Eredivisie 23+ Goal Scorers since 1992/1993

Jozy Altidore recently scored his 23rd goal for AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie.  Here is a list of the other players that have accomplished this feat in the past 20 Eredivisie seasons.

2012/2013
31 - Wilfried Bony (Vitesse)
26 - Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord)
24 - Alfred Finnbogason (Heerenveen)
23 - Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar)

2011/2012
32 - Bas Dost (Heerenveen)
25 - Luuk de Jong (Twente)
23 - Sanharib Malki - (Roda JC)

2010/2011
23 - Björn Vleminckx (NEC Nijmegen)

2009/2010
35 - Luis Suárez (Ajax)
24 - Bryan Ruiz (Twente)

2008/2009
23 - Mounir El Hamdaoui (AZ Alkmaar)

2007/2008
34 - Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Ajax)

2006/2007
34 - Afonso Alves (Heerenveen)

2005/2006
24 - Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)
23 - Shota Arveladze (AZ Alkmaar)

2004/2005
29 - Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)

2003/2004
31 - Mateja Kezman (PSV)

2002/2003
34 - Mateja Kezman (PSV)
28 - Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)

2001/2002
23 - Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)

2000/2001
24 - Mateja Kezman (PSV)

1999/2000
29 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV)
25 - Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Vitesse)

1998/1999
31 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV)
24 - Luc Nilis (PSV)

1997/1998
34 - Nikos Machlas (Vitesse)
25 - Shota Arveladze (Ajax)

1996/1997
None

1995/1996
None

1994/1995
30 - Ronaldo (PSV)

1993/1994
26 - Jari Litmanen (Ajax)
25 - Pierre van Hooijdonk (NAC)

1992/1993
26 - Dennis Bergkamp (Ajax)

MLS TV Markets 2012-2013

2012-2013 MLS TV Market sizes based on a report by the Television Bureau of Canada using the January 2013 Nielsen Rankings and the Fall 2012 BBM Rankings.


MLS TV Markets

Rank	Market	Pop. (000)
1	New York	19,790
2	Los Angeles	16,897
3	Chicago	9,339
4	Philadelphia	7,432
5	Toronto-Hamilton	7,362
6	Dallas-Ft. Worth	6,910
7	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose	6,705
8	Boston	6,272
9	Houston	6,137
11	Washington DC	5,851
13	Montreal (French and English)	4,714
15	Seattle-Tacoma	4,584
19	Denver	3,900
21	Vancouver	3,526
24	Montreal (French)	3,273
27	Portland, OR	3,003
32	Salt Lake City	2,495
35	Kansas City	2,282
36	Columbus, OH	2,270
60	Montreal (English)	1,441

Biggest Non-MLS TV Markets in USA/Canada

Rank	Market	Pop. (000)
10	Atlanta	5,910
12	Detroit	4,910
14	Minneapolis-St. Paul	4,614
16	Tampa-St. Petersburg	4,462
17	Phoenix	4,439
18	Cleveland-Akron	4,054
20	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	3,745
22	Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne	3,502
23	Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto	3,400
24	Charlotte	3,398
25	Pittsburgh	3,136
26	St. Louis	3.034
28	Raleigh-Durham	2,830
29	San Diego	2,677
30	Baltimore	2,669

Foreign Players in the Chinese Super League

Beijing Guoan
Darko Matić - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Joffre Guerrón - Ecuador
Frédéric Kanouté - Mali
André Lima - Brazil
Egor Krimets - Uzbekistan

Changchun Yatai
Éder Baiano - Brazil
Zé Carlos - Brazil
Isac - Brazil
Anzur Ismailov - Uzbekistan
Matt McKay - Australia

Dalian Aerbin
Fábio Rochemback - Brazil
Guillaume Hoarau - France
Peter Utaka - Nigeria
Seydou Keita - Mali

Guangzhou Evergrande
Elkeson - Brazil
Muriqui - Brazil
Dario Conca - Argentina
Lucas Barrios - Paraguay
Kim Young-Gwon - South Korea

Guangzhou R&F
Jumar - Brazil
Davi - Brazil
Rafael Coelho - Brazil
Yakubu - Nigeria
Rostyn Griffiths - Australia

Guizhou Renhe
Zlatan Muslimović - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zvjezdan Misimović - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rafa Jordà - Spain
Nano - Spain
Jonas Salley - Australia
Xavier Chen - Chinese Taipei

Hangzhou Greentown
Marek Jarolím - Czech Republic
Mazola - Brazil
Davy Claude Angan - Cote d'Ivoire
Kim Dong-Jin - South Korea
Masashi Oguro - Japan

Jiangsu Sainty
Eleílson - Brazil
Cristian Dănălache - Romania
Hamdi Salihi - Albania
Aleksandar Jevtić - Serbia
Sergey Krivets - Belarus
Kamoliddin Tajiev - Uzbekistan

Liaoning Whowin
Edu - Brazil
James Chamanga - Zambia
Miloš Trifunović - Serbia
Pablo Brandán - Argentina
Shavkat Mullajanov - Uzbekistan

Qingdao Jonoon
Gustavo - Brazil
Bruno Meneghel - Brazil
Gabriel Melkam - Nigeria
Sherzod Karimov - Uzbekistan
George Mourad - Syria

Shandong Luneng
Leonardo Pisculichi - Argentina
Gilberto Macena - Brazil
Marius Niculae - Romania
Ryan McGowan - Australia
Roda Antar - Lebanon

Shanghai Shenhua
Rolando Schiavi - Argentina
Dady - Cape Verde
Giovanni Moreno - Colombia
Patricio Toranzo - Argentina
Firas Al-Khatib - Syria

Shanghai Shenxin
Jaílton Paraíba - Brazil
Kieza - Brazil
Johnny - Brazil
Antônio Flávio - Brazil
Michael Marrone - Australia

Shanghai SIPG
Chris Dickson - Ghana
Ransford Addo - Ghana
Luis Carlos Cabezas - Colombia
Iban Cuadrado - Spain

Tianjin Teda
Éder Lima - Brazil
Dinélson - Brazil
Carmelo Valencia - Colombia
Vladimir Jovančić - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Erik Paartalu - Australia

Wuhan Zall
Novak Martinović - Serbia
Santos Junior - Brazil
Bentley - Nigeria
Garra Dembélé - Mali
Cho Won-Hee - South Korea

MLS: American-born Goal Scorer Birthplace Map

The birthplaces of the American-born players that have scored in the first 8 weeks of the 2013 MLS season


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Chris Wondolwoski - Danville, California
Adam Jahn - El Macero, California
Andrew Jacobson - Palo Alto, California
Daniel Paladini - Northridge, California
Eric Avila - San Diego, California
Amobi Okugo - Hayward, California
Landon Donovan - Ontario, California
Jack McBean - Newport Beach, California
Jeff Larentowicz - Pasadena, California
Luis Gil - Garden Grove, California
Jose Villareal - Inglewood, California
Carlos Alvarez - Los Angeles, California

Josh Williams - Akron, Ohio
Ben Speas - Stow, Ohio
Chris Rolfe - Kettering, Ohio
Justin Morrow - Cleveland, Ohio

Graham Zusi - Longwood, Florida
Dax McCarty - Winter Park, Florida
Eddie Johnson - Bunnell, Florida
Jeremy Hall - Tampa, Florida

Brad Davis - Saint Charles, Missouri
Will Bruin - St. Louis, Missouri

Eric Alexander - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Corey Hertzog - Reading, Pennsylvania

Brad Evans - Phoenix, Arizona
Robbie Findley - Phoenix, Arizona

Dillon Powers - Plano, Texas
Davy Arnaud - Nederland, Texas

George John - Shoreline, Washington

Ricardo Clark - Atlanta, Georgia

Justin Braun - Salt Lake City, Utah

Kenny Cooper - Baltimore, Maryland

Perry Kitchen - Indianapolis, Indiana

Conor Casey - Dover, New Hampshire

Jack McInerney - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mike Magee - Chicago, Illinois

MLS Week 8 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 8 weeks of the MLS season.


Region
85 - CONCACAF
24 - Europe
29 - South America
7 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
60 - USA
11 - Argentina
9 - Brazil
8 - Colombia
6 - France
6 - Jamaica
5 - Canada
5 - Costa Rica
5 - Ghana
5 - Wales
4 - England
3 - Italy
3 - Mexico
3 - Panama
3 - Scotland
2 - Honduras
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Nigeria
1 - Northern Ireland
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain
1 - St. Kitts and Nevis




Updated: I previously posted the statistics with a week of goals missing.  These are the corrected statistics.

Wigan Athletic - Player Birthplace Map

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EPL African Goal Scorers - 2012/2013

African players, by birth or national team affiliation, that have scored in the English Premier League this season.

Goals	Player	Nationality	Club
15	Demba Ba	Senegal	Chelsea
10	Arouna Koné	Cote d'Ivoire	Wigan Athletic
8	Papiss Demba Cissé	Senegal	Newcastle United
6	Victor Anichebe	Nigeria	Everton
6	Stephane Sessègnon	Benin	Sunderland
5	Jimmy Kébé	Mali	Reading
5	Gervinho	Cote d'Ivoire	Arsenal
5	Peter Odemwingie	Nigeria	West Brom
5	Steven Pienaar	South Africa	Everton
5	Adel Taarabt	Morocco	QPR
5	Yaya Touré	Cote d'Ivoire	Manchester City
3	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	Tottenham Hotspur
3	Sebastien Bassong	Cameroon	Norwich City
3	Mohamed Diamé	Senegal	West Ham United
2	Modibo Maïga	Mali	West Ham United
1	Shola Ameobi	Nigeria	Newcastle United
1	Benoit Assou-Ekotto	Cameroon	Tottenham Hotspur
1	Gaël Bigirimana	Burundi	Newcastle United
1	Karim El Ahmadi	Morocco	Aston Villa
1	Kei Kamara	Sierra Leone	Norwich City
1	Victor Moses	Nigeria	Chelsea
1	Youssouf Mulumbu	DR Congo	West Brom

Stats as of April 18, 2013

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - April 2013

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

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

3.8 - Europe (+/-0.0)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
4 - Croatia
5 - Portugal
7 - England

11.0 - South America (+/-0.0)
3 - Argentina
6 - Colombia
10 - Ecuador
17 - Uruguay
19 - Brazil

25.2 - Africa (-1.0)
12 - Cote d'Ivoire
22 - Ghana
26 - Mali
31 - Nigeria
35 - Algeria

35.8 - CONCACAF (+2.0)
14 - Mexico
28 - USA
38 - Panama
47 - Costa Rica
52 - Honduras

47.8 - Asia (-2.2)
29 - Japan
42 - South Korea
46 - Australia
56 - Iran
66 - Uzbekistan

132.0 - Oceania (-3.0)
86 - New Zealand
105 - New Caledonia
134 - Tahiti
162 - Solomon Islands
173 - Vanuatu

MLS Week 6 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 6 weeks of the MLS season.

Region
58 - CONCACAF
21 - South America
19 - Europe
5 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
38 - USA
8 - Argentina
6 - Brazil
6 - Colombia
5 - Canada
5 - Costa Rica
5 - Jamaica
5 - Wales
4 - France
4 - Ghana
3 - Italy
3 - Scotland
2 - Honduras
2 - Panama
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Mexico
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain

La Liga Non-European Goal Scorers

SOUTH AMERICA (209)
43 - Lionel Messi (Argentina: Barcelona)
24 - Radamel Falcao (Colombia: Atlético Madrid)
13 - Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina: Real Madrid)
11 - Jonas (Brazil: Valencia)
7 - Léo Baptistão (Brazil: Rayo Vallecano)
7 - Javier Saviola (Argentina: Málaga)
7 - Diego Costa (Brazil: Atlético Madrid)
6 - Gary Medel (Chile: Sevilla)
6 - Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay: Málaga)
5 - Gonzalo Castro (Uruguay: Real Soceidad)
5 - Adriano Correia (Brazil: Barcelona)
5 - Nelson Valdez (Paraguay: Valencia)
5 - Christian Stuani (Uruguay: Espanyol)
5 - Dorlan Pabón (Colombia: Real Betis)
4 - Martin Demichelis (Argentina: Málaga)
4 - Ángel di María (Argentina: Real Madrid)
4 - Alejandro Domínguez (Argentina: Rayo Vallecano)
4 - Auguston Fernandez (Argentina: Celta de Vigo)
4 - Alexis Sánchez (Chile: Barcelona)
3 - Abel Aguilar (Colombia: Deportivo La Coruña)
3 - Emiliano Armenteros (Argentina: Osasuna)
3 - Federico Fazio (Argentina: Sevilla)
2 - Diego Colotto (Argentina: Espanyol)
2 - Kaká (Brazil: Real Madrid)
2 - Diego Ifrán (Uruguay: Real Sociedad)
2 - Miranda (Brazil: Atlético Madrid)
2 - Pedro Morales (Chile: Málaga)
2 - Paulão (Brazil: Real Betis)
2 - Júlio Baptista (Brazil: Malaga)
1 - Juan Albín (Uruguay: Espanyol)
1 - Brayan Angulo (Colombia: Granada)
1 - Ever Banega (Argentina: Valencia)
1 - Diego Buonanotte (Argentina: Malaga)
1 - Gustavo Cabral (Argentina: Celta de Vigo)
1 - Alberto Costa (Argentina: Valencia)
1 - Federico Fernández (Argentina: Getafe)
1 - Pedro Geromel (Brazil: Mallorca)
1 - Diego Godín (Uruguay: Atletico Madrid)
1 - Cicinho (Brazil: Sevilla)
1 - Weligton (Brazil: Malaga)
1 - Pablo Piatti (Argentina: Valencia)
1 - Cristian Rodriguez (Uruguay: Atletico Madrid)
1 - Francisco Silva (Chile: Osasuna)
1 - Franco Vázquez (Argentina: Rayo Vallecano)
1 - Franco Zuculini (Argentina: Real Zaragoza)
1 - Filipe Luis (Brazil: Atletico Madrid)

AFRICA (43)
8 - Manucho Gonçalves (Angola: Real Valladolid)
7 - Obafemi Martins (Nigeria: Levante)
4 - Youssef El-Arabi (Morocco: Granada)
3 - Lass Bangoura (Guinea: Rayo Vallecano)
3 - Abdelaziz Barrada (Morocco: Getafe)
3 - Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria: Valencia)
3 - Odion Ighalo (Nigeria: Granada)
3 - Wakaso Mubarak (Ghana: Espanyol)
2 - Nabil El Zhar (Morocco: Levante)
2 - Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea: Mallorca)
1 - Rodolfo Bodipo (Equatorial Guinea: Deportivo La Coruña)
1 - Michael Essien (Ghana: Real Madrid)
1 - Fabrice Olinga (Cameroon: Malaga)
1 - Alexandre Song (Cameroon: Barcelona)
1 - Nosa Igiebor (Nigeria: Real Betis)

CONCACAF (20)
13 - Carlos Vela (Mexico: Real Sociedad)
3 - Giovani dos Santos (Mexico: Mallorca)
2 - Joel Campbell (Costa Rica: Real Betis)
2 - Hector Moreno (Mexico: Espanyol)

ASIA (4)
3 - Chu-Young Park (South Korea: Celta de Vigo)
1 - Masoud Shojaei (Iran: Osasuna)


Stats as of April 14, 2013

FIFA Best/Worst Rankings - April 2013

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

Best Ranking
10 - Ecuador
36 - Venezuela
38 - Panama
48 - Albania
59 - Equatorial Guinea
112 - Tajikistan
139 - Afghanistan

Worst Ranking
19 - Brazil
165 - Singapore
174 - Yemen
177 - Fiji
183 - Curaçao
196 - Cayman Islands
198 - Eritrea
202 - Macau

German Bundesliga Non-European Goal Scorers

Non-European goal scorers (by birth or national team affiliation) in the 2012/2013 German Bundesliga season.

SOUTH AMERICA (44)
7 - Diego (Brazil: Wolfsburg)
6 - Jefferson Farfán (Peru: Schalke 04)
5 - Juan Arango (Venezuela: Borussia M'gladbach)
5 - Roberto Firmino (Brazil: Hoffenheim)
4 - Naldo (Brazil: Wolfsburg)
4 - Claudio Pizarro (Peru: Bayern München)
3 - Luiz Gustavo (Brazil: Bayern München)
3 - Michel Bastos (Brazil: Schalke 04)
1 - Raffael (Brazil: Schalke 04)
1 - Dante (Brazil: Bayern München)
1 - Rafinha (Brazil: Bayern München)
1 - Edu (Brazil: Greuther Fürth)
1 - Felipe Santana (Brazil: Borussia Dortmund)
1 - Anderson Bamba (Brazil: Eintracht Frankfurt)
1 - Elkin Soto (Colombia: Mainz 05)
1 - Felipe (Brazil: Hannover 96)

ASIA (32)
9 - Heung-Min Son (South Korea: Hamburger SV)
6 - Takashi Inui (Japan: Eintracht Frankfurt)
4 - Hiroshi Kiyotake (Japan: Nürnberg)
4 - Robbie Kruse (Australia: Fortuna Düsseldorf)
3 - Ja-Cheol Koo (South Korea: Augsburg)
2 - Takashi Usami (Japan: Hoffenheim)
1 - Makoto Hasebe (Japan: Wolfsburg)
1 - Dong-Won Ji (South Korea: Augsburg)
1 - Shinji Okazaki (Japan: Stuttgart)
1 - Atsuto Uchida (Japan: Schalke 04)

AFRICA (29)
10 - Mame Biram Diouf (Senegal: Hannover 96)
5 - Didier Ya Konan (Cote d'Ivoire: Hannover 96)
3 - Joël Matip (Cameroon: Schalke 04)
3 - Ibrahima Traore (Guinea: Stuttgart)
2 - Cedric Makiadi (DR Congo: Freiburg)
2 - Nando Rafael (Angola: Fortuna Düsseldorf)
1 - Joseph Akpala (Nigeria: Werder Bremen)
1 - Diagné Fallou (Senegal: Freiburg)
1 - Karim Haggui (Tunisia: Hannover 96)
1 - Karim Matmour (Algeria: Eintracht Frankfurt)

CONCACAF (8)
3 - Fabian Johnson (USA: Hoffenheim)
1 - Timothy Chandler (USA: Nürnberg)
1 - Júnior Díaz (Costa Rica: Mainz 05)
1 - Jermaine Jones (USA: Schalke 04)
1 - Olivier Occéan (Canada: Eintracht Frankfurt)
1 - Daniel Williams (USA: Hoffenheim)


Stats as of April 9, 2013

MLS Week 5 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 5 weeks of the MLS season.

Region
52 - CONCACAF
18 - South America
14 - Europe
4 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
33 - USA
8 - Argentina
5 - Brazil
5 - Costa Rica
4 - Canada
4 - Colombia
4 - Jamaica
4 - Wales
3 - France
3 - Ghana
3 - Scotland
2 - Honduras
2 - Panama
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Mexico
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain

Soccer Look-Alikes

In the first year of The Best Eleven I did a handful of look-alike posts that readers seemed to enjoy. It's been a few years since then so I decided to give it another go with Movie and TV characters (mostly villains). It's admittedly much harder to be original these days with so many great blogs/websites/forums posting look-alikes, but here are a few of the better doppelgangers that I've seen, heard about, or thought of recently.

Andy Garcia - Dimitar Berbatov

Rafa Benitez - "Al" from Toy Story

Cobra Kai Sensei from Karate Kid - Dunga

Owen Hargreaves - Robb Stark from Game of Thrones

Herve Renard (Zambia Coach) - Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones

Jonjo Shelvey - Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter

Gus Fring from Breaking Bad - Chris Hughton (Norwich City)

Alvaro Negredo - Sylar (Zachary Quinto) from Heroes

Tony Montana from Scarface - Pablo Hernandez (Swansea City)

Rüştü Reçber (Former Turkey GK) - Ardeth Bay from The Mummy

EPL Non-European Goal Scorers

Africa (88)
15 - Demba Ba (Senegal)
10 - Arouna Koné (Cote d'Ivoire)
7 - Papiss Cissé (Senegal)
5 - Victor Anichebe (Nigeria)
5 - Jimmy Kébé (Mali)
5 - Gervinho (Cote d'Ivoire)
5 - Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria)
5 - Steven Pienaar (South Africa)
5 - Stephane Sessègnon (Benin)
5 - Adel Taarabt (Morocco)
5 - Yaya Touré (Cote d'Ivoire)
3 - Sebastien Bassong (Cameroon)
2 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)
2 - Mohamed Diamé (Senegal)
2 - Modibo Maïga (Mali)
1 - Shola Ameobi (Nigeria)
1 - Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Cameroon)
1 - Gaël Bigirimana (Burundi)
1 - Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco)
1 - Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone)
1 - Victor Moses (Nigeria)
1 - Youssouf Mulumbu (DR Congo)


South America (71)
22 - Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
10 - Carlos Tévez (Argentina)
9 - Sergio Agüero (Argentina)
5 - Franco Di Santo (Argentina)
4 - Gaston Ramírez (Uruguay)
4 - Ramires (Brazil)
3 - Rafael (Brazil)
3 - Hugo Rodallega (Colombia)
2 - Philippe Coutinho (Brazil)
2 - Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)
1 - Jean Beausejour (Chile)
1 - Anderson (Brazil)
1 - Oscar (Brazil)
1 - Jonas Gutiérrez (Argentina)
1 - Ángelo Henríquez (Chile)
1 - David Luiz (Brazil)
1 - Sandro (Brazil)

CONCACAF (27)
8 - Javier Hernández (Mexico)
5 - Clint Dempsey (USA)
3 - Kenwyne Jones (Trinidad and Tobago)
2 - Emmerson Boyce (Barbados)
2 - David Hoilett (Canada)
2 - Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica)
1 - Maynor Figueroa (Honduras)
1 - Simeon Jackson (Canada)
1 - Mikele Leigertwood (Antigua and Barbuda)
1 - Adrian Mariappa (Jamaica)
1 - Gareth McCleary (Jamaica)

Asia (6)
5 - Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
1 - Brett Holman (Australia)

Oceania (2)
1 - Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand)
1 - Winston Reid (New Zealand)



2012-2013 Season, stats as of April 5, 2013.