You probably won't have heard of many of these players....they are 22/23 in 2010 which makes them 13 in 2000!
GK Alan Sutton (Chelsea) (Just made #1 keeper over aging Richard Wright of Man Utd.)
DL Robert Beard (Newcastle) (A former West Ham trainee I groomed during my nine years at Newcastle. KILLER left foot.)
DC Terry Young (Leeds Utd) (Young SC & DC that is always successful in the EPL. 23. I usually overlook him, but he was good.)
DC Carl Anthony (Man Utd) (Fast and only 19. He didn't play in any of my group matches, but I pick him for the final due to injury & fatigue. C'est la vie.)
DR James Clarke (Celtic) (He has near perfect stats. 20s EVERYWHERE when I bought him. And I found him in the Chelsea reserves when he was 17. Bought him for Newcastle. BIG HIT. 7.80 average game. When I resigned from Newcastle and went to Lazio, my predecessor Martin O'Neill sold him to Celtic. He, incidently, was the chap who I let take the penalty.)
DMC David Wright (Celtic) Veteran of my regime. He plays for Crewe Alexandre in real life, but he is the team captain of Celtic in my game. Not brilliant stats, but consistent 8s.
MC Scott Parker (Man Utd) Skipper at Man U. Played only one group match, but played in the final. VERY VERY GOOD two years ago. Faded a bit.
MC Carl Frost (Tottenham) My original choice for this position is an 18 year old wonderboy and my last purchase at Newcastle called Sean Morgan. But he was injured in the Quarters against Brazil. So Frost earned his 4th cap of my regime in the Semis and Final. Didn't have a good game.
AMC Joe Cole (Newcastle) Veteran of Sven & my sides. He is the best player in England at the moment.
SC Alan Smith (Real Madrid) Top Scorer of the World Cup. I alternated him with Daniel Nardiello of M'gladerbach. The English top scorer of the Bundeslegia.
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Michael Owen (AC Milan) He is paired with Hernan Crespo at Milan. Causes hell for me as Lazio manager. Scored twice in the World Cup final.
Other noteables...
Jonanthon Bewers (Ipswich)
Leon Taylor (Anderlecht)
Sean Morgan (Newcastle)
Byron Bubb (Newcastle)
Perry Taylor (West Ham)
Richard Wright (Man U)
Alan Marriot (Tottenham)
Philip Robinson (Numanica)
Gary Miller (Arsenal)
David Prutton (Fulham)