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iMiWirrYity'Tfci1 LOS ANGELES TIMES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1999 D3 Unpredictable Draw for U.S. Women -1 ijnfi mil iiifi.1 iifiWi.tririifitir-i-iff mm China USA Norway Germany North Korea Brazil Japan Australia Nigeria Mexico Canada Ghana Denmark Italy Russia Sweden mmwmcmirmnm. Hill liiej 11 uiiiij Italy in Group B. Mexico's coach, Leonardo Cuellar, who played for Mexico in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina and who coaches the men's and women's soccer teams at Cal State Los Angeles, was philosophical about the outcome. "The tradition is there," he said of Mexico's three opponents.

"We're excited about the group and we're going to enjoy the competition." Under Cuellar, Mexico already has shown it has no fear of big-name teams. It defeated Argentina in a two-game playoff for a place in the Women's World Cup. Group will be headed by world champion Norway and includes Japan, Canada and Russia. Group features 1996 Olympic silver medalist China as well as Australia, Ghana and Sweden. At first, the draw stirred confusion when the originally announced groupings were changed, with Group teams shifted to Group and vice versa.

Organizers said they made the switch so that China's opener against Sweden would be in San Jose, near the large Asian community in the Bay Area. In another change, the first U.S. opponent was originally announced as North Korea but was later switched to Denmark. The coaches, meanwhile, focused on opponents, rather than sites or schedules. "It could have been worse," Norway's coach, Per Hogme, said of the draw.

"The big question was not to draw Brazil, which we are happy to have avoided." The U.S. might not be so lucky. Depending on results, it could be playing Brazil in the second round, assuming the South Americans finish second behind Germany in Group B. "Group is the 'Group of Death' and if we make it through the first round those are the teams we'll have to play against," said Hamm, "so it's going to be tough for us." The 16-nation tournament will open June 19 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., when the U.S. plays Denmark.

"We've got some work to do before June," DiCicco said. Southern California fans will have the chance to see the U.S. on March 28 when it plays Mexico in the first game of a Rose Bowl doubleheader that also features the Galaxy and the Colorado Rapids. World Cup: North Korea and Nigeria are opponents they have never played. Mexico's in 'Group of By GRAHAMEL.

JONES TIMES STAFF WRITER SAN JOSE First Iran, now North Korea. After having survived a politically charged soccer match against Iran last June in the France '98 World Cup, the United States Sunday night was handed a similar assignment this summer in the third FIFA Women's World Cup. Among the three opponents drawn to play the U.S. in the first round of the June 19-July 10 tournament is North Korea, a country with which the U.S. has no diplomatic relations.

The U.S. men's team lost to the Iranians in Lyon, but the U.S. women should encounter no such misfortune at Foxboro Stadium near Boston on June 27. By then, they should already have secured their place in the second round after earlier games against Denmark and Nigeria. If not, the Group A game in Foxboro will be more than merely politically interesting.

The final draw for the 16-nation tournament, held at Spartan Stadium at halftime of Sunday's match between the U.S. and World All-Stars, presented the home team with some homework to do. "It's a draw that I would say is unknown," said U.S. Coach Tony DiCicco, "because I don't know Nigeria and I don't know anything about North Korea. Nigeria is the top team in Africa.

North Korea has stretched China twice in big games, and Denmark is one of the best teams in Europe. "I don't like to go into games not knowing opponents. I like to have played opponents. We'll have to learn about their teams." It could have been worse, but DiCicco was not overly pleased at the draw's outcome. "Certainly, we don't think this is an easy draw," he said.

"We will have to play better than we played tonight in a 2-1 loss to the FIFA World All-Star team) to get into the second round." Forward Mia Hamm echoed DiCicco's comments. "All we know about is one team Denmark," she said, "and it's always very fearful when you go against teams you've never played. You don't know what to expect. That's a little nerve-racking for us. JUNE 19 Norway vs.

Japan Ghana vs. Sweden JUNE 27 At Landover, Md. Reuters FIFA's Sepp Blatter talks to crowd during women's World Cup draw. Later changes were made. "I have no idea about the North Korean players.

All I know is that they have played China tough, and in our opinion China is one of the top teams in the world. "I've never seen Nigeria play, but looking at one of their personalities forward Mercy Akide tonight, obviously they're going to be very athletic and very fast and we're going to have to be prepared for that." If the U.S. believes it has a difficult first-round group, Mexico knows the hurdles lying in its path. Mexico was drawn to play three of the sport's most powerful nations: top-seeded Germany, Brazil and Nigeria vs. Denmark Germany vs.

Brazil At Foxboro, Mass. U.S. vs. North Korea Mexico vs. Italy QUARTERFINALS June 30, at San Jose 1 Group winner vs.

Group second place 2 Group winner vs. Group second place July 1, at Landover, Md. 3 Group A winner vs. Group second place 4 Group winner vs. Group A second place At East Rutherford, N.J.

U.S. vs. Denmark Brazil vs. Mexico At San Jose Japan vs. Canada China vs.

Sweden JUNE 20 At Pasadena North Korea vs. Nigeria Germany vs. Italy At Foxboro, Mass. Norway vs. Russia Australia vs.

Ghana JUNE 23 At Landover, Md. Norway vs. Canada Australia vs. Sweden At Portland, Ore. Japan vs.

Russia China vs. Ghana JUNE 24 At Chicago U.S. vs. Nigeria Brazil vs. Italy At Portland, Ore.

North Korea vs. Denmark Germany vs. Mexico JUNE 26 At East Rutherford, N.J. Canada vs. Russia China vs.

Australia At Chicago World All-Stars Overcome U.S. Home-Turf Advantage SEMIFINALS July 4, at Stanford Quarterfinal 3 winner vs. quarterfinal 4 winner July 4, at Foxboro, Mass. Quarterfinal 1 winner vs. quarterfinal 2 winner THIRD PLACE July 10, at Pasadena Semifinal losers CHAMPIONSHIP July 10, at Pasadena Semifinal winners had trained together only once.

"There were a lot of class players out there," she said. "We made a couple of mistakes, didn't finish our chances, and when you play at this level against competitors like this, that's the margin of victory, and we understand that." A goal by Julie Foudy on a pass from Hamm gave the United States the lead in the 24th minute. Hooper tied it on a free kick in the 55th minute that Foudy attempted to block but instead sent looping over backup goalkeeper Tracy Ducar and just under the crossbar. Hooper's winning goal came six minutes later and the World All-Stars hung on despite a furious series of U.S. attacks.

collision with Norway's Linda Medalen and North Korea's Kim Sun Hui and had to leave the game in the 17th minute. "We saw her at halftime and she doesn't look good," said forward Mia Hamm. "I just hope and pray that she's OK." Akers, 33, has been weakened by chronic fatigue syndrome and a dozen knee operations in a 14-year career. She had a cut over her eye and was being evaluated for a possible concussion. But it was not only Akers' absence that caused the U.S.

loss. Hamm said the surprising thing about the defeat was the performance of the World All-Star team, which had been together for only a couple of days and By GRAHAMEL. JONES TIMES STAFF WRITER SAN JOSE-It won't be that easy, after all. The U.S. women's national soccer team, widely expected to reclaim its world championship this summer in the third FIFA Women's World Cup, was given a wake-up call Sunday night at Spartan Stadium.

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