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World Cup for the Ages

Related Topics: FIFA World Cup, Julian Green

As the US Men’s National Team wrapped up their final International window before heading to the World Cup in Qatar they are posed to possibly have one of the youngest teams in World Cup history if the roster allows.Since the 1950 World Cup, there have been eight teams with an average below 24.0, with the best finish among those eight teams being the 1966 North Korea n team who lost in the quarterfinal to Portugal and had an average roster age of 22.455, Turkey was the team with the next best-finish at the 1954 World Cup and had an average age of 23.