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• Germany, Argentina favored to advance to World Cup Quarterfinal
  World Cup host Germany opens the second round rated a odds-on chance to beat Sweden and advance to a possible quarterfinal against Argentina, the favorite to defeat Mexico. Germany, seeking its fourth soccer world championship, …
• World Cup predictions redux
  The group stage of the World Cup is over and it’s knockout time — each match will … would finish second in Group C and Mexico first in Group D; the opposite occurred. … The Swiss played uninspired soccer in winning a weak group. …
• Best Moments of World Cup 2006
  The World Cup unites the best of the best in soccer to compete for world domination, or at least domination of a soccer ball. … Mexico World Cup 2006 How come I don’t see people like her jumping over the fence and sneaking over the …
• World Cup 2006: Day 15
  … not present) of Swiss soccer and looks to have a bright future in soccer. Saturday (day 16) marks the start of the knockout stages with Germany taking on Sweden in Munich and Argentina taking on Mexico in Leipzig. Let the fun begin.
• Round of 16 Astrological Predictions
  Subscribe to Soccerphile’s World Cup astrological predictions — the results as seen in … But Mexico will create hurdles for Argentina but at the end Argentina will be the winner. … Germany World Cup Astrology football soccer stars.
• World Cup First Round Recap
  And I’ve played soccer at altitude - it’s not easy! … Actual: Mexico, Portugal This was probably the weakest group in the tourney, … Argentina (over Mexico) England (over Ecuador - despite playing in the middle of the day and having …
• World Cup Knockout
  Mexico was hanging onto their World Cup in their match against Portugal. … Of all the soccer powerhouses, Spain has had the least success in the World Cup while Brazil has had the most. … 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions Germany.
• World Cup Picks
  We’re into the second round of the World Cup now, and since I’ve been following it … Mexico came into the tournament thinking they had a real chance to win, … Neither team is known as a great soccer nation, but the Swiss have looked …
• its been a loooooooooooooong time since i blogged. thnx to my …
  ok, before i start obsessing bout soccer again. i shall proclaim… … LISA and JIAYING. this is the first time i felt this strongly for world cup. i … =Di’m freaking sad bout owen la. the match between protugal and mexico was a lil …
• World Cup Round 3 Update
  Argentina plays Mexico. As I said before, no contest here. Argentina is too good. England plays Ecuador. Dangerous game for England here. … Keep watching, even though the US is out. The real soccer powers are about to put on a show

Jun 24, 2006 11:00pm	1A-2B		GER	- : -	SWE
Jun 25, 2006 3:00am	1C-2D		ARG	- : -	MEX
Jun 25, 2006 11:00pm	1B-2A		ENG	- : -	ECU
Jun 26, 2006 3:00am	1D-2C		POR	- : -	NED
Jun 26, 2006 11:00pm	1E-2F		ITA	- : -	AUS
Jun 27, 2006 3:00am	1G-2H		SUI	- : -	UKR

Portugal			Mexico
	(9 Pts)	2	1	(4 Pts)
	Gomes 90 min		Naelson Sinha 86 min
	Boa Morte 87 min		Márquez 64 min
	Maniche 68 min		Pérez 60 min
	Miguel 25 min		Fonseca 29 min (Pardo)
	Simão 23 min (Simão)		Pérez 26 min
	Maniche 05 min (Simão)		Rodríguez 21 min
Caneira, Carvalho, Figo (Boa Morte 79 min), Maniche, Meira, Miguel (Ferreira 60 min), Petit, Postiga (Gomes 68 min), Ricardo, Simão, Tiago			Bravo, Fonseca, Márquez, Méndez (Franco 79 min), Osorio, Pardo, Pérez, Pineda (Castro 68 min), Rodríguez (Naelson Sinha 45 min), Salcido, Sánchez

Iran			Angola
	(1 Pts)	1	1	(2 Pts)
	Zandi 90 min		Kalanga 66 min
	Bakhtiarizadeh 75 min (Mahdavikia)		Flávio 59 min (Kalanga)
	Teymourian 54 min		Mendonca 45 min
	Madanchi 36 min		Locó 20 min
Bakhtiarizadeh, Daei, Hashemian (Khatibi 38 min), Kabei (Borhani 66 min), Madanchi, Mahdavikia, Mirzapour, Nosrati (Shojaei 12 min), Rezaei, Teymourian, Zandi			Akwa (Flávio 50 min), Delgado, Figueiredo (Marques 71 min), Jamba, João Ricardo, Kalanga, Kali, Locó, Mateus (Cabungula 22 min), Mendonca, Miloy

• France frustrated as Brazil advance
  June 16 (Bloomberg) ? Two-time champion Argentina scored its biggest World Cup soccer win since 1978 to reach the second round with the Netherlands, which beat the Ivory Coast 2-1. Angola held Mexico to a 0-0 tie in the other match.
• World cup 2006 - kit sponsors
  The World Cup does not only bring goals, tackles, passes, yellow and red cards, … Soccer World Cup Kit Sponsors. Adidas. Argentina; Germany; Spain; France … Brazil; Portugal; Mexico; Netherlands; USA; South Korea; Australia; Croatia …
• WORLD CUP 2006: Bay Area / Cup overflowing with goodwill / Mission …
  So when Mexico took the field in Hanover, Germany, on Friday for its second first-round match, the word ?we? took on a? Soccer, soccer everywhere ? some Germans seek escape from ubiquitous World Cup (SportingNews.com) …
• The Ten Biggest Controversies in World Cup History
  The three red cards in one match tied a World Cup record; only one match in the previous … why they stood so adamantly behind the flurry of cards in the 2006 Cup). … Argentina in a quarterfinal match at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium. …
• FIFA: World Cup 2006
  Mexico: as soccer is particularly popular in most latin american countries, and myself being a big fan of latino men, the world cup is one of my favorite sporting events ever. that being said, i was a bit disappointed by this …
• World Cup Weekend Review
  Mexico played to a scoreless draw against Angola in Hanover . … even though Angolan goalie Joao Ricardo made several masterful saves to deny Mexico the victory. … soccer, world cup, argentina, brazil, Mexico, united states, uruguay.
• Travel Odds and Ends
  The following year I participated in the 2002 Gay Parade in Rio de Janeiro, which occured on the very same day that Brazil won its fifth World Cup. Hundreds of thousands of gay revelers and joyous soccer fans danced and mingled together …
• World Cup Fever!!!
  Here we go again.. My passion for soccer has never changed. 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 …
• In Somalia, Islamic Militias Are Fighting Culture Wars
  A week ago, when Mexico and Iran were still playing the first half of their World Cup soccer match, gunmen allied with the Islamic courts burst into a tiny theater in the Hiliwaa neighborhood of north Mogadishu, condemned the place as …
• Rods and Cones Craziness
  There are some seriously fluorescent uniforms in this year?s World Cup. … you watch 25 soccer matches and hours of analysis between games in a 10 day span), … Mexico vs Angola ? Tremendous effort by Angola, whose 2 best players are ..

• Armchair Football World Cup Special Due to circumstances beyond …
  4.30pm World Cup 2006 Live The Czechs started with a 3-0 win, … although that was enough with its resemblance to when Soccer AM runs out of ideas and just … their hands as to which game will be which, so here’s Portugal v Mexico. …
• FIFA WORLD CUP: First Match Recaps
  I’ve loved playing and watching soccer since I was young and it’s always been a big … Now, it’s WORLD CUP time and I have to blog it. I can’t NOT blog it. … A second round game against Portugal or Mexico from Group D also bodes well …
• Soccer?not just for jerks and lesbians anymore?
  1) An abundance of Soccer Genius ? This encompasses both the flamboyant 1-on-1 … To me, this has been one of the notable developments of World Cup 2006. … I watched the entire pre-game show in Spanish before the Mexico-Iran game. …
• Are you ready for the football?
  Yes, in virtually every corner of the globe other than here, at this very moment sports fans are going nuts over the 2006 World Cup matches being held in Germany. In cities all over Europe, giant screens have been erected in public …
• World Cup Preview pt. III — USA! USA! [cough] [2]
  1994: OK, in the USA this time, and since the fix is often in in soccer, you?d think there would … which leads us to a big 2-0 win over Mexico in the round of 16, then a loss to … The World Cup 2006 ?series?:. World Cup Preview pt. …
• soccer fever
  3 kids in soccer. 6 hours minimum of organized soccer per week. Soccer paraphernalia everywhere. Constantly washing soccer uniforms and socks. … 20 years ago, the final game of the World Cup in Mexico happened the day we got married. …
• World Cup pt. IV — Comments so far
  I?m watching the TiVo?d Iran and Mexico right now, and so far their style of play suits me. … short guy some hope when a 5?4? soccer player can score a goal in the World Cup. … The World Cup 2006 ?series?:. World Cup Preview pt. …
• soccer frenzy!
  World Cup fever has taken over the Lopez’s household (inlcuding all the relatives). … Ironically, the beginning to the end of the world cup! hmmmm. … Que viva Mexico!! Espana (spain) Oilers won last night in an overtime short handed …
• Hunky soccer dudes
  There are some soccer-dudes who are rather, um, easy on the eyes. Thank you, World Cup, for bringing us these: Mexico’s Francisco Fonseca (Kikin) Sweden’s Olof Mellberg France’s Zinedine Zidane, right, Florent Malouda, center, …
• Excuses to go sailing?
  1962 Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer’s 7th World Cup at Santiago 1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1982 Pres Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech) Holidays: ..

• 2006 fifa world cup
  2006 FIFA WORLD CUP Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting … Soccer bettingg during the world cup can either make u rich or bankrupt overnight. … Will go far - Germany, Mexico, Australia, Ivory Coast, Czech Rep …
• 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 … anyone saw the Italians in a World Cup, they were finishing second to Mexico in …
• world cup predilections
  runner-up: Mexico ahh, the old Simpsons joke about international soccer. … who coached Brazil to the title in the last World Cup, is their coach. … world? hi, it’s us, the US soccer team. hi. yeah, we’re playing some great soccer, …
• World Cup Fantasy - Drafted League
  One of the things we do on Big Soccer, during the Premier League season, … Anyway, back on the the World Cup, we’ve also done a drafted league (of 11 managers) … Borgetti, Mexico Frei, Switzerland Kezman, Serbia-Mont Handov Frings …
• World Cup Predictions
  As an American, I suppose I don’t have to like soccer much. … So without further adieu, here are my picks for this year’s World Cup Tournament in Germany in Pete Smith’s … Mexico Group E Italy Czech Republic Group F Brazil Australia …
• The World Cup- The Guardian Is Just Wrong
  World Cup victories can boost economies and decide elections - but not in the US … But US soccer-related insecurity is political and cultural, too. … It is not often that old enemies, such as Mexico, or relatively new ones, …
• Quickly Churned Butter News
  Don’t forget - Thursday on ESPN Classic you can watch the USA beat Portugal and Mexico again from the 2002 World Cup. USA v Port at 1pm & USA v Mex at 3pm, both central time. This is some glorious viewing. ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer has by far …
• Soccer World Cup
  I certainly was very happy when the USA beat Mexico in the last World Cup, and I’ll certainly be rooting for the USA this time around, too. But, I also don’t understand why the wonderfully simple metric system isn’t in general use (it …
• Cup Fever
  The way I see it is that a World Cup win would mean much less to America than a victory for England, Iran, Mexico or the super-underdog Trinidad and Tobago. The rest of the world lives on soccer and the World Cup is a great equaliser, …
• World Cup Preview
  And sure, Brazil doesn’t have the world’s greatest defense, but aside from 1994, when have they ever? … Mexico vs. Iran. I think they’re showing a Nebraska-Notre Dame football game on ESPN Classic at the same time. ..

• Ladies and Gentlemen: The World Cup
  The World Cup. Americans for their part should be interested. … I hope to include along the way other interesting soccer nations like Spain, Portugal, Mexico, … There is a possibility these two giants could meet in the finals in 2006.
• Sportszilla’s World Cup Preview - Group E
  Arena has tried him at the position in wins over Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago … Landon Donovan might be the poster boy of American soccer but his good … Last Time We Saw Them: This is their first World Cup as the Czech Republic. …
• ..Monday Madness..
  soccer and especially the World Cup. "Ha, ha, well I soon clicked that when they were talking about the different teams … excited about Mexico, for example, it meant that … if they reach the World Cup semi-final - to have sex with …
• Saturday At RFK Stadium
  Where are the Mexican jerseys? They’re kept away until the World Cup tournament begins next Friday. Then we’ll start cheering and supporting Mexico and the US Team. I probably won’t be around the blogosphere that much during that month. …
• World cup is back. but somehow, i dont feel any fire or the …
  World cup is back. but somehow, i dont feel any fire or the atmosphere there…. … Mexico collected many articles, where to eat and enjoy the soccer match…. i realised some of the MaC. can watch soccer… so interesting ar.. …
• World Cup Soccer 2006 - Team Mexico News Updates
  World Cup: US Soccer Players Larger Than Life KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA ? and Mexico. But rankings in soccer mean as much as they do in a park pickup game. ?We?ve played about I guess 60 games since the last World Cup, and that?s no …
• Cellphone companies marketing services to Hispanic customers
  Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Jun 1, 2006Cellular phone providers in Mexico are competing strongly to provide customers with coverage of the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament, reports La Prensa. ?
• Today’s Headlines: 17 Held in Plot to Bomb Sites in Ontario
  Surge in Racist Mood Raises Concerns on Eve of World Cup By JERE LONGMAN A surge in discriminatory behavior toward blacks by soccer fans and other players threatens to embarrass the sport on its grandest stage, the World Cup. …
• Now, only days past his 23rd birthday, he might get a chance to …
  DREAMS COME TRUE: Carlos Salcido was washing cars in the streets of Guadalajara about 10 years ago and, like many young Mexicans, dreamed of playing for Mexico’s national soccer team at the World Cup. …
• 2006 FIFA World Cup - Predictions
  As the 2006 Soccer World Cup draws near, here are some of my predictions on … Mexico vs Argentina - won by Argentina by thier usual cheating tactics. … England vs Brazil - won by Brazil - coz kids are no match for a world champion ..

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)

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