1.   Baresi, first up in the kicking order that Sacchi submitted following the extra time, blasted the ball halfway up the Rose Bowl stands.

2.   A little later, he embarrassed Wiz defender Sean Bowers but then blasted the ball across the middle to no one in particular.

3.   All the runs came when Eddie Perez blasted the benign breaking ball for a home run.

4.   Gomez blasted the ball past Jiang Jin for the first goal of the game.

5.   Hamm took a through pass from Lilly and blasted the ball past the flat-footed Nigerian goalie, Anne Chiejine.

6.   Harut Karepetyan blasted a ball from the top of the box right into a fully extended Woods.

7.   Hurtado then blasted the ball past a flat-footed Liner in the eighth minute.

8.   In front of goal, with reasonable chances, center forward Brian McBride and midfielder Claudio Reyna repeatedly blasted the ball wide or high.

9.   Olerud blasted the ball off the bottom of the scoreboard beyond the right field wall.

10.   To start the penalty-kick phase, Baresi blasted the ball several yards over the crossbar and into the stands.