![22 June 2006: United States starting eleven. Front row (l to r): DaMarcus Beasley (USA), Landon Donovan (USA), Claudio Reyna (USA), Eddie Lewis (USA), Steve Cherundolo (USA). Back row (l to r): Carlos Bocanegra (USA), Oguchi Onyewu (USA), Jimmy Conrad (USA), Brian McBride (USA), Kasey Keller (USA), Clint Dempsey (USA). Ghana defeated the United States 2-1 at the Frankenstadion in Nuremberg, Germany in match 42, a Group E first round game, of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. With the victory, Ghana advanced to the second round, while the United States was eliminated with the loss. (Photo by Wade Jackson/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/GB7T7JTIGYBBH7T6EXLHYPI5FA.jpg?auth=83047cf25e26d386da31ca28ba01597a7e9372c0c2617617a6d63fc692e01b8e&width=360&height=203&focal=1523%2C840)
Kieran Quaile
WORLD CUP 2022
WORLD CUP 2022
At the end of a year and a decade, France Football have selected their best XI of the last 10 years - a team which recognises Spain's LaLiga, notes Alfredo Relaño.
The first game Spain played after winning the World Cup was in Argentina, a friendly that was basically a result of cronyism...