Much of the sports world is focused on the World Cup right now, and with football in the dead zone and basketball and hockey into their offseasons, it’s one of the quieter times on the sports calendar. And so, sports folks are trying to work in some World Cup hooks.
Over the past two weeks, NFL.com writer Adam Rank has been going division by division and listing out the top 11 players for each NFL team. Soccer teams use XI when they discuss 11 players (starting lineup, all-time best, etc), and so Rank decided to do that with each team’s franchise history.