1.   SI says Widell will hit a defender late, or away from the ball.

2.   That means it is forbidden for one offensive player to hit a defender high while another simultaneously hits the same person below the thigh.

3.   The Colorado goalie may have been screened or the puck might have hit a defender before it reached him.

4.   They also indicated that the United States would focus more on hitting Taliban defenders of Mazar-e-Sharif, a northern Afghanistan city and a strategic crossroads.

5.   A solid Bundesliga player with Werder Bremen who got his World Cup call-up as a late replacement when injuries hit starting defenders.

6.   It hit Hungarian defender Csaba Laszlo and spun right past Koszta into the net.

7.   Roy Keane and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer helped as the ball hit a defender and fell to van Nistelrooy who promptly scored.

8.   Roy Keane and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer helped as the ball hit a defender and fell to van Nistelrooy, who promptly scored.