GROUP E: Netherlands vs. Mexico

By HELENE ELLIOTT

June 25, 1998 12 AM PT

SITE: Saint-Etienne

TIME: 7 a.m. TV: ESPN, Ch. 34 RADIO: KWKW (1330 Spanish)

* ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS: It has yet to give up a goal after a scoreless draw with Belgium and an impressive 5-0 rout of South Korea.

* ABOUT MEXICO: Showed heart and endurance in scoring twice in the second half against Belgium in a 2-2 draw in its last game.

* OUTLOOK: The loser will be headed home if Belgium defeats South Korea. A tie will give the Netherlands first place unless Belgium wins by six goals.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

GROUP E: Netherlands vs. Mexico

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