Simon Elliott Event: Men's Soccer

• The veteran of seven Major League Soccer seasons and another in the English Premier League is playing for the New Zealand Olympic Team ... The Wellington, N.Z., native led the Cardinal to its first NCAA final, scoring a team-high 25 points (9 goals, 7 assists) in 1998 ... Started all 45 matches at Stanford (1998-99) ... The 34-year-old defensive midfielder suffered an Achilles tendon injury with England's Fulham in 2006 and is currently without a club ... He is one of the three overage players permitted on each squad, which are otherwise under-23 teams ... These will be his first Olympics ... (posted Aug. 1) ...