WORLD CUP USA '94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : THIS ITEM IS RATED PG-13

WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : THIS ITEM IS RATED PG-13

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

June 22, 1994 12 AM PT

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Included in its comprehensive World Cup coverage, the Oakland Press of suburban Detroit offers a daily feature called “Kicks for Kids,” intended to promote soccer awareness among youngsters.

One of Tuesday’s tidbits for the kiddies: “Did you know . . . that a 1969 game between Honduras and El Salvador sparked a war that left 2,000 dead?”

Gee, Dad, where do we sign up?

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : THIS ITEM IS RATED PG-13

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