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OCR: SPORTS WorldCup a team is eliminated from the competition. USA94 All in all, 52 games will Always Together be played in nine venues across the United States: Los Angeles, San Fran- cisco, Detroit, Chicago, Bos- ton, Dallas, New York/New Jersey, Orlando and Wash- ington. The grand final will take place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Los Angeles. The 1994 World Cup marks the first time an indoor stadium will be used to stage its matches. The history-making site will be the Pontiac Silverdome, located just outside Detroit, which will host four first-round matches. In order to meet FIFA's specifications, the artificial playing surface at the Silverdome will be replaced by natural turf. Since its inception in 1930, the World Cup has been contested every four years except 1942 and 1946. The tournament has flourished over the past 60 years, attracting nearly every soccer-playing nation to its qualifying phase and boasting a cu- ALWAYS THE REAL THING.( CcaCHE mulative worldwide audience of some 26 billion