Football (the one played with the feet) dream team

Stoichkov - 1994 (6 goals in the '94 World Cup)
Schilacci - 1990 (6 goals in the '90 World Cup)

The U.S.A. goalie in the 2002 World Cup
The French goalie in the 1998 World Cup - Is that Zidane?

And, of course, I'd vote for my most favorite player: U.S.A. goalie - TONY MEOLA!

Maybe I'll be back with more, if I can get the names fixed in mine head.

Zidane is the guy who headed two in for the win over Brazil, a midfielder with good vision.

The goaleeper was Barthez.

I also nominate Chiavert (GK) and setill seem top be in my South America mode so will wait a bit more.

European-South American Team
Goalie - Oliver Kahn
The other guys:
Ronaldo
Zinedine Zidane
Roberto Carlos and Luis Figo to give the passes!
Michael Ballack
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Henrik Larsson
Gabriel Battistuta, old but tough as hell
Filippo Inzaghi
Giovane Elber

yup, those guys would be unbeatable, if you can fit their egos under one hat!

This was my WC2002 Dream Team, the day before the final (in a msn soccer chat):

Usually people define the WC ideal team after the final game; and usually the outcome of that game tends a veil over the rest of the championship.
With that on mind, I propose the Ideal team for Korea-Japan 2002. Not an easy task (I found 35 players worthy of it), and everyone has his/her own taste.
This is the team:

Kahn (Ger); Alpay Ossalam (Tur), Sung Mjung-Bo (Kor), Cannavaro (Ita), Rio Ferdinand (Eng); Torrado (Mex), Ballack (Ger), El-Hadji Diouf (Sen), Wilmots (Bel); Rivaldo (Bra), Ronaldo (Bra).

Runners up, among others: Rob Keane (Ire), Toftig (Den), Cisse (Sen), Reyna (Usa), Cafú (Bra), Davala (Tur), Klose (Ger), Toda (Jap), Raúl (Spa), Larsson (Swe)

And I added the Dream Team from perhaps the most influential sports magazine in Europe:

I just read the game by game classification of Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport (the so-called "pagelle"). According to that source, the ideal team (counting only starters) would be somewhat similar to mine.
Team Gazzetta:

Kahn (Ger); Mung-Bo (Kor), Cannavaro (Ita), Ferdinand (Ing), Jakobsson (Swe); Torrado (Mex), Ballack (Ger), Morishima (Jap), Wilmots (Bel); Ronaldo (Bra), Recoba (Uru).
If we'd change that to a 3-5-2, they'd exchange one Brit (Ferdinand) for an American (Eddie Lewis).

Runners up: Henri Camara (Sen), Ronald Gómez (Cos), Rivaldo (Bra), El Hadji Diouf (Sen), Nesta (Ita), Roberto Carlos (Bra), Sanneh (Usa), Beckham (Eng), Duff (Ire), Gravesen (Den), Friedel (Usa).

I can't agree more re Khan.

I also like Ferdinand in the back.

I also must say that Torrado always played very well for me in computer simulation games but I haven't seen him play very much.

In regard to elber I think he is only good in Germany in much the same way that Jardel kicked butt in Portugal.

Same thing happens with Recoba, he kicks butt in Europe, but is too personalist with his national team.

Besides the World Cup, one great player that didn't make it is Kluivert. A few weeks he made some absolutely incredible plays.

Torrado is outstanding as a deffensive midfielder. The key to the US victory over Mexico in the World Cup is that Arena, the US coach, sacrificed his best player, Claudio Reyna, to nullify the Mexicans, via the nullification of Torrado.

Kluivert is amazing. One of my favorites.

Goalie: Peter Shmichael
Centre Backs: Nesta and Sol Campbell
Left Back: Ashley Cole (best in the world on current form)
Right Back: don't know, maybe just have 3 backs and 3 Vieras)
Left Wing: Robert Pires
Right Wing: Sylvain Wiltord (no, you THOUGHT he was a striker)
Centre Mids: Patrick Viera (x2)
Strikers: Andriy Shevchenko and Thierry Henry (did you know, he WAS a winger?)

peter 66, that looks like a European Dream Team.

I think Craven was asking for the World's Dream Team.

Right then, here we go.
Dudek
Thuram Nesta Woodgate Silvester
Beckham Nedved Veira(wow wow wow) Giggs
Ronaldo T Henry

Woodgate? Has he proven anything besides his local league?
Who's Silvester?

Just askin'.

peter66, that looks like an Arsenal dream team to me!! Good players mind.

I'd go for(including a couple from the early 90s who are past their best now)

Chilavert
Ferdinand
Woodgate
Roberto Carlos
John Harkes
Zidane
Beckham
Nedved
Keane
Henry
David Hirst

Woodgate hasn't really proven anything yet. He does look very good though, I think he will be England's cornerstone(along with Ferdinand) for years to come. His career was damaged by the beating he dished out to an asian student and the subsequent court case, but he seemed genuinely contrite and sorry, unlike Lee Bowyer(involved in the same incident), who is by all accounts a nasty racist yob.

Silvestre is Man Utd's left back.

Nice team, yorkshire. But Chilavert is way way way way past his best time.
He's not a starter in Paraguay's national team anymore.

Is he? I don't get much south american footy over here. I like the idea of having your keeper take set-pieces though.

I have to say John Harkes is a bit of a wild card, but he scored one of the best goals I've ever seen against Derby in 1990. And he played for the not so wonderful sheffield wednesday.

My Current Dream Team:

-----------------Buffon----------------------

-----------Nesta--------Maldini------------

Cafu--------------------------------R. Carlos


-----------------Vieira--------------------

C. Ronaldo----------------------Zidane

-----------------Totti----------------------


---van Nistelrooy-----------------Henry