Power turns to McCutcheon

Jay McCutcheon will be back in goal tonight when the Power triesto prolong the American Indoor Soccer Association championshipseries.

Game 4 of the best-of-five series (7:35 p.m., 92.7-FM) will endthe Power's home season at the Horizon. If a fifth game is needed,it'll be Saturday night in Canton.

McCutcheon, the starter most of the season, backed up rookieMark Simpson in the last two games. Simpson looked sharp in an 8-6Power victory in Game 2 but showed signs of his inexperience in theInvaders' 16-7 victory Sunday.

Power coach Karl-Heinz Granitza said during Monday's teamgathering at Hamilton Lakes Sports Club in Itasca that he would gowith McCutcheon. Only Oscar Albuquerque (sore hamstring) wasreported ailing.

"The last game was the first time they played better than us sofar," said Granitza. "Now we have to even up the series. It's a mindgame.

"We booked our flight to Canton on Friday. That's a good sign.We have to have positive thinking."

Granitza reverted to his tactic of the last two weeks inkeeping his players off the soccer field Monday. They used thehealth club facilities.

Timo Liekoski, the Canton coach, did Granitza one better. Hegave his players the day off, something he has done five times sincethe playoffs started.

"I told them to disappear," said Liekoski, who coached Clevelandin the Major Indoor Soccer League the last six seasons. "They canplay golf or go to Chicago with their wives and spend money. Some ofthem will go to the Black Hawks game."

With its 2-1 playoff edge, the Invaders own a 5-4 advantage onthe Power in head-to-head meetings this season. One of the gamesended in a bench-clearing brawl, but there has been no sign of suchbad feelings in the playoffs.

"We're a little quicker than Chicago," said Liekoski, "butthey're better goal scorers. Granitza needs three chances to scoretwo goals. We need five to score one."