LAMBO AN ALL-STAR: Former Middleton goalkeeper Josh Lambo was one of four goalkeepers named to the All-Star teams at the prestigious adidas ESP camp, which wrapped up Monday in Windsor, Conn.

WORLD CUP PICKS: Before the World Cup kicked off, Madison Soccer Central asked some local soccer personalities to predict the scores of all 64 World Cup games. Eleven people accepted the challenge, as did all three MSC writers.

Here are the final standings.

SCORING
Correct winner: 3 points
Correct margin of victory: 1 bonus point
Exact score: 3 bonus points

1, Jon Szczepanski, UW men’s assistant coach, 144 points (34-30 record)
2, Nick Carlin-Voigt, UW women’s assistant coach, 138 (37-27)
3, Todd Milewski, The Capital Times writer, 135 (38-26)
4, Trevor Banks, former Madison Memorial/Old Dominion/PSC56, 133 (35-29)
5, Eric Anderson, MSC editor, 132 (36-28)
6, Dean Duerst, UW women’s coach, 129 (35-29)
7, Charles Billings, PSC56 general manager, 125 (37-27)
8, Nick Pasquarello, UW men’s assistant coach, 124 (37-27)
9, Tenzin Rampa, former Madison West/UW-Milwaukee/PSC56, 123 (32-32)
10, Nathan Leaf, MSC assistant editor, 121 (31-33)
11, Chris Panayiotou, Middleton-Yahara director of youth development, 120 (31-33)
12, Jim Launder, PSC56 coach, 119 (33-31)
13, Tom Ziemer, MSC staff writer, 100 (28-36)
14, Danny van Mol, PSC56 assistant coach, 95 (25-39)

CLOSE TO A HOME GAME: Midfielders Lindsay Tarpley (right), a Madison native, and Leslie Osborne, a Brookfield native, are on the 18-player U.S. women’s national team roster for Saturday’s friendly against Sweden at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn.

The Americans are 6-0-3 this year and ranked second in the FIFA world rankings, while Sweden is fifth. Tickets are available through TicketMaster locations or by phone at 651-989-5151, and the 5 p.m. game will be televised on ESPN2.

It is the first of three matches for the U.S. team this month—the Americans will play Ireland on July 23 in San Diego and Canada on July 30 in Cary, N.C.