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GROUP D STANDINGS
Team W L T GF GA Pts
x-South Korea 2 0 1 4 1 7
q-United States 1 1 1 5 6 4
Portugal 1 2 0 6 4 3
Poland 1 2 0 3 7 3
x-group winner, q-qualified for 2nd round
SCOREBOARD
FINAL
Poland 3
United States 1
Recap | Match Summary
POL - Emmanuel Olisadebe, 3rd min.
POL - Pawel Kryszalowicz, 5th min.
POL - Marcin Zewlakow, 66th min.
USA - Landon Donovan, 83rd min.

POLAND HEADLINES
June 21, 09:52 a.m. ET Polish soccer coach says he's been fired after poor World Cup (The Associated Press)
POLAND SCHEDULE
Date Time* Teams Stories
Tue. June 4th 07:30 a.m. ET South Korea 2, Poland 0
at Pusan, South Korea
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Mon. June 10th 07:30 a.m. ET Portugal 4, Poland 0
at Jeonju, South Korea
Recap | Match Summary
Fri. June 14th 07:30 a.m. ET Poland 3, United States 1
at Daejeon, South Korea
Recap | Match Summary
* - GMT is ET + 4 hrs.; Tokyo/Seoul local time is ET + 13 hrs.

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Nigerian-born striker Emmanuel Olisadebe, Poland's first black player, had a rocky start in Eastern Europe (where racist fans showered him with bananas during one game), but he won Poles over with eight goals during Cup qualifying. Warning to the U.S. (a first-round foe on June 14): The best Pole position is goalkeeper, with Liverpool's Jerzy Dudek.
--Grant Wahl (More)

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    From World Soccer Magazine
    Jerzy Dudek Player Profile: In the space of three days late last summer, Poland goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek's career changed forever. In late August, just hours before the Champions League deadline, he became the most expensive Polish player in history when he signed for Liverpool for £4.9 million from Feyenoord. Two days later, Dudek performed heroics as Poland beat Norway to qualify for their first World Cup finals since 1986. (More
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