1.   Coaches often are left to feel abandoned as well, unable to field enough players, even in the smaller leagues.

2.   Also outspoken Friday were defenders Alexi Lalas and Jeff Agoos, who were the only field players not to get playing time.

3.   And his Algerian heritage has come to symbolize the diversity of a nation that also fields soccer players from Ghana, Armenia and Senegal.

4.   The NHL, which fields players from Europe and North America, currently does not test for steroids or other substances unless there is cause.

5.   While other teams field full-time players, the Japanese players are part-time athletes and full-time students, office clerks and secretaries.

6.   Also Finland fielded a player omitted during the warmup games.

7.   But relations with Little League have been marred by accusations that Taiwan was fielding overage players or drafting inter-school all-star squads.

8.   FC Kaiserslautern began the Bundesliga season fielding eight players from an underachieving bickering side that had been relegated to the second division just one season earlier.

9.   He complained that, with the domestic season heating up, teams are fielding national players even when they are less than fit to play.

10.   However, with some clubs threatening to field reserve players if the strike continued and others acknowledging the dire finances, the players agreed to the offer.