21.  Pilots reported rough seas and windy weather but found no sign of the missing players.

22.  After the game, nobody wanted to talk about the missing players.

23.  Already missing two key players through suspension, Senegal also faced the prospect Thursday of facing Sweden in the World Cup second round without right defender Ferdinand Coly.

24.  Among the missing overseas players are goalkeeper Kasey Keller, midfielders Claudio Reyna and Thomas Dooley, and forward Ernie Stewart.

25.  Both teams on Friday were missing players already called up by their national squads ahead of the tournament.

26.  Both squads were missing players.

27.  Every MLS team except Dallas will be missing players the next several weeks because of the World Cup the next several weeks.

28.  Midfielder Lars Ricken and team captain Michael Zorc had consolation goals for Dortmund, whose ragged play showed the effects of eight missing players.

29.  Missing eight players through injuries and suspensions, Bayern rose one place to third and kept alive its hopes of winning an unprecedented fourth straight Bundesliga title.

30.  Members of the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue flew off northern Cuba, but found no sign of the missing players.