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Show -.'_ Friday, Dec 9,_ The Utah Statesman Sports WC draw happens Friday Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Roy Makaay and Arjen Robben give the Dutch have a strong attacking line to complement experienced goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. "I really don't want to play against the Netherlands again," said striker Kevin Kuranyi, who was on the German team that tied the Dutch 1-1 at the 2004 European Championship and went out in the first round. German great Franz Beckenbauer, who led the national team to a World Cup final victory over the Netherlands in 1974, isn't worried. "Holland has a strong team again _ that has been the case traditionally," he said. "But it is not a disaster if we meet the Dutch in the preliminary round. After all, two teams will BY ROBERT MILLWARD AP Soccer Writer 1 LEIPZIG, German - Look *out for the Netherlands. The draw for the 2006 World r Cup will be held Friday, and 31 teams will be hoping they don't Kvind up in the same group as the Netherlands. The Dutch, a talented underachieving team coached by Marco van Basten, were left out of the top eight seeds by FIFA. Defending champion Brazil and host Germany were automatically seeded while the governing body handed Argentina, England, France, Italy, Mexico and Spain the other top spots. Those eight teams can't meet each other in the first round of next summer's monthlong tournament. The Netherlands, runnerup in 1974 and '78 and ranked third by FIFA, is in a pot with seven more European teams: • COLLAPSE From page 4 progress." The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four, separated on the basis of geography and talent. The United States, playing in the World Cup for the fifth time in a row and a quarterfinalist three years ago, will be kept apart from CONCACAF neighbors Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago and also can't be drawn to face seeded Mexico. Also in the U.S. pot are the four Asian teams _ Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The Americans, coached by Bruce Arena, also could wind up against the Brazilians, Dutch and Serbs. Despite the wealth of talent at his disposal, Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira would like to avoid tough teams. "It would be good to avoid what happened to Argentina and France in 2002," he said. Eckehard khuli photo/AP Photo WORLD FAMOUS BRAZILIAN soccer player Pele, left, and Brazilian minister of culture Gilberto Gil balance a soccer ball head to head during a press conference in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Thursday. On the occasion of the FIFA WC final draw the movie "Pele forever" was shown for the first time. anu loose diamond that's i .15 carat or larger! Diamonds International our control," Utah State Head Coach Raegan Pebley said. "I can't call a play. I can't have them shoot more free throws in practice. Its the mentality you bring on the court." Freeman scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds but her lone turnover was a big one, she said. "As a senior I'm going to take some of the blame," Freeman said. "I feel like I had two major turnovers and I missed free throws at the end. I need to hit those." Her missed free throw was in the last two minutes. Her one-and-one opportunity was blown when she missed the front end preventing Utah State from tying the game 5454. The Falcons went to the line six times in the final minute, yet they made just two. It didn't help Utah State at all, as Taylor Richards missed a lay-up with the score 58-53 and the Ags had to foul. After making the first one, Andrea Taylor missed her second free throw but the Falcons rebounded and got two more shots from the stripe. Richards made a threepointer with two seconds left but the game may as well have been over as the Falcons proceeded to miss their final two free throws. Even though the Montana game ended in a similar fashion and the Ags did send Idaho State to the line 27 times in the second half of last weekends game, there is a pattern but it isn't a habit, Freeman said. The team does look complacent in the final minutes of games but losing isn't a habit that anyone should be falling into and the losses can't be blamed on being a young team anymore, Freeman said. "We were stuck in the moment and we get complacent and we were OK with winning then," Richards said. "We don't know how to pull ahead of it." Collie Groverphoto/atlieanngccusu.edu AGGIE JENNY GROSS looks to pass the ball to a teammate during Thursday's game. This wasn't the first time it has happened and it may not be the last, but it's one thing Richards said she won't be able to deal with. "It's going to start wearing on people to where it doesn't matter and that's tough because I hate losing with a passion," she said. In the second half, freshman Lindsey Freeze had to come in when Brittany Tressler couldn't stop her nose from bleeding after being fouled on a lay-up. Freeze made the free throw for Tressler, grabbed a defensive rebound on the Falcon's next possession and sank a 3pointer the next trip down the court for the Ags. The points and rebound were herfirstof the season. Utah State will play at home on Saturday against Utah Valley State College, who Air Force beat 97-70 earlier in the season. 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