21.  Hedjuk, a defensive midfielder from Cardiff, also is a nonstop worker, according to Schmid.

22.  He was cast as a defensive midfielder for the US national soccer team and midfield playmaker for the Revolution.

23.  Heck, even UCLA overlooked sophomore defensive midfielder Whitney Jones as a goal-scoring threat.

24.  Instead, they depend on defenders and defensive midfielders to defend, to work for them, to patch their mistakes.

25.  Mike Burns and Sam George will be the defensive midfielders, and John Kerr joins Chiquinho at striker.

26.  MLS sold defensive midfielder Martin Machon to a Mexican club.

27.  Nowak is one of the best midfielders in MLS and Armas is the best defensive midfielder.

28.  Off the bench, the Wizards have former Revolution defensive midfielder John DeBrito as well as forward Pete Marino.

29.  Okoh is returning to the position he played in the German Bundesliga before joining the Colorado Rapids, where he was positioned mostly as a defensive midfielder.

30.  Players and team officials said they expected DiCicco and Michelle Akers, the defensive midfielder, to return for the Olympic season.