1.   The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after a scoreless first half the Antrim team showed great dominance.

2.   Wynalda squandered two solid chances in a scoreless first half.

3.   But he then had his second scoreless half in as many days and was ejected after being called for his second technical in the fourth quarter.

4.   D.C. and Dallas unloaded every trick except a finishing touch in a scoreless first half.

5.   He proceeded to have his first scoreless first half of the season.

6.   He partly attributed his scoreless first half to the injury and switched shoes at the break, from a low-top to a higher-cut model....

7.   Italians twitched in the scoreless first half as Fabrizio Ravanelli, with his prematurely white hair, put pressure on the stalwart Russians with his opportunistic energy.

8.   Punts and fumbles were the big plays in the scoreless first half, wind and rain the handicaps.

9.   The scoreless first half was the kind of game that people who dislike soccer use as prime evidence.