Japan's Takayuki Morimoto (28) celebrates with his teammates Kengo Nakamura (14),Yuji Nakazawa ,(22) and Shinji Okazaki after scoring a goal during their friendly soccer match against Togo, in Rifu northern Japan Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Japan's Takayuki Morimoto (28) celebrates with his teammates Kengo Nakamura (14),Yuji Nakazawa ,(22) and Shinji Okazaki after scoring a goal during their friendly soccer match against Togo, in Rifu northern Japan Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.

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  2. Nominees for men's Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Player of the Year 2009, Kengo Nakamura (L) of Japan, his compatriot Yasuhito Endo (C) and Firas Al Khatib of Syria, pose with the trophy during a photo call after a new conference in Kuala Lumpur November 23, 2009. Nominees who did not attend the news conference were Mohamed Sayed Adnan of Bahrain and Hadi Aghily of Iran. AFC will announce the AFC Player of the Year 2009 on Tuesday.
  3. Japan's Takayuki Morimoto (28) celebrates with his teammates Kengo Nakamura (14),Yuji Nakazawa ,(22) and Shinji Okazaki after scoring a goal during their friendly soccer match against Togo, in Rifu northern Japan Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
  4. Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) celebrates with team mate Kengo Nakamura after scoring a goal against Togo during their Kirin Cup soccer match in Rifu, about 300 km (186 miles) north of Tokyo October 14, 2009.
  5. Japan's Keisuke Honda (C) celebrates with his teammate Kengo Nakamura (R) after scoring a goal against Scotland as Japan's Takayuki Morimoto looks down during their Kirin Cup soccer match in Yokohama, south of Tokyo October 10, 2009.
  6. Scotland's Lee Miller (C) battles for the ball with Japan's Yasuyuki Konno (R) and Kengo Nakamura during their Kirin Cup soccer match in Yokohama, south of Tokyo October 10, 2009.
  7. CATANIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 29: Takayuki Morimoto of Catania Calcio battles for the ball with Mathieu Flamini of AC Milan during the Serie A match between Catania Calcio and AC Milan at Stadio Angelo Massimino on November 29, 2009 in Catania, Italy.
  8. PALERMO, ITALY - NOVEMBER 22: Takayuki Morimoto (L) of Catania and Cesare Bovo of Plaermo compete for the ball during the Serie A match between US Citta di Palermo and Catania Calcio at Stadio Renzo Barbera on November 22, 2009 in Palermo, Italy.
  9. PALERMO, ITALY - NOVEMBER 22: Cesare Bovo (L) of Palermo and Takayuki Morimoto of Catania compete for a header during the Serie A match between US Citta di Palermo and Catania Calcio at Stadio Renzo Barbera on November 22, 2009 in Palermo, Italy.
  10. PALERMO, ITALY - NOVEMBER 22: Takayuki Morimoto (L) of Catania and Cesare Bovo of Plaermo compete for the ball during the Serie A match between US Citta di Palermo and Catania Calcio at Stadio Renzo Barbera on November 22, 2009 in Palermo, Italy.
  11. PALERMO, ITALY - NOVEMBER 22: Takayuki Morimoto (R) of Catania looks dejected as Mark Bresciano (L) and Simon Kjaer (C) of Palermo react during the Serie A match between US Citta di Palermo and Catania Calcio at Stadio Renzo Barbera on November 22, 2009 in Palermo, Italy.
  12. CATANIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 07: Takayuki Morimoto of Catania Calcio shows his dejection during Serie A match played between Catania Calcio and SSC Napoli at Stadio Angelo Massimino on November 7, 2009 in Catania, Italy.
  13. Japan's national soccer team players pose for photographers prior to the Asian Group One 2010 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Bahrain at Saitamal Stadium near Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Front row, left to right; Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Yoshito Okubo, Tatsuya Tanaka, Keiji Tamada. Back row, left to right; Seigo Narazaki, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Shunsuke Nakamura, Makoto Hasebe, Yuji Nakazawa, Atsuto Uchida.
  14. Yuji Nakazawa of Japan (R) fights for the ball with Benni McCarthy of South Africa during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.
  15. Yuji Nakazawa of Japan controls the ball during their international friendly soccer match against South Africa at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.
  16. Yuji Nakazawa of Japan (R) fights for the ball with Reneilwe Letsholonyane of South Africa during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.

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