By: COLIN REESE
These rankings aren’t based on skill alone, but they are a subjective ranking of American footballers factoring in skill, club form, international form, and athleticism. It’s impossible to weigh the various criteria evenly, and trying to compare attackers to midfielders to defenders to goalkeepers is even more difficult, as each position has different but equally important skill-sets.
Here are World Soccer Source’s rankings of the Best American Footballers as of August 2014:
1. Clint DEMPSEY
2. Landon DONOVAN
3. Michael BRADLEY
4. Fabian JOHNSON
5. Tim HOWARD
6. Jermaine JONES
7. Benny FEILHABER
8. Geoff CAMERON
9. Juan AGUDELO
10. Joe CORONA
11. DeAndre YEDLIN
12. Mix DISKERUD
13. Jozy ALTIDORE
14. Brad GUZAN
15. Maurice EDU
16. Eddie JOHNSON
17. John BROOKS
18. Benji JOYA
19. Dillon POWERS
20. Shane O’NEILL
21. Robbie ROGERS
22. Chris KLUTE
23. Michael OROZCO
24. Michael PARKHURST
25. Matt BESLER
26. Julian GREEN
27. Andrew FARRELL
28. Lee NGUYEN
29. Kellyn ACOSTA
30. Gyasi ZARDES