what is the FIFA ranking for the USA?
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i couldnt believe but         #5
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The rankings are not a true indicator of talent!!!\nIt is based on your goal ratios and other things and not much weight is put into the level of your opponents!!!\nJust look at how USA and Mexico are top 5 teams and Italy is ranked in the 13 spot?
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The U.S. has had 6 appearances in the World Cup.  The best finish was in 1930 when the U.S. reached the semifinals.
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US Soccer has clearly improved over the past 15 years.They are a nation that should be expected to qualify out of their confederation (CONCACAF) every World Cup.\n\nThey are not on the level of top European national teams ,such as Italy,France,and Germany,despite their unmerited Top 5 ranking before the World Cup..They will be a bet for an upset result against these teams in a World Cup finals match only if the European side overlooks them.\n\nIf Juergen Klinsmann is hired as National team coach,he could bring them a step forward,as he would play younger players -as opposed to forme manager Bruce Arena who in  2006 counted too much on players who were well past their sell-by date.\n\nOne further note- if MLS becomes a full 16-team league with a solid pro academy system at each club,the USMNT will improve greatly in my opinion.Maybe they can then be considered a Top 15 National Team as opposed to their current Top 16-30 placing.
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fifa.com and go to rankings
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The US is not a country focused on Soccer but I believe in this next generation of soccer players in the youth leagues will change all that and bring to light that the USA is a forces to be delt with. It's obvious that the US MNT needs to step it because their competition is not going to back down and the US WNT needs to stay on top as one of the top, if not THE top, team in the world!!\n\nGO USA SOCCER!!
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here is the rankings 1-205 (this is the most updated rankings)\n\n1 Brazil \n2 Czech Republic \n3 The Netherlands \n4 Mexico \n5 USA  \n5 Spain \n7 Portugal \n8 France \n9 Argentina \n10 England \n    \n11 Nigeria \n11 Denmark \n13 Italy  \n14 Turkey \n15 Cameroon \n16 Sweden \n17 Egypt  \n18 Japan \n19 Germany  \n20 Greece \n    \n21 Tunisia \n22 Uruguay  \n23 Iran  \n23 Croatia \n25 Romania  \n26 Costa Rica  \n27 Colombia \n28 Senegal  \n29 Poland \n29 Korea Republic \n31 Republic of Ireland \n32 Côte d'Ivoire \n33 Paraguay \n34 Saudi Arabia \n35 Switzerland \n36 Morocco  \n37 Russia \n37 Bulgaria \n39 Ecuador \n40 Norway \n    \n41 Slovakia \n42 Honduras \n42 Australia  \n44 Serbia and Montenegro \n45 Ukraine  \n46 Jamaica \n47 Trinidad and Tobago \n48 Ghana  \n49 Finland \n49 Israel  \n51 Guinea \n52 Iraq \n53 South Africa  \n54 Bahrain \n55 Zimbabwe \n56 Belgium  \n57 Angola \n57 Zambia  \n59 Scotland  \n60 Uzbekistan \n    \n61 Togo  \n62 Guatemala \n63 Bosnia-Herzegovina  \n64 Chile  \n65 Belarus  \n66 Peru  \n66 Mali \n68 China PR  \n69 Congo DR  \n70 Latvia  \n71 Slovenia \n71 Venezuela  \n71 United Arab Emirates \n74 Kuwait  \n74 Wales  \n76 Hungary  \n76 Estonia \n78 Qatar  \n79 Austria  \n80 Cuba \n    \n81 Panama \n82 Oman \n83 Canada  \n84 Jordan \n85 Albania  \n86 Libya \n87 Algeria \n88 Korea DPR \n89 Burkina Faso \n90 Syria  \n91 FYR Macedonia \n92 Singapore \n93 Lithuania  \n94 Rwanda  \n95 Kenya  \n96 Northern Ireland \n97 Uganda \n97 Sudan  \n99 Iceland  \n100 Cyprus \n    \n101 Georgia \n102 Bolivia \n103 Botswana \n104 Moldova  \n104 Gabon \n106 Haiti \n107 Malawi \n108 Thailand \n109 Armenia \n110 Indonesia \n111 Congo \n112 Azerbaijan  \n112 Ethiopia \n114 Benin \n115 Palestine  \n115 Hong Kong \n117 India  \n118 New Zealand  \n118 Barbados  \n120 Turkmenistan  \n    \n121 Tajikistan  \n122 Lebanon  \n123 Liechtenstein  \n123 Cape Verde Islands \n125 Malta \n126 Vietnam  \n127 Mozambique  \n127 Malaysia  \n129 Andorra  \n130 El Salvador  \n131 St. Lucia  \n132 Yemen  \n133 St. Kitts and Nevis  \n133 St. Vincent and the Grenadines  \n135 Kazakhstan  \n136 Sri Lanka  \n137 Maldives  \n137 Swaziland  \n139 Faroe Islands \n140 Bangladesh  \n    \n141 Lesotho  \n142 Fiji  \n143 Liberia  \n144 Solomon Islands  \n145 Tahiti  \n146 Mauritius  \n147 Kyrgyzstan  \n147 Vanuatu \n149 Myanmar \n150 Burundi \n151 Madagascar \n152 Luxembourg \n153 Pakistan  \n154 Equatorial Guinea  \n155 Grenada \n156 Chinese Taipei  \n157 Nicaragua  \n158 Surinam  \n159 Chad  \n160 Antigua and Barbuda  \n    \n161 San Marino \n162 Guyana  \n162 Bermuda  \n164 Namibia \n165 Sierra Leone \n166 Gambia \n167 Tanzania \n168 Papua New Guinea \n169 Nepal \n170 Netherlands Antilles \n171 Eritrea \n172 Laos \n173 British Virgin Islands \n174 Dominica \n175 Dominican Republic \n176 Seychelles \n177 Niger \n178 Mauritania \n179 Mongolia \n180 Belize \n    \n181 Central African Republic \n182 Cayman Islands \n183 Samoa \n184 Cambodia \n185 Somalia  \n186 Guinea-Bissau \n187 Tonga  \n188 Afghanistan \n188 New Caledonia \n190 Bhutan \n191 Philippines \n192 Macau \n193 Brunei Darussalam  \n194 Bahamas \n195 Cook Islands  \n196 Puerto Rico  \n197 US Virgin Islands \n198 São Tomé e Príncipe \n199 Anguilla \n200 Djibouti \n    \n201 Aruba \n202 Montserrat \n203 Guam \n204 Turks and Caicos Islands \n205 American Samoa
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brazil is ranked number one but that doesn't mean that they are.  Watch our for the number 2 ranked Germany.  They have an unbelievable goalie.  Voted best goalie 3 years in a row.... in the world!!!
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The rankings goes like this ( I'm talking in general not this group)\n1- greatest number of points obtained in all group matches. (obvious)\n2- goal difference in all group matches.\n3- greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\n\nIF two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above then we go to the following:\n\na) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between\nthe teams concerned;\nb) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the\nteams concerned;\nc) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the\nteams concerned;\nd) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup
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1. Despite the FIFA World Rankings there's no way the U.S. is the 5th best team in the world.  Being ranked that high has probably upped expectations beyond where they should be.  In a group with Italy and the Czech Republic it would be an upset for the U.S. to go through to the next round.\n\n2. As for the rest of your question, unfortunately what many pro sports stars in the U.S. have in abundance, selfishness and arrogance, doesn't lend itself to success in team sports.  So it's no wonder they've done so poorly in international competitions lately.
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Short answer is because they are doing well on points. \nObjectively I think it is unrealistic to see the US as the 4th in the world.  However It cannot be argued they are doing well.\nHowever FIFA have a point system.  They accept is is flawed but it would be incredibly difficult and complex to make a system which truly represented the strength of teams.  However it is also imposable to have a person or team able to objectively rank teams.\nSo what can you do?\n\nThe link below takes you to the part of the FIFA site which explains how their point system works.
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the rankings are based on a few things past world cup performance, championship titles i.e african cup of nations and confederations cup so as mentioned before most rankings mean nothing due to the fact that most of the teams never meet until they face off at the world cup and there are no 2nd chances on the world stage, ghana are just a fabulous side and the u.s. suck
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FIFA = Fédération Internationale de Football Association
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The fifth ranked in the world??  Ranked by who??\n\nMaybe USA is ranked the fifth in North America (hmm...think about how many countries there are in North America...), definitely not the world.
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Because the FIFA ranking system is seriously flawed. They rank, based on how a team does in it's respective order or group. The USA has to play against all crappy teams in Central America including Honduras and Guatemala. Both countries have small populations and therefore have a limited source of soccer players. USA should be in the 30's and the Czech republic in the lower teens.
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They do more than likely. It may be under another name like ECC. They havent made it a focus in the game since FIFA 2003 tho. So since i havent gotten it yet I am guessing it will be under the competitions list like previous versions of FIFA.
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the fifth ranking is based on fifa system for ranking, that is their performance in past world cups and their record in other competitions.\n\nthey had a brilliant world cup 4 years ago. that helped with their 5th ranking. but what hurts the european teams in the rankings is that they play strong opponents (european cup has spain, england, italy, sweden, france, etc.) whereas US plays Mexico and thats about it.\n\ntheir rankings are over inflated and don't project realistically on the true rank of different teams.