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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soccer experts point to Dallas' Kyle Rote Jr., 27, the most celebrated product of American soccer, as the archetypal home-grown player. Son of a legendary football running back and pass catcher, Rote did not take up soccer until he was 16, and then only as an off-season conditioning program for football. Although he still lacks the finesse of foreign-born players, Rote has diligently taught himself to play the difficult striker position. Says N.A.S.L. Commissioner Phil Woosnam, a Welshman who used to be a pro in England and was among the first-and most durable-soccer missionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Here Come the Americans | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Also competing in the singles for the Crimson, Sally Roberts lost to Pam Banholzer of Dartmouth, 6-0, 6-3, in the semifinals. Banholzer, the top seed singles player, went on to finish second in the tournament, losing to teammate Allison Hibbert...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Netwomen Second In Seven Sisters Tourney; Dartmouth Captures Singles, Doubles Crowns | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...that the fact that the Crimson played without the services of number one-player and captain Todd Lundy, who sat out with sore ribs, and the victory seems all the more impressive. Only two serious hurdles, the Yale and Princeton matches--albeit, a couple serous hurdles--now stand between Harvard and the league crown...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Netmen Nail Big Green, 6-3, Sending League Mark to 4-0 | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

...player has a language, a temperament and a vaguely deeper understanding of the game that somehow wears off as soon as he departs from the serious world of organized ball...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: On the Road With the 'Crimson Dogs' | 4/25/1978 | See Source »

...never understand the mind of the baseball player, or the workings of a team, for that matter. How a squad can pitch one day and hit the next and do neither on the third. But luckily that's not important to us, and if it were, it wouldn't be nearly as important as the non-serious part of their world. Watch your step...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: On the Road With the 'Crimson Dogs' | 4/25/1978 | See Source »

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