11.   Schmid, assuming Jones did not want to return to the Galaxy, drafted three strikers and an attacking midfielder with four picks in the first two rounds.

12.   UCLA rookie standout Sasha Victorine will step in for Myers as an attacking midfielder.

13.   An attacking midfielder with size and vision, the Sao Paulo star draws comparisons with former idol Rai.

14.   An attacking midfielder for Arsenal, Pires tore a knee ligament playing for his club in an FA Cup quarterfinal game on Saturday after scoring in the opening minute.

15.   Ballack will join his fellow international, Sebastian Deisler, at Bayern where the two attacking midfielders will replace Stefan Effenberg.

16.   Despite his failure to score a single goal so far, he fulfilled a crucial role of attracting and distracting opposition defenders while attacking midfielders broke and scored instead.

17.   Even though Waseige still considers Wilmots a forward, other might call him an attacking midfielder at best.

18.   Hard-working Brazilian attacking midfielder Fabio da Silva was the othercasualty - he had to be stretchered out after colliding with a KL player.

19.   In March, attacking midfielder Robert Pires was sidelined for six months by a torn knee ligament.

20.   Stanic is an attacking midfielder by trade, a position he takes up in Italian Seria A club side, Parma.