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Gabriele Marcotti's World Cup Honors

Top Performers
Honor  Player (Team) 
Tournament MVP:  Ronaldo (Brazil) 
Top Goalkeeper:  Oliver Kahn (Germany) 
Top Young Player
(under-23): 
Ronaldinho (Brazil) 
CNNSI.com World Cup Best XI
Position  Player (Team) 
Goalkeeper:  Oliver Kahn (Germany) 
Defender:  Cafu (Brazil) 
Defender:  Alpay Ozalan (Turkey) 
Defender:  Chritstoph Metzelder (Germany) 
Defender:  Roberto Carlos (Brazil) 
Midfield:  Pape Bouba Diop (Senegal) 
Midfield:  Gerardo Torrado (Mexico) 
Midfield:  Ronaldinho (Brazil) 
Midfield:  Hasan Sas (Turkey) 
Forward:  Ronaldo (Brazil) 
Forward:  Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)  
Second Team
Position  Player (Team) 
Goalkeeper:  Rustu Recber (Turkey) 
Defender:  Ferdinand Coly (Senegal) 
Defender:  Rio Ferdinand (England) 
Defender:  Carsten Ramelow (Germany) 
Defender:  Joseph Yobo (Nigeria) 
Midfield:  Joaquin (Spain) 
Midfield:  Aliou Cisse (Senegal) 
Midfield:  Landon Donovan (U.S.) 
Midfield:  Khalilou Fadiga (Sengal) 
Forward:  Rivaldo (Brazil) 
Forward:  Marc Wilmots (Belgium)  
Third Team
Position  Player (Team) 
Goalkeeper:  Brad Friedel (U.S.) 
Defender:  Carles Puyol (Spain) 
Defender:  Rafael Marquez (Mexico) 
Defender:  Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) 
Defender:  Thomas Linke (Germany) 
Midfield:  Park Ji-Sung (South Korea) 
Midfield:  Tugay Kerimoglu (Turkey) 
Midfield:  Yoo Sang-Chul (South Korea) 
Midfield:  Michael Ballack (Germany) 
Forward:  Damien Duff (Ireland) 
Forward:  El Hadji Diouf (Senegal) 
All MIA XI
Promised a lot, delivered little
Position  Player (Team) 
Goalkeeeper:  Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay) 
Defender:  Lilian Thuram (France) 
Defender:  Fernando Couto (Portugal) 
Defender:  Mauricio Pochettino (Argentina) 
Defender:  Pierre Wome (Cameroon) 
Midfield:  Zlatko Zahovic (Slovenia) 
Midfield:  Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina) 
Midfield:  Manuel Rui Costa (Portugal) 
Midfield:  Paul Scholes (England) 
Forward:  Thierry Henry (France) 
Forward:  Claudo Lopez (Argentina) 
Top Goals
Player  Game 
1. Ronaldo  Brazil vs. Turkey 
2. Dario Rodriguez  Uruguay vs. Denmark 
3. Anders Svensson  Sweden vs. Argentina 
4. Jared Borgetti  Mexico vs. Italy 
5. Ilhan Mansiz  Turkey vs. Senegal 
 

 


 
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