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Arena cuts six from roster
Posted: Thursday January 13, 2000 11:29 AM
CLAREMONT, California (AP) -- Six players were cut from the U.S. soccer team Wednesday. The cuts, who include Los Angeles Galaxy goalie Kevin Hartman and midfielder Clint Mathis, Miami Fusion midfielder Henry Gutierrez and Tampa Bay Mutiny midfielder Steve Ralston, come just four days before the U.S. team's exhibition against Iran. Steve Cherundolo, a midfielder from San Diego who plays for Germany's Hanver 96, and John O'Brien, a midfielder from Playa del Rey, California, who plays for Ajax in Holland, were assigned to the under-23 national team, currently training in Chula Vista, California. The team faces Armenia after the U.S.-Iran match. All six players will be considered for other national team matches this year, a U.S. Soccer spokesman said. Sunday's match is the first between the nations since Iran's 2-1 upset in the 1998 World Cup. It is also thefirst time they have met on U.S. soil since relations between the countries declined during the 1979-81 hostage crisis.
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