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Originally Posted by GirlySports
We'll go up in the rankings when we demolish Dominica 1-0
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This actually highlights an issue with the FIFA rankings - results are weighted based on the competition type and World Cup qualifiers are worth 2.5 times as much as friendlies. Any win against Dominica gets us more points than our friendly wins over Jamaica or Guatemala did.
What really hurts Canada is not having to qualify for the Gold Cup - all of the games in the Caribbean Cup or Central American championship have a nice multiplier on them which benefits the rest of the CONCACAF teams.