Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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

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