NOVA said the player's urine sample showed traces of cocaine following a
random test on May 17 after Den Bosch's game with Dordrecht '90. Aerts was
not playing in the match.

Aerts admitted at a disciplinary hearing of Dutch soccer association KNVB
that he had snorted ``something'' at a party the evening before the match,
but said he did not know that it was cocaine.

``I knew I would be sitting on the bench in the match against Dordrecht after
all,'' Aerst said.

The diciplinary board will rule in three weeks and Aerts, 21, could face a
suspension of several months.

The KNVB started random drug tests in October 1996.

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