With the world cup just six months away, The Guardian has put together a great set of charts comparing the relative schedules of each qualifying team, based on their opponents' FIFA rankings. As you can see above, by this measure the U.S. has the third-hardest schedule, just behind Ghana and Australia. In fact, with England at tenth, Cameroon at 11th, and Nigeria at 17th, it's looking to be a pretty rough World Cup for all the English-speaking countries of the world.
With the world cup just six months away, The Guardian has put together a great set of charts comparing the relative schedules of each qualifying team, based on their opponents' FIFA rankings. As you can see above, by this measure the U.S. has the third-hardest schedule, just behind Ghana and Australia. In fact, with England at tenth, Cameroon at 11th, and Nigeria at 17th, it's looking to be a pretty rough World Cup for all the English-speaking countries of the world.
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