 PueHa 2 9 2 10 28 8 5 4 3 21 17 18 Moreaa 3 5 3 20 24 18 America 4 5 4 23 21 16 Paduca 2 10 1 17 31 7 ToraaNeza 1 9 3 13 28 6 reap Tana Necaxa 7 4 2 24 16 23 (JAG 6 4 2 20 17 20 Atlanta 4 5 4 15 21 16 Monterey 3 5 5 14 21 14 Croup Foot Tduca 8 1 4 28 10 28 Atlas 7 4 2 29 21 23 Tlgres 4 2 7 26 21 19 Santos LaguM 3 5 5 18 24 14 Soccer: Sampson successor has limited international experience but has won multiple championships at college level and in MLS. By RAH AME JONES TIMES STAFF WRITER Bruce Arena, the coach who guided Virginia to five NCAA soccer titles and Washington D.C. United to two Major League Soccer championships, was named coach of the United States national team Tuesday. He replaces Steve Sampson, who stepped down in July after the U.S.

had been ignominiously knocked out of the France '98 World Cup. Arena, 47, signed a four-year contract as coach and technical director that will last through the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Although Bob Contiguglia, the recently elected president of U.S. Soccer, declined to reveal financial terms, it is believed to be a deal. Arena said Chicago Fire Coach Bob Bradley will be his assistant for his first game in charge of the American team, against Australia on Nov.

6 in San Jose. "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," Arena joked in reference to the Fire's 2-0 victory over D.C. United in MLS Cup '98 at the Rose Bowl on Sunday. He said he would like Portland Coach Clive Charles, the U.S. un-der-23 and Olympic team coach, to remain in that position and he also wants UCLA Coach Sigi Schmid to stay on as the under-20 national team coach.

Schmid is being mentioned as a possible MLS coach, perhaps with the Galaxy. Arena will provide the first clue as to the direction in which he will take the sport in this country when he reveals his roster today for the Australia game. "You'll see some new blood, some new faces," he said, "and hopefully many will be excited." Arena's international coaching experience is limited to the 1996 Olympic Games, but he said he is well aware of the potential pitfalls. "I know the road ahead will have both peaks and valleys, but I do look forward to the challenge," he said. "I have a lot of confidence in the COLLEGES Arena Says He's Open to Advice After an 18-year coaching career at Virginia, where he won five NCAA titles and compiled a 295-59-31 record between 1978 and 1995, Bruce Arena is well versed in the college game.

But the U.S. national team's new coach is not about to mince words when it comes to college soccer's shortcomings. "I think what people say about college soccer is misunderstood," he said. "Coaches do an outstanding job at the collegiate level. But given the environment, it's not ideal for player development.

"Being on college campuses, having only three months to train and give players the experience they need is not enough." Still, Arena said he would turn to college coaches for their input in building a competitive national team. "I want to hear what they have to say," he said. "I know them on a personal know that any time they can contribute to U.S. soccer we're going to give them an opportunity." position to qualify for the World Cup." Arena said he preferred not to become involved in an autopsy of the France '98 failure. "What went wrong is, they didn't win any games," he said of the U.S.

team's losses to Germany, Iran and Yugoslavia. "I don't want to get inside that team. Obviously, they didn't do as well as expected." However, Arena will meet with the players from the '98 World Cup team. "I intend to talk to every player who was part of the national team in France to let them know where they stand," he said. Two of the qualms about Arena's taking over the national team concerned his inability to speak Span abilities of the American players.

I feel very, very confident that we can be successful. "I do realize that there will be a bit of a struggle ahead. The objective of the program is to advance to 2002, to be in Japan and South Korea for the World Cup and be among the final 32. "That is certainly our goal, but to get there I think we need to start with a new base of players. We will not rule out any players, but we need to start building with young players.

"Our plans are to use 1998 and '99 to develop a pool of players, to mix the young with the more experienced veteran players that we have. And then, hopefully by the year 2000, we will be in a ish and his lack of international experience. "When I acquired the job at D.C. United, that was one of my objectives, to learn Spanish" he said. "Unfortunately, no one told me I was going to work every day for the next three years, so I haven't had the opportunity, really.

"I can speak a little bit of Spanish and communicate with the Spanish-speaking players on D.C. United. I think it's important and hopefully I'm going to have the opportunity to take a few classes and become much more fluent than I am today. I will attempt to do that. "But the nice thing about this job is that I am the coach of the U.S.

national team and right now the Ms i Reuters -1 language is English, so I have that going for me." He also said he had been keeping close watch on the international game. "I think that's part of your development as a coach," he said. "At D.C. United, we have three satellite dishes hooked up and are constantly watching games from around the world. Certainly over the past year, the opportunity to watch qualification games and the World Cup was outstanding.

"So I've kept abreast of international soccer and certainly have a good understanding of the U.S. team. I feel as I step into this opportunity that I have a lot of background to move this program forward." WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Ghana, Nigeria Join Party I The 16-nation field for the third FIFA Women's World Cup is virtually complete. I Nigeria and Ghana clinched the 14th and 15th places Tuesday for the world championship in the United States on June 19-July 10 by winning their semifinal games in the African qualifying tournament Nigeria shut out Cameroon, 6-0, and Ghana defeated the Republic of Congo, 4-1, in overtime. The winners will meet in the final Saturday, but both are now assured of playing in the U.S.

next summer. Ghana had never before qualified for the World Cup, but Nigeria played in the 1991 tournament in China and the 1995 event in Sweden. In the current qualifying tournament, which also has featured Morocco, Egypt and South, Africa, the Super Eagles have outscored opponents, 26-0. Tournament organizers announced that the July 4 semifinal at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif will be played as part of a doubleheader, along with a San Jose Clash Major League Soccer game. Such a pairing requires approval from FIFA, world soccer's governing body, but that is regarded as a formality.

The other semifinal, at Foxboro Stadium on the same day, already has been approved as part of a doubleheader with the New England Revolution. Monica Lozano, associate publisher of Los Angeles' La Opinion, the nation's leading Spanish-language daily newspaper, was named to the advisory board for the Women's World Cup. -GRAHAMEL. JONES Brussels. Belgian cities of BRAZIL: down teams' was final Spain well as champion Nov.

Liverpool's Michael Owen, left, star of England's World Cup team in France, is tackled by Fulham's Rufus Brevett. GLOBAL GAME Euro 2000 Officials Say Sites Will Be Ready COLLEGE Through Oct 21 By SocMf AiMrtefl MEN Team From Staff and wire reports All stadiums that will stage matches in the next European Championship, in the summer of 2000, will be ready a year in advance, organizers said this week. Belgium and the Netherlands will jointly host Euro 2000, staging 31 games over a 23-day span. It marks the first time two countries have shared a major soccer event and there had been concerns that some stadiums would not be renovated in time. The Brazilian federation has been turned by Denmark in its bid to stage a rematch of the France '98 quarterfinal game in Nantes that won by Brazil, 3-2.

Meanwhile, Brazilian and South American champion Vasco da Gama is preparing for its Toyota Cup game against European champion Real Madrid of in Tokyo for the world club championship, as for its two-game series against CONCACAF Washington D.C. United in Washington 14 and Fort Lauderdale, Dec. 5. I 3 5 7 II 2 8 4 9 14 6 10 12 13 15 17 20 The tournament, second only to the World Cup in importance, will open in Brussels on June 10 and the final will be played in Rotterdam on July 2. The semifinals will be in Amsterdam and Games also will be played in the I.

Indiana 15-1-0 2-Clemson 15-1-0 3. UCLA 11-2-0 4. South Carolina 1 1-3-0 6. Virginia 10-2-2 6. Duke 14-2-0 7.

Cretghton 11-2-1 8. Connecticut 15-1-0 9. Washington 13-2-0 10. St John's 9-3-3 11. Stanford 11-44) 12.

Samt Louis 12-3-1 13. Dartmouth 9-2-1 14. Furman 13-3-2 15. CSFuHerton 104-1 16. Santa Clara 9-3-2 17.SMU 11-3-1 18.SetonHaH 10-3-3 1 9.

Virginia Commonwealth 10-3-2 20. Maryland 10-54? WOMEN TWH WOOf; 1. North Carolina 17-0-0 2. Santa Clara 150-1 3. Florida 16-1-0 4.

Connecticut 15-0-2 5. Portland 12-2-2 e.NotreOame 14-2-1 7. Dartmouth 12-1-1 8. Nebraska 13-2-1 9. Hartford 944) 10.

wmamiMary 12-1-2 11. UCLA 15-1-2 12. San Diego St 15-1-0 13. Virginia 11-5-2 14. BYU 14-34) 15.

Perm State 14-2-1 16. Michigan 1 1-4-1 17.SetonHai 9-5-1 18. Ctemeon 12-5-0 19. Wake Forest 12-4-1 K.VaMerMt 12-4-0 I Charleroi, Bruges and Liege, as well as the Dutch i cities of Arnhem and Eindhoven. 'j SPAIN: Two-time World Cup coach Javier Cle-' mente, who last month resigned after six years in1 charge of Spain's national team, has been named coach of Real Betis in Seville.

The first-division club has struggled this season but has 11 international players on its roster, among them Brazil's Denilson. One of many rumors that swirled around MLS Cup '98 in Pasadena on Sunday was the possibility that Sigi Schmid, a three-time NCAA championship winner with UCLA, might leave to become coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy. The sale of the MLS team to Philip Anschutz for $26 million has left the position of every Galaxy staff member up in the air, including that of Coach Octavio Zambrano. Schmid is said to have turned down the opportunity to coach the San Jose Clash. An offer from the Galaxy, however, might be a different matter.

GRAHAMS JONES ENGLAND: After meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street, FIFA President Joseph "Sepp" Blatter said England's hopes of staging the 2006 World Cup might take a back seat to South Africa's. "I repeated to the prime minister that if an African nation will meet all the conditions stadia, systems of transport, telecommunications, security, hotels and so on then it would be logical to give the 2006 World Cup to an African country," Blatter said. England, South Africa and Germany are the main contenders for the event, although Blatter said bids also are expected from Brazil, Morocco, Nigeria and Egypt The decision will be announced in March 2000. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 8 13 14 15 12 II 16 17 18 19 20 SWEDEN: Former national team goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli of Sweden told a newspaper in Stockholm that he is quitting Major League Soccer's Tampa Bay Mutiny and will not return to the league next season..