The All Whites of soccer lack the legacy and cachet of the All Blacks of rugby, but Kiwis who are not rugby snobs will spend a few winter days watching anyway.  Many American eyes already have seen some of New Zealand's best players. The captain and defender Ryan Nelsen of Blackburn in the English Premier League played for Greensboro (N.C.) College, Stanford (a bachelor's degree in political science) and D.C. United of Major League Soccer. Midfielder Simon Elliott played for Stanford, the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Columbus Crew and the San Jose Earthquakes. Midfielder Aaron Clapham played at the University of Louisville, and the 6-foot-4 center back Andy Boyens plays for the Red Bulls. Even the temporary U.S.S.F. Division 2 league has a Kiwi midfielder, Jeremy Christie of the Tampa Bay Rowdies.  For these players and their teammates - including goalkeeper Rory Fallon, who stopped a Bahrain penalty kick on the night New Zealand qualified - there is value in the journey. Witness that Nelsen has been touring New Zealand signing the book he wrote about just getting there, "Ryan Nelsen's Road To The World Cup," a sight that does not tend to occur in, say, England.  Nobody gives the All Whites much chance of further books about a South African stay that figures to be brief, but their qualification came as a surprise and their presence has brought extra mirth to a country that had been to the World Cup only once, in 1982 in Spain. On that occasion, New Zealand lost by 4-0 to Brazil, by 3-0 to the Soviet Union and by 5-2 to Scotland, but its rally from 3-0 to 3-2 in that match did reap some plaudits from those demanding observers in establishment countries.
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