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09|04|08
FIFA RANKINGS ARE WORTHLESS
Written by: Tyler
FIFA released their World Rankings this week which saw the typical top teams but with a few “errors”.
Guess which team had the biggest jump? Mexico jumped from 32nd to 24th, over the United States which is currently 28th. So let me get this straight. Since the last World Rankings, Mexico has only played world powerhouse Honduras in Mexico City (and had to come back from behind), and won 2-1.
The United States on the other hand had to play in Guatemala and won 1-0. So how does Mexico jump 8 bloody spots?
Well it must be head-to-head matches against the US. Wait, Mexico has only beat the US twice out of 13 tries this decade, the last time being March of 2005 (that was 3 1/2 years ago). Mexico has been ahead of pets supplements
the US in the World Rankings most of this decade for no real reason. These current rankings show just how flawed the system is.
Mexico does not even dominate their own continent but are the highest ranked in the continent 95% of the time. If the FIFA World Rankings cant even find the best team in a continent (there are only 6 with football teams on them, it shouldn't be that hard) then how can they establish a proper top ten?
I'm just adding this to the bin of crap produced by FIFA. Here are the current top 10:
1. Spain 1565
2. Italy 1339
3. Germany 1329
4. Netherlands 1295
5. Croatia 1266
6. Brazil 1252
7. Argentina 1230
8. Czech Republic 1134
9. Portugal 1120
10. Turkey 1033
Im not sure what Croatia is doing at #5 and Turkey at #10.
It absolutely disgusts me. I wish someone would at least try to make an argument for FIFA; until then, it’s just anti-Americanism.
Sepp must be upset that the same country who like NASCAR and hot dogs can actually be competitive at his sport.
Here I am, flying the flag for FIFA.
I hope I can post links:
http://lucrurineinteresante.blogspot.com/2008/09/regarding-mexico-reply-to-toeball-tyler.html
Edgar,
I welcome your data. It is good to have someone that can actually compose a defense instead of just attacking authors.
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