FIFA Rankings for CONCACAF

[Captain Canuck]

Originally posted by Crazy_Yank



Not trying to piss in your cheerios, but Switzerland is not a good side at all, and no one outside Canada rates the Gold Cup as anything more than a collection of friendlies. Personally I'd love to see Canada qualify for 2006 along with the US just because it would piss off Latin America, but I don't see Canada making it unless the CUSL starts before 2004.

The Swiss are "not a good side at all"? Recent performances would suggest otherwise.


I cautioned people not to read too much into Canada's win over the Swiss, so in the same way I would caution people not to read too much into the result against Scotland. Especially if the topic here is World Cup qualifying starting in 2004. Most Canucks actually more optimistic following the loss to Scotland than following the win against the Swiss. Why? Because of the quality of our play. That's two matches in a row where we've looked good - and at times dominant - against decent European sides on their home turf, using very youthful squads (especially against the Scots, in what was probably our youngest starting roster for a "A" squad ever). Its tough to get too concerned about losing 3-1 to Scotland when the loss is largely down to an aging 33-year old 3rd-string defender, who was only playing because the match was at his home park, wasn't likely to play for Canada again anyway & is definitely not going to be around in 2 years time when qualifying starts.

Yes, we are all aware that the absence of a pro-league will make it unnecessarily difficult for Canada, but not impossible. Outside of injuries & suspensions testing our depth (particularly at the striker position), Canada's main problem will be getting together sufficient preparation time for each World Cup qualifying match, to enable the maximum amount of cohesion. Our quantity isn't where we'd like it to be minus a full pro-league, but based upon the quality of players available to each nation in Concacaf there's no question that Canada should contend for a spot for 2006.

[Qdog]

Originally posted by Juan Luis Guerra


I have to agree with you Sid

Don't ever do that again, man. I almost choked on my dinner.

[Captain Canuck]

Originally posted by kenosha


. When all their best players are together, they can be difficult as they proved in the Gold Cup(s).

Actually, Canada didn't have "all their best players" for either of the last two Gold Cups. In fact we won the 2002 Gold Cup final match with about 6 probable starters injured. I realize a few other teams in Concacaf didn't either (moreso out of choice, as opposed to Canada whereby it was largely through injuries & other factors), but it does indicate that we do have a little depth.

The striker position is the area for the most concern in terms of depth. As strikers go, De Rosario & Radzinski are as nice a tandem as any Concacaf team can put out & there are some nice strikers coming up through the ranks (the youth teams seem to be producing more strikers than defenders these days - or maybe its because Canada has become attack-minded in the past couple of years for the first time in our history). However when Radz doesn't want to play & if either are injured our replacement options at the moment aren't quite at the same level. Hopefully that will change in 2 years with the emergence of some younger players, but it would be nice to have more experience at a high level up front.

[Captain Canuck]

Originally posted by Captain Canuck


. In fact we won the 2002 Gold Cup final match with about 6 probable starters injured. .

Oops! Make that the 2000 Gold Cup final match, rather than 2002.

[Sachin]

Originally posted by Crazy_Yank



Besides, I bet we'd beat Bhutan. Those stupid troll Bhutan supporters make me sick.

Don't be messin' with Buddha's Army. We'll meditate your ass right out existence. ;)

Sachin

[condor11]

Originally posted by Crazy_Yank




I meant residents of Latin American countries.
im a resident of a latin american country and i couldnt care less if canada qualified or not

[Pirrip]

Originally posted by condor11

im a resident of a latin american country and i couldnt care less if canada qualified or not

Thinking he meant Central America myself. And you really don't care? That's cold, man.

[condor11]

well
maybe i was a bit to harsh
lets just say canadas qualification wouldnt keep me up at night

[sidspaceman]

Ranking as of 18 December 2002
Rank: Team: Points:
Dec 02 Rank:
Nov 02 Change
Since
Nov 02 Rank:
Dec 01 Change
Since
Dec 01

8 Mexico 732 7 -1 9 1
10 United States 723 9 -1 24 14
21 Costa Rica 652 26 5 30 9
40 Honduras 591 42 2 25 -15
47 Trinidad and Tobago 567 44 -3 32 -15
51 Jamaica 555 51 0 53 2
70 Canada 500 68 -2 92 22
71 Cuba 496 90 19 76 5
71 Haiti 496 88 17 82 11
78 Guatemala 480 73 -5 67 -11
94 El Salvador 427 96 2 86 -8
99 Barbados 419 101 2 107 8
109 St. Kitts and Nevis 391 109 0 129 20
112 St. Lucia 384 124 12 130 18
129 Panama 326 125 -4 109 -20
131 Grenada 317 133 2 133 2
141 Surinam 283 141 0 141 0
144 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 270 142 -2 125 -19
149 Dominican Republic 232 153 4 160 11
155 Antigua and Barbuda 215 159 4 157 2
158 Belize 200 158 0 167 9
161 British Virgin Islands 195 159 -2 163 2
164 Cayman Islands 188 174 10 165 1
169 Guyana 167 170 1 178 9
172 Bermuda 161 170 -2 166 -6
174 Dominica 159 170 -4 160 -14
177 Netherlands Antilles 143 183 6 183 6
186 Nicaragua 101 192 6 188 2
187 Bahamas 90 187 0 183 -4
189 Aruba 87 188 -1 185 -4
196 Anguilla 61 196 0 194 -2
197 US Virgin Islands 51 197 0 198 1
198 Puerto Rico 43 198 0 195 -3
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 16 202 0 200 -2
203 Montserrat 8 203 0 203 0

[nicodemus]

6 teams in the top 51. CONCACAF is moving on up.

[SJJ]

Within a confederation, I just look at the placings in the confed, and don't worry about the overall placings or how many points each team has. So I see the confederation rankings as:

1 Mexico
2 United States
3 Costa Rica
4 Honduras
5 Trinidad and Tobago
6 Jamaica
7 Canada
8 tie Cuba
8 tie Haiti
10 Guatemala
11 El Salvador
12 Barbados
13 St. Kitts and Nevis
14 St. Lucia
15 Panama
16 Grenada
17 Surinam
18 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
19 Dominican Republic
20 Antigua and Barbuda
21 Belize
22 British Virgin Islands
23 Cayman Islands
24 Guyana
25 Bermuda
26 Dominica
27 Netherlands Antilles
28 Nicaragua
29 Bahamas
30 Aruba
31 Anguilla
32 US Virgin Islands
33 Puerto Rico
34 Turks and Caicos Islands
35 Montserrat

[efernandez9]

Originally posted by nicodemus
6 teams in the top 51. CONCACAF is moving on up.


oooh great and cuba and haiti made the top 100!

next thing you know is that cuba will over/better than chile, bolivia and guatemala or salvador.

[sidspaceman]

Ranking as of 15 January 2003
Rank: Team: Points:
Jan 03 Rank:
Dec 02 Change
Since
Dec 02 Rank:
Dec 02 Change
Since
Dec 02

9 Mexico 732 8 -1 8 -1
10 United States 723 10 0 10 0
21 Costa Rica 651 21 0 21 0
40 Honduras 591 40 0 40 0
47 Trinidad and Tobago 566 47 0 47 0
51 Jamaica 555 51 0 51 0
70 Canada 499 70 0 70 0
72 Cuba 496 71 -1 71 -1
73 Haiti 495 71 -2 71 -2
80 Guatemala 480 78 -2 78 -2
99 El Salvador 426 94 -5 94 -5
101 Barbados 423 99 -2 99 -2
113 St. Kitts and Nevis 391 109 -4 109 -4
115 St. Lucia 384 112 -3 112 -3
130 Panama 326 129 -1 129 -1
132 Grenada 316 131 -1 131 -1
141 Surinam 283 141 0 141 0
146 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 270 144 -2 144 -2
152 Dominican Republic 232 149 -3 149 -3
156 Antigua and Barbuda 215 155 -1 155 -1
160 Belize 200 158 -2 158 -2
162 British Virgin Islands 195 161 -1 161 -1
166 Cayman Islands 188 164 -2 164 -2
171 Guyana 167 169 -2 169 -2
174 Bermuda 161 172 -2 172 -2
176 Dominica 159 174 -2 174 -2
178 Netherlands Antilles 142 177 -1 177 -1
186 Nicaragua 101 186 0 186 0
187 Bahamas 90 187 0 187 0
189 Aruba 87 189 0 189 0
196 Anguilla 61 196 0 196 0
197 US Virgin Islands 51 197 0 197 0
198 Puerto Rico 43 198 0 198 0
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 16 202 0 202 0
203 Montserrat 8 203 0 203 0

[IASocFan]

With the Addition of Afganistan, we no longer have the lowest rated team. Maybe we can get a Montserrat-Afgan game! :eek:

[nicodemus]

Originally posted by IASocFan
With the Addition of Afganistan, we no longer have the lowest rated team. Maybe we can get a Montserrat-Afgan game! :eek:

if they can't beat Afrghanistan, they should just pack it in.

[Canadian_Supporter]

Originally posted by IASocFan
With the Addition of Afganistan, we no longer have the lowest rated team. Maybe we can get a Montserrat-Afgan game! :eek:

Afghanistan will probably move ahead of Montserrat after their three games in the SAFF Cup (in Bangladesh). So, CONCACAF will yet again have the lowest rated team.

[SJJ]

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Ranking as of 14 August 2002

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Ranking as of 18 September 2002

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Originally posted by sidspaceman
Ranking as of 15 January 2003


OK, Sid, I'll finally ask. Just WHAT IS your motivation in posting these every month? You give no analysis of the rankings, or if any teams raise or lower in the Concacaf-only rankings. What's up?

[nicodemus]

Originally posted by SJJ
[BOK, Sid, I'll finally ask. Just WHAT IS your motivation in posting these every month? You give no analysis of the rankings, or if any teams raise or lower in the Concacaf-only rankings. What's up? [/B]

I think he does it just to let people know that they are out there and to make them available for perusal. I'm glad he does it, because it never occurs to me to look it up.

[sidspaceman]

Nicodemus, answered the question for me I just thought it was something the users of this board might like. If you guys want me to stop just let me know and I won't post the new rankings when they come out in Febuary.

[Eliezar]

Nah, looking at the rankings are good. And despite some flaws in them I think they are pretty indicative of overall form in the past 4 years.

Eliezar