Imo, he's been the best player out of this region since he was lighting up the Mexican league and Mexican national team.
I have to agree...I would say the top 10 are 1. Javier Hernandez 2. Bryan Ruiz 3. Clint Dempsey 4. Landon Donovan 5. Rafael Marquez (I know he's aging, but he's still a terrific defender) 6. Tim Howard 7. Wilson Palacios 8. Carlos Vela (He really needs to get out of Arsenal though and get some playing time) 9. Kenwyne Jones 10. Oguchi Onyewu (Though he's been injured for awhile)
I'm pretty sure Gio, Guardado and Juarez should be in the list. of the ..., only Donovan deserves to be in the list, the rest of the nads have no real individual talent to be among the top ten. imho
Juarez not yet and Gio has not done much at the club level. Dempsey definitely belongs on the list but Gooch not so much.
I would even throw Kenwyne Jones higher on that list. Holden and Dempsey seem to be doing well out of the yanks abroad section.
This is true.... but Chicharito is just being amazing as of late. Jones is consistent, and has had this respect already, but hasnt reached 'superstar' status yet.... Chicharito is starting tgo build ALOT of hype.... I hope the kid can keep it up though. Jones has been playinjg well for Schalke though, a goal and a couple assists if i remember right in the CL.
Well I figured people would disagree with Onyewu, but I mean previous guys who were mentioned, the Mexicans in particular are no better than he is, I mean it's wide open for #10 in general. I just threw in who I thought #10 in my opinion was. Jermaine Jones is another excellent option though. My biggest surprise is that no one complained about my inclusion of Palacios. I have him there because he's actually an excellent midfielder, and Im glad no one (well not yet anyways) has given me hell for that lol Among countries that weren't represented in the top 10 I only considered 2 Canadians (Hutchinson and De Rosario), 2 Jamaicans (Fuller and Shelton), and one Panamanian (Blas Perez). It's clear that the best players are for the most part from US/Mexico/CR/Honduras
At the highest level in europe he has. Before that he was semi' unproven outside of mexico. He is showing his value though now, and hopefully he can only keep getting better.
What! Buddle scored 17 goals in 25 games. how is he not the best? http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/edson-buddle/leistungsdaten/spieler_26825.html Definite scoring in the big 4 is more impressive than scoring in other leagues, the champions is also impressive even when scoring against teams from small leagues. The Eredivisie is not as impresive as before, outside the top 3 teams the rest of the league is average in my opinion. I would also be impressed if concacaf players could play in the Brazilian league, any concacaf players down there? Lets see: Ruiz had 4 goals and 4 assists, but they have been against the "other 15", and no goals in the Champions. Hernandez has scored 6 goals and 1 assist, of the 3 league goals have been against "not top 5" but he scored in the Champions and he did score against Chelsea . So by that Hernandez is definite the best forward in concacaf at the moment. Now Best of the Best? Now Forwards get a lot of hype, are forwards always the best players? Maybe, so if forwards are the best players, then yes Hernandez is the best player in concacaf. Palacios (injured right?) and Dempsey should receive considerations as best midfielders (Donovan for best National team midfielder) Onyewu* and Salcido as best defenders (any Central American/Caribbean that I am forgetting?) And Howard as best goalkeeper. * Onyewu has not played much this year (1 game) so I am mostly going on talent and the fact that I do not know many Defenders of his category outside Bocanegra and Maza Rod. I am sure that there got to be CB or FB that are getting PT right now that could be considered better that Onyewu.
Just to let you guys know...Bryan Ruiz is playing as a attacking/creative midfielder this season under new coach Prued'homme...IMO his level of play is better this year especially since he is pretty good at creating danger and defending. But I gotta give props to Chicharrito...he is proving to be a stud with a World Class team like Man United...he is definitely the best foward in Concacaf. This kid is also very humble which makes me not hate him even though Mexico is a rival of Costa Rica in CONCACAF . I also think Gilberto Martinez should be considered top 10 in CONCACAF....he has played every minute this season with Brescia in Serie A playing at a high level...it's too bad his team has no offense at all...but Tuma seems to be back to his old days after 3 years of injury. I'm also pretty sure that Ricardo Lavolpe will call him up for Costa Rica because he is by far our best defender.
Still too early on Holden -- maybe he'll be that kinda good, maybe not. Dempsey is way too inconsistent for me. At his best, he looks really good; but he disappears too much of the time. And his first touch is still too poor. And I say all that as a fan.
He was a beast against PSV. I don't know where he ranks against other CONCACAF players, but Ruiz is undoubtedly a great player in his own right, whether he's scoring goals or creating them.
Not really to be honest, but he gets results. As long as he more or less gets along with the press and federation.
Ruiz led his team to its first ever championship last season, just a few months back, and he scored 23 goals while not being a full-blown striker, this season he's playing even farther back, at a more creative and defensive role, and he's still scoring and assisting consistently, he plays a different role than Chicharito, who is amazing in his own right, so comparing the two isn't quite an equal match.