{ "title": "Canada starts year ranked fifth in CONCACAF", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:16:58", "published_at": "2010-02-03 09:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-starts-year-ranked-fifth-in-concacaf", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/mvFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s men\u2019s national team has started the year ranked fifth amongst CONCACAF nations on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Canada has 567 points and is ranked 57th on the world ranking. Canada trails USA, Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica within its own confederation. The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankin\u2026", "slug": "canada-starts-year-ranked-fifth-in-concacaf", "body": "

Canada’s men’s national team has started the year ranked fifth amongst CONCACAF nations on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Canada has 567 points and is ranked 57th on the world ranking. Canada trails USA, Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica within its own confederation.
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\u200bThe FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings looks at each country’s international results from the last four years. The ranking takes into account the result, the importance of the match, the strength of the opponent, the regional strength, the time period, and the number of matches per year.
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\u200bCanada ranks 29 places better than it did in February 2009. The top five in CONCACAF – USA, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica and Canada – have not changed since October 2009.
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\u200bThere was no movement amongst the top-nine teams as Spain maintained its hold on the number-one ranking. The top-five is rounded out by Brazil, Netherlands, Italy and Portugal. Only Croatia fell out of the top-10 and was replaced by Egypt.
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\u200bCONCACAF
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\u200b14 USA 963
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\u200b17 Mexico 947
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\u200b34 Honduras 759
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\u200b45 Costa Rica 699
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\u200b57 Canada 567
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\u200b71 El Salvador 463
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\u200b77 Panama 406
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\u200b78 Jamaica 403
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\u200b84 Trinidad and Tobago 382
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\u200b95 Haiti 347
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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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