June FIFA Rankings move the USA up to 16th

The rankings are out and in a bit of a surprise, the USA has catapulted up 13 spots from 29th to 16th. This movement has a lot to do with the Gold Cup results as confederation tournaments are worth more the qualifiers or friendlies.

In other 'surprise news', France has edged Brazil out of the number two spot in the world. Meanwhile, Mexico dropped six places to 26th, which Hugo Sanchez blamed on type of ballots FIFA uses to calculate the scores and has nothing to do with his coaching inabilities.

Here are the top 20:

Rank	Team	May Rank	Change
1.	Italy	1	0
2.	France	4	+2
3.	Brazil	2	-1
4.	Germany	5	+1
5.	Argentina	3	-2
6.	Portugal	7	+1
7.	Spain	9	+2
8.	England	8	0
9.	Netherlands	6	-3
10.	Czech Republic	10	0
11.	Croatia	12	+1
12.	Romania	15	+3
13.	Ukraine	11	-2
14.	Cameroon	13	-1
15.	Greece	16	+1
16.	USA	29	+13
17.	Sweden	22	+5
18.	Poland	18	0
19.	Ghana	28	+9
20.	Ivory Coast	25	+5

Teams moving into the top 20: USA, Sweden, Ghana, Ivory Coast.
Teams moving out of the top 20: Turkey, Scotland, Russia, Mexico.

Concacaf teams
16 USA
26 Mexico
46 Costa Rica
52 Panama
55 Honduras
56 Canada
68 Jamaica
73 Trinidad and Tobago
78 Cuba
81 Guatemala
95 Haiti
98 Guyana
106 St. Vincent / Grenadines
116 Barbados
120 Surinam
127 Bermuda
129 Antigua and Barbuda
130 El Salvador
138 St. Kitts and Nevis
140 Dominican Republic
148 Bahamas
151 Nicaragua
155 Grenada
160 St. Lucia
166 Turks and Caicos Islands
173 Netherlands Antilles
177 British Virgin Islands
179 Dominica
184 Cayman Islands
193 Puerto Rico
196 Anguilla
199 Belize
199 US Virgin Islands
199 Montserrat
199 Aruba