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USMNT drop one place to No. 14 in latest FIFA rankings

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By DAN KARELL

The U.S. Men’s National Team fell one place in the March FIFA Rankings to No. 14 following their 2-0 defeat to Ukraine.

Now sitting between No. 13 Greece and No. 15 Chile, the USMNT were penalized for their defeat last month. Another reason for the one-place fall is that the USMNT’s 2-1 victory against El Salvador in March 2010 is now outside of the FIFA ranking calculations.

The U.S. still are the highest ranked nation in CONCACAF, ahead of No. 20 Mexico, No. 19 Panama, No. 34 Costa Rica, and No. 36 Honduras. Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras each moved up places in the latest rankings.

Belgium moved into the top ten in the rankings, swapping with the Netherlands, who are now No. 11. The top ten is lead with Spain followed by Germany, Argentina, Portugal, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Italy, Brazil, and finally Belgium.

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What do you think of this news? Do you agree with the ranking? Surprised the U.S. didn’t drop further? Do you expect them to move after their match against Mexico on April 2?

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Comments

  1. Off topic, but man, I love having Fabian Johnson on the USMNT. He’s going to kill it at the World Cup and then with Borussia Mongladbech (borussia mönchengladbach, after googling).

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  2. The terribly bland and boring polo uniforms are worth a 10 point drop alone! And it’s just harder to run in the extra long pants. Bad job by Nike all the way around. Too bad Julian Green isn’t in the mix. I hear he has great speed — something we need more of.

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    • It’s far from perfect but I actually like having these rankings. I don’t think we should be rated so highly. Between 20 and 30 seems to be about right.

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      • Agreed. They aren’t perfect, but they give you something that at least first glance tells you the relative strength of a given team.

        US is a bit overrated – I’d put them somewhere between 15-25, depending on whether they decided to show up on a given day.

      • You are all idiots just like FIFA. Anybody with half a brain knows that we should be ranked 11th!!!!!!

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