We’ve made it through seven qualifiers, with the USA qualifying for next year’s hexagonal after just six matches. We’ve taken the player ratings from America’s top soccer writers and averaged them for you, in the hope that it will provide some insight into the players’ performance. Below are the average player ratings after the first seven qualifiers. With the semi-final round of qualifying nearly complete, the averages are starting to take shape (other than a few players who haven’t played many minutes), giving a fairly objective idea of how the boys have performed so far.
| PLAYER | APPS | STARTS | AVG. RATING |
| GK | |||
| HOWARD, Tim | 4 | 4 | 6.58 |
| GUZAN, Brad | 3 | 3 | 4.67 |
| DEF | |||
| ONYEWU, Oguchi | 5 | 5 | 6.47 |
| BOCANEGRA, Carlos | 5 | 5 | 6.33 |
| MOORE, Drew | 1 | 1 | 6.00 |
| CHERUNDOLO, Steve | 4 | 4 | 5.83 |
| CALIFF, Danny | 2 | 2 | 5.50 |
| PEARCE, Heath | 7 | 7 | 5.43 |
| OROZCO, Michael | 1 | 1 | 5.17 |
| DEMERIT, Jay | 1 | 1 | 5.00 |
| HEJDUK, Frankie | 3 | 2 | 4.28 |
| MID | |||
| DONOVAN, Landon | 5 | 5 | 6.27 |
| MASTROENI, Pablo | 2 | 2 | 6.17 |
| BRADLEY, Michael | 6 | 6 | 6.11 |
| BEASLEY, DaMarcus | 7 | 6 | 6.10 |
| THORRINGTON, John | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| TORRES, Jose Fransisco | 2 | 1 | 5.92 |
| ADU, Freddy | 4 | 2 | 5.88 |
| KLJESTAN, Sacha | 5 | 4 | 5.40 |
| CLARK, Ricardo | 1 | 0 | 5.33 |
| LEWIS, Eddie | 4 | 2 | 5.21 |
| SZETELA, Danny | 2 | 1 | 5.00 |
| EDU, Maurice | 3 | 2 | 4.22 |
| FWD | |||
| DAVIES, Charlie | 1 | 0 | 6.67 |
| DEMPSEY, Clint | 5 | 5 | 6.20 |
| CHING, Brian | 5 | 5 | 6.07 |
| ALTIDORE, Jozy | 2 | 1 | 5.83 |
| JOHNSON, Eddie | 2 | 0 | 5.50 |
| ROLFE, Chris | 2 | 0 | 5.00 |
| BARRETT, Chad | 1 | 0 | NR |
Filed under: Depth Chart | Tagged: concacaf, soccer, united states, world cup
