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Karl
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 Posted - Jun 17 2003 : 5:11:08 PM
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USA open 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup this week
17.06.03 - The USA is set to open Group B at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France this week in the match against Turkey on Thursday (19 June) at the Stade Saint-Etienne in Saint-Etienne at 19:00.
Afterwards, the CONCACAF representatives head to the Stade Gerland in Lyon to battle five-time FIFA world champion Brazil on Saturday 21 June at 21:00 and then Cameroon on 23 June at 21:00.
Group A at the eight-team 2003 FIFA competition is composed of Colombia, Japan, New Zealand and the host France. The top two from each group will advance to the semifinals in Lyon (18:00) and Paris (21:00) on 26 June.
The third-place match will take place on 28 June in Saint-Etienne at 18:00, while the 2003 final is set for Paris the next day at 21:00.
USA technical director Bruce Arena’s roster includes five players (defenders Gregg Berhalter and Frankie Hejduk, midfielders Eddie Lewis and Earnie Stewart, and forward Jovan Kirovski), who were part of the U.S. squad that captured the bronze medal at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Mexico.
The only other USA appearance at the event was in Saudi Arabia 1992, as they earned another third-place honor.
After the Confederations Cup, the USA will meet Paraguay in a friendly on 6 July in Columbus, Ohio, before they try to defend their CONCACAF Gold Cup title from 12-27 July. Altogether, three of the Confederations’ Cup nations – Brazil, Colombia and the USA – will compete in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
USA (FIFA Confederations Cup 23, 19.06.2003)
GK: Joe Cannon (RC Lens/FRA), Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC/ENG D1), Tim Howard (NY/NJ MetroStars);
DF: Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus/GER), Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago Fire), Dan Califf (Los Angeles Galaxy), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96/GER), Cory Gibbs (FC St. Pauli/GER), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Greg Vanney (FC Bastia/FRA);
MD: Chris Armas (Chicago Fire), DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire), Bobby Convey (D.C. United), Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham City FC/ENG), Chris Klein (Kansas City Wizards), Eddie Lewis (Preston North End/ENG D1), Kyle Martino (Columbus Crew), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Earnie Stewart (D.C. United);
AT: Jeff Cunningham (Columbus Crew), Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes), Clint Mathis (NY/NJ MetroStars), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution).
TD: Bruce ARENA
ROSTERS OF GROUP B OPPONENTS
BRAZIL
GK: Dida (AC Milan/ITA), Fabio (Vasco da Gama), Julio Cesar (Flamengo);
DF: Maurinho (Cruzeiro), Belletti (Villarreal/ESP), Kleber (Corinthians), Gilberto (Gremio), Edu Dracena (Cruzeiro), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Lucio (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Fabio Luciano (Corinthians);
MD: Eduardo Costa (Girondins Bordeaux/FRA), Emerson (AS Roma/ITA), Kleberson (Atletico Paranaense), Dudu (Vitoria), Ricardinho (Sao Paulo), Adriano de Souza (Atletico Paranaense), Alex (Cruzeiro), Ronaldinho (Paris St. Germain/FRA);
AT: Adriano (Parma/ITA), Luis Fabiano (Sao Paulo), Gil (Corinthians), Ilan (Atletico Paranaense).
TD: Carlos Alberto PARREIRA
CAMEROON
GK: Andre Eboue (Beaucaire/FRA), Idriss Kameni (St. Etienne/FRA), Eric Kwekeu (Bamboutos);
DF: Timothee Atouba (FC Basel/SUI), Perrier Ndoumbe (Auxerre/FRA), Lucien Mettomo (Manchester City/ENG), Pierre Njanka (Sedan/FRA), Rigobert Song (Lens/FRA), Bill Tchato (Kaiserslautern/GER);
MD: Eric Djemba (Nantes/FRA), Joel Epalle (Aris Salónica/GRE), Marc-Vivien Foe (Manchester City/ENG), Geremi (Middlesbrough/ENG), Mohamadou Idrissou (Hanover/GER), Valery Mezague (Montpellier/FRA), Modeste Mbami (Sedan/FRA), Salomon Olembe (Marseille/FRA);
AT: Achille Emana (Toulouse/FRA), Samuel Eto'o (Real Mallorca/ESP), Joseph Desire Job (Middlesbrough/ENG), Pius Ndiefi (Sedan/FRA), Parfait Ngon Adjam (Canon Yaounde), Gustave Bahoken (Livingston/SCO).
TD: Winfried SCHAEFER
TURKEY
GK: Rustu Recber (Fenerbahce), Omer Catkic (Gaziantepspor), Murat Sahin (Adanaspor);
DF: Fatih Sonkaya (Roda Kerkrade/NED), Bulent Korkmaz (Galatasaray), Fatih Akyel (Fenerbahce), Alpay Ozalan (Aston Villa/ENG), Ahmet Yildirim (Besiktas), Deniz Baris (Genclerbirligi), Ibrahim Uzulmez (Besiktas), Servet Cetin (Denizlispor);
MD: Ergun Penbe (Galatasaray), Tayfun Korkut (Real Sociedad/ESP), Volkan Arslan (Galatasaray), Yildiray Basturk (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Selcuk Sahin (Istanbulspor), Ibrahim Toraman (Gaziantepspor), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor);
AT: Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce), Okan Yilmaz (Bursaspor), Huseyin Kartal (Ankaragucu), Neacti Ates (Adanaspor), Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad/ESP).
TD: Senol GUNES
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