Guess who's above the Poms in the world soccer rankings?

by ozziepost 20 years ago 14 Replies latest 20 years ago social physical

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  ozziepost 20 years ago

  OK you Merry Cans, time to get one back at those poms!

  Today's news item:

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  Wednesday, July 20, 2005 It's official: USA are better than England England have been overtaken by the United States in the FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings after dropping one place to eighth. The USA, still managed by Bruce Arena who guided his country to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, have reached their highest ever placing with a rise to sixth. It means a drop of one place to eighth for Sven-Goran Eriksson's England, who were 2-1 winners over Arena's side this summer, one behind France who have also fallen. Scotland have dropped two places to 85th, displaced by Canada - beaten 3-1 under Berti Vogts - and Panama, who have shot up 15 places on the back of reaching the semi-finals of the ongoing Gold Cup. Northern Ireland are up two places to 112th, level with Congo and overtaking Lebanon, while Wales have dropped one to 80th, behind Kenya. The Republic of Ireland are static at 15th, level with Iran.

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  upside/down 20 years ago

  Let the bashing begin!

  u/d (of the soccer dad class)

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  nicolaou 20 years ago

  Rankings schmankings. You got a source on this?

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  ozziepost 20 years ago

  Sure, it's up on EPSN tonight.

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  nicolaou 20 years ago

  You mean ESPN? Hell, those guys know nothing....

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  ozziepost 20 years ago

  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

  Don't shoot the messenger.

  Go Yanks Go!

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  Englishman 20 years ago

  Umm..Ozzie deah boy. Those rankings are handicapped rankings, similar to the way that a golfing score is worked out between 2 players of differing ability. A team like the USA gets more points for a nil nil draw than England get when they win.

  I mean, c'mon! Czechoslovakia are in 4th place!

  Phew!

  Englishman.

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  ozziepost 20 years ago

  But the Poms aren't!

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  Pole 20 years ago

  I mean, c'mon! Czechoslovakia are in 4th place!

  
  This ranking must be really old. So you were saying the 13 colonies are above England?
  Pole

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  nicolaou 20 years ago

  Lets put it this way, if England had to field a team of nine, arthritic, asthmatic pensioners then - perhaps - the US might actually rank above us.

  We'd still beat them though....

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