{
    "title": "Canada holds onto fourth place in CONCACAF",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:32:19",
    "published_at": "2007-12-17 09:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-holds-onto-fourth-place-in-concacaf",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/RzFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s men\u2019s national team held onto fourth position amongst CONCACAF countries in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. The latest rankings, released today, have Canada two points (and two places) behind Honduras in the overall rankings: Canada\u2019s 578 points from the past four years are ranked 55th a\u2026",
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    "body": "<p>Canada&rsquo;s men&rsquo;s national team held onto fourth position amongst CONCACAF countries in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. The latest rankings, released today, have Canada two points (and two places) behind Honduras in the overall rankings: Canada&rsquo;s 578 points from the past four years are ranked 55th amongst all FIFA national associations.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bM&eacute;xico (15th in the world) and the United States (19th) remain one-two amongst CONCACAF countries. Behind Honduras (53rd) and Canada (55th), next on the CONCACAF tree are Panama (67th), Haiti (69th), Costa Rica (70th) and Cuba (71st). Trinidad &amp; Tobago (81st), Jamaica (97th), St. Vincent &amp; the Grenadines (101st) and Guatemala (106th) round out the CONCACAF top-12.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe top-five countries in the world are still Argentina, Brasil, Italia, Espa&ntilde;a (Spain) and Deutschland (Germany). Their positions did not change from November to December.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada finished the 2007 season with a record of four wins, three draws and three losses. The highlight of the season was reaching the semi-final of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bIn 2008, Canada will start the road to the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 with a two-match series against St. Vincent &amp; the Grenadines in the June. Should they advance, they are expected to face (barring an upset) M&eacute;xico, Jamaica and Honduras. The six-game round-robin series (home-and-home with each opponent) will run from August to November 2008. M&eacute;xico, however, will first have to defeat the winner of Belize vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica will have to defeat the winner of Bahamas vs. British Virgin Islands, and Honduras will have to defeat the winner of Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<strong>World &ndash; CONCACAF &ndash; Country &ndash; Points</strong><br>\u200b<br>\u200b15t1t M&eacute;xicot982<br>\u200b<br>\u200b19t2t USAt876<br>\u200b<br>\u200b53t3t Hondurast578<br>\u200b<br>\u200b55t4t Canadat576<br>\u200b<br>\u200b67t5t Panamat487<br>\u200b<br>\u200b69t6t Haitit467<br>\u200b<br>\u200b70t7t Costa Ricat466<br>\u200b<br>\u200b71t8t Cubat453<br>\u200b<br>\u200b81t9t Trinidad and Tobagot406<br>\u200b<br>\u200b97t10t Jamaicat348<br>\u200b</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-deeeae6d-bb28-4768-9817-a0e740284ccf\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
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