ROSE BOWL GETS CUP; WORLD EVENT IN '99.Byline: Patrick Hipes Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. and United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Soccer Federation president Alan Rothenberg Alan I. Rothenberg (born April 10, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is a graduate of the University of Michigan's law school, and an influential administrative figure in the history of North American soccer who is credited with greatly contributing to the growth of the game in the United will attend a news conference today to announce the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in women's football and is played amongst women's national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. final will be played at the Rose Bowl. A source close to the organizing committee said the Pasadena site, host to the 1994 World Cup men's final won out over eight other cities, including '94 World Cup sites Chicago, Palo Alto, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Washington, D.C., for the right to hold the 16-team tournament championship in July, 1999. The other cities competing to play host to the final were Birmingham, Ala., Boston, Charlotte and Portland, Ore. The news conference at the Royal Biltmore Hotel, to which Rose Bowl representatives and Pasadena mayor Chris Holden have been invited, will come as the Women's World Cup The Women's World Cup could refer to either the:
``I would like to defer comment on that,'' said Rose Bowl general manager Dave Jacobs when asked the nature of today's conference. ``I'm sure they wouldn't have invited the mayors of both cities if it wasn't something significant. We would hope it's true and start tomorrow to get things ready for 1999.'' The month-long tournament will be a linchpin linch·pin or lynch·pin n. 1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off. 2. in the groundswell ground·swell n. 1. A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion: a groundswell of antiwar sentiment. 2. of American soccer interest that began in 1994 when the U.S. hosted the most-attended World Cup. The record crowds spurred Major League Soccer, a first division professional league, which kicked off in March 1996. The women's game has slowly followed suit. Buoyed by the U.S. team's gold-medal performance in front of big crowds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, plans have been formulated for a women's pro league within the next two years. The Rose Bowl's selection indicates the rise in FIFA's expectations for the Cup. When the Women's World Cup was awarded to the U.S. in 1996, soccer's international ruling body wanted smaller venues in medium-sized cities in the Northeast. It is not likely nor expected that crowds would approach the numbers in 1994, when a record 3.5 million fans attended the men's World Cup. Aside from the Olympics, the U.S. women's team has played in front of only two American crowds more than 10,000 - both coming this year in international exhibitions in Chattanooga, Tenn. and San Jose. It will be the third Women's World Cup. The United States, considered among the top teams, won the inaugural Cup in 1991 in China. In 1995, the Americans lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Norway. |
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