Posted on October 3, 2012

Mexico moved up two spots into the 19th position in the monthly FIFA rankings that were released on Wednesday morning.

El Tri also remained their No. 1 ranking among CONCACAF teams, followed by the United States, which climbed a spot into 32nd place.

Panama, third in CONCACAF, jumped seven spots to 43rd place, followed by No. 4 Jamaica which moved up eight positions. Haiti, which is not among the 12 teams competing in the World Cup semifinal round in CONCACAF, leaped 17 spots to 60th overall and into fifth place in the confederation.

Spain remained atop the entire poll, followed by Germany, Portugal, Argentina and England. The Netherlands, Uruguay, Italy, Colombia and Greece round out the top 10.

For the entire ranking list, visit www.fifa.com.

The CONCACAF rankings (FIFA rankings, CONCACAF rankings, team, points):

19. 1. Mexico 925

32. 2. USA 720

43. 3. Panama 625

52 .4. Jamaica 583

60 5. Haiti 524 17

61 6. Canada 516

66. 7. Honduras 500

72. 8. Costa Rica 465

77. 9. Trinidad and Tobago 442

78. 10. El Salvador 441

81. 11. Guatemala 431

102. 12. Dominican Republic 346

106. 13. Antigua and Barbuda 324

120. 14. Bermuda 277

122. 15. Guyana 276

122. 16. St. Kitts and Nevis 276

129. 17. Puerto Rico 244

130. 18. Suriname 243

134. 19. Grenada 234

138. 20. Nicaragua 210

143. 21. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 190

144. 22. Belize 188

146. 23. Cuba 179

151. 24. Curaçao

152. 25. Barbados 158

154. 26. Aruba 154

156. 27. Dominica 146

179. 28. US Virgin Islands 70

181. 29. Bahamas 66

181. 30. Montserrat 66

183. 31. Cayman Islands 65

185. 32. St. Lucia 55

195. 33. British Virgin Islands 34

204. 34. Anguilla 4

207. 35. Turks and Caicos Islands 0

Photo: Andres Guardado and his Mexican teammates find themselves 19th in this month’s FIFA rankings. Scott Bales/YCJ

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