1.   Ramirez said that no matter who takes the field for the MetroStars, the most important thing is that they play quality soccer.

2.   The goals of quality soccer combined with fan involvement and maximizing profits are clashing at higher levels.

3.   They saw some high quality soccer.

4.   But England, boosted by its lead, played some high quality soccer in the early minutes of the second half and should have gone further ahead.

5.   Meanwhile on the pitch, neither of the top two produced much quality soccer to lift the feeling of gloom caused by the kidnapping.

6.   One goal would be to hold the championships in countries that otherwise have little chance to see such high quality soccer, he said.

7.   This was not the quality soccer the league had promised and, by most accounts, delivered in its rookie season.