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There's a good chance that unless you've been getting up early or staying up late to catch World Cup matches on TV, names like DaMarcus Beasley and Brad Friedel are as foreign to you as Ronaldo and Rivaldo. So if you don't know your Reyna from your Sanneh, allow Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl, who's covering Copa Mundial for the magazine, to introduce you to some of the stalwarts of Team USA. Just click on any photo to find out more about the quarterfinal underdogs.