Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Age v. Caps -- Part 2

The 2006 World Cup U.S. Men's team has an average age of slightly less than 28.5 years and an average of 44 caps under their belt. The measures from the previous World Cups are below:

Tournament
Avg. Age Avg. Caps
1990 (22 players) 23.5 24.6
1994 (22 players) 26.1 42.0
1998 (22 players) 28.1 46.6
2002 (23 players) 28.8 55.1
2006 (23 players) 28.5
44

But here's some other interesting numbers: The listed forwards have an average height of 6 feet; the listed defenders averge 5'10". Take Wolff (5'8"), who's a good player off the ball and Cherundolo (5'6"), who's got speed in the back, and those numbers rise significantly.

One last one: California has produced 7 players.

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