Monday, May 01, 2006

U.S. World Cups, Age v. Caps

An interesting set of data from U.S. Soccer.

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) ? ?




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would have thought the team was younger in 2002 with the likes of Donovan and Beasely. The field players are certainly younger than the keepers this time. I wonder how these numbers compare to the other countries.