WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : BORA REACHES OUT

U.S. Coach Bora Milutinovic has coached and played in at least six countries and has a network of friends he calls on a regular basis. He also reads the daily sports newspapers of France, Italy and Mexico every day.

U.S. team general manager Bill Nuttall said he has been impressed with Milutinovic’s information gathering during the World Cup.

“Every coach has his intelligence-gathering network,” Nuttall said. “Bora’s . . . When we got the information about the referees (for the first game), Bora was on the phone finding out about them. It’s the way most coaches operate, but Bora just has more contacts.

“I want his Sprint bill for my salary.”