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Originally Posted by Trojan97
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So based on this, we essentially have to get our ranking up to 29?
I know we have come miles already (more than any other country in the last year), but frankly, I still think we deserve a better rank than 36th. Consider:
- 4 points against both USA and Mexico (ranked 11th and 14th as of Dec)
- leading the CONCACAF group by a fairly significant margin
- Most wins, no losses
- Most goals for, and best goal differential by double
But... we have climbed to the point now, where all teams are good - into the Australia, Russia, Korea, Czech, Austria, Scotland neighbourhood. Moving up from here will be a challenge.
I would think that, to get our ranking into the 20s, we need to win CONCACAF, not just qualify. And that is very doable, but not easy (Mexico still has 2 gimmie games left).