Chile Loads Roster with Ten World Cup '98 Players
CHICAGO (Monday, February 15, 1999) - Chilean National Team head coach Nelson Acosta will bring ten players from the squad that competed in the 1998 World Cup to the United States for Sunday's full-international in Ft. Lauderdale. Heading this list is goalkeeper Nelson Tapia and central defen
Feb. 15, 1999
By comparison, the United States will only have three players from the 1998 World Cup in the squad -- defender Thomas Dooley, midfielder Chad Deering and forward Brian McBride.
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| Name | Pos. | Birthdate | Club |
| Marcelo Ramirez Gormaz* | GK | 5/29/69 | Colo Colo |
| Nelson Tapia Rios* | GK | 9/22/66 | Universidad Catolica |
| Mauricio Aros Bahamondez* | D | 3/9/76 | Universidad de Chile |
| Pablo Contreras Fica | D | 11/11/78 | Colo Colo |
| Ronald Fuentes Nunez* | D | 8/14/71 | Universidad de Chile |
| Luis Fuentes Rodriguez | D | 6/14/71 | Cobreola |
| Luis Mena Irarrazabal | D | 8/28/79 | Colo Colo |
| Miguel Ramirez Perez* | D | 6/11/70 | Universidad Catolica |
| Francisco Rojas Rojas* | D | 7/22/74 | Colo Colo |
| Moises Villarroel Ayala* | D | 2/12/76 | Santiago Wanderers |
| Clarence Acuna Donoso* | M | 2/8/75 | Universidad de Chile |
| Roberto Cartes Contreras | M | 9/6/72 | Argentina Juniors |
| Nelson Parraguez Riveros* | M | 4/5/71 | Universidad Catolica |
| David Pizarro Cortez | M | 9/10/79 | Santiago Wanderers |
| Christian Uribe Lara | M | 6/1/76 | Colo Colo |
| Pedro Gonzalez Vera | F | 10/17/67 | Universidad de Chile |
| Reinaldo Navia Amador | F | 5/10/78 | Santiago Wanderers |
| Manuel Neira Diaz* | F | 10/12/77 | Colo Colo |
| Patricio Neira Munoz | F | 4/18/79 | Palestino |
| Rodolfo Moya Spuler | F | 7/27/79 | Universidad Catolica |
| Head Coach: Nelson Acosta Lopez | |||
| Trainer: Italo Traverso Logos | |||
