71.   Even the MetroStars soccer team is contemplating leaving the Meadowlands because its players prefer a natural grass field and Giants Stadium is equipped with artificial turf.

72.   First, the U.S. soccer team filled Giants Stadium and the Rose Bowl en route to its dramatic world championship, creating a genuine hysteria in its wake.

73.   For every child on a soccer team, countless others are snacking in front of a television set.

74.   For those who prefer to applaud outdoors, the local soccer team Athletic Club of Bilbao plays its home games at San Mamis Stadium on Sundays.

75.   Four years ago, Alexi Lalas was a towering presence on the U.S. soccer team that advanced to an epic game with Brazil on the Fourth of July.

76.   For years, while becoming a highly successful soccer coach at the University of Virginia, Bruce Arena dreamed of coaching the Olympic soccer team.

77.   France was ready for a wild summer fling with its soccer team, broken heart be damned.

78.   For the U.S. soccer team, this quarterfinal match was uncharted territory.

79.   Gaily uniformed soccer teams from Turbo and other nearby towns use the fields alongside the camp for their matches, seemingly oblivious to the human suffering next to them.

80.   Franco Baresi seemed a foot taller when he wore the yellow arm band for AC Milan and the Italian national soccer team.