Posted on July 4, 2012
The United States dropped eight spots to 36th place in the latest FIFA rankings, which were released on Tuesday.
The Americans (687 points) retained second place in the CONCACAF pecking order to leader Mexico (832), which remained 19th in the FIFA rankings.
Panama was third in CONCACAF and 48th overall, followed by Haiti, fifth in the confederation and 62nd overall.
The U.S., which defeated Antigua & Barbuda in World Cup qualifying, 3-1, and Scotland in an international friendly, was not helped by three other results that resulted in a 0-1-2 record — a 4-1 home loss to Brazil, a scoreless friendly draw at Canada and a 1-1 World Cup qualifying tie in Guatemala.
Haiti was among the most active CONCACAF countries, jumping nine places from 71st to 62nd place.
In the overall FIFA rankings, newly crowned European champion Spain (1,691) not surprisingly retained the top spot, followed by Germany, Uruguay, England, Portland, Italy, Argentina, Netherlands, Croatia and Denmark.
To view the entire rankings, visit www.fifa.com.
Here are the CONCACAF teams that were ranked (FIFA ranking, CONCACAF ranking, country, points, movement up or down):
19 1 Mexico 832 0
36 2 USA 687 -8
48 3 Panama 612 -2
57 4 Costa Rica 541 8
62 5 Haiti 503 9
63 6 Honduras 496 -8
63 7 Jamaica 496 -3
67 8 El Salvador 487 -12
68 9 Canada 474 9
80 10 Trinidad and Tobago 432 2
88 11 Guatemala 401 -3
106 12 Antigua and Barbuda 326 -1
109 13 Guyana 304 -5
112 14 St. Kitts and Nevis 301 2
117 15 Bermuda 281 -8
130 16 Dominican Republic 247 3
131 17 Belize 242 4
132 18 Suriname 240 -4
140 19 Puerto Rico 210 -3
141 20 Nicaragua 209 0
142 21 Grenada 204 2
145 22 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 196 1
150 23 Cuba 171 -5
158 24 Curaçao 138 2
164 25 Aruba 120 1
170 26 Barbados 100 8
171 27 Bahamas 99 -9
172 28 Dominica 95 1
177 29 US Virgin Islands 85 5
178 30 Cayman Islands 72 7
186 31 St. Lucia 52 2
199 32 British Virgin Islands 13 1
202 33 Anguilla 4 -1
205 34 Montserrat 0 1
205 35 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1
Photo: Juergen Klinsmann cannot be a happy camper when he heard of the U.S. falling in the FIFA rankings. Wade Jackson/YCJ
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