U.S. Abroad (Champions League): O'Brien makes quarterfinal appearance

John O'Brien became the first American to play at the quarterfinal stage of the UEFA Champions League. He started at left back and played the full 90 minutes for Ajax in a 0-0 tie with AC Milan in the first-leg encounter in Amsterdam before a crowd of 51,000.

''It was a good result,'' said Ajax coach Ronald Koeman, whose team travels to AC Milan for the second leg Wednesday, April 23.

SUMMARY
Quarterfinal, First Leg
April 8 in Amsterdam

Ajax Amsterdam 0 AC Milan 0

Ajax Amsterdam — Lobont, Trabelsi, Pasanen (de Jong 74), Chivu, O'Brien, Pienaar, Galasek (Sneijder, 67), Yakubu, Maxwell, Ibrahimovic (Litmanen 73), van der Vaart.

AC Milan — Dida, Simic, Nesta, Maldini, Costacurta, Rui Costa, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Seedorf (Serginho, 26), Shevchenko (Rivaldo 79), Inzaghi (Dahl Tomasson 73)

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway).

Attendance: 51,000