1.  The defense, without suspended captain Robin Fraser, allowed the Clash few decent chances.

2.  Without suspended captain Claudio Reyna, and with desperate Mexico flooding the midfield, the U.S. attack was a disaster.

3.  Brazil will be favored Friday but they will be without suspended captain Marcelo.

4.  Manchester will be without suspended captain Roy Keane and midfielder Paul Scholes, while Bayern is without injured Bixente Lizarazu and striker Giovane Elber.

5.  Missing the creativity of its suspended captain, Russian international Alexander Mostovoi, Celta was clearly inferior to Deportivo in a scrappy first half.

6.  Suspended captain Roy Keane and Scholes will miss Spain.

7.  The Pacific Division-leading Sharks continued to struggle offensively while adjusting to life without suspended captain Owen Nolan.

8.  That reasoning may again be called into question when Argentina play Romania on Sunday without their suspended captain Diego Maradona.