1.   But the Revolution felt compelled to attack at full speed, becoming predictable and causing their own downfall by failing to compensate when defenders went forward.

2.   Dartmouth defenders went the other way.

3.   Every championship defender goes through a rough spot at some point during the season.

4.   He has a sixth sense of where the defenders are going to go before the ball is even snapped.

5.   It would be one thing if the New York defenders went to such heroic lengths because they believed a suspect to be innocent.

6.   Jordan kept making direct deposits, making his defenders go one way while he went the other.

7.   Walker was supposed to block the linebacker who caused the fumble but, players said, he looked in the wrong direction and the defender went right by him.

8.   While that move allows at least one defender to go unblocked against the run, it also creates natural weaknesses in the secondary.

9.   Most of the German chances came off set pieces, with defenders going for the high balls against a Ukrainian back line with shortcomings in the air.

10.   Ten minutes later Uzbekistan took the lead when defender Bakhtiyor Kambaraliyev go the end of a corner kick.