
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 20, 1994                   TAG: 9404200038
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

U.S. PLAYING MOLDOVA TODAY

The United States' World Cup soccer team plays Moldova tonight in an exhibition game at Davidson, N.C. U.S. coaches must pare the roster to 22 by the June 3 deadline.

Expected to start are goalkeeper Tony Meola, University of Virginia midfielder Claudio Reyna, midfielder-forward Frank Klopas, and midfielders Brian Quinn and Mike Burns. Defender Alexi Lalas won't play because of a one-game suspension after his ejection from Saturday night's game.

In other soccer:

In Paris, soccer great Pele became the first athlete to be appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Pele said his mission was one of "peace and prosperity." Federico Mayor, director general of UNESCO, presented Pele with a U.N. travel document that he will use on his goodwill tours.

by CNB