Word: midfields
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...Paris atelier, until 1968, when he abruptly closed it. The designer's rigorous spirit has always hovered over runways, but thanks to "Balenciaga Paris," a sweeping retrospective of his work that just opened at Paris' Musée de la Mode et du Textile, his influence is once again in midfield...
...Arena thought that the Americans had taken control of the match after initially knotting the score. Yet for the first half hour of the match, the Americans hadn't mustered much offense. Beasley, playing central midfield in place of the suspended Pablo Mastroeni, looked tentative for most of the game. And when the U.S. lost Reyna late in the half, their passing game just wasn't the same, although Arena praised the play of Ben Olsen, who came on in relief...
...have to take a careful approach and not try to win the game in the first 10 minutes," said U.S. captain Claudio Reyna, whose midfield play has been absolutely terrific - world-class, fittingly. Nor, he said, can the team leave itself open to counterattacks in the early going. "An early goal is these games is critical," said Arena. The Czechs scored within the first five minutes against the U.S., and never lost control of the game after that. Ghana scored in the second minute against the Czechs, and won the match...
...players - it's a lot of space to cover on a 130-yard soccer field. "Claudio was fantastic, he had a great game," said Arena of his captain, Claudio Reyna, who marshaled the U.S. team with a combination of smarts and aggression, picking apart Italy's midfield with his passing. Despite the manpower shortage, the U.S. still managed to defend and attack in numbers. Arena inserted DaMarcus Beasley in the 62d minute, and the move almost paid off instantly: Beasley broke in from the left and put one past Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon, but Mr. Larrionda disallowed the strike because...
...Koller, beat two U.S. defenders to a cross and put the Czechs ahead 1-0. It was the beginning of a long night. Koller was one of three Czech players the U.S. had to contain, the others being Pavel Nedved and Tomas Rosicky, the twin engines of the midfield. They went 0-for-3 on that account...