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    State of the pool

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN Soccernet.com

    Friday, June 4, 2004

    Four years ago, when Bruce Arena assembled his squad for the first World Cup qualifier against Guatemala, the roster included Chad Deering, Robin Fraser, Jason Kreis, Ben Olsen, Tab Ramos and Ante Razov. Of course, none of those players were on the side that ultimately went to the World Cup two years later. On the other side of it, one can look at DaMarcus Beasley, Landon Donovan, Pablo Mastroeni and Josh Wolff as players who not only made the World Cup roster in 2002, but played a big role f ...

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