WORLD CUP USA '94 / QUARTERFINALS : Spotlight : THEME FOR A LOSS

WORLD CUP USA ’94 / QUARTERFINALS : Spotlight : THEME FOR A LOSS

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

July 9, 1994 12 AM PT

Should the Netherlands lose to Brazil, expect the versatile Dutch band to strike up a heartfelt rendition of, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

England sang that swan song after failing to qualify for the World Cup.

Ireland struck up the band last Monday when it was eliminated by Holland.

And if the Dutch should fall?

Maestro, please . . . “When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high. . . . “

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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).

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