So, Where Are The Red Devils?

After watching Holland send vaunted Brazil back to Rio in shame in today's FIFA World Cup™ quarterfinals, I got to thinking it didn't seem there were many Premier League players left in the competition.

So, a little Google searching provided a couple of interesting facts I thought I'd share:

1)  There are more players from newly-promoted Newcastle United left in the World Cup than there are from Manchester United (awww, poor United - at least Nicky Butt should be thrilled!).

2)  There are a total of 17 Premier League players left in the World Cup (prior to the Uruguay vs. Ghana game today).

3)  Liverpool leads the way with six players left in the WC.  Manchester City is second with three.  Arsenal and Sunderland have two apiece.  (Doesn't it seem The Reds should have finished higher than seventh last season?).

Here is a list of Premier League players remaining in the World Cup (thanks digitalsportsdaily.com):

NED	F	Robin VAN PERSIE	Arsenal
ESP	M	Cesc FABREGAS	Arsenal
NED	D	John HEITINGA	Everton
GHA	D	John PANTSIL	Fulham
ARG	M	Javier MASCHERANO	Liverpool
ARG	M	Maxi RODRIGUEZ	Liverpool
NED	F	Dirk KUYT	Liverpool
NED	F	Ryan BABEL	Liverpool
ESP	F	Fernando TORRES	Liverpool
ESP	GK	Pepe REINA	Liverpool
ARG	F	Carlos TEVEZ	Manchester City
NED	M	Nigel DE JONG	Manchester City
PAR	F	Roque SANTA CRUZ	Manchester City
ARG	M	Jonas GUTIERREZ	Newcastle Utd.
GHA	D	John MENSAH	Sunderland
PAR	D	Paulo DA SILVA	Sunderland
GHA	GK	Richard KINGSON	Wigan