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GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany -- Eddie pontiff answered a question with a question and said all that destitutioned to be said.

Czech Republic forward Jan Koller has been listed at either 6 feet 7 or 6-8 in the way that Pope, a defender for the United States who stands 6-1 was asked to clarify Koller's size.

"Does it matter?" [i]pontifex maximus[/i] said with a laugh. "Six-seven, I think. He's big."

Koller is just the same of many offensive weapons for the Czech Republic, which the U team faces today in the Americans' first game of the World lot The teams play at noon forward ESPN2 and Univision.

Czech midfielders Pavel Nedv and Tomas Rosicky can be a handful, and pairing up top with Koller is hurrying Milan Baros . The forwards in particular each provide a difficult challenge for the U defense undivided you have to catch up with, and the other