31.  Just as he dreamed, young striker Benni McCarthy scored the first World Cup goal in South African history Thursday early in the second half against Denmark.

32.  Leeds secured the full-time transfer of Robbie Keane from Inter Milan having had the young Irish international striker on loan for much of last season.

33.  Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier said he took Owen off as a precaution Monday but the young striker underwent a hospital scan Tuesday to examine the extent of his injury.

34.  Martin Petrov, Doriel Munteanu and young Australian striker Joshua Kennedy added the others after the break.

35.  Moggi also said that the much-rumored transfer of young striker Christian Vieri to Atletico Madrid was less than certain.

36.  Ronaldo, the hot young striker seen as a successor to Pele, appears in ads, on magazine covers, on posters, on T-shirts.

37.  PSG, which sits in seventh place in the first division, won without high-profile young striker Nicolas Anelka, who was sidelined with a toe injury.

38.  Sheringham has been sidelined for some time already, while young Leicester striker Emile Heskey suffered an ankle injury last week after winning his first England call-up.

39.  Suker sat while German Coach Jupp Heynckes used young striker Fernando Morientes in the starting lineup instead.

40.  The Netherlands will be without young PSV Eindhoven striker Arnold Bruggink, who has a foot injury.