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dpoiii
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From espn.com


Germany jumps 10 spots

Associated Press

ZURICH, Switzerland -- The United States improved to No. 6 in FIFA's rankings Wednesday, the Americans' best showing in the monthly ratings by soccer's governing body.
The Americans, who will play in this week's CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals, had never been ranked higher than seventh. They were 10th last month, but passed France, England, Portugal and Spain to move within one spot and three points of rival Mexico.


World Cup champion Brazil remained No. 1, and Argentina improved one spot to second. The Netherlands was third, and the Czech Republic dropped from second to fourth.

France fell two spots to seventh, and England, Spain and Portugal rounded out the top 10.

Germany moved from 21st to 11th, the biggest improvement of any nation in the top 20.

The United States will play Honduras in the Gold Cup semifinals Thursday night in East Rutherford, N.J.

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Jul 20 2005 11:26AM
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jib-unit00
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i dont think they earn the 6 spot..the win, yes. but against shitty countires like costa rica, jamiaca, panama and others




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Jul 20 2005 11:33AM
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pierceme
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I like soccer and all but its too hard to follow here in the US. So basically, i only watch when its the world cup. But, I have to say, the world cup is like the single greatest sporting event there is.





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Jul 20 2005 11:34AM
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i think soccer should be left to the europeans

Jul 20 2005 1:01PM
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Quinny
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Fifa World Rankings don’t prove much. France has been in the top ten for nearly 10 years and their team is absolute crap. It’s the team that was knocked out of the group stages of both the 2002 World Cup and the Euro 2004. Whereas England, Germany, Spain, and Portugal have all done better than France at the international level.

Long story shot, it means jack shit.

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Jul 20 2005 1:40PM
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JackBach
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Actually, France went beyond the group stage of Euro 2004. They lost to Greece in the quaterfinals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/3830575.stm

They also won the European Championship in 2000.

You're correct about their WC 2002 performance: it was absolute shit. And I also agree that the FIFA ranking system is shit.

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Jul 20 2005 2:32PM
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Quinny
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Oh that’s right. Who was I thinning of in the Euro 2004?

Anyway, anyone else notice that there are NO African teams in the top 20? I’d pick Nigeria over Iran any day.

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Jul 20 2005 2:39PM
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JackBach
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I think you should be left for the wolves.

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Jul 20 2005 2:48PM
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jib-unit00
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deffinetly nigera over iran




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Jul 20 2005 2:52PM
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Quinny
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“Thinning� Jesus Christ! Can somebody please shoot me for that typo?!?!

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Jul 20 2005 3:14PM
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B-Har406
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I agree




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Jul 20 2005 3:14PM
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JackBach
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Consider yourself shot.

;-)

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Jul 20 2005 4:42PM
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JoeTheRipper
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wow the czech republic number 4, that is funny, and america behind england, haha, didn't enlands second team beat america's first team?

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Jul 20 2005 5:29PM
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brennanmidwest
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idk if it was thier second team but beckham and owen werent playin

Jul 20 2005 5:53PM
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St.Steezy
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MLS sucks that's all I gonna say


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Jul 20 2005 5:57PM
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SteezePatrol
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soccer and victoria sucks is all I'm gonna say

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Jul 20 2005 6:13PM
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St.Steezy
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ohh it's battle time now Steeze, bring it on. e-punch


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Jul 20 2005 6:14PM
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SteezePatrol
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e-cower and run away....hopefully mommy has some spongebob bandaids

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Jul 21 2005 12:58PM
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hazel_32
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i can barley stand to watch MLS.....or the USA team....it just sucks.......id rather watch Chelsea or Man U, or Arsenal play.......

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Jul 21 2005 1:10PM
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SteezePatrol
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is it like the WNBA of basketball?

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Jul 21 2005 1:11PM
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USA
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soccer is for pixies

no me gusta acls


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Jul 21 2005 1:27PM
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hemlockjibber8
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that ranking is crap. MLS is crap. dog poo is crap.

Vancouver whitecaps beat Sunderland 3-0. sunderland jsut got moved up to the premiership. doubt they will last loong. i see relegation in the near future

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Jul 21 2005 1:30PM
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k2skierec
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i went to see england vs. colombia at giants stadium a couple months ago it was amazing, there were over 50,000 people there. right after that game the metrostars and the chicago fire played and i could barley stand to watch it.

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Jul 21 2005 1:49PM
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skogenjake
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in MLS chicago is doing amazing.

gold cup is awesome. i had portugal during the euros and look how that turned out. now i dont even know. brazils just so good again...

and seriously the US wont win. its impossible.




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Jul 21 2005 1:58PM
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JackBach
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MLS has gotten much better recently.

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Jul 21 2005 2:56PM
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Quinny
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MLS is working their way up there. Naturally they are not equal to top-flight European leagues. They are, however, getting much more recognition. Players are being exported to bigger leagues, teams are now participating in international competitions, and the league is gradually expanding.

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Jul 21 2005 3:06PM
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ATLskier
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US soccer has gotten a lot better since the emabaressment in 98(32nd place out of 32 I think). They prob shouldn't be ranked that high. There was a plan many years ago that the US would try it's best to win a world cup by 2010. I think it's called project goal. It's basically not gonna happen. My sister has a good friends that has been playing pro in the czech republic for a few years(was almost on the US natioanl team too, but couldn't becuase of certain complications) and he's said that it's impossible cause there is just too much young talents coming out of europe.

I think the US soccer has gotten considerably farther than it was a long time ago, and the quality of coaches and players is rising.

i cant take him[liam downey] seriously cuz his name reminds me of that downy bear from back when i was a kid -d loc

I don't deny there are bad things in the US right now, hell, 51% of the country to be exact. But god damnit, our country being fat is NOT a problem. I do't give a shit how fat people are. hell, fat kids are harder to kidnap, that means our country is safer.

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Jul 21 2005 3:10PM
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jfk
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these ratings are pretty much bullshit. Because Germany is host of the 2006 world cup they dont have to play any qualification matches, which count for this rating. pretty much since the beginning of the qualification round for the world cup germany had no chance to improve their standing, execpt the confed cup, which caused the rise in the ratings.

Jul 21 2005 5:29PM
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skogenjake
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ahhh i hate watching it on the spanish channel though! they had colombia/mexico on though. they cover alot of gold cup. i think i can find it one some obsucre channel though...

remember the last world cup? that was amazing. i stayed up and taped so many games.




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Jul 21 2005 10:10PM
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