ARENA TO DISCUSS KOREA/JAPAN 2002 IN LIVE ONLINE CHAT ON THURSDAY AT 1 p.m. ET

CHICAGO (Tuesday, October 9, 2001) - U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bruce Arena will participate in the first-ever live, online chat on U.S. Soccer's newly re-designed website, www.ussoccer.com, on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.  Arena will discuss the USA's historic 2-1 win against Jamaica as well as look ahead to next eight months leading up to Korea/Japan 2002.

Fans from across the United States can log on to www.ussoccer.com or www.ussoccerfan.com and register on-line to ask Arena a question.  Only registered members of ussoccerfan.com can ask questions.

Arena owns a career record of 23-11-11 and has posted an 8-4-3 record in his first trip through World Cup qualifying.  With the win on Sunday, the U.S. has now qualified for four consecutive World Cups for the first time in U.S. Soccer history.

The chat will be the first live, interactive chat on the new U.S. Soccer web site.  Fans will be able to log on to ussoccerfan.com just prior to 1 p.m. ET and will then be able to enter questions to ask Coach Arena.  Beginning at 1 p.m. ET, Arena will be online reading and answering questions, and fans will be able to read his answers as he responds.

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