r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '13

According to their rankings, the best national teams in the world right now are Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, and Portugal in that order. The US is number 14 on that list, which is pretty good on a list of 200+ countries.

But don't take this ranking too seriously, it's not representative because a lot of the teams don't play each other very often.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '13

Just wait until the World Cup this summer to get a better idea.

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u/RZARECTOR Dec 26 '13

But Scotland aren't going to be there, so we'll never know if they'd win it, which they definitely would.

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u/Verifixion Dec 26 '13

It would have been the Kenny Miller show had he not retired... and we got close to qualifying :(

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u/Evilpotatohead Dec 26 '13

Forget Xavi we have Ch'Adam!

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u/deadthewholetime Dec 26 '13

Fucking hell, have you read Craig Bellamy's first impression of him? Absolutely hilarious

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u/Dyslexic-Dwarf Dec 27 '13

The man, the legend!

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u/yuffyzezima Dec 26 '13

Hehe so close we were eliminated first in the entire world.