Football
- First Round (Group A)
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- Morocco 0-0 United States
- Malaysia 3-0 United States
- West Germany 7-0 United States → did not advance, 14th place over-all
- Team Roster
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- Mike Ivanow (GK)
- Casey Bahr
- John Bocwinski
- Horst Stemke
- Neil Stam
- Archie Roboostoff
- Mike Seerey
- John Carenza
- Buzz Demling
- Manuel Hernandez
- Hugo Salcedo
- Al Trost
- Joe Hamm
- Steve Gay
- Shep Messing (GK)
- Wally Ziaja
- Mike Flater
- Mike Margulis
- Jim Zylker
- Coach: Bob Guelker
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“You can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.”
—Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)