– 1 South Korea Uzbekistan, Japan, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia clinch first place in their group, and advance to Stage 3. FIFA World Cup European Qualifying Italy 4 – 3 Belarus Netherlands 3 – 1 Finland Luxembourg 0 – 4 Liechtenstein Armenia 0 – 3 Czech Republic Moldova 1 – 1 Scotland Lithuania 0 – 0 Spain Serbia and Montenegro 5 – 0 San Marino Cyprus 0 – 2 France Azerbaijan 0 – 1 England Portugal 7 – 1 Russia Latvia 2 – 2 Estonia Kazakhstan 0 – 1 Albania Iceland 1 – 4 Sweden Bulgaria 4 – 1 Malta Andorra 1 – 0 Macedonia Ukraine 2 – 0 Georgia Norway 3 – 0 Slovenia Republic of Ireland 2 – 0 Faroe Islands Denmark 1 – 1 Turkey Wales 2 – 3 Poland Northern Ireland 3 – 3 Austria FIFA World Cup South American Qualifying Paraguay 1 – 1 Peru Chile 0 – 0 Argentina Brazil 0 – 0 Colombia FIFA World Cup CONCACAF Qualifying Guatemala 1 – 0 Honduras Mexico 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago St. Kitts and Nevis 0 – 3 St. Vincent / Grenadines Canada 1 – 3 Costa Rica Jamaica 0 – 0 El Salvador USA 6 – 0 Panama United States, Guatemala and Mexico clinch places in the final stage of qualifying. (FIFAWorldCup.Yahoo.com) October 12, 2004 (Tuesday) Baseball American League Championship Series Game 1: Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees has his perfect game broken up in the 7th inning, and the Boston Red Sox rally to within 8–7, but the Yankees win 10–7 to take a 1–0 series lead. Mariano Rivera, who attended the funeral of two members of his wife's family in Panama earlier in the day, returns in time to record the save. Red Sox key starting pitcher Curt Schilling is markedly off his game, due to an ankle injury which was aggravated during the ALDS. (ESPN) Basketball WNBA Finals: The Seattle Storm defeat the Connecticut Sun 74–60 behind 23 points from Betty Lennox. The Storm won the best-of-three series 2–1, and Lennox was named Finals Most Valuable Player. Storm coach Anne Donovan becomes the first woman to coach a WNBA champion. (ESPN) Football: FIFA World Cup South American Qualifying Bolivia 0 – 0 Uruguay FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying Indonesia 1 – 3 Saudi Arabia (FIFAWorldCup.Yahoo.com) October 11, 2004 (Monday) Baseball: National League Division Series: The Houston Astros