USSF EXPECTED TO FILE SUIT AGAINST WWC TEAM FOR FALL TOUR

          The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) is "expected" to file
     suit "as early as today" against the U.S. WWC team in an
     "attempt to block" the team's planned 11-city fall tour,
     according to Bill Ward of the TAMPA TRIBUNE.  An anonymous
     USSF official said that attorneys from both sides will meet
     to discuss the SFX-backed tour.  If a "compromise cannot be
     reached," the USSF will request an injunction to "protect
     our entities and how they are represented."  The official
     adds that there are "certain provisions" within each of the
     players' contracts that "conflict" with the tour.  Among
     them is a "stipulation" that when a certain number of WWC
     members are gathered for an event, it is technically a
     "national team" event under USSF jurisdiction.  Ward reports
     that there are also "possible sponsor contradictions,
     particularly with Nike, which has poured million ... into
     USSF's men's and women's programs" (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 7/27).