Brazil 2014 World Cup Groups - April FIFA Rankings

GROUP A - 23.75 
6  Brazil
19 Mexico
20 Croatia
50 Cameroon

GROUP B - 22.25
1 Spain
14 Chile
15 Netherlands
59 Australia

GROUP C - 20.50
4 Colombia
10 Greece
21 Cote d'Ivoire
47 Japan

GROUP D - 14.75
5 Uruguay
9 Italy
11 England
34 Costa Rica

GROUP E - 21.00
8 Switzerland
16 France
28 Ecuador
32 Honduras

GROUP F - 28.25
6 Argentina
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina
37 Iran
45 Nigeria

GROUP G  - 14.00
2 Germany
3 Portugal
13 USA
38 Ghana

GROUP H - 27.75
12 Belgium
18 Russia
25 Algeria
56 South Korea


2014 World Cup Nations - April 2014 FIFA Rankings
1 Spain
2 Germany
3 Portugal
4 Colombia
5 Uruguay
6 Argentina
6 Brazil
8 Switzerland
9 Italy
10 Greece

11 England
12 Belgium
13 USA
14 Chile
15 Netherlands
16 France
18 Russia
19 Mexico
20 Croatia

21 Cote d'Ivoire
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina
25 Algeria
28 Ecuador

32 Honduras
34 Costa Rica
37 Iran
38 Ghana

45 Nigeria
47 Japan

50 Cameroon
56 South Korea
59 Australia

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - April 2014

Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average FIFA ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- February 2013)


4.6 - EUROPE (-0.4)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Portugal
8 - Switzerland
9 - Italy

7.0 - SOUTH AMERICA (+0.6)
4 - Colombia
5 - Uruguay
6 - Argentina
6 - Brazil
14 - Chile

26.6 - CONCACAF (+1.6)
13 - USA
19 - Mexico
32 - Honduras
34 - Costa Rica
35 - Panama

30.0 - AFRICA (+0.2)
21 - Cote d'Ivoire
24 - Egypt
25 - Algeria
38 - Ghana
42 - Cape Verde Islands

50.4 - ASIA (+0.8)
37 - Iran
47 - Japan
53 - Uzbekistan
56 - South Korea
59 - Australia

151.4 - OCEANIA (-11.6)
111 - New Zealand
136 - New Caledonia
157 - Tahiti
172 - Solomon Islands
181 - Vanuatu

$300,000+ MLS Players - 2014

Players making a guaranteed salary of $300,000 or more in the 2014 Major League Soccer season.

Chicago Fire
$417.5 - Mike Magee
$370.0 - Bakary Soumare

Chivas USA
$450.0 - Mauro Rosales
$333.3 - Carlos Bocanegra

Columbus Crew
$744.0 - Federico Higuain
$300.0 - Michael Parkhurst

Colorado Rapids
$325.0 - Edson Buddle

FC Dallas
$647.0 - Andres Escobar
$411.0 - Mauro Diaz
$359.3 - Blas Perez
$338.0 - David Texeira
$326.6 - George John

DC United
$613.3 - Eddie Johnson
$381.0 - Chris Pontius

Houston Dynamo
$392.0 - Brad Davis
$321.7 - Ricardo Clark

Sporting Kansas City
$398.3 - Graham Zusi
$337.2 - Benny Feilhaber

LA Galaxy
$4,583.3 - Landon Donovan
$4,500.0 - Robbie Keane
$1,250.0 - Omar Gonzalez
$325.0 - Juninho

Montreal Impact
$2,600.0 - Marco Di Vaio
$355.5 - Matteo Ferrari

New England Revolution
$479.4 - Jose Goncalves

New York Red Bulls
$4,350.0 - Thierry Henry
$3,625.0 - Tim Cahill
$373.3 - Richard Eckersley
$372.5 - Bradley Wright-Phillips

Philadelphia Union
$650.0 - Maurice Edu
$330.0 - Vincent Nogueira

Portland Timbers
$500.0 - Diego Valeri
$325.0 - Will Johnson

Real Salt Lake
$453.3 - Alvaro Saborio
$378.8 - Kyle Beckerman
$315.1 - Luis Gil
$300.0 - Javier Morales

Seattle Sounders
$6,695.2 - Clint Dempsey
$1,753.3 - Obafemi Martins
$400.0 - Osvaldo Alonso

San Jose Earthquakes
$650.0 - Chris Wondolowski
$342.0 - Clarence Goodson
$300.0 - Yannick Djalo

Toronto FC
$6,500.0 - Michael Bradley
$6,180.0 - Jermain Defoe
$1,205.0 - Gilberto
$364.2 - Steven Caldwell

Vancouver Whitecaps
$1,410.0 - Pedro Morales
$940.0 - Kenny Miller
$446.5 - Nigel Reo-Coker
$300.0 - Matias Laba