switch clubs in order to remain competitive. Lauck would make a successful appearance for East Germany in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and would win gold with East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Lauck became the team captain of BFC Dynamo in the 1974–75 season. He would later win two league titles with BFC Dynamo before ending his career due to a knee injury. Union Berlin would remain in the DDR-Liga for several seasons. The club would also suffer more blows which further weakened its position in relation to BFC Dynamo. Herbert Warnke died in 1975 and was replaced as chairman of the FDGB by Harry Tisch. Harry Tisch had begun his political career in Rostock and chose instead to give the support of the FDGB to F.C. Hansa Rostock. Union Berlin thus lost the support of the FDGB and also no longer had any support in the top of the political hierarchy. The club could now only rely on support from the district administration of the SED in East Berlin and local state-owned enterprises, such as VEB Kabelwerk Oberspree (KWO) and VEB Transformatorenwerk Oberschöneweide (TRO). The DTSB and the DFV had also continued their efforts to concentrate resources on a few clubs during the 1970s. A number of football clubs beame specially promoted focus clubs in the 1970 DFV Football Resolution. The focus clubs were meant to be strengthened through player transfers. Players in teams that had been relegated from the DDR-Oberliga should also switch to focus clubs. The focus clubs were also equipped with more staff as well as better material and technical conditions. Even more advantages would then be given to the football clubs in the 1976 DFV Football Resolution. The focus clubs would then be allowed to delegate youth players from other football clubs. They would also be provided with more youth coaches from the DFV and have the right to accommodate twice as many students in their affiliated Children and Youth Sports Schools (KJS) every year, compared to other football clubs. Focus clubs would also receive expanded catchment areas in the 1976 DFV Football Resolution. BFC Dynamo became the focus club in East Berlin. Union Berlin would then have to delegate some of its best young players to BFC Dynamo. One example was the talented Detlef Helms, who was delegated to BFC Dynamo as a 17-year-old in 1977. Union Berlin returned to the Oberliga