The US 30: By the Numbers

Here are some numbers on the 30 players in the USMNT's preliminary roster:

31.03: The average number of caps amongst the 30 players.

19.17: The average number of caps amongst the 6 forwards.

41.8: The average number of caps amongst the final 23-man roster for the 2006 World Cup.

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121: The number of caps for Landon Donovan, the highest of all 30 players, and more than all the forwards combined.

1: The number of caps for Edson Buddle, the lowest total amongst the 30.  His lone appearance came as a late substitute against Venezuela in 2003.

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6: The number of forwards on the roster.

3: The number of forwards without an international goal (Findley, Buddle, Gomez).

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9: The number of MLS players on the roster, making MLS the most represented league on the roster.

12: The number of leagues that the 30 players have played in over the past season, with the EPL employing the most Yanks out of the other 11 leagues represented in the group.

4: Chivas USA, the Columbus Crew, the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Rangers all have two players on the roster, the only teams with more than one representative.

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23: The number of players who have played in MLS at some point in their careers.

21: The number of players who played college soccer.

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14: The number of US states represented amongst the 30 players, in terms of place of birth.

3: The number of countries represented amongst the 30 players, in terms of place of birth, with Benny Feilhaber (Brazil) and Stuart Holden (Scotland) being the only non-US born players in the group.

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31: The average age of the goalkeepers.

27.33: The average age of the defenders.

26.17: The average age of the forwards.

24.67: The average age of the midfielders. 

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7: The number of players who did not play in any of the Hexagonal qualification matches last year:  Hahnemann, Goodson, Bedoya, Findley, Gomez, Buddle, and Johnson.

4: The number of forwards out of the 6 on the roster who did not play in any Hexagonal qualifiers.

5: The number of players who did not play in any 2010 World Cup qualifiers (Johnson and Goodson played in qualifiers in 2008).

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10: The number of players who were also on the final 2006 World Cup roster: Howard, Bocanegra, Cherundolo, Dempsey, Johnson, Ching, Beasley, Hahnemann, Donovan, Onyewu.

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Feel free to contribute some numbers of your own in the comments section if you can think of any that I missed. Also, if I made a mistake anywhere along the way, feel free to correct me; I know I'm not infallible.