I don't know how news of this game is being received, if at all,
in the United States. Due to the large number of games played yesterday
night I saw only extended highlights of three of the four games. I will,
as a special treat tape the replay of this match today. Now we have a 
PAL system in Australia but if anyone in the US cannot see the game on TV
and can convert PAL to NTSC, I will send them the tape. If there is a large
interest in this perhaps we can organise something more equitable.
	Anyway I cannot give you a line-up of the teams but WOW, what a game.

Referee : Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

	The game began at lightning speed, the Turks proving to be fast and
accurate. Hayati Kose striking the ball only slightly above the crossbar in
the early minutes. The crowd was full of Turkish support and voiced their 
approval. The European Champions were looking good.
	Imad Baba proved the Americans were not overawed and also had a good
oppertunity to score early in the match, the keeper proving too much of an
obstacle this time.
	Both sides were playing open, attacking football. Things were looking
good for both sides, perhaps the reputation of the Turks making them look the
better side. The USA however were beginning to worry the Turks who created
another oppertunity from a free kick crossed into the centre where the 
defenders did their job in preventing a header into goal.
	Almost immediately afterwards Yusuf brought the ball forward, passed
to his number 9 who turned and shot at goal. The American keeper, Cassar,
instinctively dived down and forward to block the shot to save a certain goal.
The Turkish follow-up also came close and an open man in the disarrayed
American defence would have given Turkey the lead. There was action aplenty.
	A Faklaris header from an inswinging corner showed the Americans were
taking no backward steps, but went high and didn't trouble the keeper to make
a save. One of these teams had to score soon.
	The Americans did put the ball in but Gregg Berhalter did so after
handling the ball and the goal was duly disallowed. The replay seemed to cast
doubt on this decision initially but soon showed enough to warrant the call.
	The English fans who were there from the earlier match were solidly
behind the Americans and they were onto a good thing. Imad Baba took a free
kick about 10 metres outside the box and left of centre, hammered it past the 
two man wall and gave the keeper, Yetkin Akman,the last touch as he only 
managed to parry the ball into the top of the net. Something was not not 
going to plan for the Turkish fans, players and the pundits who predicted the 
Turks would win easily. They were unaware of what the Americans had planned. 
Only 22 minutes had passed. American fans were springing up all over the place.
	Turkey still disbelieving their plight had only to wait another
4 minutes to see the ball disturb the Turkish net once more. This time Miles
Joseph taking almost too long to control a ball into the centre, which the
keeper had started to come for, from Brian Kelly and slotted it past two 
diving defenders and a hapless keeper for number two. I think the commentator 
needed medication about now. 
	Turkey were still attacking the Americans but the defenders did well
to stop the Turks, whenever this happened. Now it was only 28 minutes in and
Chris Faklaris showed world class skill with an oppertunistic goal. A throw in,
a little scuffle for the ball, a pass out wide, back into the goal area
the rushing keeper was stranded and Faklaris calmly sidefooted the ball past
the two defenders guarding the line. 60 of the Americans family and friends
had made the trip downunder, the sightseeing didn't get better than this.
	The Turks weren't playing badly by any stretch of the imagination, the
americans just happened to be better. They were still going at a 4-0 when the
half time whistle brought a pause to the Turks' misery.
	The commentator and myself both believed, with such a comfortable lead,
the US would shut the game down and hold the advantage. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
46 minutes gone and Chris Faklaris hit an absolute screamer from around 25
metres out into the top right corner of the Turkish goal. This was getting
ridiculous, didn't the Americans have a shred of decency? No sense of 
tradition?
	Soon after Oktay Derelioglu was trying to exchange shirts with Randall 
Pollard a little before the end of the match and was booked. He then got a red
card for what I assume were some choice words, and had to walk off leaving his
team in more trouble. Yetkin managed to delay a 5-0 from Brian Johnston for
a while and gave enough time for Mustafa to make a good run at the American
goal only to shoot wide with only the keeper in front and a defender at his
heels. The No 10 had not been getting a lot of service, this chance was one of
his few.
	With 10 men and a 4-0 scoreline the Turks were understandably
disheartened and were dominated by the US living a fairy tale.
	Miles Joseph decided that he felt like another goal after 73 minutes,
he made a good run through the centre when the ball came to him. Ran right to
get an angle and lifted the ball over the coming keeper who was diving for
the ball and into the net for an unbelieveable 5-0.
	Turkey's 10 men had been found out.
	With only seconds to go Faklaris got the ball from the midfield, he
ran between two defenders and put the ball under the keeper for the final 6-0
scoreline. These young men will never forget this match.
	The large number of empty seats at the end of the match were a result
of the Turkish fans abandoning ship with 30 minutes left, most were in tears.
US coach and ex-West Ham defender Bobby Howe said " the players were so pumped
up at being the tournaments outsiders [50-1 long shots with Saudi Arabia]...
I told them in preparation they had met players every bit as good as
they were going to face tonight, so they had nothing to worry about. I told
them to go out and express themselves. At half time I told them if they
gave nothing away in the first 20 minutes of the second half the match was
all over."
	The Hat-trick hero said "We played hard and we knew we could beat them
but we never thought it would be 6-0"
	Turkish coach Hamdi Serpil Tuzun offered no excuses and praised the
Americans "I congratulate them, what they have done is good for football".

	USA 6 (C Faklaris 28, 46, 89) - Turkey 0
	      (M Joseph 26, 73)
	      (I Baba 22)