At a glance: World Cup today

A look at Day 7 of the 2006 World Cup on Thursday:

Results

Ecuador 3, Costa Rica 0

England 2, Trinidad/Tobago 0

Sweden 1, Paraguay 0

Highlights

Ecuador and Germany were the first teams to advance to the second round when Ecuador defeated Costa Rica. Ecuador and Germany each have six points, while Costa Rica and Poland, which play each other in the last match in Group A on Tuesday, were eliminated. Ecuador leads the group with a plus-5 goal differential, while Germany is plus-3. That means Germany must beat Ecuador to win the group when they meet in Berlin on Tuesday.

England also moved on when it beat Trinidad and Tobago.

Stars

“Agustin Delgado and Carlos Tenorio, Ecuador, both scored their second goals of the tournament.

“Peter Crouch, England, put home a header in the 83rd minute to defeat Trinidad and Tobago.

“Fredrik Ljungberg, Sweden, scored his team’s first goal of the tournament, in the 89th minute to beat Paraguay.

Goal of the day

Ecuador’s second goal in its win over Costa Rica in Hamburg was the goal of the day.

In the 54th minute, a throw-in from the right sideline went to Edson Mendez just inside the area with defenders Luis Marin and Michael Umana between him and the net. Mendez chipped the ball over Marin and it was chested down by Augustin Delgado behind the defenders. Delgado put a right-footed shot to the short side past the leap of goalkeeper Jose Porras.

Americans relocate

The U.S. team decided to spend two nights at Ramstein Air Base because of safety concerns with the designated FIFA hotels in the Kaiserslautern area.

The Americans traveled from their base hotel in Hamburg, flying on a charter direct to Ramstein, where about 50,000 U.S. military, civilians and their families are based.