Italy
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio), Marco Amelia (Livorno)
Defenders: Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Fabio Grosso (Palermo), Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Massimo Oddo (Lazio)
Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma), Simone Barone (Palermo)
Forwards: Francesco Totti (AS Roma), Luca Toni (Fiorentina), Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese)
Czech Republic
Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Antonin Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye)
Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax), Pavel Mares (Peterburg), David Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan)
Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jan Polak (FC Nuremberg), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux), David Jarolim (Hamburger SV), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Jiri Stajner (Hannover), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Vratislav Lokvenc (Salzburg)
United States
Goalkeepers: Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England), Tim Howard (Manchester United, England)
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, England), Steve Cherundolo (Hanover 96, Germany), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City), Cory Gibbs (Charlton Athletic, England), Chris Albright (Los Angeles), Eddie Lewis (Leeds United, England), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege, Belgium), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)
Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Bobby Convey (Reading, England), Clint Dempsey (New England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado), John O’Brien (Chivas USA), Ben Olsen (D.C. United), Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, England)
Forwards: Brian McBride (Fulham, England), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City), Josh Wolff (Kansas City), Brian Ching (Houston)
Ghana
Goalkeepers: Adjei (Moadan Sport Ashdod), Kingston (Ankaraspor), Owu (AshantiGold)
Defenders: Addo (PSV Eindhoven), Ahmed (Randers), Illiasu (Asante Kotoko), Kuffour (Roma), Mensah (Rennes), Mohammed (King Faisal Babes), Painstil (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Pappoe (Hapoel Kfar Saba), Quaye (Hearts of Oak), Sarpei (Wolfsburg)
Midfielders: Addo (Mainz), Appiah (Fenerbahce), Boateng, Dramani (Red Star Belgrade), Essien (Chelsea), Muntari (Udinese)
Strikers: Amoah (Borussia Dortmund), Gyan (Modena), Pimpong, Tachie-Mensah (St Gallen).
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