1.   They have learned well, importing most of their soccer knowledge from Brazil, acquiring tactical sense to go along with impressive athleticism and technique.

2.   Club officials credit Campedelli with rare soccer knowledge and shrewd transfer campaigns, mostly based on co-ownerships and players on loan.

3.   Mexicans continue to scoff at the state of soccer knowledge among U.S. sports fans, whose nonchalance toward the game makes defeats even more bitter.

4.   We were not going to find somebody with a lot of soccer knowledge.