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reprint of COLORADO RAPIDS NEWS RELEASE -- byline Ben Grossman
NEWS RELEASE
DENVER (Tuesday, May 5, 1998) - Colorado Rapids 1997 leading scorer Chris Henderson has been named an alternate to the 1998 U.S. World Cup squad which will compete in the tournament in France this summer. Henderson was on the 1990 World Cup team that competed in Italy, but he did not play in any of the three USA matches.
Henderson was a part of the USA's qualifying bid, playing in two games and scoring a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win over El Salvador in November. Henderson's other appearance was as a substitute in the USA's shocking 0-0 draw against Mexico in Mexico City in November.
The World Cup is the most-watched single-sport event in the world, as the cumulative world-wide audience for the 1994 World Cup held in the USA was over 32 billion people. The U.S. was no exception in '94, as the U.S.-Brazil July 4 match drew a 9.3 TV rating (8.7 million homes, 40 million viewers), while the World Cup final, which did not even feature the USA (Brazil-Italy), earned a 9.5 rating (8.9 million homes). In addition, over 3.5 million fans attended games at nine venues in the U.S.
YEAR STARTS APPEARANCES MIN G A 1990 2 6 240 1 0 1991 17 17 1368 0 3 1992 7 9 564 0 0 1993 26 26 1969 1 5 1994 10 13 821 0 1 1995 1 2 116 0 0 1997 3 1 125 1 1 1998 0 1 18 0 0 TOTAL 64 77 5221 3 10
YEAR STARTS APPEARANCES G A 1996 29 29 3 8 1997 29 30 7 14 1998 5 5 0 3 TOTAL 63 64 10 25