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2010 Football World Cup Graphs

A team's strategy in one graph

By Javier López Peña and Hugo Touchette
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary, University of London

Mexico

Last formation against Uruguay.
Mexico

Player

Passes made

Passes received

Centrality

1 - Oscar PEREZ

18

9

0.0000

2 - Francisco RODRIGUEZ

40

32

0.0060

3 - Carlos SALCIDO

31

30

0.0060

4 - Rafael MARQUEZ

43

46

0.0060

5 - Ricardo OSORIO

35

33

0.0060

6 - Gerardo TORRADO

37

47

0.0060

14 - Javier HERNANDEZ

8

11

0.0444

16 - Efrain JUAREZ

22

23

0.0556

17 - Giovani DOS SANTOS

21

21

0.0615

18 - Andres GUARDADO

17

20

0.0060

21 - Adolfo BAUTISTA

3

3

0.0028

USA

Last formation against Ghana.
USA

Player

Passes made

Passes received

Centrality

1- Tim HOWARD

21

14

0.0025

3 - Carlos BOCANEGRA

24

21

0.0080

4 - Michael BRADLEY

29

28

0.0080

6 - Steve CHERUNDOLO

33

27

0.0080

8 - Clint DEMPSEY

21

29

0.0080

10 - Landon DONOVAN

27

30

0.0080

12 - Jonathan BORNSTEIN

15

9

0.0056

13 - Ricardo CLARK

6

10

0.0025

15 - Jay DeMERIT

24

22

0.0080

17 - Jozy ALTIDORE

11

19

0.0025

20 - Robbie FINDLEY

8

10

0.0056

  • Centers of the network: Carlos BOCANEGRA (3), Michael BRADLEY (4), Clint DEMPSEY (8), Jay DeMERIT (15)
  • Centrality is well distributed; low number of passes (average of 219 per game). USA may have a problem with technique rather than tactics.

Argentina

Last formation against Germany.
USA

Player

Passes made

Passes received

Centrality

22 - Sergio ROMERO

13

8

0.0049

2 - Martin DEMICHELIS

30

26

0.0145

4 - Nicolas BURDISSO

23

19

0.0120

6 - Gabriel HEINZE

31

30

0.0120

7 - Angel DI MARIA

19

25

0.0049

9 - Gonzalo HIGUAIN

14

17

0.0120

10 - Lionel MESSI

32

37

0.0049

11 - Carlos TEVEZ

20

28

0.0049

14 - Javier MASCHERANO

36

31

0.0145

15 - Nicolas OTAMENDI

23

20

0.0120

20 - Maxi RODRIGUEZ

29

29

0.0145

© HT, JL 2010