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'S -w 2D THE HERALD SUNDAY OCTOBER 1 1 1 998 Columbus SPOTLIGHT 'When you think Ohio you think Caribbean? I what sf Crew ON SOCCER home stadium the Rose Bowl Also the possibility of a rematch with DC which beat the Galaxy in overtime in the 1996 championship game Asked whether it would be bad for the league if DC won a third straight title commissioner Doug Logan replied: not The NFL has had dynasties too Is it bad for the NBA if Michael Jordan gets a ring every year? No Is it bad for baseball that the Yankees field an excellent team every year? No? The final could be spectacular and if DC wins again then it will still be South Florida seen the last of DC United The reigning MLS champs who knocked the Fusion out of the playoffs last weekend will return to Lockhart Stadium on Dec 5 for an Intera-merican Cup match against Brazilian club Vasco da Gama The 2002 World Cup Costa Rica made it to the World Cup only once in 1990 3 Hft Around town Fusion players will sign autographs today from 10 am -to 1 pm at the Miami Carnival Caribbean Mardi Gras at Opa-Locka Airport Players will also be available at the Viva Broward! festival in downtown Fort Lauderdale today On tha tuba Today: vs Columbus (4 Chs 10 A vs Chicago (1 pm Uni vision-tape delay) Colo Colo vs La Serena (noon Fox Sports World) Liverpool vs Chelsea (2 30 FSW) English Football Highlights (7 pm Sunshine) Racing vs Huracan (8 FSW) 4 Monday: Valencia vs Barcelona (3 pm) ESPN2) England vs Bulgaria (3 FSW) Thursday: Brazil vs Ecuador (2 pm ESPN2) Herald sports writer Michelle Kaufman can be reached by e-mail at mkaulmanheraldcom Their prices will surely go up if the underdog Crew (17-17) can knock off two-time defending MLS champion DC (26-8) The best-of-3 series begins today at RFK Stadium and moves to Columbus next Sunday In the West the LA Galaxy (26-8) is favored over the expansion Chicago Fire (22-12) The Galaxy scored more goals (85) than any team in the league with a front line of Cobi Jones Welton Mauricio Cienfuegos and Carlos Her-motillo Jones Welton and Cienfuegos combined for 49 goals more than five MLS teams Defensively the Galaxy is led by Jamaica native and Palmetto HighFIU graduate Robin Fraser 31 who lists his favorite food as Fraser and his teammates have powerful motivation to win this series: MLS Cup is being played at their tournament matches club champions from South America and CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) Frankie goes to Germany US national team midfield-ersurfer dude Frankie Hejduk arrived in Germany on Friday and is expected to play his first game for Bayer Leverkusen this week Hejduk previously with the Tampa Bay Mutiny signed a three-year deal with Leverkusen after the World Cup Hejduk and his wife Kim are signed up for German language lessons have to make an effort to learn the Hejduk said now all I know is German is very and my name is Colombian Francisco Maturana signed a contract to coach Costa national team through the fans are thinking today as their team heads into the Eastern Conference finals against DC United (4 pm Chs 10 25) The Crew have made it this far without its SOCCER Trinidadian cousins Stern John -and Aneil Elcock and Jamaicans Andy Williams and Jeff Cunningham John a 21 -year-old rookie led Major League Soccer with an astonishing 26 goals in 27 games during the regular season He has been with the Trinidad and Tobago national team since he was 1 7 years old and Crew management deserves a giant gold star for discovering him and stealing him for less than $40000 In fact the Crew committed grand theft this season The combined salaries of the four Caribbean players total less than 1 75000 That is likely to change as European clubs have already inquired about John and Williams a Jamaican national team member who had assists in seven consecutive games with the Crew Cunningham managed eight goals in a part-time starting role and is also deserving of a raise -ivn Fire surprises Galaxy 1-0 The Lowest Prices On The Street SOCCER ROUNDUP TOFO 800 Ultra 7595 7895 8395 9095 9595 8095 tovo Proxes H4 iso 50000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY 1 8560R1 4 7795 19560R14 7995 19560R15 8895 20560R15 9095 21560R15 9895 18565R15 8495 19565R15 8895 20565R15 9095 100000 19575R14 20575R15 21 575R15 23575R15 17570R13 18570R14 19570R14 20570R15 21 570R1 5 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY 7995 19560R14 8895 19560R15 9195 20560R15 9595 21560R16 6495 22560R16 6695 20565R15 69 95 Blacklwall 85 J5 8995 'From Herald Wire Services 1 Jeaae Marsch scored in the 86th minute to give the Chicago Fire a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Gal-'axyon Saturday in the first game of the Major League Soccer semifinals in Pasadena Calif The victory gives the first-year expansion club a lO lead in the best-of-3 series The second match is in Chicago and the third if necessary is 21 in Pasadena The Galaxy had the best record during the regular season and the MLS final is in Pasadena on the Gal--' home turf at the Rose Bowl on Oct 25 The Fire-Galaxy winner will face the survivor between two-time reigning champion DC United and the Columbus Crew who open their best-of-3 'Semifinal series today in Washington Turkey stuns Germany Turkey shocked defending European champion Germany 1-0 on a late goal by Hakan Sukur but World Cup champion France had a better fate in qualifying play for Euro 2000 with a 3-2 triumph over Russia on a late goal by Alain Boghossian I'--) Jn another key match England slumped to a 0-0 rdraw against Bulgaria leaving both clubs without a win in their first two matches players 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