81.   While professional soccer may still be far behind baseball, basketball and American football in terms of popularity, Butler insists that soccer is heading in the right direction.

82.   Paul Roberts hopes a series of impressive performances at the World University Games will help propel him toward a career as a professional soccer player.

83.   Preben Elkjaer-Larsen, a former Danish forward and soccer professional in Germany and Italy, has signed on as coach of a successful Danish team.

84.   Part-owner and former professional soccer player Ricky George praised his jockey.

85.   Perhaps professional soccer, they say Mamula is a right midfielder, Simic a center midfielder.

86.   A computer enthusiast, a business student, a professional soccer player.

87.   A leader by example as well as a political agitator, Perkins was among the first Aborigines to earn a university degree and the first to play professional soccer.

88.   A Colombian professional soccer team, Once Caldas, was staying in the hotel.

89.   A judge on Thursday dismissed a car theft charge against a prominent professional soccer player arrested and shot by police who said they fired to stop him from fleeing.

90.   A Japanese satellite broadcaster will show South Korean professional soccer games to Japanese TV viewers starting next year, South Korean soccer officials said Monday.