http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:21:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html/comment-page-1#comment-10327 Jon E. Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:54:52 +0000 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html#comment-10327 Procedure change nothwithstanding, the FIFA rankings remain nearly as odd as ever. We probably should be somewhere around 23rd, but I think that's mostly the stopped clock being right twice a day. Procedure change nothwithstanding, the FIFA rankings remain nearly as odd as ever. We probably should be somewhere around 23rd, but I think that’s mostly the stopped clock being right twice a day.

]]> http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html/comment-page-1#comment-10178 Benjamin Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:24:45 +0000 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html#comment-10178 Anyone that puts faith into FIFA rankings is fooling themselves. Anyone that puts faith into FIFA rankings is fooling themselves.

]]> http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html/comment-page-1#comment-9804 Tom Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:20:39 +0000 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html#comment-9804 This is a blessing in disguise. We need to be more realistic, instead of seeing articles about #4 rankings (at least most of those had disclaimers about it, which was a start!) and how pleased we are with the Red Bulls getting beat only 4-1 by Barca. The revised FIFA ranking procedure helps, but in any case it represents progress if US fans can see American soccer as others see it. Low rankings ought to spur US soccer to get the blinkers off and try harder. This is a blessing in disguise. We need to be more realistic, instead of seeing articles about #4 rankings (at least most of those had disclaimers about it, which was a start!) and how pleased we are with the Red Bulls getting beat only 4-1 by Barca. The revised FIFA ranking procedure helps, but in any case it represents progress if US fans can see American soccer as others see it. Low rankings ought to spur US soccer to get the blinkers off and try harder.

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