Post what you guys think the American players should be rated for FIFA 13 (assuming the same scale as FIFA 12). I'll start: Dempsey - 83 Howard - 82 Donovan - 81 Friedel - 80 Bradley - 78 Holden - 77 Jones - 77 Altidore - 75 Guzan - 75 Onyewu - 75 Bocanegra - 74 F. Johnson - 74 Goodson - 73 Cameron - 73 Gomez - 72
Dempsey - 84 Howard - 83 Donovan - 81 Friedel - 80 Bradley - 80 F. Johnson - 79 Jones - 77 Holden - 76 Altidore - 76 Guzan - 75 Cameron - 75 Bocanegra - 74 Onyewu - 74 Gomez - 74 Goodson - 73
Pretty fair ratings; guys like Holden, Jones, Onyewu, Bocanegra may be a little high, but not by much, really only a couple points. Anyways, here's what I think, but I don't think all of these will be right at all; I don't see a lot of these guys play at their clubs since they may be overseas/lack of TV coverage, so I'm basing a lot of this off of what I've heard, and what I've seen from them, mostly for the USMNT: Dempsey: 83 Howard: 81 Donovan: 80 (no way he'll be any lower than this, and they'll probably still want to make him higher than Howard or Dempsey, simply because of name recognition Friedel: 79 Bradley: 76 Holden: 75 Jones: 75 Altidore: 75 Guzan: 75 Johnson: 74 Chandler: 73 Bocanegra: 72 Cameron: 72 Onyewu: 72 Cherundolo: 72 Gomez: 72 Goodson: 71 Other notables: Hamid: 67 Rimando: 71 Castillo: 67 Gonzalez: 71 Ream: 70 Edu: 68 Williams: 69 Beckerman: 72 Feilhaber: 71 Kljestan: 71 Zusi: 70 Shea: 70 Torres: 70 Beasley: 69 Corona: 67 Wondolowski: 72 (you can't keep the leading MLS goal-scorer at 71, or whatever he was at in the last roster update) Boyd: 68
Howard - 83 (Mr.Warmth is going to kill me) Dempsey - 83 Donovan - 81 Bradley - 80 F. Johnson - 78 Friedel - 78 Holden - 77 Jones - 77 Altidore - 77 Cameron - 76 Guzan - 75 Gomez - 75 Onyewu - 74 Bocanegra - 74 Boyd - 74 Shea - 74 Goodson - 73 Williams - 73 Corona - 72
I wish our team was this good, . I honestly seriously doubt Boyd will get such a high boost in points...same with Bradley, Johnson, Cameron, Gomez, Shea, Corona...all will get boosts, for sure (except maybe Shea, because of his recent club form), but I doubt EA will give 6-12 point jumps like you have there.
GK: Tim Howard(81), Brad Guzan(76), Sean Johnson(73) DF: Tim Chandler(77), Carlos Bocanegra(74), Geoff Cameron(76), Fabian Johnson(77), Steve Cherundolo(72), Eric Lichaj(74), Tim Ream(73), John Anthony Brooks(70) MF: Landon Donovan(80), Clint Dempsey(83), Michael Bradley(81), Brek Shea(75), Maurice Edu(74), Jemaine Jones(77), Stuart Holden(76), Danny Williams(75) FW: Jozy Altidore(78), Herculez Gomez(75), Terrence Boyd(73), Juan Agudelo(72) As of now, thats my projected 2014 WC roster.
Dempsey-86 Howard-85 Donovan-84 Bradley-83 Johnson-82 Friedel-81 Holden-81 Chandler-81 Altidore-80 Guzan-80 Gomez-79 Cameron-78 Jones-78 Bocanegra-77 Cherundolo-77 Shea-76 Pontius-76 Edu-76 Williams-75 Lichaj-75 Boyd-75 Kennedy-75 Rimando-75 Pickens-75 Wondolowski-74 Kljestan-74 Zusi-74 Adu-74 Torres-74 Gatt-74 Beckerman-74 Gonzalez-74 Goodson-74 Ream-74 Spector-73 Castillo-73 Johnson-73 Hamid-73 Meara-73 Parkhurst-73 John-73 Diskerud-72 Feilhaber-72 Hines-72 Marshall-72 Cooper-72 Clark-72 Larentowicz-72 Onyewu-71 Bedoya-71 Besler-71 DeLeon-71 Agudelo-71 Brooks-71 Morrow-71 Beitashour-71 McCarty-71 S. Williams-71 Whitbread-70 Pearce-70 Corona-70 Okugo-70 Nguyen-70 Morales-70 Sapong-70 Cronin-70 Davies-70 Bunbury-70 Gyau-70 Duka-70 Wooten-70 Lade-70 Loyd-70 Alston-70 Berry-70 Soares-70 Buddle-70 Kitchen-69 Beasley-69 McInerney-69 Gordon-69 Bruin-69 Johnson-69 Orozco-69 De la Garza-68 Rogers-68 Beltran-68 Gil-67 Salgado-67
http://www.chuzzz.com/UT13/ Keep in mind that EA Sports tweeted saying: "You should know you're looking at completely unfinished test data."
I saw the MLS all star team will be available for play. I wonder how many stars out of five that will merit.
I always rate the players to my liking. Left is what they will be and right will be my rating. Dempsey - 82/84 Howard - 81/83 Donovan - 81/82 Friedel - 80/80 Bradley - 79/80 Jones - 77/77 Holden - 75/76 Altidore - 74/74 Guzan - 74/76 Onyewu - 74/72 Chandler - 74/74 Bocanegra - 73/73 F. Johnson - 73/75 Goodson - 73/73 Torres - 72/72 Cameron - 71/73 Gomez - 70/74 Edu - 68/71
Keep in mind, since I work on these players in the EA database, that these players are based on individual attributes not overall ratings which we are talking here. So if you have negative comments about an "underrated" player when you inevitably find out the ratings, just know you'll get a tongue lashing from yours truly.
Considering normal MLS teams are 3.0 stars... The best MLS players are between 70-80 in rating. If the 18 can average 75 (entirely possible), then they will be 4 stars. Otherwise, 3.5
So then, here's FIFA's numbers so far: 81 - Dempsey, Donovan, Friedel 80 - Howard 78 - Bradley, Holden 77 - Jones 76 - Onyewu 75 - Guzan 74 - Altidore 73 - Beckerman, Cherundolo, Goodson, F Johnson, Williams 72 - Cameron, Rimando, Wondolowski 71 - Gomez, Kljestan, Lichaj, Ream, Torres 70 - Feilhaber, Gatt, Gonzalez, John, E Johnson, Spector, Zusi 69 - Adu, Larentowicz, Shea 68 - Beasley, Diskerud, Pearce, Pontius, Rogers 67 - Agudelo, Boyd 66 - Parkhurst 65 - Castillo, S Johnson, Orozco Fiscal 63 - Morales Not rated - Bedoya, Bocanegra, Corona, Edu. My guesses would be 69, 73, 65, 71 (since FIFA's Scottish evaluators hated Edu last year). A couple seem too low at first glance, such as Fabian Johnson and Cameron. A couple seem to high at first glance, like Onyewu and Beckerman.
I didnt work on the all stars but it'll definitely be 3.5 or 4. Funny enough, I hardly knew there would be an all star team till the other day
Anyone wanna see Dempsey get a fair shake finally? I think 84 is where he should be with at least an 86 dribbling rating. His heading accuracy should be high as well as his instinctual ratings like positioning/reactions/aggression. Donovan 80 Howard 82 Cameron 76 Altidore 76 Bradley 79/80 Chandler 80 Johnson 81 Onyewu 73 Jones 77 Holden 75 Ream 70 Gatt 72 Lichaj 73 Gomez 74 Bocanegra 73 Cherundolo 75 Edu 71
Cameron is on the Dynamo and it's Fifa policy to never rate anyone from them higher than 72. When he officially moves to stoke, he will immediately be bumped to 74 and it will fluctuate based on performance from there. See Stuart Holden's trend for comparison.
so why is he 71 on fifa 12 after it was his best year? I've really only played heavily the past 3 years, and my post was more of a joke than anything.
He is rated as a 71 when I play Fifa 12 but I think that may be due to the 4-3-3 I have adopted since the Dynamo changed formations.