US moves up in FIFA Rankings

The United States moved up a spot to 13th in the July 2010 FIFA Rankings released on Wednesday. The US gained 12 points during the rankings period that included the Australia friendly and the World Cup. They are tied with Serbia at 969 points. Mexico dropped seven slots to 24th.

This makes the US winning their group stage in the 2010 FIFA World Cup even more of an accomplishment, knowing that they shared a group with England (ranked #7) and Slovenia (ranked #19).

FIFA World Rankings: July 2010
Rank	Team	Points
1	Spain	1883
2	Holland	1659
3	Brazil	1536
4	Germany	1464
5	Argentina	1289
6	Uruguay	1152
7	England	1125
8	Portugal	1062
9	Egypt	1053
10	Chile	988
11	Italy	982
12	Greece	975
13	USA	969
13	Serbia	969
15	Croatia	968
16	Paraguay	961
17	Russia	956
18	Switzerland	940
19	Slovenia	917
20	Australia	911