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One may see their recent results here, in fact every result they have had within reason.

ELO Ratings #5: http://eloratings.net/Netherlands.htm

ELO system is the same as what Chess Players have long been rated by.

If one draws Estonia and Japan, even in friendlies, I guess your rating might drop a little.

FIFA ratings for comparison: http://www.soccerway.com/teams/rankings/fifa/

Longest header in World Cup play since 1970 in regards to Van Persie’s first goal. That was a thing of beauty, most of the Dutch playing was in fact. They got away from that style for awhile.

Here is a fairly simple look at the World Cup groups, table-wise from a website that largely comes out of Holland (and England):

http://us.soccerway.com/international/world/world-cup/2014-brazil/group-stage/r16351/

Here is our group G table: http://us.soccerway.com/international/world/world-cup/2014-brazil/group-stage/group-g/g4841/

Discussions on our USA soccer team, http://forums.bigsoccer.com/forums/usa-men.131/

I don’t participate their but you might find some interesting reading.