The USA registered wins against Cuba, Canada, Jamaica and Honduras, tied against Costa Rica and won after PSO against Panama.īetween November 2004 and September 3rd, 2005 (the match against Guatemala), the USA had played 7 World cup qualifiers, getting six wins (Trinidad and Tobago twice, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico) and a loss against Mexico. The Gold Cup final tournament was played in July 2005. * This total (X+Y) was divided by two for the final score * The total for the seven best results was added to the seven "average" results (X+Y) * This total was divided by 12 and multiplied by seven (Y) * The total score for all 12 matches was calculated * The total score for these seven matches was calculated (X)
* The best seven of the 12 results were identified To include further results an average of them must be calculated.įor example, if a team played twelve matches: In order to prevent teams with more fixtures than this being given an advantage, the calculation initially considered only the best seven results of a team. On top of that, the calculation method used back then placed greater weight on the best seven results in each of the 8 years. In 2005, results from the last 8 years were taken into account, so it was not very easy to move quickly through the higher part of the table. And even then, they would have replaced Argentina, not Mexico.Įven winning against Guatemala and Costa Rica, I don't think the US could have climbed so high.
In order to be seeded, USA had to be at least 4th. Obviously, the 19 World Cups and the December 2003 and December 2004 FIFA rankings were already set in stone. The matches against Guatemala, Costa Rica and Scotland only influenced the November 2005 FIFA ranking. Mexico were 5th in the seeding table, the USA were 9th, behind France, Italy and Argentina. Giase seems to think Mexico were seeded at the expense of USA.
And when the World Cup draw rolled around a month later, it was Mexico that received a top seed." In the final three meaningless qualifiers - a scoreless tie in Guatemala, a 3-0 loss in Costa Rica and a 2-0 home win over Panama - Arena packed the roster with inexperienced players.īut the results, combined with a who-cares 1-1 tie in Scotland that November, dropped the United States below Mexico in the FIFA rankings. men's soccer team faces Mexico in qualifier World Cup seeding - and pride - at stake when the U.S. Two days ago I read this article by Frank Giase:
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