WORLD CUP USA '94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : ALL IS QUIET ON THE MICHIGAN FRONT

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

June 24, 1994 12 AM PT

Is there a hooligan in the house? Apparently not. In two matches at the Pontiac Silverdome, police have made one arrest.

“It’s been like a pajama party,” Kosmowski said.

Officials are expecting a much larger crowd for tonight’s party between Sweden and Russia, which should be close to a sellout.

Wednesday’s match between Romania and Switzerland drew only 61,428, which was 16,129 less than capacity.

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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 : ALL IS QUIET ON THE MICHIGAN FRONT

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