MLS Unique Internationals 2013

Nations that are currently represented by a single player in Major League Soccer.

Australia - Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)

Austria - Michael Gspurning (Seattle Sounders)

Bermuda - Reggie Lambe (Toronto FC)

Chile - Kevin Harbottle (Colorado Rapids)

Estonia - Joel Lindpere (Chicago Fire)

Grenada - Shalrie Joseph (Seattle Sounders)

Guam - Ryan Guy (New England Revolution)

Guatemala - Carlos Ruiz (DC United)

Indonesia - Syamsir Alam (DC United)

Kenya - Lawrence Olum (Sporting Kansas City)

Lebanon - Soony Saad (Sporting Kansas City)

Liberia - Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers)

Macedonia - Oka Nikolov (Philadelphia Union)

Martinique - Frédéric Piquionne (Portland Timbers)

Morocco - Mehdi Ballouchy (San Jose Earthquakes)

Northern Ireland - Jonny Steele (New York Red Bulls)

Norway - Pa-Modou Kah (Portland Timbers)

Panama - Blas Pérez (FC Dallas)

Portugal - José Goncalves (New England Revolution)

Serbia - Milos Kocic (Portland Timbers)

Sierra Leone - Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas City)

South Korea - Young-Pyo Lee (Vancouver Whitecaps)

St. Kitts & Nevis - Atiba Harris (Colorado Rapids)

Sweden - Markus Holgersson (New York Red Bulls)

Uganda - Ibrahim Sekagya (New York Red Bulls)

Venezuela - Bernardo Añor (Columbus Crew)

Longest Current National Team Win Streaks

National Teams with a current win streak of 4 games or more.

11 - United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain (2), Qatar, Yemen (2), Estonia,

9 - United States
El Salvador, Costa Rica, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Germany

6 - Brazil
Spain, Uruguay, Italy, Mexico, Japan, France

5 - Algeria
Rwanda, Benin (2), Burkina Faso, Mauritania

5 - Belgium
Serbia, United States, Macedonia (2), Slovakia

5 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Latvia, Greece, Slovenia, Algeria, Lithuania

4 - Netherlands
China, Indonesia, Romania, Estonia

USA & Mexico All-Time Gold Cup Losses

USA (42W 6D 7L)
2011 - Mexico
2011 - Panama
2009 - Mexico
2003 - Brazil
1998 - Mexico
1996 - Brazil
1993 - Mexico

Mexico (39W 7D 7L)
2013 - Panama
2007 - Honduras
2007 - USA
2005 - South Africa
2005 - Colombia
2000 - Canada
1991 - USA

MLS Cities Average Annual Precipitation

Annual Precipitation (Inches) - City
49.9   New York City, NY
49.8   Houston, Texas      
47.2   Vancouver, BC   (Turf)      
43.8   Boston, Massachusetts  (Turf)
43.5   Portland, Oregon (Turf)
41.5   Philadelphia, PA
39.7   Washington, DC      
39.3   Columbus, Ohio      
39.1   Kansas City, Missouri
38.5   Montreal, Quebec      
37.7   Seattle, Washington (Turf)
36.9   Chicago, Illinois
37.6   Dallas, Texas      
31.2   Toronto, Ontario      
16.1   Salt Lake City, Utah
15.8   San Jose, California
15.6   Denver, Colorado
12.8   Los Angeles, California

Wet Days - City
166  Vancouver, BC (Turf)        
164 Portland, Oregon (Turf)
163  Montreal, Quebec      
149 Seattle, Washington  (Turf)
146  Toronto, Ontario      
139 Columbus, Ohio      
126 Boston, Massachusetts (Turf)
124 Chicago, Illinois
122 New York, New York
118 Philadelphia, PA
114 Washington, DC      
104 Houston, Texas      
96 Salt Lake City, Utah
91 Kansas City, Missouri
87 Denver, Colorado
81 Dallas, Texas      
62 San Jose, California
36 Los Angeles, California

Sources:

Current Results Research News and Science Facts

Statistics Canada

Nations with 5+ Goals in a Gold Cup Game

Teams that have scored 5 goals or more in a single Gold Cup game since the tournament began in 1991.

Score - Winning Team v Losing Team - Date

6:1 - United States v Belize - July 9, 2013

6:1 - El Salvador v Cuba - June 12, 2011

7:1 - Honduras v Grenada - June 10 , 2011

5:0 - Mexico v Cuba - June 9, 2011

5:0 - Costa Rica v Cuba - June 5, 2011

5:0 - Mexico v El Salvador - June 5, 2011

5:0 - Mexico v United States - July 26, 2009

5:1 - Costa Rica v Guadeloupe - July 19, 2009

5:0 - Honduras v Cuba - June 13, 2007

5:0 - Mexico v Jamaica - July 20, 2003

5:0 - United States v Cuba - July 19, 2003

5:2 - Costa Rica v El Salvador - July 19, 2003

5:3 - Peru v Honduras - February 19, 2000

7:2 - Costa Rica v Cuba - February 4, 1998

5:0 - Brazil v Honduras - January 14, 1996

5:0 - Mexico v Saint Vincent - January 11, 1996

6:1 - Mexico v Jamaica - July 22, 1993

8:0 - Mexico v Canada - July 18, 1993

9:0 - Mexico v Martinique - July 11, 1993

5:1 - Honduras v Panama - July 10, 1993

5:0 - Honduras v Jamaica - June 30, 1991

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - July 2013

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

Best Ranking
3 - Colombia
10 - Belgium
14 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
19 - Peru
37 - Albania
49 - Cape Verde Islands
106 - Tajikistan
176 - Guam

Worst Ranking
191 - Fiji
198 - Cambodia
200 - Seychelles
204 - Cook Islands

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - July 2013

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

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

4.2 - Europe (-0.6)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
5 - Netherlands
6 - Italy
7 - Portugal

9.2 - South America (+3.0)
3 - Colombia
4 - Argentina
9 - Brazil
12 - Uruguay
18 - Ecuador

26.8 - Africa (-2.2)
13 - Cote d'Ivoire
24 - Ghana
28 - Mali
34 - Algeria
35 - Nigeria

37.4 - CONCACAF (-0.4)
20 - Mexico
22 - USA
39 - Costa Rica
51 - Panama
55 - Honduras

46.0 - Asia (+2.8)
37 - Japan
40 - Australia
43 - South Korea
52 - Iran
58 - Uzbekistan

131.0 - Oceania (-3.0)
55 - New Zealand
97 - New Caledonia
154 - Tahiti
162 - Solomon Islands
187 - Samoa

2013 Gold Cup Players at Top Division European Clubs

Players at the 2013 Gold Cup who play for current top division clubs in Europe.

CANADA
Lars Hirschfeld (Vålerenga: Norway)
Tosaint Ricketts (Sandnes Ulf: Norway)
Issey Nakajima-Farran (Alki Larnaca: Cyprus)
Marcel de Jong (Augsburg: Germany)
Milan Borjan (Sivasspor: Turkey)
Keven Aleman (Real Valladolid: Spain)

MARTINIQUE
Kévin Olimpa (Bordeaux: France)

MEXICO
None

PANAMA
Eybir Bonaga (MFK Ružomberok: Slovakia)
Jairo Jiménez (Elche CF: Spain)
Rolando Blackburn (BK Häcken: Sweden)

EL SALVADOR
Victor Turcios (RoPS: Finland)
Jaime Alas (Rosenborg: Norway)
Rodolfo Zelaya (Alania Vladikavkaz: Russia)
Rafael Burgos (SV Ried: Austria)

HAITI
Jean Sony Alcenat (Petrolul Ploiești: Romania)
Yves Desmarets (CF Os Belenenses: Portugal)
Pascal Millien (Sligo Rovers: Ireland)
Kim Jaggy (FC Wil: Switzerland)

HONDURAS
Osman Chávez (Wisła Kraków: Poland)
Jorge Claros (Hibernian: Scotland)
Andy Najar (Anderlecht: Belgium)

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Radanfah Abu Bakr (FC Vostok: Kazakhstan)
Khaleem Hyland (Racing Genk: Belgium)
Kenwyne Jones (Stoke City: England)

BELIZE
None

COSTA RICA
Giancarlo González (Vålerenga: Norway)
Celso Borges (AIK: Sweden)
Christopher Meneses (Norrköping: Sweden)
Junior Díaz (Mainz 05: Germany)
Michael Barrantes (Aalesund: Norway)

CUBA
None

UNITED STATES
Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting CP: Portugal)
Mikkel Diskerud (Rosenborg: Norway)
Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg: Germany)
Alejandro Bedoya (Helsingborgs IF: Sweden)
Joshua Gatt (Molde: Norway)

2013 Gold Cup - Player Age Statistics

Oldest Players
38 - Odelin Molina (Cuba)
37 - Fabrice Reuperné (Martinique)
34 - Lars Hirschfeld (Canada)
34 - Frédéric Piquionne (Martinique)
34 - Carlos Edwards (Trinidad and Tobago)
34 - Yénier Márquez (Cuba)
34 - Jaime Colomé (Cuba)
34 - Nick Rimando (USA)

Youngest Players
18 - Samuel Piette (Canada)
19 - Keven Aleman (Canada)
19 - Roberto Chen (Panama)
19 - Ronald Elusma (Haiti)
19 - Dellon Torres (Belize)

Average Team Age
27.13 - Martinique
27.00 - Trinidad and Tobago
26.87 - Cuba
26.78 - United States
26.52 - Costa Rica
26.48 - Belize
26.22 - Haiti
25.87 - Mexico
25.44 - Honduras
24.52 - Canada
24.17 - El Salvador
23.74 - Panama

Players 30+ Years Old
8 - United States
7 - Haiti
6 - Martinique
5 - Belize
5 - Cuba
4 - Mexico
4 - Panama
4 - Honduras
4 - Trinidad and Tobago
3 - Costa Rica
2 - Canada
1 - El Salvador

Players 18-21 Years Old
5 - Canada
5 - Panama
3 - Haiti
3 - Honduras
3 - Belize
2 - Martinique
2 - El Salvador
2 - Costa Rica
2 - Cuba
2 - United States
1 - Trinidad and Tobago
0 - Mexico

Game-winning Goal Scorers in Confederations Cup Finals

2013
Fred (Brazil: 2' vs Spain)

2009
Lúcio (Brazil: 84' vs United States)

2005
Kaká (Brazil: 16' vs Argentina)

2003
Thierry Henry (France: 97' vs Cameroon)

2001
Patrick Vieira (France: 30' vs Japan)

1999
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico: 62' vs Brazil)

1997
Ronaldo (Brazil: 15' vs Australia)

1995
Michael Laudrup (Denmark: 8' vs Argentina)

1993
Claudio Caniggia (Argentina: 24' vs Saudi Arabia)

2013 Confederations Cup Group Stage - Long-Range Shooting Statistics

Shots from Outside Penalty Area
8 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
8 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
7 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
6 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
5 - Andres Guardado (Mexico)
5 - Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
4 - Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4 - Neymar (Brazil)
4 - Brown Ideye (Nigeria)
4 - Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
4 - Xavi (Spain)
3 - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
3 - Hulk (Brazil)
3 - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
3 - Carlos Salcido (Mexico)
3 - Dani Alves (Brazil)
3 - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)

Shots on Goal from Outside Penalty Area
5 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
5 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
4 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4 - Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4 - Neymar (Brazil)
3 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
3 - Cesch Fabregas (Spain)

Shots Wide from Outside Penalty Area
5 - Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
4 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
3 - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
3 - Andres Guardado (Mexico)
3 - Brown Ideye (Nigeria)
3 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Goals Scored from Outside Penalty Area
2 - Neymar (Brazil)
1 - Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
1 - Pedro (Spain)
1 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Spain Results since World Cup 2006

All of Spain's results in meaningful qualifiers or tournaments (no friendlies included) since the 2006 World Cup.

Confederations Cup 2013 (3-0-0)
3-0 - Nigeria
10-0 - Tahiti
2-1 - Uruguay

World Cup Qualification 2014 (3-2-0)
1-0 - France (Away)
1-1 - Finland
1-1 - France
4-0 - Belarus (Away)
1-0 - Georgia (Away)

European Championship 2012 (4-2-0)
4-0 - Italy
0-0P - Portugal
2-0 - France
1-0 - Croatia
4-0 - Ireland Republic
1-1 - Italy

European Championship Qualification 2012 (8-0-0)
3-1 - Scotland
2-0 - Czech Republic (Away)
6-0 - Liechtenstein
3-1 - Lithuania (Away)
2-1 - Czech Republic
3-2 - Scotland (Away)
3-1 - Lithuania
4-0 - Liechtenstein (Away)

World Cup 2010 (6-0-1)
1-0 - Netherlands
1-0 - Germany
1-0 - Paraguay
1-0 - Portugal
2-1 - Chile
2-0 - Honduras
0-1 - Switzerland

World Cup Qualification 2010 (4-0-0)
5-2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina (Away)
2-1 - Armenia (Away)
3-0 - Estonia
5-0 - Belgium

Confederations Cup 2009 (4-0-1)
3-2 - South Africa
0-2 - United States
2-0 - South Africa
1-0 - Iraq
5-0 - New Zealand

World Cup Qualification 2010 (6-0-0)
2-1 - Turkey (Away)
1-0 - Turkey
2-1 - Belgium (Away)
3-0 - Estonia (Away)
4-0 - Armenia
1-0 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

European Championship 2008 (5-1-0)
1-0 - Germany
3-0 - Russia
0-0p - Italy
2-1 - Greece
2-1 - Sweden
4-1 - Russia

European Championship Qualification 2008 (9-1-2)
1-0 - Northern Ireland
3-0 - Sweden
3-1 - Denmark (Away)
2-0 - Latvia
1-1 - Iceland (Away)
2-0 - Liechtenstein (Away)
2-0 - Latvia (Away)
1-0 - Iceland
2-1 - Denmark
0-2 - Sweden (Away)
2-3 - Northern Ireland (Away)
4-0 - Liechtenstein

World Cup 2006 (3-0-1)
1-3 - France
1-0 - Saudi Arabia
3-1 - Tunisia
4-0 - Ukraine


Overall Record since 2006 World Cup
55-6-5

Confederations Cup: Players with 3+ goals in Single Tournament

Players that have scored 3 or more goals in a single Confederations Cup tournament since it began as the King Fahd Cup in 1992.  Only Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco have scored 3+ in two separate tournaments.

Argentina
4 - Luciano Figueroa (2005)
3 - Juan Román Riquelme (2005)

Australia
4 - John Aloisi (2005)

Brazil
7 - Romário (1997)
6 - Ronaldinho (1999)
5 - Adriano (2005)
5 - Luis Fabiano (2009)
4 - Alex (1999)
4 - Ronaldo (1997)
3 - Ronaldinho (2005)
3 - Zé Roberto (1999)

Colombia
3 - Giovanni Hernández (2003)

Czech Republic
5 - Vladimír Šmicer (1997)

France
4 - Thierry Henry (2003)
3 - Robert Pirès (2003)

Germany
4 - Michael Ballack (2005)
3 - Lukas Podolski (2005)

Japan
3 - Shunsuke Nakamura (2003)

Mexico
6 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1999)
3 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1997)
3 - Jared Borgetti (2003)
3 - Luis García (1995)

Saudi Arabia
6 - Marzouq Al-Otaibi (1999)

Spain
3 - Fernando Torres (2009)
3 - David Villa (2009)

Turkey
3 - Okan Yılmaz (2003)
3 - Tuncay Şanlı (2003)

United States
3 - Clint Dempsey (2009)

2014 World Cup Qualifying Leading Goal Scorers

Players that have 5 or more goals in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games.

11 goals
Deon McCaulay - Belize

10 goals
Peter Byers - Antigua and Barbuda
Blas Pérez - Panama

9 goals
Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina

8 goals
Lionel Messi - Argentina
Luis Suárez - Uruguay
Edin Džeko - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Georges Gope-Fenepej - New Caledonia

7 goals
Álvaro Saborío - Costa Rica
Clint Dempsey - USA
Lê Công Vinh - Vietnam
Shinji Okazaki - Japan
Jerry Bengston - Honduras
Chris Wood - New Zealand
Younis Mahmoud - Iraq
Hassan Abdel-Fattah - Jordan
Jacques Haeko - New Caledonia

6 goals
Tamarley Thomas - Antigua and Barbuda
Osael Romero - El Salvador
Radamel Falcao - Colombia
Vedad Ibišević - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Carlos Ruiz - Guatemala
Park Chu-Young - South Korea
Rocky Siberie - Curaçao
Tomer Hemed - Israel
Ahmad Hayel - Jordan

5 goals
Hao Junmin - China
Hassan Maatouk - Lebanon
Nasser Al-Shamrani - Saudi Arabia
Keisuke Honda - Japan
Amer Deeb - Jordan
Khalfan Ibrahim - Qatar
Lee Keun-Ho - South Korea
Islam Slimani - Algeria
Lesly St. Fleur - Bahamas
Jean-Eudes Maurice - Haiti
Erick Ozuna - Dominican Republic
Luis Tejada - Panama
Javier Hernandez - Mexico
Felipe Caicedo - Ecuador
Bertrand Kaï - New Caldonia
Shane Smeltz - New Zealand
Lorenzo Tehau - Tahiti
Wayne Rooney - England
Mesut Özil - Germany
Marco Reus - Germany
Robin van Persie - Netherlands
Hélder Postiga - Portugal

FIFA Best/Worst Rankings - June 2013

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

Best Ranking
12 - Belgium
15 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
23 - Mali
38 - Albania

Worst Ranking
22 - Brazil
99 - Senegal
119 - Latvia
182 - Fiji
191 - Vanuatu