11.   By having scored a goal on the road, Italy could advance with a victory or a scoreless tie.

12.   Central defender Laurent Blanc scored the first golden goal in World Cup history to break a scoreless tie against Paraguay in the second round.

13.   Croatia, which leads the group, failed to win for the first time as it was held to a scoreless tie by Lithuania.

14.   Galarraga made a diving catch with bases loaded in the seventh inning to keep the Braves and Rockies locked in a scoreless tie.

15.   Glaus broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning after singles by Edmonds and Darin Erstad put runners on first and third with none out.

16.   Hartman is coming off a scoreless tie at Dallas on Saturday.

17.   He has three straight wins, including a shutout, and the game before that was a scoreless tie.

18.   He redirected a cross from Alejandro Moreno and snapped a sharp header past Dallas Burn goalkeeper Matt Jordan to erase a scoreless tie.

19.   Helling and Wakefield battled to a scoreless tie through three innings before the Red Sox knuckleballer lost total control in the fourth.

20.   If Mathis is not available, Arena cannot afford to hunker down and play defensively, hoping to lull a weary Portugal side into a scoreless tie.