Registered: Feb 2004
Location: where blue skies meet the sunrise
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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.
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Originally posted by lucid
pro tip: if you value your life, NEVER do anything that will place you "outside" of the jonze circle of trust.
Aug-24-2005 20:12
Uebermann
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Dortmund - NYC
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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???
Aug-26-2005 11:30
sensorium
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location:
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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
