Table 4. Validation of methodology using 2013 data (own calculation).
| World Cup Team | Selected Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Name | Position | Score | Rank |
| José Corona | GK | Jonathan Orozco | GK | .7636 | (1) |
| Guillermo Ochoa | GK | José Corona | GK | .6245 | (2) |
| Alfredo Talavera | GK | Oswaldo Sánchez | GK | .6025 | (3) |
| Francisco Rodríguez | D | Carlos Salcido | LB | .8345 | (1) |
| Carlos Salcido | D | Andrés Guardado | LB | .7969 | (2) |
| Rafael Márquez | D | Enrique Pérez | CB | .7334 | (2) |
| Diego Reyes | D | Héctor Moreno | CB | .7099 | (3) |
| Miguel Layún | D | Luis Fuentes | CB | .6941 | (4) |
| Héctor Moreno | D | Diego Reyes | CB | .6453 | (5) |
| Miguel Ponce | D | Hiriam Mier | CB | .6373 | (6) |
| Andrés Guardado | D | Paul Guilar | RB | .6805 | (2) |
| Paul Aguilar | D | Iván Estrada | RB | .6489 | (3) |
| Héctor Herrera | M | Giovani dos Santos | LM | .8896 | (1) |
| Marco Fabian | M | Hector Herrera | CDM | .7483 | (2) |
| Isaac Brizuela | M | Carlos Peña | CDM | .7270 | (3) |
| Javier Aquino | M | Carlos Vela | CAM | .8717 | (1) |
| Carlos Peña | M | Marco Fabián | CAM | .7915 | (2) |
| José Vázquez | M | Javier Aquino | RM | .7083 | (3) |
| Raúl Jiménez | ST | Javier Hernández | ST | .8048 | (1) |
| Giovani dos Santos | ST | Oribe Peralta | ST | .7491 | (2) |
| Alan Pulido | ST | Aldo de Nigris | ST | .6417 | (4) |
| Javier Hernández | ST | Rafael Márquez Lugo | ST | .6357 | (5) |
| Oribe Peralta | ST | Miguel Sabah | ST | .6221 | (6) |