All-Time Asian World Cup Wins

AFRICA
Japan - Cameroon (1:0, 2010)
Japan - Tunisia (2:0, 2002)
Saudi Arabia - Morocco (2:1, 1994)
South Korea - Togo (2:1, 2006)

CONCACAF
Iran - USA (2:1, 1998)

EUROPE
Australia - Serbia (2:1, 2010)
Japan - Denmark (3:1, 2010)
Japan - Russia (1:0, 2002)
North Korea - Italy (1:0, 1966)
Saudi Arabia - Belgium (1:0, 1994)
South Korea - Greece (2:0, 2010)
South Korea - Italy (2:1, 2002)
South Korea - Poland (2:0, 2002)
South Korea - Portugal (1:0, 2002)

SOUTH AMERICA
None

All-Time CONCACAF World Cup Wins

AFRICA
USA - Algeria (1:0, 2010)

ASIA
Costa Rica - China (2:0, 2002)
Mexico - Iran (3:1, 2006)
Mexico - Iraq (1:0, 1986)
Jamaica - Japan (2:1, 1998)
Mexico - South Korea (3:1, 1998)

CONCACAF
USA - Mexico (2:0, 2002)

EUROPE
Costa Rica - Scotland (1:0, 1990)
Costa Rica - Sweden (2:1, 1990)
Cuba - Romania (2:1, 1938)
Mexico - Belgium (2:1, 1986)
Mexico - Belgium (1:0, 1970)
Mexico - Bulgaria (2:0, 1986)
Mexico - Croatia (1:0, 2002)
Mexico - Czechoslovakia (3:1, 1962)
Mexico - France (2:0, 2010)
Mexico - Republic of Ireland (2:1, 1994)
USA - Belgium (3:0, 1930)
USA - England (1:0, 1950)
USA - Portugal (3:2, 2002)

SOUTH AMERICA
Mexico - Ecuador (2:1, 2002)
USA - Colombia (2:1, 1994)
USA - Paraguay (3:0, 1930)

All-Time African World Cup Wins

All-time World Cup wins by African nations.

ASIA
Cameroon - Saudi Arabia (1:0, 2002)
Cote d'Ivoire - North Korea (3:0, 2010)

CONCACAF
Ghana - USA (2:1, 2006)
Ghana - USA (2:1, 2010)
Tunisia - Mexico (3:1, 1978)

EUROPE
Algeria - Germany (2:1, 1982)
Cameroon - Romania (2:1, 1990)
Cote d'Ivoire - Serbia & Montenegro (3:2, 2006)
Ghana - Czech Republic (2:0, 2006)
Ghana - Serbia (1:0, 2010)
Morocco - Portugal (3:1, 1986)
Morocco - Scotland (3:0, 1998)
Nigeria - Bulgaria (3:0, 1994)
Nigeria - Bulgaria (1:0, 1998)
Nigeria - Greece (2:0, 1994)
Nigeria - Spain (3:2, 1998)
Senegal - France (1:0, 2002)
Senegal - Sweden (2:1, 2002)
South Africa - France (2:1, 2010)
South Africa - Slovenia (1:0, 2002)

SOUTH AMERICA
Algeria - Chile (3:2, 1982)
Cameroon - Argentina (1:0, 1990)
Cameroon - Colombia (2:1, 1990)

All-time FIFA World Cup Rankings

The all-time FIFA World Cup Rankings (based on results in previous WC appearances) of the 32 teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

All-time FIFA World Cup Rankings

1 - Brazil
2 - Germany
3 - Italy
4 - Argentina
5 - England

6 - Spain
7 - France
8 - Netherlands
9 - Uruguay
12 - Russia

14 - Mexico
18 - Portugal
19 - Belgium
20 - Chile
21 - Switzerland

25 - USA
26 - South Korea
27 - Croatia
28 - Cameroon
32 - Japan

34 - Ghana
37 - Nigeria
38 - Colombia
40 - Costa Rica
42 - Ecuador

44 - Australia
47 - Algeria
50 - Cote d'Ivoire
53 - Iran
59 - Honduras

61 - Greece
n/a - Bosnia and Herzegovina



Teams in the All-Time top 30 not participating in the 2014 World Cup:

10 - Sweden
11 - Serbia
13 - Poland
15 - Hungary
16 - Czech Republic
17 - Austria
22 - Paraguay
23 - Romania
24 - Denmark
29 - Scotland
30 - Bulgaria

2014 World Cup: Foreign-Born Players

Players in the provisional 2014 World Cup squads that were born outside of the country they are representing.


GROUP A

Brazil
NONE

Cameroon
Charles Itandje (France)
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (France)
Allan Nyom (France)
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (France)
Raoul Loé (France)
Joël Matip (Germany)
Maxim Choupo-Moting (Germany)

Croatia
Dejan Lovren (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Vedran Ćorluka (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Nikica Jelavić (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Ivan Rakitić (Switzerland)
Mateo Kovačić (Austria)
Sammir (Brazil)
Eduardo (Brazil)
Mario Pašalić (Germany)

Mexico
Miguel Ángel Ponce (USA)
Isaác Brizuela (USA)



GROUP B

Australia
Dario Vidošić (Croatia)

Chile
Marcos González (Brazil)
Miiko Albornoz (Sweden)
Jorge Valdívia (Venezuela)
Pablo Hernández (Argentina)

Netherlands
Bruno Martins Indi (Portugal)
Jonathan de Guzmán (Canada)

Spain
Diego Costa (Brazil)



GROUP C

Colombia
NONE

Cote d'Ivoire
Sol Bamba (France)
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (France)
Giovanni Sio (France)
Mathis Bolly (Norway)

Greece
Loukas Vyntra (Czech Republic)
José Holebas (Germany)
Panagiotis Kone (Albania)

Japan
Gōtoku Sakai (USA)


GROUP D

Costa Rica
Óscar Duarte (Nicaragua)

England
Raheem Sterling (Jamaica)

Italy
Gabriel Paletta (Argentina)
Thiago Motta (Brazil)
Rômulo (Brazil)
Giuseppe Rossi (USA)

Uruguay
Fernando Muslera (Argentina)


GROUP E

Ecuador
NONE

France
Patrice Evra (Senegal)
Rio Mavuba (Born at Sea; link)

Honduras
NONE

Switzerland
Valon Behrami (Kosovo)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Kosovo)
Blerim Džemaili (Macedonia)
Admir Mehmedi (Macedonia)
Gelson Fernandes (Cape Verde)
Johan Djourou (Cote d'Ivoire)


GROUP F

Argentina
Gonzalo Higuaín (France)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Emir Spahić (Croatia)
Mensur Mujdža (Croatia)
Sead Kolašinac (Germany)
Zvjezdan Misimović (Germany)
Muhamed Bešić (Germany)
Izet Hajrović (Switzerland)

Iran
Daniel Davari (Germany)
Steven Beitashour (USA)

Nigeria
Peter Odemwingie (Uzbekistan)


GROUP G

Germany
Miroslav Klose (Poland)
Lukas Podolski (Poland)

Ghana
Adam Kwarasey (Norway)
Jeff Schlupp (Germany)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Germany)
André Ayew (France)
Jordan Ayew (France)
Albert Adomah (England)

Portugal
Pepe (Brazil)
Nani (Cape Verde)
William Carvalho (Angola)
Éder (Guinea-Bissau)

United States
Fabian Johnson (Germany)
Timothy Chandler (Germany)
John Brooks (Germany)
Jermaine Jones (Germany)
Terrence Boyd (Germany)
Mix Diskerud (Norway)


GROUP H

Algeria
Raïs M'Bolhi (France)
Cédric Si Mohamed (France)
Carl Medjani (France)
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (France)
Faouzi Ghoulam (France)
Aïssa Mandi (France)
Medhi Lacen (France)
Adlène Guedioura (France)
Hassan Yebda (France)
Foued Kadir (France)
Mehdi Mostefa (France)
Sofiane Feghouli (France)
Ryad Boudebouz (France)
Saphir Taïder (France)
Yacine Brahimi (France)
Nabil Bentaleb (France)
Amir Karaoui (France)
Riyad Mahrez (France)
Rafik Djebbour (France)
Nabil Ghilas (France)

Belgium
Anthony Vanden Borre (DR Congo)

Russia
NONE

South Korea
NONE

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

CCL: Days between MLS Team Qualification and Elimination

The amount of days between MLS teams qualifying for the 2013/2014 CONCACAF Champions League and their first game and elimination from the tournament.


Sporting Kansas City (US Open Cup Champions 2012)
Q: August 8, 2012
1: August 7, 2013
E: March 19, 2014

Q>1: 364 days
Q>E: 588 days


SJ Earthquakes (Supporters Shield 2012)
Q: October 28, 2012
1: August 7, 2013
E: March 19, 2014

Q>1: 283 days
Q>E: 507 days


LA Galaxy (MLS Cup Champion 2012)
Q: December 1,2012
1: August 20, 2013
E: March 18, 2014

Q>1: 262 days
Q>E: 472 days


Houston Dynamo (MLS Cup Runner-up 2012)
Q: December 1, 2012
1: August 20, 2013
E: October 24, 2013

Q>1: 262 days
Q>E: 327 days


Montreal Impact (Canadian Championship 2013)
Q: May 29, 2013
1: August 7, 2013
E: September 24, 2013

Q>1: 70 days
Q>E: 118 days



Q=Qualification Date
1=First CCL Game 2013/2014
E=Date of CCL Elimination

Q>1=Days between Qualification and 1st Game
Q>E=Days between Qualification and Elimination

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - March 2014

Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the March 2014 FIFA Rankings.

Best Ranking
1 - Spain
29 - Panama

Worst Ranking
68 - Republic of Ireland
190 - Madagascar

CONCACAF Champions League Team Market Values

The total market values of the players on the remaining 8 teams in the 2013/2014 CONCACAF Champions League according to Transfermarkt.

$46.4m - Cruz Azul
$41.4m - Toluca
$32.3m - Tijuana
$16.1m - Los Angeles Galaxy
$13.4m - San Jose Earthquakes
$10.8m - Sporting Kansas City
$10.0m - Alajuelense
$N/A    - Arabe Unido




Approximate totals converted from GBP to USD

MLS Players with 10+ International Appearances

Chicago Fire
29 - Lovel Palmer (Jamaica)
19 - Gonzalo Segares (Costa Rica)
13 - Bakary Soumare (Mali)
10 - Chris Rolfe (USA)

Chivas USA
110 - Carlos Bocanegra (USA)
43 - Tony Lochhead (New Zealand)
18 - Oswaldo Minda (Ecuador)
10 - Mauro Rosales (Argentina)

Colombus Crew
32 - Geoncarlo Gonzalez (Costa Rica)
24 - Michael Parkhurst (USA)
16 - Jairo Arrieta (Costa Rica)

Colorado Rapids
43 - Gabriel Torres (Panama)
39 - Marvin Chavez (Honduras)
30 - Vincente Sanchez (Uruguay)
11 - Edson Buddle (USA)

FC Dallas
83 - Blas Perez (Panama)
52 - Hendry Thomas (Honduras)
31 - JeVaughn Watson (Jamaica)
26 - Raul Fernandez (Peru)

DC United
62 - Eddie Johnson (USA)

Houston Dynamo
91 - Oscar Boniek Garcia (Honduras)
70 - Jermaine Taylor (Jamaica)
35 - Omar Cummings (Jamaica)
34 - Ricardo Clark (USA)
13 - Brad Davis (USA)

Los Angeles Galaxy
155 - Landon Donovan (USA)
129 - Robbie Keane (Ireland)
93 - Jaime Penedo (Panama)
30 - Rob Friend (Canada)
18 - Robbie Rogers (USA)
17 - Omar Gonzalez (USA)
13 - Stefan Ishizaki (Sweden)

Montreal Impact
48 - Patrice Bernier (Canada)
35 - Heath Pearce (USA)
14 - Marco Di Vaio (Italy)
11 - Matteo Ferrari (Italy)

New England Revolution
40 - Jerry Bengtson (Honduras)
17 - Charlie Davies (USA)
15 - O'Brian Woodbine (Jamaica)

New York Red Bulls
123 - Thierry Henry (France)
67 - Tim Cahill (Australia)
46 - Bobby Convey (USA)
45 - Roy Miller (Costa Rica)
26 - Ibrahim Sekagya (Uganda)

Philadelphia Union
57 - Keon Daniel (Trinidad and Tobago)
45 - Maurice Edu (USA)
20 - Conor Casey (USA)

Portland Timbers
99 - Donovan Ricketts (Jamaica)
33 - Will Johnson (Canada)
16 - Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica)
10 - Pa-Moudou Kah (Norway)

Real Salt Lake
92 - Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica)
34 - Kyle Beckerman (USA)
13 - Nick Rimando (USA)
11 - Robbie Findley (USA)

San Jose Earthquakes
74 - Victor Bernardez (Honduras)
49 - Walter Martinez (Honduras)
45 - Clarence Goodson (USA)
27 - Atiba Harris (St. Kitts & Nevis)
18 - Chris Wondolowski (USA)

Seattle Sounders FC
101 - Clint Dempsey (USA)
61 - Leonoardo Gonzalez (Costa Rica)
44 - Gonzalo Pineda (Mexico)
39 - Obafemi Martins (Nigeria)
38 - Marco Pappa (Guatemala)
17 - Brad Evans (USA)
16 - Osvaldo Alonso (Cuba)
11 - Chad Marshall (USA)
10 - Kenny Cooper (USA)
10 - Djimi Traoré (Mali)

Sporting Kansas City
41 - Benny Feilhaber (USA)
22 - Mechack Jerome (Haiti)
19 - Graham Zusi (USA)
18 - Peterson Joseph (Haiti)
13 - Matt Besler (USA)

Toronto FC
82 - Michael Bradley (USA)
77 - Júlio César (Brazil)
76 - Dwayne de Rosario (Canada)
55 - Jermain Defoe (England)
12 - Steven Caldwell (Scotland)
10 - Ashtone Morgan (Canada)
10 - Kyle Bekker (Canada)

Vancouver Whitecaps
69 - Kenny Miller (Scotland)
26 - Andy O'Brien (Ireland)
25 - Jay DeMerit (USA)
23 - Carlyle Mitchell (Trinidad and Tobago)
22 - Johnny Leveron (Honduras)
14 - Pedro Morales (Chile)

MLS Goalscoring Trios

Teams in MLS history with three players each with 10 goals or more:

2012 San Jose Earthquakes 
22 Chris Wondolowski, 13 Alan Gordon, 10 Steven Lenhart

2002 Colorado Rapids 
11 Chris Carrieri, 11 Mark Chung, 11 Chris Henderson

2000 NY/NJ Metrostars 
16 Adolfo Valencia, 13 Alex Comas, 13 Clint Mathis

1998 Colorado Rapids 
13 Wolde Harris, 11 Paul Bravo, 10 Ross Paule

1998 DC United 
18 Roy Lassiter, 16 Jaime Moreno, 10 Marco Etcheverry

1998 LA Galaxy 
19 Cobi Jones, 17 Welton, 13 Mauricio Cienfuegos

1997 San Jose Clash
12 Ronald Cerritos, 10 Jeff Baicher, 10 Lawrence Lozzano

1996 San Jose Clash
13 Paul Bravo, 10 Eduardo Espinoza, 10 Eric Wynalda



Source:  2014 MLS Record Book

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LOCATIONS
3 - Chicago (England, Brazil, T&T: WCQ)
3 - Los Angeles (Guatemala: GC, (2) Barbados: WCQ)
3 - Washington DC (Jamaica: GC, (2) Germany)
2 - Kansas City (Guatemala: WCQ)
2 - Rustenburg, South Africa (Egypt: Confed Cup, England: WC)
2 - Cleveland (Venezuela, Belgium)
1 - Seattle (Cuba: GC)
1 - San Francisco (Japan)
1 - Kaiserslautern, Germany (Poland)
1 - Nürnberg (Ghana: WC)
1 - San Jose, CA (China)
1 - Havana, Cuba (Cuba: WCQ)
1 - Bloemfontein, South Africa (Spain: Confed Cup)
1 - Johannesburg, South Africa (Brazil: Confed Cup)
1 - Salt Lake City (El Salvador: WCQ)
1 - Philadelphia (Turkey)
1 - Detroit (Canada: GC)
1 - Houston (Panama: GC)
1 - Miami (Honduras)
1 - Ljubljana, Slovenia (Slovenia)
1 - Genoa, Italy (Italy)
1 - Tampa (Antigua/Barbuda: WCQ)
1 - Guatemala City, Guatemala (Guatemala: WCQ)
1 - Kingston, Jamaica (Jamaica: WCQ)
1 - San Pedro Sula (Honduras: WCQ)
1 - Denver (Costa Rica: WCQ)
1 - San José, Costa Rica (Costa Rica: WCQ)

COMPETITIONS
13 - Friendly
13 - World Cup Qualifier
5 - Gold Cup
3 - Confederations Cup
2 - World Cup

NATIONS SCORED AGAINST
4 - Guatemala
2 - Barbados
2 - Germany
2 - England
2 - Jamaica
2 - Brazil
2 - Cuba
2 - Honduras
2 - Costa Rica
1 - Spain
1 - Italy
1 - Turkey
1 - Ghana
1 - Egypt
1 - Trinidad and Tobago
1 - Venezuela
1 - Belgium
1 - Japan
1 - Poland
1 - China
1 - El Slavador
1 - Canada
1 - Panama
1 - Slovenia
1 - Antigua/Barbuda

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - February 2014

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

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


4.2 - EUROPE (+0.4)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
4 - Portugal
6 - Switzerland
8 - Italy

7.6 - SOUTH AMERICA (-0.4)
3 - Argentina
5 - Colombia
7 - Uruguay
9 - Brazil
14 - Chile

28.2 - CONCACAF (-0.4)
13 - USA
21 - Mexico
32 - Panama
35 - Costa Rica
40 - Honduras

30.2 - AFRICA (-1.0)
23 - Cote d'Ivoire
26 - Algeria
27 - Cape Verde Islands
37 - Ghana
38 - Egypt

51.2 - ASIA (+1.0)
38 - Iran
50 - Japan
53 - Australia
57 - Uzbekistan
58 - United Arab Emirates

139.8 - OCEANIA (-0.2)
89 - New Zealand
117 - New Caledonia
140 - Tahiti
174 - Solomon Islands
179 - Vanuatu