1.   Oxford began the night teetering on the brink of the relegation zone and pulse rates soared as early as the second minute.

2.   Mitchell claimed his second in the second minute of the second half.

3.   Aldridge, who had an effort blocked in the second minute, secured the dream start in the fourth.

4.   A second minute of silence was observed for the victims of the Kosovo crisis.

5.   After Cobi Jones hit the post in the second minute, the Iranian forward Khodadad Azizi began sprinting right through a sluggish American defense.

6.   All was right with the brittle back of Ziggy Palffy as he broke in on Dominik Hasek in the second minute of overtime Saturday.

7.   But Denmark was direct and daring, and it caught Brazil off-guard in the second minute by hurrying a free kick just outside the penalty area.

8.   Darren Sawatzky headed off the bar in the second minute after Naveda launched John DeBrito for a cross.

9.   Donovan scored, as did fellow teen-ager DaMarcus Beasley, who netted the game-winner in the second minute of injury time.