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The Obamas and company watched Team USA take on a talented and experienced Brazil squad, also featuring multiple NBA starters.
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Carlos Alberto Parreira, the coach of Brazil's victorious USA 1994 squad, has been named the team's technical director.
CNN: Scolari "obliged" to win World Cup for Brazil
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When Bent's name was included in the squad for the friendly against Brazil, some headlines suggested a "shock return" for the former Tottenham and Charlton striker.
BBC: Bent backed for World Cup place
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City manager Mark Hughes attended a launch ceremony in Johannesburg on Monday and said he expected City draw card and Brazil star Robinho to be in the squad for a second visit by the club to South Africa.
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Of Brazil's probable 22-man 1998 World Cup squad, only half-a-dozen are likely to be drawn from home clubs.
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In October of that year, the Brazil-born striker, furious at being omitted from the squad to play Russia in a World Cup qualifier, sat with other unselected players, but left the stadium before the final whistle and was disciplined by the German Football Association.
BBC: Kevin Kuranyi dropped from German World Cup squad
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It produced the most innovative tactics and thrilling teams, from the free-flowing Dutch "Total Football" squad in the 1970s to the four-man attack Brazil unleashed at the 1958 World Cup.
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Brazil are expected to include 20-year-old Santos star Neymar in their squad.
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Police in Brazil are searching for the killers of the former head of a Sao Paulo death squad who was shot a month after being released from a lengthy jail term.
BBC: Rio policemen in the Chatuba community