By: COLIN REESE
These rankings are a subjective ranking of American soccer players, and there is no way to equally weigh skill, experience, club form, international form, and the like into the ranking of players.
Furthermore, ranking players of various positions makes placing a numerical rank on a player even harder as each position brings with it its own importance and skill-set.
While attacking midfielders and strikers are usually more technically-skilled, every position requires important unique skill-sets and overall technical skill.
Below are the rankings of The Best American Footballers (July 2014):
1. Clint DEMPSEY (Seattle Sounders)
2. Fabian JOHNSON (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
3. Jermaine JONES (Besiktas)
4. Michael BRADLEY (Toronto FC)
5. Landon DONOVAN (LA Galaxy)
6. Tim HOWARD (Everton)
7. Geoff CAMERON (Stoke City)
8. Benny FEILHABER (Sporting KC)
9. Joe CORONA (Tijuana)
10. Juan AGUDELO
11. Brad GUZAN (Aston Villa)
12. Mix DISKERUD (Rosenborg)
13. Jozy ALTIDORE (Sunderland)
14. Maurice EDU (Philadelphia Union)
15. DeAndre YEDLIN (Seattle Sounders)
16. John Anthony BROOKS (Hertha Berlin)
17. DaMarcus BEASLEY (Puebla)
18. Alejandro BEDOYA (Nantes)
19. Michael OROZCO (Puebla)
20. Matt BESLER (Sporting KC)
21. Julian GREEN (Bayern Munich)
22. Benji JOYA (Chicago Fire)
23. Eddie JOHNSON (DC United)
24. Terrence BOYD (RB Leipzig)
25. Greg GARZA (Tijuana)
26. Dillon POWERS (Colorado Rapids)
27. Chris KLUTE (Colorado Rapids)
28. Andrew FARRELL (New England Revolution)
29. Joe GYAU (Borussia Dortmund II)
30. Kofi SARKODIE (Houston Dynamo)
31. Paul ARRIOLA (Tijuana)
32. Luis GIL (Real Salt Lake)
33. Mario RODRIGUEZ (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
34. Kellyn ACOSTA (FC Dallas)
35. Dillon SERNA (Colorado Rapids)
36. Alonso HERNANDEZ (Monterrey)
37. Caleb STANKO (SC Freiburg)
38. Chris SCHULER (Real Salt Lake)
39. José VILLARREAL (LA Galaxy/Cruz Azul)
40. Edgar CASTILLO (Atlas)