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U.S. SOCCER TABS DE VARONA/MESSING TO LEAD WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

          U.S. Soccer Federation President Alan Rothenberg
     introduced Donna de Varona as Chair of the '99 Women's World
     Cup Organizing Committee and Marla Messing as President and
     COO, according to Roscoe Nance of USA TODAY.  Rothenberg:
     "We're going to make this the biggest women's sports event
     in our lifetime.  We're taking a bold, bold step."  The
     committee will send applications to 20 "major cities to host
     games in the 16-team tournament.  Six or seven venues will
     be announced in September.   Nance reports that RFK Stadium
     "appears to have the inside track to host the final," with
     both the Rose Bowl and Giants Stadium as "possibilities." 
     The "big-event approach to the Women's World Cup represents
     a change in philosophy," as U.S. Soccer's original bid
     "called for the tournament's early rounds to be played on
     the East Coast in four small cities" (USA TODAY, 3/20).


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