Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Final League Positions of UEFA Cup Finalists (since 99/00)

A look at the final league positions and average points per game of the UEFA Cup (now Europa League) finalists since 1999/2000.



Format:
Year (combined avg points per game; combined avg league position)
League Position - Team (Record; pts) Average points per game

Winner is listed first

UEFA CUP

1999/2000 (2.12; 1.5)

1st - Galatasaray (24W-7D-3L; 79pts) 2.32
2nd - Arsenal (22W-7D-9L; 73pts) 1.92

2000/2001 (1.56; 6.5)

3rd - Liverpool (20W-9D-9L; 69pts) 1.82
10th - Deportivo Alavés (14W-7D-17L; 49pts) 1.29

2001/2002 (1.97; 2.0)

3rd - Feyenoord (19W-7D-8L; 64pts) 1.88
1st - Borussia Dortmund (21W-7D-6L; 70pts) 2.06

2002/2003 (2.51; 1.5)

1st - Porto (27W-5D-2L; 86pts) 2.53
2nd - Celtic (26W-4D-3L; 82pts) 2.49

2003/2004 (1.77; 4.0)

1st - Valencia (23W-8D-7L; 77pts) 2.03
7th - Olympique Marseille (17W-6D-15L; 57pts) 1.50

2004/2005 (1.84; 2.5)

2nd - CSKA Moscow (17W-9D-4L; 60pts) 1.88
3rd - Sporting CP (18W-7D-9L; 61pts) 1.79

2005/2006 (1.49; 9.5)

5th - Sevilla (20W-8D-10L; 68pts) 1.79
14th - Middlesbrough (12W-9D-17L; 45pts) 1.18

2006/2007 (1.58; 7.0)

3rd - Sevilla (21W-8D-9L; 71pts) 1.87
11th - Espanyol (12W-13D-13L; 49pts) 1.29

2007/2008 (2.21; 1.0)

1st - Zenit St. Petersburg (18W-7D-5L; 61pts) 2.03
1st - Rangers (25W-4D-4L; 79pts) 2.39

2008/2009 (1.73; 6.0)

2nd - Shakhtar Donetsk (19W-7D-4L; 64pts) 2.13
10th - Werder Bremen (12W-9D-13L; 45pts) 1.32


EUROPA LEAGUE

2009/2010 (1.23; 10.5)

12th - Fulham (12W-10D-16L; 46pts) 1.21
9th - Atlético Madrid (13W-8D-16L; 47pts) 1.24


NOTES:

The 09/10 Europa League final has the worst combined league position and points per game average of the past decade, with Fulham and Atlético Madrid being the 2nd and 3rd lowest ppg teams after Middlesbrough in 05/06. This is also the first time that the finalists' combined records have more losses than wins (25W-18D-32L)

Only once have two league winners faced off in the UEFA cup final since 99/00. That happened in 07/08, with Zenit St. Petersburg defeating Rangers.

The lowest league position team to win the cup was Sevilla, who finished 5th in La Liga in 05/06.

Of the 22 cup finalists listed, 6 of them have had more losses than wins in their respective leagues.

The 02/03 final was a face off between two very successful league teams in Porto and Celtic. The two teams had an impressive combined record of 53W-9D-5L (an average of over 2.50 points per game).

Feyenoord (3rd) is the only lower league position team to win the cup by defeating Borussia Dortmund (1st) in 01/02

2010 World Cup Finalists: Bad Qualifying Losses

A list of poor World Cup qualifying results by teams who made it to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (against nations who did not make the final 32). The rankings listed were from the date the games took place (minimum rank difference of 25).


AFRICA
06/14/08 - Sierra Leone (163) 1:0 South Africa (68)
06/14/08 - Gabon (94) 2:0 Ghana (46)
03/29/09 - Togo (91) 1:0 Cameroon (16)
10/10/09 - Benin (78) 1:0 Ghana (32)

ASIA
03/26/08 - Bahrain (82) 1:0 Japan (36)
06/07/08 - Iraq (73) 1:0 Australia (35)
06/22/08 - China (79) 1:0 Australia (35)

CONCACAF
10/11/08 - Jamaica (116) 1:0 Mexico (24)
10/15/08 - Jamaica (116) 1:0 Honduras (50)
10/15/08 - Trinidad and Tobago (88) 2:1 USA (21)
06/03/09 - Costa Rica (41) 3:1 USA (14)
06/06/09 - El Salvador (100) 2:1 Mexico (26)

EUROPE
09/06/08 - Austria (101) 3:1 France (11)
09/10/08 - Luxembourg (152) 2:1 Switzerland (43)
10/14/09 - Lithuania (62) 2:1 Serbia (13)
10/14/09 - Hungary (47) 1:0 Denmark (16)

OCEANIA
11/19/08 - Fiji (137) 2:0 New Zealand (60)

SOUTH AMERICA
06/18/08 - Bolivia (90) 4:2 Paraguay (28)
04/01/09 - Bolivia (56) 6:1 Argentina (6)
09/05/09 - Peru (91) 1:0 Uruguay (28)
10/10/09 - Bolivia (59) 2:1 Brazil (1)
10/14/09 - Colombia (48) 2:0 Paraguay (23)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Average Squad Age in Top European Leagues

Average squad ages in England, Italy, Germany, Spain, and France.

ENGLAND
29.09 - Fulham
28.98 - Portsmouth
27.87 - Birmingham City
27.40 - Blackburn Rovers
27.33 - Aston Villa
27.27 - Hull City
27.20 - Stoke City
27.14 - Chelsea
27.13 - Bolton Wanderers
26.72 - Wigan Athletic
26.63 - Burnley
26.28 - Manchester City
26.28 - Tottenham Hotspur
26.19 - Manchester United
26.05 - West Ham United
26.03 - Sunderland
25.93 - Everton
25.09 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
24.79 - Liverpool
24.62 - Arsenal

ITALY
28.96 - AC Milan
28.79 - Bologna
28.70 - Roma
28.54 - Chievo Verona
28.40 - Atalanta
28.25 - Juventus
28.22 - Napoli
27.41 - Lazio
27.33 - Bari
27.00 - Livorno
26.78 - Inter Milan
26.29 - Sampdoria
26.21 - Catania
26.21 - Siena
26.11 - Fiorentina
25.96 - Parma
25.73 - Palermo
25.65 - Udinese
25.52 - Cagliari
25.17 - Genoa

GERMANY
27.07 - VfL Bochum
27.04 - FSV Mainz 05
26.93 - Hannover 96
26.63 - Bayern Munich
26.20 - Eintracht Frankfurt
26.19 - VfL Wolfsburg
26.03 - Borussia Mönchengladbach
25.59 - 1. FC Nürnberg
25.58 - Hamburger SV
25.57 - Bayer Leverkusen
25.50 - 1. FC Köln
25.46 - SC Freiburg
25.31 - Hertha BSC
25.20 - Werder Bremen
24.91 - Borussia Dortmund
24.86 - VfB Stuttgart
24.69 - Schalke 04
23.75 - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim


SPAIN
27.93 - Xerez
27.65 - Osasuna
27.46 - Tenerife
27.40 - Mallorca
27.22 - Villarreal
26.96 - Valencia
26.95 - Almeria
26.87 - Sporting Gijón
26.82 - Deportivo La Coruña
26.64 - Getafe
26.60 - Real Zaragoza
26.58 - Sevilla
26.43 - Racing Santander
26.23 - Real Valladolid
26.15 - Athletic Bilbao
25.80 - Málaga
25.56 - Real Madrid
25.38 - Espanyol
25.08 - Barcelona
25.00 - Atlético Madrid

FRANCE
27.83 - PSG
27.19 - Grenoble Foot 38
27.11 - Valenciennes
27.05 - Olympique Marseille
26.82 - Lorient
26.56 - Bordeaux
26.31 - Montpellier
26.01 - Nice
25.89 - Boulogne
25.80 - Monaco
25.79 - Nancy
25.62 - RC Lens
25.60 - Stade Rennes
25.44 - Auxerre
25.08 - Saint Etienne
24.73 - Lille
24.53 - Toulouse
24.28 - Olympique Lyon
24.16 - Le Mans
24.11 - Sochaux




TOP 5 OLDEST SQUADS
29.09 - Fulham
28.98 - Portsmouth
28.96 - AC Milan
28.79 - Bologna
28.70 - Roma

TOP 5 YOUNGEST SQUADS
23.75 - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
24.11 - Sochaux
24.16 - Le Mans
24.28 - Olympique Lyon
24.53 - Toulouse



Age stats from soccerway.com

Friday, May 7, 2010

Previous Clubs: Atlético Madrid

A list of the previous clubs that the Atlético Madrid first team players were signed from.


Sergio Agüero - Independiente
(pic: eresmas)



ARGENTINA
Boca Juniors - Luis Perea
Independiente - Sergio Agüero
Lanús - Eduardo Salvio
Vélez Sársfield - Ibrahima

ENGLAND
Arsenal - José Antonio Reyes (played a season on loan at Real Madrid in between)

ITALY
Fiorentina - Tomáš Ujfaluši

PORTUGAL
Benfica - Simão Sabrosa
Porto - Paulo Assunção

SPAIN
Albacete - Pablo Ibáñez
Getafe - Mario Pernia
Osasuna - Raúl García
Real Betis - Juanito
Real Madrid - José Manuel Jurado
Real Murcia - Juan Valera Espín
Valladolid - Sergio Asenjo
Villarreal - Diego Forlán

URUGUAY
Defensor Sporting - Leandro Cabrera

Atlético Madrid YOUTH
Antonio López
Ignacio Camacho
David de Gea
Álvaro Domínguez

LOAN
Juventus - Tiago




For comparison, here is the previous club link for fellow Europa League finalists, Fulham FC. (link)

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Foreign-Born World Cup Winners

A list of Foreign-Born Players from World Cup winning nations since the first WC in 1930.

2006
Italy

Mauro Camoranesi
Tandil, Argentina

Simone Perrotta
Ashton-under-Lyne, England

1998
France

Patrick Vieira
Dakar, Senegal

Marcel Desailly
Accra, Ghana

Lilian Thuram
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (technically considered an overseas region of France)

Christian Karembeu
Lifou, New Caledonia (overseas territory of France)

1982
Italy

Claudio Gentile
Tripoli, Libya

1974
West Germany

Herbert Wimmer
Eupen, Belgium

1954
West Germany

Josef Posipal
Lugoj, Romania

Richard Herrmann
Katowice, Poland

1950
Uruguay

Ernesto Vidal
Buie d'Istria, Italy


1938
Italy

Michele Andreolo
Montevideo, Uruguay


1934
Italy

Attilio Demaria
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Enrique Guaita
Lucas González, Argentina

Anfilogino Guarisi
São Paulo, Brazil

Luis Monti
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Raimundo Orsi
Avellaneda, Argentina

Mario Varglien
Fiume, Austria-Hungary (modern day Rijeka, Croatia)


1930
Uruguay

Lorenzo Fernández
Redondela, Spain

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

League Winning Point Totals (2000-2010)

A ranking list of league winning point totals (by season) in the top European leagues that play 38 games in a season (England, Spain, Italy, France - excludes Germany which has 34 game seasons) -- since 1999/2000

Interesting that in the current season both Real Madrid and Barcelona have a chance at the highest league winning point totals of the decade and one of them will still lose out on the title.



97 - Inter Milan (2006/2007)
95 - Chelsea (2004/2005)
91 - Chelsea (2005/2006)
91 - Manchester United (1999/2000)
90 - Arsenal (2003/2004)
90 - Manchester United (2008/2009)
89 - Manchester United (2006/2007)
87 - Arsenal (2001/2002)
87 - Barcelona (2008/2009)
87 - Manchester United (2007/2008)
86 - Juventus (2004/2005)
85 - Inter Milan (2007/2008)
85 - Real Madrid (2007/2008)
84 - Barcelona (2004/2005)
84 - Inter Milan (2008/2009)
84 - Olympique Lyon (2005/2006)
83 - Manchester United (2002/2003)
82 - Barcelona (2005/2006)
81 - Olympique Lyon (2006/2007)
80 - Bordeaux (2008/2009)
80 - Manchester United (2000/2001)
80 - Real Madrid (2000/2001)
79 - Olympique Lyon (2007/2008)
79 - Olympique Lyon (2004/2005)
79 - Olympique Lyon (2003/2004)
78 - Real Madrid (2002/2003)
77 - Valencia (2003/2004)
76 - Inter Milan (2005/2006)
76 - Real Madrid (2006/2007)
75 - Valencia (2001/2002)
69 - Deportivo La Coruña (1999/2000)
68 - Olympique Lyon (2002/2003)



2009/2010

England
83 - Chelsea (1 game left)
82 - Manchester United (1 game left)

Spain
93 - Barcelona (2 games left)
89 - Real Madrid (3 games left)

Italy
76 - Inter Milan (2 games left)
74 - Roma (2 games left)

France
72 - Olympique Marseille (3 games left)
67 - Auxerre (3 games left)
64 - Lille (3 games left)
62 - Olympique Lyon (4 games left)

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

If There was a Yugoslavia National Team...

I was thinking the other day about how many high quality players there are are from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia) I wonder how good they'd be if there was still a combined Yugoslavia national team? (Hint: good)



These are just a few of the top players that could be called upon. I do see one problem though. Who on earth would you play/sit in the midfield and forward positions? A manager would definitely have a few tough choices with this team.


GOALKEEPERS
Samir Handanovič (Slovenia; Udinese)
Stipe Pletikosa (Croatia; Spartak Moscow)

DEFENDERS
Josip Šimunić (Croatia; 1899 Hoffenheim)
Vedran Ćorluka (Croatia; Tottenham Hotspur)
Marko Baša (Montenegro; Lokomotiv Moscow)
Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia; Lazio)
Nemanja Vidić (Serbia; Manchester United)
Neven Subotić (Serbia; Borussia Dortmund)
Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia; Chelsea)


MIDFIELDERS
Zvjezdan Misimović (Bosnia and Herzegovina; Wolfsburg)
Miralem Pjanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina; Lyon)
Luka Modrić (Croatia; Tottenham Hotspur)
Darijo Srna (Croatia; Shakhtar Donetsk)
Niko Kranjčar (Croatia; Tottenham Hotspur)
Simon Vukčević (Montenegro; Sporting CP)
Dejan Stanković (Serbia; Inter Milan)
Miloš Krasić (Serbia; CSKA Moscow)
Gojko Kačar (Serbia; Hertha BSC)

FORWARDS
Edin Džeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina; Wolfsburg)
Zlatan Muslimović (Bosnia and Herzegovina; PAOK)
Vedad Ibišević (Bosnia and Herzegovina; 1899 Hoffenheim)
Eduardo (Croatia; Arsenal)
Ivica Olić (Croatia; Bayern Munich)
Mladen Petrić (Croatia; Hamburger SV)
Goran Pandev (Macedonia; Inter Milan)
Mirko Vučinić (Montenegro; Roma)
Nikola Žigić (Serbia; Valencia)
Marko Pantelić (Serbia; Ajax)
Milan Jovanović (Serbia; Standard Liege, signed by Liverpool)
Milivoje Novakovič (Slovenia; 1. FC Köln)



Two Notes:
1. No political statement here, just having some fun looking at the potential player pool.

2. I don't follow these national teams closely so it's possible I may have missed one or two deserving players but you get the idea. They would be GOOD.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Videos: Asian Nations with One World Cup Appearance

Highlights (or lowlights depending on how you look at it) of the Asian nations that have only made one World Cup finals appearance in their history.

Korea DPR 1966 (One of the biggest upsets in WC History)


Kuwait 1982 (The only point in Kuwait World Cup History)


Iraq 1986 (only goal in Iraq World Cup History)


UAE 1990 (UAE scored a goal....)


China 2002 (0 points, 0 goals)




Note: Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) made a World Cup appearance in 1938 but I couldn't find any video footage.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Pictures: England League Two Stadiums

Pictures of many of the grounds in England's League Two (fourth division)


AFC Bournemouth - Dean Court (Capacity: 9,600)



Barnet FC - Underhill Stadium (Capacity: 5,568)



Bradford City - Valley Parade (Capacity: 25,136)




Bury FC - Gigg Lane Stadium (Capacity: 11,840)



Cheltenham Town - Abbey Business Stadium (Whaddon Road)(Capacity: 7,066)



Chesterfield FC - Saltergate (Capacity: 8,504)



Crewe Alexandra FC - Alexandra Stadium (Gresty Road)(Capacity: 10,153)



Darlington FC - The Northern Echo Darlington Arena (Capacity: 25,000)



Grimsby Town - Blundell Park (Capacity: 9,546



Lincoln City FC - Sincil Bank (Capacity: 10,127)



Macclesfield Town FC - Moss Rose (Capacity: 6,355)



Northampton Town FC - Sixfields Stadium (Capacity: 7,653)



Notts County FC - Meadow Lane (Capacity: 19,588)



Rochdale AFC - Spotland Stadium (Capacity: 10,249)



Rotherham United - Don Valley Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)



Shrewsbury Town FC - Prostar Stadium (Capacity: 9,875)

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Videos: CONCACAF Nations with One World Cup Appearance

A few highlights from the CONCACAF nations who've made just one all-time World Cup appearance. I especially enjoyed the Haiti 1974 video, very entertaining stuff and a good result for Haiti (with some great saves by the Haitian keeper).

Haiti 1974


Honduras 1982


Canada 1986


Jamaica 1998


Trinidad and Tobago 2006





Cuba also made one World Cup appearance (1938) but I wasn't able to find any footage of them to include.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

CONCACAF Players in Asian Leagues

A list of CONCACAF players that are currently playing for clubs in the Asian Football Confederation.


Paul Ifill - Wellington Phoenix (SMH)



AUSTRALIA

BARBADOS
Paul Ifill - Wellington Phoenix

COSTA RICA
Carlos Hernández - Melbourne Victory
Marvin Angulo - Melbourne Victory

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Dyron Daal - North Queensland Fury



CHINA

COSTA RICA
Johnny Woodly Lambert - Changchun Yatai
Porfirio López Meza - Dalian Shide
José Luis López Ramírez - Dalian Shide
Rodolfo Rodríguez - Tianjin Teda

HONDURAS
Samuel Caballero - Changchun Yatai
Luis Ramirez - Hangzhou Greentown
Jerry Palacios - Hangzhou Greentown
Mauricio Sabillón - Hangzhou Greentown

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Kevaughn Connell - Nanchang Bayi

UNITED STATES
Lyle Martin - Shannxi Chan-Ba



HONG KONG

UNITED STATES
Marc Roland - Happy Valley AA
Lexton Moy - Tai Chung FC


INDIA

UNITED STATES
Avneet Shergil - Salgaocar


LEBANON

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Peter Prospar - Racing Beirut


SAUDI ARABIA

UNITED STATES
Jeremiah White - Al-Ettifaq



SINGAPORE

CANADA
Murphy Wiredu - Sengkang Punggol FC
Anthony Christopher Bahadur - Sengkang Punggol FC



THAILAND

JAMAICA
Richard Langley - Pattaya United FC

USA
Devala Gorrick - Pattaya United FC



VIETNAM

TURKS and CAICOS
Gavin Glinton - Nam Dinh FC

UNITED STATES
Christopher Williams - Ðà Nẵng F.C.
Lee Nguyen - Bình Dương
John Krause - Hòa Phát Hà Nội

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Pictures: Face Painted Footy Fans

Austria




Cameroon




Colombia




Costa Rica




Netherlands




England (taking it to the next level...)




Ghana




Japan




South Korea




Switzerland




Tunisia




Turkey




Vietnam




Pictures from:
[smh] [cescy] [uefa-cup-bets] [virginmedia] [guardian] [viennadaily.blogspot] [bbc] [nypost] [blogs.reuters] [blogs.wsj] [telegraph]

Monday, April 26, 2010

Still Active Players from the 1994 World Cup

A list of the players from the 1994 World Cup squads that are still playing professionally around the world.



Argentina
Ariel Ortega - River Plate (Argentina)

Bolivia
Juan Manuel Peña - DC United (USA)
Jaime Moreno - DC United (USA)
Luis Cristaldo - Guabirá Montero (Bolivia)

Brazil
Ronaldo - Corinthians (Brazil)
Viola - Brusque (Brazil.4th Division)

Cameroon
Rigobert Song - Trabzonspor (Turkey)

Colombia
Faryd Mondragón - 1. FC Köln (Germany)

Germany
Jürgen Kohler - Alemannia Adendorf (Germany.9th Division)

Morocco
Mustapha Hadji - CS Fola Esch (Luxembourg)

Netherlands
Edwin van der Sar - Manchester United (England)

Norway
Erik Mykland - Drammen FK (Norway.2nd Division)
Sigurd Rushfeldt - Tromsø IL (Norway)

Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Al-Deayea - Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

South Korea
Lee Woon-Jae - Suwon Bluewings (S. Korea)

Sweden
Teddy Lučić - Elfsborg (Sweden)



Side Note: I'm not 100% sure because I wasn't very thorough when checking this, but I believe Kasey Keller is the only player still playing from the 1990 World Cup squads. I'm sure a stat guru out there will correct me if I'm wrong on that...

Friday, April 23, 2010

Fun With Player Names

Soccer Player names around the world that have to do with the three randomly selected topics of Days/Months, Colors, and Weather Terminology.

DAYS and MONTHS

Stephen Sunday Obayan - Real Betis (Spain)

Akkani-Sunday Wasiu - Changsha Ginde (China)

Monday James - Hammarby (Sweden)

Jamie Friday - Green Bay Hoppers (Antigua and Barbuda)

January Ziambo - Laci (Albania)

April Hadi - PSPS Pekanbaru (Indonesia)

July Mahlangu - Thanda Royal Zulu (South Africa)

Thabo September - Supersport United (South Africa)

Thomrick October - Mpumalanga Black Aces (South Africa)

Motseothata November - Free State Stars (South Africa)



COLORS

Rubén de la Red - Real Madrid (Spain)

Robert Green - West Ham United (England)

Markus Pink - Austria Kärnten (Austria)

Scott Brown - Celtic (Scotland)

CJ Brown - Chicago Fire (USA)

Michael Brown - Portsmouth (England)

Wes Brown - Manchester United (England)

Hughan Grey - Sporting Central (Jamaica)

Andy Gray - Barnsley (England)

Ian Black - Hearts (Scotland)

Jeremiah White - Al-Ettifaq (Saudi Arabia)

Marco Rose - FSV Mainz 05 (Germany)

Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Max Cream - Cleveland City Stars (USA)

Emerald George - Avenues United (Barbados)

Will Salmon - Ebbsfleet United (England)

Tan Tai Le - Khanh Hoa (Vietnam)

Gary Teale - Derby County (England)


WEATHER TERMINOLOGY

Bo Storm - HB Køge (Denmark)

Rain Poldme - Vaprus (Estonia)

Rain Tölpus - Tulevik (Estonia)

Lars Winde - Esbjerg (Denmark)

Tornado Mongale - Jomo Cosmos (South Africa)

Dominic Blizzard - Bristol Rovers (England)

Jan Cloud - Olimpija (Slovenia)

Eddy Bosnar - Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan)

Matthew Spring - Charlton Athletic (England)

Martin Fall - Angers (France)

Adrian Winter - St. Gallen (Switzerland)

Mads Fogh - Kolding (Denmark)

John Frost - Sporting Fingal (Ireland Republic)

Jamie Breeze - Newtown (Wales)

George Vernal - Boys Town (Jamaica)


And finally, an interesting unrelated name I came across while putting this post together.....

Mario Moistlik - Tallinna Kalev (Estonia)

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Videos: MLS Players - Goals with Previous Clubs

Here's a small collection of excellent goals scored by current Major League Soccer players when they were with previous clubs abroad.


Freddie Ljungberg - Arsenal (Seattle Sounders)



WARNING: Very Loud Volume, you'll probably want to turn it down first
Zoltán Hercegfalvi - Budapest Honvéd (Kansas City Wizards)



Luis Ángel Landín - Cruz Azul (Houston Dynamo)



Guillermo Barros Schelotto - Boca Junior (Columbus Crew)



Javier Morales - Newell's Old Boys (Real Salt Lake)



Brian McBride - Fulham (Chicago Fire)



Edgaras Jankauskas - FC Porto (New England Revolution)



Juan Pablo Angel - Aston Villa (New York Red Bulls)