11.  The star striker who played through a painful ankle sprain in the gold medal game in Athens, Ga., is now shaking her chestnut locks on the tube.

12.  The star striker Alfonso missed most of the early season with a knee injury that turned out to be more serious than first thought.

13.  They turned star Italian striker Alessandro Del Piero into a pale and lonely figure who was eventually substituted.

14.  Paraguay relied on the long ball for star striker Roque Santa Cruz and slowly penetrated the Brazilian defense.

15.  Parma was hampered by the absence of star striker Thomas Brolin, who broke an ankle playing for the Swedish national team last week.

16.  Peru coach Julio Cesar Uribe left star striker Nolberto Solano out of his squad after a scuffle with the Newcastle United player.

17.  A versatile player equally at home up front or in defense, he has replaced injured star striker Alen Boksic in the lineup.

18.  A torn knee ligament will sideline Alessandro Del Piero for at least five months, the star striker for Italy and Juventus of Turin told reporters Monday.

19.  AEK, which played without its star striker Demis Nikolaidis, sidelined because of injury, became more aggressive in the second period.

20.  Ajax was missing its star striker Patrick Kluivert who underwent right knee surgery Wednesday and may miss the rest of the season.