11.   A binding arbitration hearing between U.S. national team defender Paul Caligiuri and Major League Soccer has been continued until next Thursday before retired judge Dana Henry.

12.   Barcelona reportedly is also interested in Porto and national team defender Paulinho Santos.

13.   Chelsea was missing English national team defender Graeme Le Saux because of a calf strain.

14.   Eddie Pope, the D.C. United and U.S. national team defender, has had arthroscopic surgery to fix cartilage damage in his left knee.

15.   Fiorentina has signed Italian national team defender Moreno Torricelli, the Serie A club announced Tuesday.

16.   Fabio Cannavaro, an Italian national team defender, was indicated by news reports as the only Parma player not involved in the scandal.

17.   Four months after a torn Achilles tendon threatened to end his career, former German national team defender Lothar Matthaeus made an early comeback at a reserves match.

18.   He was discovered by American national team defender and Schalke teammate Thomas Dooley, who suggested him to American coach Steve Sampson.

19.   League leader Barcelona will now be forced to face Deportivo de La Coruna on Saturday without five first team defenders.

20.   Nuremberg brought most of its top players, with the notable exception of three World Cup players, including U.S. national team defender Tony Sanneh.