MLS Week 1 Goal Scorer Nationalities

CONCACAF

USA
3 - Mike Magee (LA)
1 - Graham Zusi (SKC)
1 - Ricardo Clark (HOU)
1 - Davy Arnaud (MTL)
1 - Josh Williams (CLB)

Costa Rica 
2 - Alvaro Saborio (RSL)


SOUTH AMERICA 

Argentina
2 - Fabian Espindola (NY)
1 - Federico Higuain (CLB)
1 - Diego Valeri (POR)
1 - Claudio Bieler (SKC)

Brazil
1 - Jackson (DAL)

Colombia
1 - Jamison Olave (NY)


EUROPE

France
1 - Sebastian Le Toux (PHI)

Republic of Ireland 
1 - Robbie Keane (LA)

Spain
1 - Oriol Rosell (SKC)


AFRICA

Ghana
1 - Dominic Oduro (CLB)
1 - Gershon Koffie (VAN)

Liberia
1 - Darlington Nagbe (POR)

MLS Tallest and Shortest Players - 2013

Shortest

5'2"
Joao Plata (Real Salt Lake)

5'5"
Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo)
Marvin Chávez (San Jose Earthquakes)
David Ferreira (FC Dallas)
Roger Torres (Philadelphia Union)

5'6"
Rafael Garcia (LA Galaxy)


Tallest

6'6"
Steward Ceus (Colorado Rapids)

6'5"
Bobby Burling (Chivas USA)
Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)
Chris Konopka (Philadelphia Union)
Eric Krongberg (Sporting Kansas City)
Joe Willis (DC United)
Michael Gspurning (Seattle Sounders)
Bryan Gaul (LA Galaxy)
Taylor Morgan (Toronto FC)
Alejandro Sucre (Vancouver Whitecaps)

Map: Brazilian Journeyman - Robert

The 20 different clubs that Brazilian journeyman "Robert" de Pinho de Souza has played for since his career began in 1999.


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Brazil
Coritiba
Botafogo
Sao Caetano
Palmerias
Cruzeiro
Bahia
Ceara

Mexico
Atlas
Monterrey
Estudiantes Tecos
Club America
Puebla
Necaxa

Europe
Servette (Switzerland)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)
PSV (Netherlands)
Real Betis (Spain)

Asia
Kawasaki Frontale (Japan)
Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)
Jeju United (South Korea)

Brazil Internationals in Japan since 2000

Players with 5+ appearances for the Brazilian National Team that have played in the J-League at some point since 2000.

Brazil Caps	Player	J-League Team(s)	Seasons
75	Bebeto	Kashima Antlers	2000
47	César Sampaio	Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2002-2004
39	Edmundo	Tokyo Verdy, Urawa Red Diamonds	2001-2003
21	Edílson	Kashiwa Reysol	2002-2003
18	Hulk	Kawasaki Frontale, Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy	2005-2008
17	João Paulo	Mito Hollyhock	2000
13	Beto	Consadole Sapporo, Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2003-2006
13	Bismarck	Kashima Antlers, Vissel Kobe	2000-2003
12	Luizão	Nagoya Grampus	2005
11	Christian	Omiya Ardija	2005
11	Dudu	Kashiwa Reysol	2004
11	Marques	Nagoya Grampus, Yokohama F Marinos	2003-2007
10	João Carlos	Cerezo Osaka	2002-2003
9	Washington	Tokyo Verdy, Urawa Red Diamonds	2005-2007
8	França	Kashiwa Reysol, Yokohama	2005-2011
7	Thiago Neves	Vegalta Sendai	2006
6	Donizete	Urawa Red Diamonds	2001
6	Euller	Kashima Antlers	2002-2003
5	Dodô	Oita Trinita	2005
5	Jamelli	Shimizu S-Pulse	2004
5	Ramon	Tokyo Verdy	2003
5	Roni	Yokohama F Marinos, Gamba Osaka	2008

MLS Regular Season Wins - 2009-2012

The total number of regular season wins for every MLS team in the past four seasons.  2009-2012.

Wins - Team

65 - Los Angeles Galaxy
59 - Seattle Sounders
58 - Real Salt Lake
55 - Columbus Crew
50 - Sporting Kansas City
48 - Houston Dynamo
47 - San Jose Earthquakes
47 - FC Dallas
46 - New York Red Bulls
46 - Chicago Fire
45 - Colorado Rapids
41 - DC United
36 - Chivas USA
34 - New England Revolution
30 - Toronto FC
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29 - Philadelphia Union (2010-2012)
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19 - Portland Timbers (2011-2012)
17 - Vancouver Whitecaps (2011-2012)
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12 - Montreal Impact (2012)

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - February 2013

Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the February 2013 FIFA Rankings.

Best Ranking
12 - Côte d'Ivoire
12 - Ecuador
42 - Panama

Worst Ranking
70 - Egypt
165 - Yemen
172 - Fiji
179 - Curaçao
193 - Sri Lanka
195 - Cayman Islands
197 - Eritrea
203 - Somalia
204 - Djibouti
206 - Anguilla

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - February 2013

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

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- December)

3.6 - Europe (+0.2)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
4 - England
5 - Italy
6 - Portugal

11.0 - South America (+/-0.0)
3 - Argentina
6 - Colombia
12 - Ecuador
16 - Uruguay
18 - Brazil

24.0 - Africa (+0.4)
12 - Côte d'Ivoire
19 - Ghana
25 - Mali
30 - Nigeria
34 - Algeria

38.0 - CONCACAF (-0.2)
15 - Mexico
32 - USA
42 - Panama
50 - Haiti
51 - Honduras

43.6 - Asia (+0.2)
28 - Japan
37 - Australia
38 - South Korea
57 - Uzbekistan
58 - Iran

131.2 - Oceania (-0.6)
90 - New Zealand
106 - New Caledonia
143 - Tahiti
151 - Solomon Islands
166 - Vanuatu

CONCACAF Hex Nation Results - 2012 to Present

The results of the 6 CONCACAF teams in the final hexagonal round of World Cup Qualifying since January 2012.



Mexico (2.214PPG)
0:0 Jamaica (D)
1:1 Denmark (D)
2:0 El Salvador (W)
5:0 Guyana (W)
1:0 Costa Rica (W)
2:0 Costa Rica (W)
0:1 USA (L)
2:1 El Salvador (W)
3:1 Guyana (W)
2:0 Brazil (W)
2:1 Bosnia-Herzegovina (W)
2:0 Wales (W)
0:2 Colombia (L)
3:1 Venezuela (W)

USA (1.938PPG)
1:2 Honduras (L)
0:0 Canada (D)
2:2 Russia (D)
3:1 Guatemala (W)
2:1 Antigua and Barbuda (W)
1:0 Jamaica (W)
1:2 Jamaica (L)
1:0 Mexico (W)
1:1 Guatemala (D)
3:1 Antigua and Barbuda (W)
0:0 Canada (D)
1:4 Brazil (L)
5:1 Scotland (W)
1:0 Italy (W)
1:0 Panama (W)
1:0 Venezuela (W)

Panama (1.706 PPG)
2:2 Costa Rica (D)
3:1 Guatemala (W)
1:1 Honduras (D)
0:0 El Salvador (D)
2:0 Guatemala (W)
3:0 Guatemala (W)
1:5 Spain (L)
1:1 Cuba (D)
0:0 Honduras (D)
2:0 Canada (W)
0:2 Portugal (L)
1:0 Cuba (W)
2:0 Honduras (W)
2:1 Jamaica (W)
1:0 Jamaica (W)
0:1 Paraguay (L)
0:1 USA (L)

Jamaica (1.875 PPG)
0:0 Mexico (D)
0:1 Cuba (L)
4:1 Antigua and Barbuda (W)
1:2 Guatemala (L)
0:1 USA (L)
2:1 USA (W)
2:0 El Salvador (W)
0:0 Antigua and Barbuda (D)
2:1 Guatemala (W)
1:2 Panama (L)
1:0 Panama (W)
1:0 Guyana (W)
0:0 Costa Rica (D)
3:2 New Zealand (W)
3:0 Cuba (W)
1:0 Cuba (W)

Honduras (1.625 PPG)
2:1 USA (W)
0:1 Costa Rica (L)
1:0 Belize (W)
1:1 Panama (D)
1:1 El Salvador (D)
0:0 Peru (D)
8:1 Canada (W)
0:0 Panama (D)
1:0 Cuba (W)
3:0 Cuba (W)
0:0 Canada (D)
0:2 Panama (L)
3:0 El Salvador (W)
0:1 New Zealand (L)
1:1 Costa Rica (D)
0:2 Ecuador (L)

Costa Rica (1.737 PPG)
2:2 Panama (D)
1:0 Honduras (W)
1:0 El Salvador (W)
1:1 Guatemala (D)
2:0 Nicaragua (W)
1:0 Belize (W)
1:1 Bolivia (D)
7:0 Guyana (W)
1:0 El Salvador (W)
0:1 Mexico (L)
0:2 Mexico (L)
0:1 Peru (L)
4:0 Guyana (W)
2:2 El Salvador (D)
0:1 Guatemala (L)
3:2 Guatemala (W)
1:1 Honduras (D)
0:0 Jamaica (D)
1:0 Wales (W)

USMNT: Final Round WCQ Openers 1997-2009

USA Men's National Team results in the opening game of the final round of World Cup Qualifiers from 1997-2009


3/2/1997 - Jamaica (D)
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
0-0

2/28/2001 - Mexico (W)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2-0

USA Goals: Josh Wolff, Earnie Stewart

2/9/2005 - Trinidad and Tobago (W)
Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad
2-1

USA Goals: Eddie Johnson, Eddie Lewis

2/11/2009 - Mexico (W)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2-0

USA Goals: Michael Bradley (2)

All-Time Average FIFA Rankings - 1993-2013

The all-time average ranking of current FIFA members since the rankings began in 1993.


2.285 - Brazil
4.995 - Spain
5.977 - Germany
6.299 - Argentina
7.181 - Netherlands
7.222 - Italy
7.615 - France

10.095 - England
12.819 - Portugal
13.566 - Mexico
14.172 - Czech Republic
17.376 - Denmark
19.140 - USA
19.425 - Russia
19.493 - Sweden

22.213 - Romania
23.299 - Croatia
23.765 - Norway
24.647 - Colombia
26.434 - Uruguay
26.962 - Serbia
27.914 - Turkey
28.050 - Greece
29.009 - Republic of Ireland

30.005 - Paraguay
31.014 - Japan
31.140 - Egypt
31.507 - Cameroon
36.389 - Tunisia
36.543 - South Korea
36.457 - Cote d'Ivoire
36.873 - Nigeria
37.362 - Switzerland
37.425 - Bulgaria
37.466 - Belgium
37.620 - Chile
37.738 - Poland
38.747 - Morocco

40.122 - Scotland
40.683 - Slovakia
42.792 - Israel
42.796 - Ghana
44.072 - Ecuador
45.448 - Ukraine
46.104 - Australia
47.566 - Iran
47.851 - Saudi Arabia
48.507 - South Africa

50.000 - Costa Rica
51.661 - Honduras
52.575 - Zambia
53.801 - Finland
56.095 - Austria
56.407 - Slovenia
56.688 - Senegal
56.833 - Hungary
58.262 - Jamaica
59.086 - Peru

61.281 - Algeria
63.140 - Mali
63.941 - Trinidad and Tobago
68.783 - China PR
69.653 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

72.367 - Bolivia
72.498 - Guinea
73.267 - Lithuania
73.430 - Angola
73.493 - Wales
73.579 - Northern Ireland
73.633 - Zimbabwe
73.792 - Canada
74.584 - Iceland
75.466 - Latvia
75.788 - Uzbekistan
78.240 - Kuwait
78.380 - Iraq
78.986 - Burkina Faso
79.552 - Gabon
79.624 - Qatar

80.174 - Macedonia
81.109 - United Arab Emirates
81.344 - Venezuela
82.348 - Cyprus
82.950 - Togo
83.950 - Belarus
84.148 - Congo DR
84.963 - Georgia
85.910 - Montenegro
86.217 - Thailand
87.054 - Oman
88.416 - Albania

90.810 - Guatemala
91.290 - Cuba
91.729 - Estonia
93.593 - El Salvador
94.127 - Bahrain
95.923 - Uganda
96.579 - New Zealand
99.769 - Jordan
99.878 - Malawi

100.195 - Panama
100.285 - Kenya
100.458 - Armenia
101.385 - Haiti
102.231 - Congo
103.005 - Syria
103.262 - Mozambique
103.986 - Moldova
108.527 - Sudan

110.344 - Libya
112.199 - Singapore
114.299 - Liberia
115.620 - Indonesia
116.439 - Sierra Leone
117.385 - Barbados
118.000 - Azerbaijan
118.502 - Namibia
118.824 - Vietnam
118.968 - North Korea

120.480 - Lebanon
120.548 - Benin
122.656 - Ethiopia
122.846 - Tanzania
123.199 - Malaysia
125.982 - Malta
127.041 - Rwanda
127.498 - Botswana
129.054 - Gambia
129.763 - Kazakhstan

130.249 - India
130.326 - Cape Verde Islands
130.701 - Hong Kong
130.952 - Turkmenistan
132.186 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
133.991 - Grenada
134.403 - Faroe Islands
134.923 - Burundi
135.028 - St. Kitts and Nevis
135.145 - Yemen
136.751 - Fiji
136.950 - Suriname
137.548 - Luxembourg
137.986 - Madagascar
138.258 - Antigua and Barbuda
139.308 - Myanmar
139.837 - Swaziland

142.319 - Tajikistan
144.760 - Niger
145.575 - Liechtenstein
146.222 - St. Lucia
146.688 - Lesotho
148.104 - Bermuda
148.154 - Guyana
148.729 - Mauritius
149.032 - Sri Lanka

150.507 - Bangladesh
150.267 - Solomon Islands
151.633 - Tahiti
153.417 - Equatorial Guinea
154.615 - Maldives
154.657 - New Caledonia
155.330 - Mauritania
155.683 - Palestine
156.928 - Dominican Republic
158.360 - Curacao
158.742 - Chad

160.213 - Kyrgyzstan
161.792 - Nepal
164.030 - Eritrea
164.136 - Chinese Taipei
164.167 - Laos
164.190 - Dominica
164.484 - Vanuatu
166.793 - Andorra
166.796 - Guinea-Bissau
167.059 - Cayman Islands
167.090 - Puerto Rico
169.145 - Nicaragua
169.294 - Pakistan

172.036 - San Marino
172.178 - Central African Republic
173.154 - Philippines
175.037 - Samoa
175.538 - Belize
175.982 - Seychelles
176.091 - Cambodia
176.625 - British Virgin Islands
178.958 - Bahamas

180.697 - Tonga
182.090 - Papua New Guinea
182.516 - Macau
184.407 - Mongolia
184.548 - Brunei Darussalam
185.683 - Aruba
185.774 - São Tomé e Príncipe
186.985 - Somalia
187.644 - Comoros
188.235 - Afghanistan
188.718 - Cook Islands

191.476 - Djibouti
192.165 - Turks and Caicos Islands
194.659 - US Virgin Islands
195.517 - Bhutan
196.654 - Guam
197.946 - Anguilla
198.500 - South Sudan
199.905 - Timor-Leste

200.012 - American Samoa
201.634 - Montserrat

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - January 2013

Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the January 2013 FIFA Rankings.

Best FIFA Ranking
12 - Ecuador
38 - Haiti

Worst FIFA Ranking
165 - Yemen
201 - Somalia
203 - Djibouti

Players from Top 5 European Leagues at AFCON 2013

Players from the top division leagues in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain playing for their country at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.


England

Congo DR
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion)

Côte d'Ivoire
Arouna Koné (Wigan Athletic)
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United)
Gervinho (Arsenal)
Abdul Razak (Manchester City)
Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
Kolo Touré (Manchester City)

Mali
Samba Diakité (Queens Park Rangers)
Modibo Maïga (West Ham United)

Morocco
Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa)
Oussama Assaidi (Liverpool)

Nigeria
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
Victor Moses (Chelsea)

Togo
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur)

Zambia
Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton)

France

Algeria
Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio)
Ryad Boudebouz (Souchaux)
Carl Medjani (Ajaccio)
Foued Kadir (Marseille)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Saint-Etienne)

Burkina Faso
Germain Sanou (Saint-Etienne)
Bakary Koné (Lyon)
Charles Kaboré (Marseille)
Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes)
Djakaridja Koné (Evian)
Alain Traoré (Lorient)

Cape Verde Islands
Ryan Mendes (Lille)

Congo DR
Cédric Mongongu (Evian)

Côte d'Ivoire
Ismaël Traoré (Brest)
Salomon Kalou (Lille)
Max Gradel (Saint-Etienne)
Siaka Tiéné (PSG)

Ghana
Jonathan Mensah (Evian)
Mohammed Rabiu (Evian)
John Boye (Rennes)

Mali
Fousseni Diawara (Ajaccio)
Sigamary Diarra (Ajaccio)
Mohmaed Sissoko (PSG)
Mohamed Kalilou Traoré (Sochaux)
Sambou Yatabaré (Bastia)
Cheick Fantamady Diarra (Rennes)
Cheick Diabaté (Bordeaux)

Morocco
Ahmed Kantari (Stade Brest)
Khamel Chafni (Stade Brest)
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
Younes Belhanda (Montpellier)
Chahir Belhazouani (Ajaccio)

Togo
Floyd Ayité (Reims)
Kossi Agassa (Reims)
Jonathan Ayité (Brest)
Prince Segbefia (Auxerre)
Alaixys Romao (Lorient)
Kalen Damessi (Lille)

Tunisia
Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse)
Wahbi Khazri (Bastia)
Zouheir Dhaouadi (Evian)
Saber Khelifa (Evian)


Germany

Burkina Faso
Aristide Bancé (Augsburg)

Congo DR
Cédric Makiadi (Freiburg)

Côte d'Ivoire
Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart)
Didier Ya Konan (Hannover 96)


Italy

Algeria
Djamel Mesbah (AC Milan)

Ghana
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese)

Morocco
Mehdi Benatia (Udinese)
Mounir El Hamdaoui (Fiorentina)

Nigeria
Ogenyi Onazi (Lazio)


Spain

Algeria
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (Real Sociedad)
Mehdi Lacen (Getafe)
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)

Angola
Manucho Gonçalves (Real Valladolid)

Ghana
Anthony Annan (Osasuna)
Wakaso Mubarek (Espanyol)

Morocco
Abdelaziz Barrada (Getafe)

Nigeria
Nosa Igiebor (Real Betis)
Ikechuwu Uche (Villarreal)
Youssef El-Arabi (Granada)

32+ Year Old Players at AFCON 2013

36
Muteba Kidiaba (Congo DR: TP Mazembe)

35
Joseph Musonda (Zambia: Golden Arrows)

34

Asrat Megersa (Ethiopia: EEPCO)

Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire: Shanghai Shenhua)

Kossia Agassa (Togo: Reims)

Nando (Cape Verde Islands: Châteauroux)
Ronny (Cape Verde Islands: Fola Esch)

33

Abdoulaye Soulama (Burkina Faso: Asante Kotoko)

Boubacar Barry (Côte d'Ivoire: Lokoren)

Idrissa Laouali (Niger: ASFAN)

Seydou Keita (Mali: Dalian Aernin)

32
Adama Coulibaly (Mali: Auxerre)

Alhassane Issoufou (Niger: Widad Fez)

Ali Rial (Algeria: JS Kabylie)

Daré Nibombé (Togo: Boussu Dour)

Didier Zokora (Côte d'Ivoire: Trabzonspor)

Fousseni Diawara (Mali: Ajaccio)

James Chamanga (Zambia: Lioaning Whowin)

Joseph Yobo (Nigeria: Fenerbahçe)

Lomana LuaLua (Congo DR: Karabükspor)
Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso: Al-Sailiya)

Teenage Players at AFCON 2013

19 Years Old
Alula Girma (Ethiopia: Saint George)
Amadou Moutari (Niger: Le Mans B)
Emmanuel Mbola (Zambia: Porto)
Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria: ADO Den Haag)
Mukuka Mulenga (Zambia: Power Dynamos)
Neblú (Angola: 1º de Agosto)
Pecks (Cape Verde Islands: Gil Vicente)
Pirolito (Angola: InterClube)
Richmond Boakye (Ghana: Sassuolo)
Salif Coulibaly (Mali: Djoliba)

18 Years Old
Aly Yirango (Mali: Djoliba)
Budge Manzia (Congo DR: Shark XI)
Chancel Mbemba Mangulu (Congo DR: Anderlecht)
Mèmè Placca Fessou (Togo: OC Agaza)

Asian-based players at AFCON 2013

Players at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations that play for clubs in Asian leagues.


China
Seydou Keita (Mali: Dalian Aernin)
Isaac Chansa (Zambia: Henan Jianye)
Christopher Katongo (Zambia: Henan Jianye)
James Chamanga (Zambia: Lioaning Whowin)
Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire: Shanghai Shenhua)

Japan
Wilfried Sanou (Burkina Faso: Kyoto Sanga)

Kuwait
Ismaël Alassane (Niger: Al Sahel)
Chadi Hammami (Tunisia: Kuwait SC)
Issam Jemâa (Tunisia: Kuwait SC)

Qatar
Idrissa Coulibaly (Mali: Lekhwiya)
Dioko Kaluyituka (Congo DR: Al Kharaitiyat)
Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso: Al-Sailiya)
Youssef Msakni (Tunisia: Lekhwiya)

Saudi Arabia
Adil Hermach (Morocco: Al Hilal)
Yves Diba Ilunga (Congo DR: Al-Raed)

UAE
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana: Al-Ain)
Pan Pierre Koulibaly (Burkina Faso: Al-Dhaid)
Hugues-Wilfried Dah (Burkina Faso: Al-Dhaid)

Vietnam
Vincent Bossou (Togo: Becamex Binh Duong)