MonkRug wrote:
As for their national team, the U.S has made great strides since 1990 and the English national team continues to find new and inventive ways to embarras themselves, whether it be in failing to advance in any World Cups or for the Euro's this year.
Continues?
Here's the current World Cup qualifying table for England.
For those that may have difficulty understanding the tables and how they work from left to right is what each box is.
Table Position, Team, Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals Scored, Goals Against, Goal Difference, Points
| 1 |
England |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
4 |
12 |
15 |
| 2 |
Croatia |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
| 3 |
Ukraine |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
| 4 |
Belarus |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
| 5 |
Kazakhstan |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
16 |
-10 |
3 |
| 6 |
Andorra |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
14 |
-13 |
0 |
Edit: Sorry if the table looks messy it was copy and pasted. The minuses are negative scores.
They currently lead their group by five points in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. They are currently the second highest scoring team in the qualifiers, with Germany being the highest, so far. There are five games left to play.
Every team has its highs and lows, even Germany, what was thought of as one of the strongest teams in the game, did. The USA was bottom of the qualifying table last World Cup going minus in goal difference and from what I see aren't even in the qualifiers this year (I didn't notice them on the qualifying tables I saw). At the end of the day one team has to win, and sadly there will always be a loser, and you can't win them all.
The USA and MLS are given support from FIFA, they even have their matches televised here (I doubt many watch them live due to time difference though). From there like any other country, the rest is up to them.
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