Is there any point whatsoever to the FIFA world rankings?

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Posted by jonze on Aug-24-2005 20:12:

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Originally posted by Jantjeuh
The only reason USA and Mexico are ranked that high is because they play vs. shite teams in their qualification matches, thus earning a lot of points with easy wins.

the matches in CONCACAF are valued the least thus not giving the US a lot points for easy wins. the weight placed upon games in Europe is a lot higher and even if a european team loses they still get a fair amount of points.

is the US the fifth best team in the world? most likely no. but according to the formula that FIFA uses they are. i think things will change from now until the seedings for the world cup come out since there are still a fair amount of qualifying matches to be played. so i wouldnt get my undies in a bunch over a ranking that will probably change before it actually means anything.

Posted by Uebermann on Aug-26-2005 11:30:

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Originally posted by ierxium

Just live with the fact that US of A is better than England, Spain, France and all those below.

So if the USA is playing against either of those teams you would truly put money on them actually winning???

Posted by sensorium on Aug-27-2005 02:12:

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Originally posted by Uebermann
So if the USA is playing against either of those teams you would truly put money on them actually winning???

Not in a million years. I don't like them. The US of A just doesn't care about the sport, well, this is according to the new nike commercial. See here

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