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US Climbs to 16th in FIFA Rankings

By Kartik Krishnaiyer

June 13, 2007

The FIFA rankings seemed to favorable to the USA when the National Team was ranked 5th entering last year’s FIFA World Cup. The rankings seemed slightly biased against the USA when the nats were ranked 29th last month. But thanks to a strong start in the Gold Cup (which under FIFA’s new rankings formula hold additional weight) the US National Team is ranked 16th in the world, which is about where they belong. Italy retained its number one ranking, and France, Brazil, Germany and Argentina rounded out the top 5.

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