How about this? Each confederation selects an All-Star team to play in this competition. Round Robin, 2 Groups: Group A: UEFA, Concacaf, Oceania Group B: Conmebol, CAF, AFC Group winners play in the final. Propose your rosters/lineups!
UEFA starting----------------CONMEBOL starting GK-Kahn----------------------Dida D-Thuram--------------------Cafu D-Nesta----------------------Montero D-Ferdinand-------------------Samuel D-Chivu----------------------Roberto Carlos M-Davids---------------------Gilberto Silva M-Ballack---------------------Veron M-Totti---------------------- Rivaldo M-Zidane-------------------- Ronaldinho F-Henry--------------------- Ronaldo F-Nistlerooy----------------- Crespo key-subs-------------------- Vieri---------------------------Santa Cruz Scholes------------------------Aimar Cannavaro---------------------Recoba Rustu-------------------------Emerson Figo---------------------------Lucio Van der Vaart-----------------Saviola
Hmm, this could be tough as I don't know all the players in the smaller countries, but here goes: CONCACAF: GK: Brad Friedel (USA) DEF: Eddie Pope (USA) DEF: Carlos Bocanegra (USA) DEF: Rafael Marquez (MEX) DEF: Mauricio Wright (CRC) MID: Tomas Radzinski (CAN) MID: John O'Brien (USA) MID: Claudio Reyna (USA) MID: Miguel Zepeda (MEX) FWD: Stern John (TRI) FWD: Paulo Wanchope (CRC) RES: Kasey Keller (USA) RES: Tyrone Marshall (JAM) RES: Walter Centeno (CRC) RES: Brian McBride (USA) RES: Cuauthemoc Blanco (MEX)
This is laughable. Here is mine GK- Kasey Keller (USA) DEF- Salvador Carmona (Mex) DEF- Rafael Marquez (Mex) DEF- Eddie Pope (USA) DEF- Gilberto Martinez (CRC) MID- Jesus Arellano (Mex) MID- Gerardo Torrado (Mex) MID- Landon Donovan (USA) MID- Demarcus Beasley (USA) FOR- Cuauthemoc Blanco (Mex) FOR- Paulo Wanchope (CRC) RES- Tim Howard (USA) RES- Samuel Caballero (HON) RES- Jon O'brien (USA) RES- Rolando Fonseca (CRC) RES- Jared Borgetti (Mex)
Oceania: Does it really matter? UEFA: GK: Gianluigi Buffon (ITA) DEF: Rio Ferdinand (ENG) DEF: Allesandro Nesta (ITA) DEF: Sol Campbell (ENG) DEF: Fabio Cannavaro (ITA) MID: Zinedine Zidane (FRA) MID: Rui Costa (POR) MID: David Beckham (ENG) MID: Luis Figo (POR) FWD: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (HOL) FWD: Thierry Henry (FRA) RES: Oliver Kahn (GER) RES: Marcel Desailly (FRA) RES: Ryan Giggs (WAL) RES: Sergio Conceicao (POR) RES: Christian Vieri (ITA)
With those midfielders the team would concede lots of goals in each match, remove Beckham and RVN add Nedved & Davids and 4 CBs would be alot remove Ferdinand & Cannavaro and add a LB and RB.
conmebol oscar cordoba-Colombia zanetti-argentina samuel-argentina ivan cordoba-Colombia r carlos-Brasil gilberto silva-Brasil veron-argentina aimar-argentina ronaldinho-Brasil saviola-argentina ronaldo-Brasil subs dida-Brasil delacruz-ecuador gamarra-paraguay emerson-Brasil david pizarro-chile claudio pizarro-peru hernan crespo-argentina alvaro recoba-uruguay Brasil, argentina -6 colombia-2 peru,chile,ecuador,paraguay and uruguay -1
Oceania: Australian national team, plus Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand), Esala Masi (Fiji), and possibly Simon Elliott (New Zealand).
Both of the above CONCACAF teams aren't the best the confederation can offer. Starting XI GK Brad Friedel (USA) LB Gilberto Martinez (Costa Rica) CB Rafael Marquez (Mexico) CB Eddie Pope (USA) RB Ramon Morales (Mexico) DM Gerardo Torrado (Mexico) LM Rolando Fonseca (Costa Rica) RM Claudio Reyna (USA) AM Landon Donovan (USA) CF Brian McBride (USA) ST Jared Borgetti (Mexico) Reserves: GK Tim Howard (USA) GK Kasey Keller (USA) DF Samuel Caballero (Honduras) DF Salvador Carmona (Mexico) DF Mauricio Wright (Costa Rica) MF Jesus Arellano (Mexico) MF Ricardo Gardner (Jamaica) MF Eddie Lewis (USA) MF John O'Brien (USA) FW Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico) FW Tomas Radzinski (Canada) FW Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica) Also deserving mention at forward, IMO, are Stern John (Trinidad & Tobago), Saul Martinez (Honduras), and Antonio de Nigris (Mexico). For the defense: how has Manuel Vidrio been playing lately?
Re: sigh... american = all lies, probably an intelligence report. oceania = water, weak, honest. At least i say we are weak but we never are given a chance to grow.
Elninho we have a thread in the Oceania forum where an Oceania representative team is being selected - https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61083. Have a look and have your say. Crowdie.