US Men drop a spot in the FIFA rankings

Another month, another set of FIFA rankings.

Even with a win over number 5 Mexico, the US still fell a spot to seventh place. This is not too surprising since their rise to sixth place was, at least in part, due to most European sides not playing many matches during the last couple months. Now that Europe is playing again, their teams are increasing their point total.

Just look at France who moved up three spots into sixth. They added 33 points during the last month. Sweden and Denmark both added 32 but the big prize for points goes to Northern Ireland who gained 54 and moved up 15 spots (to 101st).

N Ireland's results came as a cost to England who lost five points and fell four spots. I'm sure the big story out of all this will be that England is no longer in the top 10. This is sure to spark even more anger in the hearts of English fans.

Other interesting news is that Germany fell four spots and the Republic of Ireland dropped seven places to 21st. CONCACAF got a third team into the top 20 thanks to Costa Rica.

Here is the top 20

Rank Team (+/-Rank) Pts: Sept 05
1 Brazil (0) 839
2 Netherlands (1) 785
3 Argentina (-1) 778
4 Czech Republic (0) 777
5 Mexico (0) 771
6 France (3) 770
7 USA (-1) 768
8 Spain (0) 750
9 Portugal (0) 743
10 Sweden (5) 740

11 England (-4) 738
12 Turkey (0) 731
13 Italy (0) 725
14 Denmark (4) 721
15 Germany (-4) 718
16 Japan (1) 716
17 Poland (5) 705
18 Iran (-3) 702
19 Costa Rica (2) 700
20 Greece (-2) 699