1.  One world-ranked Dutch player approached him a couple of years ago for help.

2.  Rongen recruited the Dutch players to the Revolution during a postseason visit last year.

3.  Several other major Dutch players, Clarence Seedorf and Aaron Winter, missed the Argentina game because of injuries but are likely to be available Tuesday.

4.  The flags and cheers helped propel Henman to a dramatic five-set victory over another Dutch player, Paul Haarhuis, on Sunday.

5.  The game was over, although the Dutch players stayed around in the orange shirts.

6.  To fill its vacant title, FIDE organized a match between Karpov and Jan Timman, a Dutch player.

7.  Philip Cocu, another Dutch player with Barcelona, got a yellow card in the first half.

8.  Other supporters are likely to recall his steely and confrontational approach and his decision to bring in eight Dutch players and sell off several Barcelona youth team stars.

9.  Arbitrator James Bridgeman said he was satisfied that the people who registered the domain names would have been aware of the Dutch players.

10.  At Sampdoria Seedorf is going to make up for the departure of another Dutch player, veteran Ruud Gullit, who moved to Chelsea.