This was a time when post-modernist sculptors actually had a voice in national team selection.
That was his first appearance in national team colours since Sweden qualified for a 10th World Cup late last year.
The match was actually the 51st in national team colours for McCarthy.
Rooney played for England against Switzerland following the allegations and scored in the national team's 3-1 victory in the Euro 2012 qualifier.
Also back in the squad is the 'enfant terrible' of South African football, Jabu Pule, who was last in the national team set-up at the African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia in January.
"For those who didn't believe in this national team, for those who treated me like garbage I say we are in the World Cup with all the honours, beating a team like Uruguay, " the 48-year-old said.
The main man in the national team, Davids seems to have found the ability to hold his more egotistical urges in check without compromising his dominance on the pitch.
In 1972, he got involved in the national team set-up, where he would remain for the next 17 years.
Once Krzyzewski came aboard, James was instrumental in the national team's success.
However, the problem could mean Scotland captain Ferguson does not now play a full role in the national team's friendly against Croatia next Wednesday.
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France's football coach said the matter was in judicial hands and did not affect the players' role on the football pitch or in the national team.
Giggs boasts the X-Factor needed to reignite interest among disillusioned Welsh football fans who lost interest in a national team that often failed to inspire under Toshack.
White has had a number of differences with provincial rugby administrators and has been criticized by central government over the continued dearth of black players in the national team.
Xian's judo joy lifted the mood for China on a day when basketball icon Yao warned his days in the national team could be numbered after losing to Spain.
Despite the problems in the national team, the Arsenal striker is confident that the Hawks will beat the southern African side and reach the final phase of the qualifiers.
Now he is closing in on Spain's most prolific goalscorers in the national team's history - his captain Fernando Hierro (on 27 goals) and Emilio 'The Vulture' Butragueno on 26.
The Porto player missed the African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia earlier this year after a row over his availability for the tournament but is now back in the national team set-up.
"We shouldn't place too much emphasis on the blitz at Coverciano, it is a problem that concerns only Criscito and not other players in the national team at the moment, " Di Martino said, before the squad was announced.
Krzyzewski, 66, took over Team USA in 2005, with the national team coming off its worst Olympic performance in the professional era (a bronze medal in 2004), and has since coached the U.S. to a 62-1 record, including gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and the 2010 World Championships.
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He is also a regular in the England national team and scored as England beat Switzerland 3-1 in a Euro 2012 qualifying match on Tuesday - his first international goal in more than a year.
Under the savvy sponsorship of Bob Hoffman, the founder of the York Barbell Company, in Pennsylvania, the national team produced a succession of gold medalists in the forties and fifties, including Tommy Kono, John Davis, and Paul Anderson.
Molenaar, twice named in the National One team of the year, has been with the Green and Whites for five years and believes the club has a bright future.
They are usually erected not by criminals but by desperate locals appealing through the news cameras for road repairs, a water supply, or, on one occasion, the inclusion of a well-liked player in the national soccer team.
Instead, especially in Saudi Arabia, attendance at live matches is falling, soccer stadiums are in disrepair, and the national team won only one game in this year's Gulf Cup a debacle that led to the ouster of Dutch legend Frank Riijkaard as the Saudi team coach.
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He was named coach of the U.S. national team in 2009, having been an assistant coach to the gold medalist 2000 team that competed in Sydney, Australia.
She was in Zambia in April 1993 when virtually the entire national team were killed in a plane crash while travelling to Gabon for a World Cup qualifying match.
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From 1950 until the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, the national team won 42 games, drew seven and lost just once --- in the World Cup final against West Germany.
"There were a few tears in our dressing room, " says Mike Proctor, a former South African player who coached the national team in 1992.
The fact that he is English ought to delight those who accuse Wenger of operating in a manner detrimental to the national team by disregarding local talent in favour of foreign imports.
There is no doubt, however, that the success of Sporting KC in recent years has led to the additional visibility associated with the U.S. National Team performing in K.C.
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