July FIFA Rankings - US moves jumps but Mexico jumps higher
The new FIFA rankings are out and the USA has edged up two spots due to their Gold Cup run. However, even though they are champions of Concacaf, they are not the highest ranked side. That honor goes to Mexico who return to the top 20 this month thanks in large part to their Copa America work.
The other big news is that Brazil has recaptured the number one spot that they lost back in February.
Here is the top 20:
Teams moving into the top 20: Mexico, Serbia, Uruguay.
Teams moving out of the top 20: Poland, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana
Obviously the confederation cups have helped non-European teams out this past month. Still, it will be interesting to see if England's slide out of the top 10 gets their press heated up like it did in September '05 (the last time they were out of the top 10).
Anyway, the teams that jumped up the most were Mongolia (up 20 to 173), North Korea (up 21 to 115), Bolivia (up 24 to 68) and Vietnam (up 25 to 117). Those who fell the most were Ghana (down 18 to 37), Jamaica (down 25 to 93) and Burkina Faso (down 25 to 84).
Here is the way Concacaf ranks up:
Rank Team
10 Mexico
14 USA
50 Costa Rica
52 Canada
57 Panama
63 Honduras
65 Trinidad and Tobago
75 Guatemala
90 Cuba
92 Haiti
93 Jamaica
100 Guyana
103 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
118 Barbados
125 Suriname
130 Bermuda
131 Antigua and Barbuda
134 El Salvador
140 Dominican Republic
142 St. Kitts and Nevis
148 Bahamas
153 Nicaragua
156 Grenada
157 St. Lucia
166 Turks and Caicos Islands
174 Netherlands Antilles
179 British Virgin Islands
184 Dominica
185 Cayman Islands
194 Puerto Rico
196 Anguilla
199 Belize
199 US Virgin Islands
199 Montserrat
199 Aruba
The other big news is that Brazil has recaptured the number one spot that they lost back in February.
Here is the top 20:
| Rank | Team | June Rank | Change |
| 1. | Brazil | 3 | +1 |
| 2. | Argentina | 5 | +3 |
| 3. | Italy | 1 | -2 |
| 4. | France | 2 | -2 |
| 5. | Germany | 4 | -1 |
| 6. | Netherlands | 9 | +3 |
| 7. | Croatia | 11 | +4 |
| 8. | Portugal | 6 | -2 |
| 9. | Spain | 7 | -2 |
| 10. | Mexico | 26 | +16 |
| 11. | Czech Republic | 10 | -1 |
| 12. | England | 8 | -4 |
| 13. | Romania | 12 | -1 |
| 14. | USA | 16 | +2 |
| 15. | Cameroon | 14 | -1 |
| 16. | Greece | 15 | -1 |
| 17. | Serbia | 22 | +5 |
| 17. | Ukraine | 13 | -4 |
| 19. | Uruguay | 30 | +11 |
| 20. | Sweden | 17 | -3 |
Teams moving out of the top 20: Poland, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana
Obviously the confederation cups have helped non-European teams out this past month. Still, it will be interesting to see if England's slide out of the top 10 gets their press heated up like it did in September '05 (the last time they were out of the top 10).
Anyway, the teams that jumped up the most were Mongolia (up 20 to 173), North Korea (up 21 to 115), Bolivia (up 24 to 68) and Vietnam (up 25 to 117). Those who fell the most were Ghana (down 18 to 37), Jamaica (down 25 to 93) and Burkina Faso (down 25 to 84).
Here is the way Concacaf ranks up:
Rank Team
10 Mexico
14 USA
50 Costa Rica
52 Canada
57 Panama
63 Honduras
65 Trinidad and Tobago
75 Guatemala
90 Cuba
92 Haiti
93 Jamaica
100 Guyana
103 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
118 Barbados
125 Suriname
130 Bermuda
131 Antigua and Barbuda
134 El Salvador
140 Dominican Republic
142 St. Kitts and Nevis
148 Bahamas
153 Nicaragua
156 Grenada
157 St. Lucia
166 Turks and Caicos Islands
174 Netherlands Antilles
179 British Virgin Islands
184 Dominica
185 Cayman Islands
194 Puerto Rico
196 Anguilla
199 Belize
199 US Virgin Islands
199 Montserrat
199 Aruba
Labels: CONCACAF, FIFA, Fifa rankings, US MNT, US Soccer
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