Monday, May 26, 2008

Best Nations to Play if You're in a Goal Slump

If you're a head coach of a nation that is having trouble scoring goals or posting shutouts, here's a shortlist of teams you may want to put on your schedule in the future for some confidence building. The problem is, if you only manage a close win against this competition, the media will be all over you.


Here are some of the biggest world soccer blowouts since 2000:
Losing nation in Bold

American Samoa
2001
Australia 31-0

Tonga
2001
Australia 22-0

Guam
2005
North Korea 21-0

Bhutan
2000
Kuwait 20-0

Micronesia
2003
New Caledonia 18-0

Nepal
2003
South Korea 16-0

San Marino
2006
Germany 13-0

Montserrat
2004
Bermuda 13-0

Saint-Martin
2004
Jamaica 12-0

Brunei
2001
UAE 12-0

New Caledonia
2002
Australia 11-0

Afghanistan
2003
Turkmenistan 11-0

Djibouti
2006
Zambia 10-0

Chinese Taipei
2006
Kuwait 10-0


Socceroo Archie Thompson made the most of his appearance against American Samoa by knocking in a world record 13 goals. He's scored 8 goals in his other 29 Australian caps.

In September of 2006, Germany had struggled to a 1-0 victory over the Rebublic of Ireland in their previous Euro qualifier, before destroying San Marino 13-0. Lucas Podolski had 4 away goals and Schweinsteiger, Hitzlsperger, and Klose all had 2 goals a piece. Unfortunately for the Germans, 2 games later they only managed a 1-1 draw with Cyprus.

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