20 Players To Look At During Soccer Matches

The World Cup is a little over 6 months away. Even if the US doesn't go far, there are lots of players to look for. Soccer is the #1 watched sport everywhere else in the world. Here are some players to help you get on board with that.

1. Christiano Ronaldo

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Ronaldo plays for Real Madrid and you can catch him in the World Cup playing for Portugal.

2. Robin van Persie

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Robin van Persie plays for Manchester United and will be playing for Netherlands in The 2014 World Cup.

3. Cesc Fàbregas

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Fàbregas plays for Barcelona and will be representing Spain in Brazil at the 2014 World Cup.

4. James Milner

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Milner plays for Manchester City and will be representing England for the World Cup.

5. Theo Walcott

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Walcott plays for Arsenal. His country is England.

6. César Azpilicueta

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Plays for Chelsea (boo, hiss). Joins Fàbregas to play for Spain.

7. Ross Barkley

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Barkley plays for Everton and England. (Surprise... England is full of hotties)

8. Claudio Marchisio

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This stud plays for Juventas and represents the Italian national team.

9. Manuel Neuer

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Plays keeper for Bayern Munich and plays for Germany.

10. Nuri Sahin

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This guy bounces around and was once on loan to Liverpool. His club is Borussia Dortmund. His country is Turkey. Sadly, they didn't make the cut for the World Cup.

11. Georgios Samaras

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Plays for Celtic, a Scottish club team. He plays for the Greece national team.

12. Geoffrey Kondogbia

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Club team: AC Monaco

Country: France

13. Alessandro Matri

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Matri's club is A.C. Milan and his country is Italy. In case you haven't noticed, Italy is full of beautiful soccer players.

14. Lucas Moura

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Lucas Moura plays for Paris St. Germaine football club and for the Brazil national team. (Brazil is hosting the 2014 World Cup)

15. Juan Manuel Martínez

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Plays for Boca Juniors FC and Argentinian National team.

16. Landon Donovan

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USA! USA! USA! Also plays for LA Galaxy (the team that signed Beckham for an obscene amount of money)

17. Aras Ozbiliz

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Aras Ozbiliz plays for Spartak Moscow and the Armenian national team.

18. Tim Cahill

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Tim Cahill plays for New York Red Bulls (MLS) and will be playing for Australia in the 2014 World Cup. Australia drew a pretty rough group so be sure to catch him early on.

19. Keisuke Honda

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Honda plays for the Japan national team so he'll be facing off against #11 Georgios Samaras from Greece. Honda's current club is CSKA Moscow.

20. Niko Kranjčar

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Niko Kranjčar is on loan to Queens Park Rangers and will play for Croatia in the World Cup.