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WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : A MISS OF BEAUTY

By BILL DWYRE
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Ireland’s best scoring chance in a 0-0 tie with Norway was John Sheridan’s second-half attempt to, at full run, chip a shot over the head of Norway goalie Erik Thorstvedt. And Sheridan almost did it.

“Sheridan’s chip shot was like watching something in slow motion,” Charlton said. “It floated and floated. John said he thought he made it, but then the wind seemed to catch it.”

The ball settled softly into the net--but on top of the goal.

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Bill Dwyre

Bill Dwyre was a three-times-weekly sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 2006-15. Before that, he was sports editor of the paper for 25 years. Dwyre was named national editor of the year by the National Press Foundation in 1985 for the paper’s coverage of the ’84 Olympics and winner of the Red Smith Award in 1996 by the Associated Press Sports Editors for sustained excellence in sports journalism. He was sports editor of the Milwaukee Journal from 1973 to 1981, when he joined The Times. Dwyre was named National Headliner Award winner in 1985, sportswriter of the year in Wisconsin in 1980 and sportswriter of the year in California in 2009.

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