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Removing the track will make Harvard, stadium one of the few all-grass Olympic sized stadiums in the country, according to Scott Le Tellier, U.S. Olympic Committee soccer director.
Neither side of the sporting world is respected by the other any more, or taken at its word. Many Westerners figure the Soviets fear Olympic drug testing and mass defections, or perhaps just decline to finish second again (as they did in Sarajevo last winter) to the G.D.R. Athletes are...
LeTellier explained that the Olympic Committee chose four stadiums on the East and West coasts to host the preliminary games. The other three locations are Navy, Stanford, and the Rose Bowl.
The stadiums had to meet three essential criteria all-grass fields, sufficient ground area, and availability, LeTellier said, adding that most stadiums were disqualified by those demands.
Sixteen teams will participate in the preliminary rounds. Those teams are currently being determined in world-wide competitions ending in April. During the first week of August, four teams will play in a round-robin tournament in each of the four stadiums.