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

DATE: MONDAY, October 9, 1995                   TAG: 9510090093
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

LASSITER LIFT U.S. TO SOCCER WIN

Roy Lassiter put aside his legal troubles and scored the game-winning goal as the United States rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat Saudi Arabia 4-3 in an exhibition match in Washington.

Lassiter, who faces a court date today to answer 3-year-old charges of breaking and entering and forgery, headed in Tab Ramos' cross from close range in the 67th minute.

The 26-year-old forward, who came on as a substitute in the first half to make only his third appearance with the U.S. team, also had the assist when he passed to Ramos for the tying goal in the 63rd minute.

Defender Alexi Lalas and striker Joe-Max Moore also scored for the Americans, who fell behind 3-0 before the game was 30 minutes old.

It was thought to be the first time the U.S. national team rallied from three goals down to win a full international, and was the latest triumph for first-year coach Steve Sampson, who earlier this year led the team to a surprising fourth place in the Copa America.

The match, attended by 10,216 fans at RFK Stadium, was the first on a Saudi world tour that includes a match against Mexico in Los Angeles on Wednesday, followed by two games in Japan and one in South Korea.

\ Louis Meyer, the first three-time Indianapolis 500 winner who introduced the tradition of drinking milk in Victory Lane, has died. He was 91.

Meyer died Saturday evening in a Las Vegas hospital.

Meyer won the Indy 500 in 1928, 1933 and 1936 and was the first driver to drink milk in Victory Lane, a tradition that continues today.

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