Why USA never jumped the soccer bandwagon?

[Mnementh]

outlawauron said:

Mnementh said:

outlawauron said:

Mnementh said:

What else should you use, it's the official organization for the sport. The ranking is based on results in international games and everyone can recalculate it himself if he wants to. What do you base your ranking on, coinflip?

Using those rankings as a basis of fact is absolutely crazy to anyone who actually watches the games. The system is rigged to benefit certain countries and doesn't properly affect current form, head to head results, or predicted outcomes if the teams play (you know, the real reason you rank teams).

Rigged? Inhowfar? To benefit which countries?

http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/procedure/men.html

It makes it very difficult for teams in Europe to drop to appropriate places, while teams in Asia have very difficult times moving up the rankings. Japan and South Korea being outside the top 50 is a joke.

No explanation at all why Mexico is better ranked than the US.