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June 19, 2006

Live Stories about COSTA RICA

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • Fool’s Balls Germany 2006 World Cup
    The 2006 FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament is held in Germany, … The official FIFA World Cup 2006 website is translated in 9 languages. … participated in this World Cup Tournament are Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, …
  • World Cup Fever!!!
    Ask Chux. As of June 19, 2006 from the official site of World Cup 2006 Groups & Standings Group A Key Overview | News Team MP WDL GF GA Pts Ecuador 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 Germany 2 2 0 0 5 2 6 Poland 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 2 7 0 …
  • Lessons from School - Part II
    Hello my World Cup Compadres, I think it is time to revisit an old mass … We were able to watch the opening match with Germany-Costa Rica when I was able … all of the illegal activities in the Italian league this past soccer season. …
  • Who to Support?
    Even though Costa Rica usually beats them out of a position in the World Cup, once the Cup is here, they’ll cheer for their former enemies in a game against a team of evil Europeans. And I guess there’s some song and a video about how …
  • Makati Sights
    We did not stay long enough for beef goulash served during the first World Cup 2006 game’s live telecast (Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2). Personally, I am rooting for Brazil’s sixth championship title. After swooning over their gelato, …
  • World Cup Ignorance
    ESPN did a report right before the beginning of the World Cup on neo-nazism and very explicit … Julie Foudy decided that Costa Rica was "not a real team. … He said that soldiers and soccer players have a similar responsibility when …
  • Les Bleus’ disappointment*
    and so i’m back. for anyone who’s a soccer freak and sat through the 3am match last … Ecuador vs Costa Rica, 9pm. 2-0. 14th june (wed) Germany vs Poland, 3am. … shock result of the 2006 World Cup so far. Czech Republic vs Ghana. i …
  • Gol, gol, goooOOOoooOOOoooooooool!
    Dave O’Brien, ABC’s chosen commentator for the World Cup, is much, … how a win against Costa Rica in the opening match would be one of the greatest moments in German World Cup history (that would rank alongside those three World Cups …
  • Lima via Costa Rica
    While I do not like the six months of rain in Costa Rica, at least it is sunny in … Of course, the World Cup is huge in Latin America and I am definitely … if Americans get in fights at bars over football (soccer) games (don?t know! …
  • World Cup Soccer 2006 (washingtonpost.com)
    News and updates from the 2006 FIFA World Cup Soccer tournament in Germany. … 2006 World Cup Schedule (including Re-Airs and World Cup Live Shows) Date: … AM: ESPN2: World Cup Live : 11:55 AM: ESPN2: 1st Round Game: Costa Rica: ..

June 14, 2006

Live Stories about COSTA RICA

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • Soccer s World Cup doesn t hold much water here (Fort Wayne
    Minimal fanfare for World Cup (Community Press & Recorder) The world?s most celebrated sporting event kicked off Friday when the German soccer team defeated Costa Rica 4-2 in the opening match of the 2006 World Cup.
  • World Cup Referees
    Matches refereed at the 2006 World Cup Finals: Ecuador vs Costa Rica FIFA Referees From Asia Toru Kamikawa (Japan) A full-time referee living in Ebina City, Toru Kamikawa enjoys reading and cycling. Matches refereed at the 2006 World …
  • Poland try to avoid early elimination vs World Cup host Germany
    World Cup hosts Germany will be in action for the second time on … The home country have already established a commanding position in Group A following their thrilling 4-2 victory over Costa Rica, while Poland?s opening game defeat to …
  • World Cup soccer
    June 13, 2006 World Cup soccer By Ray Bennett … ITV late-night World Cup highlights programs showing the islanders celebrate their first appearance in the quadrennial … which saw Germany defeat Costa Rica in a high-scoring contest. …
  • More Mystic World Cup predictions…
    (This is the the proper ‘world series’: The FOOTBALL World Cup, … Time to get cracking on the middle wave of group matches in Germany 2006! … Tomorrow sees Ecuador tske on Costa Rica, & I’m going to plump for Costa Rica to edge it. …
  • France was far too French, Spain was full of Spaniards, and Poland
    A team that has never gotten a red card in World Cup play. … And it’s all perhaps indicative of my still-childlike view of soccer and the World Cup. … Costa Rica: I wanted the Germans, the WC’s gracious hosts, to start off well. …
  • World Cup teams - a *trospection
    They seemed waddled puppies, completely befundled by Costa Rica of all the people!! Just imagine what they would do against the stronger teams. Here they just had to manage Wanchope!! England has chances of taking this world cup. …
  • VS KL/Tanjung Karang Geog Trip 2006 Part THREE (Conlcuding Episode)
    Watched more of the world cup action live last night. … Woke up and saw Brazil did their samba soccer. While Croatia midfield was quite lack, … I bathed, dressed, and caught a bit of Germany vs Costa Rica before calling it a night.
  • One man and his log
    The clip of Italy began with Germany picking up the World Cup in 1990. … to find a sign offering a ticket for Ecuador v Costa Rica in Hamburg at face value. … have known the difference as the Croatians were playing the samba soccer. …
  • Of World Cup
    My world cup rants… The good: Togo - I think Togo deserves a sound round of applause. For playing 2 men down against Korea and … It’s not personal) Costa Rica - A good game. You made the Germans work it! Australia - Not bad at all

June 8, 2006

Live Stories about COSTA RICA

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • Germany 2006: The beer world cup
    Tomato is hosting the FIFA (Fuck I can?t Face Another) Beer World Cup and anybody is … Follow the Fifa World Cup football groupings, tasting your favourite beer from each … Germany vs Costa Rica (what the hell do they drink?) …
  • World cup starts soon
    But in fairness to those American soccer fans out there (all six of you), I will take a moment and offer my predictions for this Friday’s opening day of World Cup "action." June 9, 12PM ET Germany v Costa Rica at Allianz Arena. …
  • World Cup 2006
    Oh ya, isn’t it tough luck for Cisse to break his leg in France last friendly before the World Cup. Well, let’s talk about the teams and who will advance to the 2nd round. Group A - Germany, Poland, Costa Rica, Ecuador. …
  • over 60 football payers birthday celebration at fifa world cup 2006
    Of the 736 players participating at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 60 will celebrate their birthday during … KLOSE Miroslav (09.06.1978), a German striker who will mark his 28th birthday by playing in the opening match against Costa Rica. …
  • The GATR Guide To The World Cup
    After 4 years of waiting, the world cup is here again, ready for Brazil to … Instead of calling it football like the rest of the world, they call it "soccer". … From above, let’s all cheer for Costa Rica! Technorati Tags:world cup …
  • World Cup Preview
    Thankfully, this summer, we at least have the World Cup to follow. … Overt Racism at Soccer matches. Much has been made in the press here in the US about the … Costa Rica comes in with one of the oldest rosters in the tournament, …
  • World Cup Predictions
    There are several opening games for the World Cup 2006. … as reaching the final, but we do not really seeing the Brazilians lifting the cup. … For match number 0701, Germany vs Costa Rica, my sentiment is that Germany being the host …
  • GoogleFight World Cup - Group A Results
    Ecuador and Costa Rica then produced the first drawn game of the tournament. With Germany destroying Ecuador that left Costa Rica having to defeat Poland to … Costa Rica v Poland. Tags:. football; germany; costarica; poland; ecuador ..

June 7, 2006

Live Stories about COSTA RICA

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • World Cup 2006 Preview
    1) World Cup teams’ performance vs the other 31 teams. … Poland lost to Lithuania and Colombia, while Costa Rica and Ecuador are a combined 0-6-1 since March 1st. … But along with most other US soccer fans, they’re my #2 team. …
  • 2006 World Cup Analysis & Betting GuideGroup EItaly, Czech
    One of the biggest detractors in the Italian World Cup campaign has been the Serie … ran a simulation engine of the 2006 World Cup and the computer predicted Czech … Team USA qualified well, despite losses to Mexico and Costa Rica, …
  • World Cup Fever - Brazil and Mexico
    Here’s some news from Billboard on the World Cup music releases. … five: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Mexico} Latin countries will be competing, … "It’s not that music disappears, but people are 100 percent into soccer, …
  • David v Goliath on the world stage
    Widely regarded as favourites against FIFA World Cup debutants Senegal, … For the 2006 tournament, holders Brazil need lose no sleep about the … Instead, proud hosts and triple world champions Germany will entertain Costa Rica, …
  • World Cup Fever!
    10 Brazil has the largest Catholic population of any country in the world. … 13 While Costa Rica has only about 0.1% of the world’s land mass, it contains 5% of … at 18m, is greater than that of 14 of the countries at the World Cup. …
  • World cup football
    Things are hotting up here in Oz as the opening ceremony of the 2006 World cup draws close. Things get under way in Germany on Friday with the hosts playing Costa Rica. The Socceroos start their campaign in Group F against Japan on …
  • American dishwater versus German beer
    Chat rooms for German soccer fans have been flooded with complaints about … "If it’s a German World Cup, the beer sponsors should be German," said … where the opening World Cup match will pit Germany against Costa Rica on Friday. …
  • More than a game.
    Just 3 more days to go and the much awaited ball will start rolling on June 9 in Munich with the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica. The biggest soccer event, FIFA World Cup, may just a game for some but for some football is …
  • Group A: Home advantage and a banana skin!
    Costa Rica! Yes the might of Costa Rica. True the embarressed Scotland in 1990 by … City striker is retiring from international football after the World Cup. … The team that made it’s world cup debut in 2002 and finished last in …
  • I’ve got a fever. It’s hot! And it’s here to stay for a month
    There are many reasons to watch the World Cup. For some, the game brings with it a whirlwind of emotions- shocks, … I’ve always admired him for his soccer wizardry (and bald head. … I like underdogs like Paraguay, Togo, Costa Rica. .

June 6, 2006

Live Stories about COSTA RICA

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • Ticos out to cut German World Cup hopes
    4 million TICOs and TICAs are unified in praying for a miracle - that their Costa Rica football team pull an upset of TITANIC proportions by defeating Germany - no less the host of the 2006 FIFA Soccer Football World Cup - in German …
  • World Cup veteran-shirt-numbers worn by debutants
    Eleven of the France National Football squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup will be wearing the same shirt number as they did at Korea/Japan World Cup 2002. … eight squad members from Italy, Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia all have the […]
  • World Cup 2006 (how the Falklands were won and were it got us)
    The time draws nearer, Soon it will all be done and dusted and the cup will be lifted … Of course that is just random and who is to say Costa Rica won?t manage a … England will have at the world cup this year ?super Sol? Campbell. …
  • Only 3 days to go!
    World Cup soccer must be the best thing since peas on toast… … Costa Rica - I don’t think they could have organised an easier opening for the hosts to impress!) … match and one semifinal - of the Soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany. …
  • A World Cup BH76
    I love World Cup preview supplements. They are full of facty goodness. … all of these questions are inspired by The Guardian’s exemplary World Cup guide. … 1 Costa Rica 2 Knedliky 3 Dribbling 4 Guinea Pig 5 Jeanette Biedermann 6 …
  • World Cup Lunch at McGillicuddy’s
    Perhaps a portion of that money is going to support Capital Soccer. Regardless, it’s great to see enthusiasm for the World Cup around town. … I’ll probably be there on Friday for the Germany vs Costa Rica match and the others once I …
  • Daddy’s cup.
    … there is really only one cup that matters a great deal in sports. … all you sports call in show soccer haters? it’s time for the quadrennial FIFA World Cup. … constructed stadium with a match betwee hosts Germany and Costa Rica. …
  • World Cup Preferences
    Costa Rica. Because. 19. Croatia. 20. Czech Republic. 21. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. #1 in Oil. #21 in my World Cup Heart. 22. Iran. The bad guys of the day. And for my friend Farhad. 23. Trinidad and Tobago. 24. Ireland. …
  • #8: Oranje
    Also, I think it’s awesome that the Dutch soccer fans, when they play Germany, … The quarterfinal matchup brings England, fresh off a rout of Costa Rica. … If the World Cup were March Madness, the Netherlands would be… major …
  • bitesize bullets
    FEAST : After all my posts of preparation for the World Cup, it finally kicks off this Friday when hosts Germany face Costa Rica. I have an added bonus in that my kids have caught the soccer bug in the past few months and are excited ..

June 5, 2006

Live Stories about COSTA RICA

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • World Cup 2006: Official Team Slogans
    Costa Rica- "Our army is the team, our weapon is the ball. … Switzerland ? "2006, it’s Swiss o’clock" Sweden ? "Fight! Show spirit! Come on! … As voted by fans across the world on the official fifa world cup website. …
  • Worldwide Sporting Event
    June 9th marks the beginning of the FIFA World Cup in Germany, with a match between Germany and Costa Rica in Munich. The final game will be played on July 9th in Berlin. Soccer fans all over the world will be tuning in to cheer on …
  • What I Missed
    That seems like a bad idea to me, but It reminded me of the Costa Rica qualifier in … Well, soccer is a funny sport, and Arena generally gets results when it counts, … a friendly against the US is their version of the World Cup). …
  • World Cup Soccer 2006 - Team Ecuador News Updates
    Soccer analysts have dubbed Group E the ?group of death ? raise the level of their game in World … 2006 World Cup Preview / Group A / Air of uncertainty hangs over ? … Costa Rica soccer manager says friendly games "valid" despite ? …
  • 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP: Profile of Referees appointed to the first 16
    … of the 18th FIFA World Cup? between Germany and Costa Rica in Munich on 9 June. … American qualifying competition for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany?. … with Reviews of Televised and Live Soccer Competitions, Results,Indexes, …
  • European companies set to benefit from the soccer World Cup may
    World Cup stock picks have since tracked declines across European markets on … Germany plays Costa Rica in Munich on June 9, kicking off the soccer … The shares today lost 1 percent to 616.5 pence, trimming the 2006 advance to 17 …
  • FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa departs this afternoon for
    He will also watch games at the world’s ultimate soccer showpiece. … where hosts will play against Costa Rica and other three matches of his choice. … they used to hold elections of the Fifa president during every World Cup year, …
  • Emirates Airline’s in-flight entertainment service will broadcast
    Emirates, an official partner of FIFA World Cup has bought the rights to the broadcast of every game beginning with opening game in Munich between hosts Germany and Costa Rica on June 9, before the closing with the final in Berlin on …
  • WORLD CUP TEAMS PREVIEW SPECIAL EDITION PART (I) Welcome to the
    Welcome to the first edition of the WORLD CUP SPECIAL EDITION. … Comments: As the host country of the World Cup 2006, they are said to have an … them fail to recover in time for the first match against Costa Rica on 10 June (SGT). …
  • GROUP A Germany Player to watch: M Michael Ballack. Simply one of
    Outlook: After flopping at the 2002 World Cup, Poland is looking for redemption … Costa Rica Player to watch: F Paulo Wanchope. He made a name for himself … some who wanted to replace coach Zico (the former Brazilian soccer star). .

May 21, 2006

Costa Rica Today in World Cup Soccer

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • FIFA World Cup 2006 Predictions (or an exercise in American
    As testament to the ultimate hubris that all us Americans apparently exhibit, I’ve decided that I am going to put myself out there and try to predict the outcome of every single game in this summer’s World Cup from Germany. …
  • Czech Republic World Cup Squad
    Costa Rica, Tuesday 30th May. Trinidad & Tobago, Saturday 3rd June. Czech Republic in the 2006 World Cup Group E Monday, 12th June USA vs Czech Republic Gelsenkirchen — (18:00) Saturday, 17th June Czech Republic vs Ghana …
  • I’ve decided that I am going to put myself out here and try to
    I’ve decided that I am going to put myself out here and try to predict the outcome of every single game in this summer’s World Cup from Germany. That’s right - an Iranian who admittedly follows very little soccer (though I did watch the …
  • The Beautiful Game
    The World Cup 2006 begins this June, in Germany, one of (if not) the world’s most football-crazy nations. First blood will be spilled on June 9, when Germany will play Costa Rica, and Poland will face Ecuador. …
  • World Cup countdown - 19 days to kickoff
    Very fast,19 days more to the kickoff of the 2006 World Cup Finals. … Group A: Germany,Poland,Ecuador & Costa Rica … Germany’s pedigree in the World Cup is quite gd actually although with the form that they are displaying at times …
  • Latin America - WORLD CUP 2006: Marketers make move on Hispanic
    Argentina World Cup Statistics - 2006 ESPN Soccernet - Jump To Country Angola Argentina Australia Brazil Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic Ecuador England France Germany Ghana Iran Italy Ivory Coast Japan Mexico Netherlands Paraguay …
  • Let The Games Begin!
    The first time I surfed FIFAworldcup.com, the site clock on the top right-hand corner read 19 days 03 hours 57 mins 7 secs, with the first match of the World Cup Germany 2006 between host Germany and Costa Rica scheduled on the 9th of …
  • Canbet: World Cup Betting Preview
    After four years of hype, it s almost a relief that the soccer World Cup will begin … Inside Costa Rica - An online oddmaker YouWager.com, a First Fidelity … May 2, 2006: Pregame.com, where players get ready to play with confidence, …
  • Costa Rica
    Inside Costa Rica - The celebrations and happiness last only four minutes. … OCN - San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) May 6, 2006 - Online sports betting … After four years of hype, it s almost a relief that the soccer World Cup will …
  • World Cup Forecast with Allan
    Costa Rica will top the group, and Poland will scrape through in second. … The legendary soccer stars of the US of A squeeze past the Japanese thanks … CONCEDE GOALS!!! so the World Famous USA Heroes Of 2006 ™ go home to a Heroes .

May 18, 2006

World Cup Rosters

World Cup rosters announced Thursday by FIFA:

Angola

Goalkeepers: Lama (Petro de Luanda), Mario (Inter de Luanda), Joao Ricardo (no club)

Defenders: Marco Abreu (Portimonense), Marco Airosa (Barreirense), Delgado (Petro de Luanda), Jamba (ASA), Kali (Barreirense), Lebo Lebo (Petro de Luanda), Loco (Primeiro de Agosto), Rui Marques (Leeds)

Midfielders: Andre (Al Kuwait), Figueiredo (Varzim), Mateus Galiano (Gil Vicente), Mendonca (Varzim), Miloy (Inter de Luanda), Edson Nobre (Pacos Ferreira), Ze Kalanga (Petro de Luanda),

Forwards: Fabrice Akwa (no club), Flavio Amado (Al-Ahly), Titi Buengo (Clermont), Love Kabungula (ASA), Pedro Mantorras (Benfica)

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Argentina

Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors), Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid), Oscar Ustari (Independiente)

Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo de La Coruna), Leandro Cufre (AS Roma), Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United), Gabriel Milito (Zaragoza), Lionel Scaloni (West Ham), Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal)

Midfielders: Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Javier Mascherano (Corinthians), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid)

Forwards: Hernan Crespo (Chelsea), Julio Cruz (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors), Javier Saviola (Sevilla), Carlos Tevez (Corinthians)

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Australia

Goalkeepers: Ante Covic (Hammarby), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough)

Defenders: Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast Mariners), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Craig Moore (Newcastle), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Lucas Neill (Blackburn), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)

Midfielders: Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham City), Josip Skoko (Wigan), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)

Forwards: John Aloisi (Alaves), Josh Kennedy (Dynamo Dresden), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)

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Brazil

Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)

Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Cris (Lyon), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)

Midfielders: Edmilson (Barcelona), Emerson (Juventus), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Juninho (Lyon), Kaka (AC Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich)

Forwards: Adriano (Inter Milan), Fred (Lyon), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

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Costa Rica

Goalkeepers: Wardy Alfaro (Alajuelense), Alvaro Mesen (Herediano), Jose Francisco Porras (Saprissa)

Defenders: Gabriel Badilla (Saprissa), Jervis Drummond (Saprissa), Leonardo Gonzalez (Herediano), Luis Marin (Alajuelense), Gilberto Martinez (Brescia), Michael Rodriguez (Alajuelense), Michael Umana (Herediano), Harold Wallace (Alajuelense)

Midfielders: Randall Azofeifa (Saprissa), Cristian Bolanos (Saprissa), Walter Centeno (Saprissa), Dany Fonseca (Brujas), Carlos Hernandez (Alajuelense), Douglas Sequeira (Real Salt Lake), Mauricio Solis (Comunicaciones)

Forwards: Victor Nunez (Alajuelense), Ronald Gomez (Saprissa), Kurt Bernard (Puntarenas), Alvaro Saborio (Saprissa), Paulo Wanchope (no club)

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Croatia

Goalkeepers: Tomislav Butina (Brugge), Joseph Didulica (Austria Vienna), Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split)

Defenders: Robert Kovac (Juventus), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray), Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna), Igor Tudor (Siena)

Midfielders: Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin), Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split), Ivan Leko (Brugge), Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen)

Forwards: Bosko Balaban (Brugge), Ivan Bosnjak (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow), Dado Prso (Glasgow Rangers)

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Czech Republic

Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Antonin Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye)

Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Mares (Zenit St. Petersburg), David Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)

Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax), David Jarolim (Hamburger SV), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Jan Polak (Nuremberg), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux), Jiri Stajner (Hannover)

Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Vratislav Lokvenc (Salzburg)

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Ecuador

Goalkeepers: Damian Lanza (Aucas), Christian Mora (Liga de Quito), Edwin Villafuerte (Deportivo Quito)

Defenders: Paul Ambrosi (Liga de Quito), Ulises de la Cruz (Aston Villa), Giovanny Espinoza (Liga de Quito), Jorge Guagua (El Nacional), Ivan Hurtado (Al Arabi), Jose Luis Perlaza (CD Olmedo), Neicer Reasco (Liga de Quito)

Midfielders: Marlon Ayovi (Deportivo Quito), Segundo Castillo (El Nacional), Christian Lara (El Nacional), Edison Mendez (Liga de Quito), Luis Saritama (Deportivo Quito), Edwin Tenorio (Barcelona, Ecuador), Patricio Urrutia (Liga de Quito), Luis Antonio Valencia (Recreativo de Huelva)

Forwards: Christian Benitez (El Nacional), Felix Borja (El Nacional), Agustin Delgado (Liga de Quito), Ivan Kaviedes (Argentinos Juniors), Carlos Tenorio (Al Sadd)

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England

Goalkeepers: David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (Norwich), Paul Robinson (Tottenham)

Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Gary Neville (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Michael Carrick (Tottenham), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Forwards: Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

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France

Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Marseille), Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Mickael Landreau (Nantes)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle), Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan), William Gallas (Chelsea), Gael Givet (Monaco), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Lilian Thuram (Juventus)

Midfielders: Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris Saint-Germain), Alou Diarra (Lens), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Lyon), Franck Ribery (Marseille), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Djibril Cisse (Liverpool), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon)

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Germany

Goalkeepers: Timo Hildebrand (Stuttgart), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, England)

Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Marcell Jansen (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Phillipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Hannover 96), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Lens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Stuttgart), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)

Forwards: Gerald Asamoah (Schalke), Mike Hanke (Schalke), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Lukas Podolski (Cologne)

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Ghana

Goalkeepers: Sammy Adjei (Mohadon Sports Ashdod), Richard Kingston (BB Ankaraspor) George Owu (Ashanti Gold)

Defenders: Issa Ahmed (Randers), Illiasu Shilla (Asante Kotoko), Sammy Kuffour (AS Roma), John Mensah (Rennes), Habib Mohammed (King Faisal), John Painstil (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Addoquaye Pappoe (Ashdod Tel Aviv), Dan Quaye (Hearts of Oak), Hans Adu Sarpei (Wolfsburg)

Midfielders: Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven), Otto Addo (Mainz), Stephen Appiah (Fenerbache), Derek Boateng (AIK Solna), Haminu Dramani (Red Star Belgrade), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese)

Forwards: Matthew Amoah (Borussia Dortmund), Asamoah Gyan (Modena), Razak Pimpong (Copenhagen), Alex Tachie-Mensah (St. Gallen)

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Iran

Goalkeepers: Ebrahim Mirzapour (Foulad), Hassan Roudbarian (Pas), Vahid Taleblou (Esteqlal)

Defenders: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Saba Battery), Yahya Golmohammadi (Saba Battery), Hossein Ka’bi (Foulad), Mohammad Nosrati (Pas), Rahman Rezaei (Messina), Amir-Hossein Sadeqi (Esteqlal) Sattar Zare (Barq)

Midfielders: Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich), Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburger SV), Mehrzad Ma’danchi (Persepolis), Javad Nekounam (Sharjah), Massoud Shojaei (Saipa), Anderanik Teymourian (Abu Moslem), Fereydoun Zandi (Kaiserslautern),

Forwards: Arash Borhani (Pas), Ali Daei (Saba Battery), Gholam-Reza Enayati (Esteqlal), Vahid Hashemian (Hannover), Javad Kazemian (Persepolis), Rassoul Khatibi (Sepahan)

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Italy

Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia (Livorno), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio)

Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Fabio Grosso (Palermo), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Massimo Oddo (Lazio), Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus)

Midfielders: Simone Barone (Palermo), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Francesco Totti (AS Roma)

Forwards: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), Luca Toni (Fiorentina)

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Ivory Coast

Goalkeepers: Boubacar Barry (KSK Beveren), Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier), Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis)

Defenders: Etienne Arthur Boka (Strasbourg), Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil), Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal), Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes), Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille), Kolo Toure (Arsenal), Marc Zoro (Messina)

Midfielders: Kanga Gauthier Akale (Auxerre), Guy Roland Demel (Hamburger SV), Emerse Fae (Nantes), Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille), Romaric (Le Mans), Yaya Toure (Olympiakos), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys), Didier Zokora (Saint-Etienne)

Forwards: Aruna Dindane (Lens), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Bonaventure Kalou (Paris Saint-Germain), Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven), Bakari Kone (Nice)

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Japan

Goalkeepers: Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

Defenders: Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Koji Nakata (Basel), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos), Alessandro Santos (Urawa Reds), Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds)

Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion), Shunsuke Nakamura (Glasgow Celtic), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds)

Forwards: Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburger SV), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers)

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Mexico

Goalkeepers: Jesus Corona (Tecos), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara)

Defenders: Jose Antonio Castro (America), Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Mario Mendez (Monterrey), Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul), Gonzalo Pineda (Guadalajara), Francisco Rodriguez (Guadalajara), Carlos Salcido (Guadalajara), Claudio Suarez (Chivas USA)

Midfielders: Jose Garcia (Atlas), Jose Guardado (Atlas), Ramon Morales (Guadalajara), Zinha (Toluca), Pavel Pardo (America), Luis Perez (Monterrey), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul)

Forwards: Jose Arellano (Monterrey), Jared Borgetti (Bolton), Omar Bravo (Guadalajara), Francisco Fonseca (Cruz Azul), Guillermo Franco (Villarreal)

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Netherlands

Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar)

Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburger SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar), Johnny Heitinga (Ajax), Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven)

Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (Barcelona), Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburger SV)

Forwards: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven)

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Paraguay

Goalkeepers: Aldo Bobadilla (Libertad), Derlis Gomez (Luqueno), Justo Villar (Newell’s Old Boys)

Defenders: Julio Cesar Caceres (River Plate), Denis Caniza (Cruz Azul), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca), Carlos Gamarra (Palmeiras), Julio Manzur (Santos), Jorge Nunez (Estudiantes) Delio Toledo (Real Zaragoza)

Midfielders: Roberto Acuna (Deportivo La Coruna), Edgar Barreto (NEC Nijmegen), Carlos Bonet (Libertad), Julio Dos Santos (Bayern Munich), Diego Gavilan (Newell’s Old Boys), Jose Montiel (Olimpia), Carlos Humberto Paredes (Reggina), Christian Riveros (Libertad)

Forwards: Salvador Cabanas (Jaguares), Jose Cardozo (no club), Nelson Cuevas (Pachuca), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich), Nelson Haedo Valdez (Werder Bremen)

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Poland

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Glasgow Celtic), Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion)

Defenders: Jacek Bak (Al Rayyan), Marcin Baszczynski (Wisla Krakow), Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakow), Seweryn Gancarczyk (Mettalist Kharkov), Mariusz Jop (FC Moscow), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Michal Zewlakow (Anderlecht)

Midfielders: Piotr Giza (Cracovia), Damian Gorawski (FC Moscow), Kamil Kosowski (Southampton), Jacek Krzynowek (Bayer Leverkusen), Sebastian Mila (Austria Vienna), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Vienna), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Borussia Dortmund), Radoslaw Sobolewski (Wisla Krakow), Miroslaw Szymkowiak (Trabonzspor)

Forwards: Pawel Brozek (Wisla Krakow), Ireneusz Jelen (Wisla Plock), Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton), Maciej Zurawski (Glasgow Celtic)

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Portugal

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Quim Silva (Benfica), Bruno Vale (Amadora)

Defenders: Marco Caneira (Valencia), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Ricardo Costa (Porto), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Miguel Monteiro (Valencia), Nuno Valente (Everton)

Midfielders: Francisco Costinha (Dynamo Moscow), Deco (Barcelona), Luis Figo (Inter Milan), Nuno Maniche (Chelsea), Armando Petit (Benfica), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), , Tiago (Lyon), Hugo Viana (Valencia)

Forwards: Luis Boa Morte (Fulham), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Pedro Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain), Helder Postiga (Porto), Simao Sabrosa (Benfica)

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Saudi Arabia

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al-Deayea (Al Hilal), Mohammad Khoja (Al Shabab) Mabrouk Zayed (Al Ittihad)

Defenders: Hussein Abdul Ghani (Al Ahli), Ahmed Al-Bahri (Al Shabab), Ahmed Al-Dokhi (Al Ittihad), Hamad Al-Montashri (Al Ittihad), Naif Al-Qadi (Al Ahli), Mohammad Missad (Al Ahli), Reda Tukar (Al Ittihad)

Midfielders: Omar Al-Ghamdi (Al Hilal), Nawaf Al-Tamyat (Al Hilal), Mohammed Ameen (Al Ittihad), Khaled Aziz (Al Hilal), Abdul Aziz Al-Khathran (Al Hilal), Saud Kareeri (Al Ittihad), Mohammad Nur (Al Ittihad)

Forwards: Mohammad Al-Anbar (Al Hilal), Saad Al-Harithy (Al Nassr), Sami Al-Jaber (Al Hilal), Yasser Al-Qhatani (Al Hilal), Malik Moud (Al Ahli), Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (Al Hilal)

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Serbia-Montenegro

Goalkeepers: Dragoslav Jevric (Ankaraspor), Oliver Kovacevic (CKSA Sofia), Vladimir Stojkovic (Red Star Belgrade)

Defenders: Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Ivica Dragutinovic (Sevilla), Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade), Goran Gavrancic (Dynamo Kiev), Mladen Krstajic (Schalke), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

Midfielders: Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos), Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Ergic (Basel), Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth), Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray), Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade), Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan), Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade)

Forwards: Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid), Danijel Ljuboja (Stuttgart), Savo Milosevic (Osasuna), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce), Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade)

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South Korea

Goalkeepers: Kim Yong-dae (Busan I.Park), Kim Young-kwang (Chunnam Dragons), Lee Woon-jae (Suwon Samsung)

Defenders: Cho Won-hee (Suwon Samsung), Choi Jin-cheul (Chonbuk Hyundai), Kim Dong-jin (FC Seoul), Kim Jin-kyu (Jubilo Iwata), Kim Sang-shik (Seongnam Ilhwa), Kim Young-chul (Seongnam Ilhwa), Lee Young-pyo (Tottenham), Song Chong-gug (Suwon Samsung)

Midfielders: Baek Ji-hoon (FC Seoul), Kim Do-heon (Seongnam Ilhwa), Kim Nam-il (Suwon Samsung), Lee Eul-yong (Trabzonspor), Lee Ho (Ulsan Hyundai), Park Ji-sung (Manchester United)

Forwards: Ahn Jung-hwan (Duisburg), Cho Jae-jin (Shimizu S-Pulse), Lee Chun-soo (Ulsan Hyundai), Chung Kyung-ho (Gwangju Sangmu), Park Chu-young (FC Seoul), Seol Ki-hyun (Wolves)

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Spain

Goalkeepers: Santiago Canizares (Valencia), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Manuel Reina (Liverpool)

Defenders: Asier Del Horno (Chelsea), Juanito Gutierrez (Real Betis), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid)

Midfielders: David Albelda (Valencia), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Antonio Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Joaquin Sanchez (Real Betis), Marcos Senna (Villareal)

Forwards: Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid), Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), David Villa (Valencia)

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Sweden

Goalkeepers: John Alvbage (Viborg), Andreas Isaksson (Rennes), Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad)

Defenders: Erik Edman (Rennes), Petter Hansson (Heerenveen), Teddy Lucic (Hacken), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Fredrik Stenman (Bayer Leverkusen), Karl Svensson (IFK Goteborg)

Midfielders: Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Goteborg), Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Johan Elmander (Brondby), Kim Kallstrom (Rennes), Tobias Linderoth (Copenhagen), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht)

Forwards: Marcus Allback (Copenhagen), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Mattias Jonson (Djurgarden), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona), Markus Rosenberg (Ajax)

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Switzerland

Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (CD Nacional), Fabio Coltorti (Grasshoppers), Pascal Zuberbuehler (Basel)

Defenders: Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Arsenal), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart), Patrick Mueller (Lyon), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Valon Behrami (Lazio), Ricardo Cabanas (Cologne), Blerim Dzemaili (Zurich), Daniel Gygax (Lille), Xavier Margairaz (Zurich), Johann Vogel (AC Milan), Raphael Wicky (Hamburger SV)

Forwards: David Degen (Basel), Alexander Frei (Rennes), Mauro Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague), Marco Streller (Cologne), Johan Vonlanthen (NAC Breda)

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Togo

Goalkeepers: Kossi Agassa (Metz), Kodjovi Obilale (Etoile Filante) Moumouni Ouro Tchagnirou (Djoliba)

Defenders: Yaovi Dosseh Abalo (Apoel), Komi Agbo (Beveren), Eric Akoto (Admira Wadel), Ludovic Assemouassa (Ciffon), Toure Assimiou (Bayern Leverkusen), Karim Guede (Hamburger SV), Dare Nibombe (Mons), Masama-Esso Tchangai (Beneveto)

Midfielders: Kaka Aziawonou (YS Berne), Thomas Dossevi (Valenciennes), Affo Erassa (Clermont), Richmond Forson (J.A. Poire), Alexis Romao (CS Louhans Cuiseaux), Moustapha Salifou (Brest), Yao Junior Senaya (Juventus, Switzerland), Sheriff Toure (Metz)

Forwards: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Abdel-Kader Kougbadja (Guingamp), Robert Malm (Brest), Adekambi Olufade (Al Siliyah)

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Trinidad and Tobago

Goalkeepers: Kelvin Jack (Dundee), Shaka Hislop (West Ham), Clayton Ince (Coventry City)

Defenders: Marvin Andrews (Glasgow Rangers), Atiba Charles (W Connection), Ian Cox (Gillingham), Cyd Gray (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Avery John (New England), Dennis Lawrence (Wrexham), Brent Sancho (Gillingham)

Midfielders: Chris Birchall (Port Vale), Carlos Edwards (Luton Town), Silvio Spann (no club), Densill Theobald (Falkirk), Aurtis Whitley (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Anthony Wolfe (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh)

Forwards: Cornell Glen (Los Angeles), Stern John (Coventry City), Kenwyne Jones (Southampton), Russell Latapy (Falkirk), Collin Samuel (Dundee United), Jason Scotland (St. Johnstone), Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC)

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Tunisia

Goalkeepers: Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain), Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance Tunis), Adel Nefzi (US Monastir)

Defenders: Anis Ayari (Samsunspor), Karim Hagui (Strasbourg), Radhi Jaidi (Bolton), David Jemmali (Bordeaux), Mehdi Meriah (Etoile du Sahel), Karim Saidi (Lecce), Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax), Alaeddine Yahya (Saint-Etienne)

Midfielders: Riadh Boazizi (Kayserispor), Adel Chedli (Nuremberg), Kais Ghodhbane (Diyarbakirspor), Sofiene Melliti (Gaziantespor), Jawhar Menari (Nuremberg), Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham), Hamed Namouchi (Glasgow Rangers)

Forwards: Yassine Chikhaoui (Etoile du Sahel), Issam Jomaa (Lens), Francileudo Santos (Toulouse), Ziad Jaziri (Troyes), Karim Zdiri (Rosenborg)

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Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava), Oleksander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Bogdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Defenders: Dmytro Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Fyodorov (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Arsenal Kiev), Vladyslav Vashchyuk (Dynamo Kiev), Volodymyr Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

Midfielders: Oleg Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara), Maxim Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow), Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Rotan (Dynamo Kiev), Oleg Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Forwards: Olexiy Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk), Artyom Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen)

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United States

Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), Tim Howard (Everton), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Defenders: Chris Albright (Los Angeles), Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City), Cory Gibbs (Charlton), Eddie Lewis (Leeds), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)

Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Bobby Convey (Reading), Clint Dempsey (New England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado), John O’Brien (Chivas USA), Ben Olsen (D.C. United), Claudio Reyna (Manchester City)

Forwards: Brian Ching (Houston), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City), Brian McBride (Fulham), Josh Wolff (Kansas City)

May 17, 2006

COSTA RICA in World Cup Soccer

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    Costa Rica striker Paulo Wanchope said the Ticos will not be overawed by facing … The 2006 JCI-Soccer World Cup takes place at Offenbach, Germany from June 8-13. … The JCI Soccer-World Cup is played not with National JCI teams, …
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    And quite frankly, the sport I?m most qualified to evaluate is soccer. So, without further Adu, I present my 2006 World Cup preview (while sporting my Team USA … Croatia over Czech Republic, Spain over France, Costa Rica over Sweden, …
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    "Do you have any advice for preparing for next month’s world Cup? … The first match Germany (the hosts) v Costa Rica kicks off at 5pm. … 24th June and culminates in The Final on 9th July, by which time we will all be soccer ed out. …
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    16 May 2006 Schy report - Download 498k Listen to Schy report … No World Cup host has ever failed to make it out of the group stage on home soil, … Ecuador and Costa Rica were added to the group as first round opponents. …
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    World Cup Tips has made a list of the games that shouldn’t be missed. … goals against Costa Rica, but the majesty of the 2006 Germany World Cup’s opening … The two teams from formidable soccer nations are both looking to add a new …
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    Come June 9, 2006, most women will lose their men to the soccer World Cup for an … before will offer a variety of odds and props on the FIFA World Cup 2006. … "Having our main operation located in both Costa Rica and Panama for the …
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    Willemstad, NA (PRWEB) May 16 2006 — Desperate Housewives from around the world have already marked the date in their calendars while sports enthusiasts from every corner of the planet prepare for the soccer World Cup 2006. …
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    Register at Wk 2006 Champi Pool, and predict your scores for the first two games. This first round is closed an half hour before the match starts. So you still have some time. Duitsland Vs. Costa Rica Polen Vs. Ecuador …
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    USA, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina … Brazil took football’s biggest prize in 2002 and with the World player of the year 2004 … Italy 9/1 Trinidad and Tobago 1500/1football, world cup 2006.

May 16, 2006

COSTA RICA Today

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica
  • Costa Rica post office to issue 2006 soccer World Cup stamps
    SAN JOSE, May 15 ? Costa Rica`s state mail company will issue 54000 stamps commemorating the national soccer team`s Germany 2006 World Cup participation on Monday, the company told Sunday`s La Nacion newspaper . …
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  • Klinsmann springs surprise with Odonkor
    … his 23-man FIFA World Cup? squad on Monday with uncapped midfielder David … He has U-21 caps and we are taking half that team with us to the World Cup." … Hosts Germany will face Costa Rica, Poland and Ecuador in Group A at the …
  • World Cup Survival Guide
    Of course, after the novelty of having the 2002 world cup played in a decent time zone, we are going to be back to early morning games … After the opening ceremony we get straight into Germany vs Costa Rica, then Poland vs Ecuador. …
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    He’s scored in the world cup before, he’s the all time leading scorer in Ecuador … as Ecuador will struggle some and play not interesting soccer the whole time. … Costa Rica is their next opponent, in a rare matchup of Western …
  • Becoming a Soccer Fan
    But this time, I’m becoming a soccer fan out of necessity. In Costa Rica, it’s soccer or nothing at all. In Orosi, I won’t have the luxury of watching my Tar Heels or Panthers. And the Ticos have World Cup fever - I need to adapt to the …
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    Soccer-related advertising and marketing activity is expected to account for more than half of what consumers hear and see in a number of European and Latin American countries leading up to the 2006 World Cup starting June 9, …
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    The sports world constantly reminds us that the little things are often the … respectively - but Costa Rica is going the most domestic, staying at the … What affect any of these situations have on the outcome of World Cup 2006 can …
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