USA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 17 4 1 12 18 38 Final Fours 1930 -- Semifinals. TEAM Friedel, Sanneh, Pope, Agoos, Regis, Stewart, Armas, Reyna, O'Brien, Moore, Donovan. QUALIFYING July 16 in Guatemala City Guatemala 1 (Fonseca 9, Medford pen. 90) USA 1 (Razov 45). July 23 in San Jose Costa Rica 2 USA 1 (Stewart 66). Aug. 15 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 7 (Pope 14, McBride 22, Moore 45, 80, O'Brien 46, McBride 71, Ramos 72, Stewart 73) Barbados 0. Oct. 11 in Colombus USA 0 Costa Rica 0. Nov. …

MEXICO WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 37 8 10 19 39 75 U.S. RIVALRY 1934 -- USA 4-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1937 -- Mexico 7-2. 1937 -- Mexico 7-3. 1937 -- Mexico 5-1. 1947 -- Mexico 5-0. 1949 -- Mexico 6-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1949 -- Mexico 6-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1954 -- Mexico 4-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1954 -- Mexico 3-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1957 -- Mexico 6-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1957 -- Mexico 7-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1960 -- Tie 3-3 (World Cup qualifying). 1960 -- Mexico 3-0 (World Cup …

SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 3 0 2 1 3 6 U.S. RIVALRY 2000 -- USA 4-0. TEAM Vonk, Nzama, Issa, Schoeman, Carnell, Ngobe, Fortune, Zuma, Buckley, Nomvete, Bartlett. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Maseru Lesotho 0 South Africa 2 ((Bartlett 40, 71). April 23 in Bloemfontein South Africa 1 (Bartlett 48) Lesotho 0. AFRICA GROUP E July 9 in Harare Zimbabwe 0 South Africa 2 (Buckley 7, 82). Jan. 27 in Rustenburg South Africa 1 (Bartlett 17) Burkina Faso 0. Feb. 25 in Blantyre Malawi 1 (Mabedi pen. 85) …

COSTA RICA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 4 2 0 2 4 6 U.S. RIVALRY 1975 -- Costa Rica 3-1. 1985 -- Tie 1-1. 1985 -- Costa Rica 1-0. 1988 -- USA 1-0. 1989 -- Costa Rica 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1989 -- USA 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1990 -- Costa Rica 2-0. 1991 -- USA 3-2 (Gold Cup). 1992 -- Tie 0-0. 1993 -- USA 1-0 (OT) (Gold Cup). 1995 -- Costa Rica 2-1. 1996 -- Costa Rica 2-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1996 -- USA 2-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1997 -- …

SENEGAL WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY No games. TEAM Sylva, Coly, Daf, Diao, Amadou Ndiaye, Thiaw, Diatta, Sarr, H.Camara, Fadiga, Diouf. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Cotonou Benin (Oketola 33) Senegal 1 (Moussa Ndiaye 15). April 23 in Dakar Senegal 1 (Cheikh Ba 63) Benin 0. (Senegal wins 2-1 on aggregate.) AFRICA GROUP C RESULTS June 16 in Annaba Algeria 1 (Saifi 23) Senegal 1 (Diop 16). July 9 in Dakar Senegal 0 Egypt 0. Fen. 25 in Rabat Morocco 0 Senegal 0. March …

NIGERIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 8 4 0 4 13 13 U.S. RIVALRY 1988 -- Nigeria 3-2. 1995 -- USA 3-2. TEAM Shorunmu, Okpara, Ifejiagwa, West, Yobo, Okocha, S.Oliseh, T.Babangida, Lawal, Agali, N.Kanu. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Asmara Eritrea 0 Nigeria 0. April 23 in Lagos Nigeria 4 (B.Akwuegbu 13, Lawal 20, Akpodorie 65, N.Kanu 89) Eritrea 0. AFRICA GROUP B June 17 in Lagos Nigeria 2 (Okocha 16, Akwuegbu 37) Sierra Leone 0. July 9 in Monrovia Liberia 2 (Wreh 4, 47) Nigeria 1 (N.Kanu 35). Jan. 27 in …

ECUADOR WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY 1984 -- Tie 0-0. 1984 -- Tie 2-2. 1988 -- Ecuador 1-0. 1988 -- Ecuador 2-0. 1988 -- Tie 0-0. 1993 -- Ecuador 2-0 (Copa America). 1997 -- Ecuador 1-0. 2001 -- Tie 0-0. TEAM Cevallos, De la Cruz, I.Hurtado, Poroso, Guerron, Obregon, Tenorio, A.Aguinaga, Chala, Kaviedes, Delgado. QUALIFYING March 29 in Quito Ecuador 2 (Delgado 17, Aguinaga 50) Venezuela 0. April 26 in Sao Paulo Brazil 3 (Rivaldo 18, 51, Antonio Carlos 42) Ecuador 2 (Aguinaga 12, …

BRAZIL WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 80 53 14 13 173 78 Final Fours 1938 -- Third place. 1950 -- Runner-up. 1958 -- Champion. 1962 -- Champion. 1970 -- Champion. 1974 --- Fourth place. 1978 -- Third place. 1994 -- Champion. 1998 -- Runner-up. U.S. RIVALRY 1930 -- Brazil 4-3. 1992 -- Brazil 3-0. 1992 -- Brazil 1-0. 1993 -- Brazil 2-0. 1994 -- Brazil 1-0 (World Cup). 1995 -- Brazil 1-0 (Copa America). 1996 -- Brazil 1-0 (Gold Cup). 1998 -- USA 1-0 (Gold Cup). 1999 -- Brazil 1-0 (Confederations Cup). …

ARGENTINA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 57 29 10 18 100 69 Final Fours 1930 -- Runner-up. 1978 -- Champion. 1986 -- Champion. 1990 -- Runner-up. U.S. RIVALRY 1930 -- Argentina 6-1 (World Cup). 1975 -- Argentina 6-0. 1991 -- Argentina 1-0. 1995 -- USA 3-0 (Copa America). 1999 -- USA 1-0. TEAM Bonano, Vivas, Ayala, Samuel, Zanetti, Simeone, Sorin, Veron, C.Lopez, Crespo, Kily Gonzalez. QUALIFYING March 29 in Buenos Aires Argentina 4 (Batistuta 10, Veron 34, pen. 71, C.Lopez 88) Chile 1 (Tello 29). April 26 in Maracaibo Venezuela 0 Argentina …

SAUDI ARABIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 7 2 1 4 7 13 U.S. RIVALRY 1992 --- Saudi Arabia 3-0 (Confederations Cup). 1993 -- USA 2-0. 1994 -- Tie 0-0. 1994 -- Saudi Arabia 2-1. 1995 -- USA 4-3. 1999 -- USA 2-0 (Confederations Cup). TEAM Babkr, Khalil, Soulemain, Soulelmani, Al-Shaihan, Al-Harbi, Doukhi, Al-Shahrani, S. Al-Dossari, Al-Jaber, O. Al-Dossari. QUALIFYING Feb. 8 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 6 (Shalhoub 10, 24, O. Al-Dossari 22, Abdulghani 30, 44, Al-Otaibi 55) Mongolia 0. Feb. 10 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 3 (Al-Meshal 30, 85, Al-Jaber 63) …

CHINA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY 1977 -- Tie 1-1. 1977 -- USA 1-0. 1977 -- USA 2-1. 1992 -- USA 5-0. 1997 -- China 2-1. 1997 -- Tie 1-1. 2001 --- USA 2-1. TEAM Jiang Jin, Shen Gang, Fan Zhiyi, Li Wei Feng, Wu Cheng Ying, Li Ming, Li Tie, Ma Mingyu, Li Xiao Peng, Yang Chen, Xie Hui. QUALIFYING April 22 in Xian China 10 (Xu Yulong 12, 45, Wu Chengying 18, Xie Hui 42, 50, 63, Fan Zhiyi 52, 74pen, Yang …

Kansas City Wizards forward Onandi Lowe has been loaned to English Third Division (fourth tier) team Rushden and Diamonds. The Jamaican international, who has made 60 appearances for his country, will be on loan until Feb. 15, or three days prior to the Wizards+ first Champions Cup game, whichever occurs first. Financial terms were not disclosed After joining the Wizards as an allocated player on May 23, Lowe appeared in 16 games during the 2001 MLS regular season and playoffs, scoring six goals and adding three assists for 15 points.

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, SENIOR EDITOR The departure of Luis Hernandez from MLS and the Galaxy was made official on Monday. The Mexican striker, who cost the league a reported $4 million to acquire last year, asked to be "released" from his MLS contract. The league made back some of that money by loaning him out to teams in the Mexican League but he never proved to be the crowd draw MLS hoped he would be. Despite Hernandez scoring the Galaxy's goal in MLS Cup 2001, Coach Sigi Schmid dropped hints of his departure by citing the team's playoff victories over …

TUNISIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 6 1 2 3 4 6 U.S. RIVALRY TEAM El Ouaer, Badra, Jaidi, S.Trabelsi, Thabat, Bouzelane, Beya, Chihi, Kanzari, Zitouni, Jaziri. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 7 in Nouakchoft Mauritania 1 (Ely 885) Tunisia 2 (Jaidi 65, Gabsi 76). April 22 in Tunis Tunisia 3 (Bilal 16, Jaziri 25, Mhadebi 49) Mauritania 0. (Tunisia wins 5-1 on aggregate.) AFRICA D June 18 in Abidjan Ivory Coast 2 (Bakayoko 45, Kalou 58) Tunisia 2 (Imed 13, Kais 20). July 8 in Tunis Tunisia 1 (Baya 45) Madagascar 0. Jan. …

URUGUAY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 37 15 8 14 61 52 Final Fours 1930 -- Champion. 1950 -- Champion. 1954 -- Fourth place. 1970 -- Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY 1986 -- Tie 1-1. 1991 -- USA 1-0. 1993 -- Uruguay 1-0 (Copa America). 1995 -- Tie 2-2. TEAM Carini, Tais, Lembo, Montero, Garcia, Rodriguez, Guigon, Regueiro, Recoba, Silva, Magallanes. QUALIFYING March 29 in Montevideo Uruguay 1 (Garcia 26) Bolivia 0. April 26 in Asuncion Paraguay 1 (Ayala 35) Uruguay 0. June 3 in Montevideo Uruguay 2 (Silva 34, Montero 42) Chile …