Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 27, 1995 TAG: 9505300066
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The Eagles announced this week that they have signed former U.S. National Team player and current television analyst Desmond Armstrong.
Armstrong, 31, played with the National Team from 1987-94 and was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team.
Two other former National Team members will be on the field for tonight's game - Roanoke forward Dante Washington and Charlotte goalie Jeff Duback, who was named the ``U.S. Goalkeeper of the 1980s'' by Soccer America.
In other sports news in the region:
It will be a full weekend of racing at New River Valley Speedway with events scheduled tonight and Sunday afternoon.
Stock car racing returns to its regular schedule tonight, while WKA kart racing will be held Sunday afternoon with a divisional event. Rains have delayed the kart schedule for more than a month.
Tonight's Budweiser 200 will feature a 100-lap Late Model Stock Car race. Michael Ritch of High Point, N.C., will be going for his third consecutive win. Also on the card are 35 laps for the Limiteds and 25 each for the Mod Mini, Mini and Pure Stock divisions.
by CNB