Who cares? USA will have the last laugh, as we continue to improve every day while other teams struggle to regain what they had twenty years ago. We got to the round of eight in the World Cup, so until 2006 we are in the top eight in the world.
Maybe the 20's somewhere, I don't know. It doesn't really matter, people will always use whichever stats or results fit their agenda. Just look at the last few messages from Various Styles - "scoreboard" er "overall record" er "what is this about anyway"
The FIFA rankings are about results. Mexico has results to justify their ranking. They also have results to justify their placement ahead of the US. The US does belong in the top twenty. The US does not belong in the top ten... yet. Mexico belongs in the top ten... for the moment.
the bigger WTF is how France is ahead of Spain... edit: tied with spain not ahead... still a big WTF though