11.   The Seagulls held open tryouts when it came time to stock their roster.

12.   There are hundreds of small-school assistants such as Meacham who must rely on clever networking and endless phone calls to stock their rosters.

13.   To stock their rosters, teams scouted schoolyards and shipyards.

14.   Tuer and Stoughton have discussed players for a couple of years, and the new coach has a roster stocked mostly with young western Canadian players.

15.   While the Avengers have stocked their roster with veterans, most of the Carolina roster includes rookies.

16.   Messier was left unprotected Tuesday by the Vancouver Canucks and is available to the newest expansion teams when they stock their rosters at the end of the month.

17.   The expansion draft is common way for U.S. sports leagues to allow new teams to stock their rosters with veteran players.

18.   The offense had suffered a series of injuries heading into World Cup play, but the roster is fully stocked now.

19.   The roster is stocked with European club pros like Amokachi and Emmanuel Amunike, who controlled the tempo from the wings.

20.   Clubs stocked their rosters last month.