Jamaica regain number one position in CFU
Published:Friday | October 16, 2009 | 1:05 PM
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, without playing a match, have regained the number one spot in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), rankings over Trinidad and Tobago.
In the latest rankings period, the Jamaicans retained their Number 69 spot on the FIFA Coca Cola ratings for October, while Trinidad and Tobago dropped nine places to 72nd.
It is the eighth month this year that the Jamaicans have held the regional number one spot, missing out only in June and September when T&T’s Soca Warriors had unseated them.
During the latest rankings period, T&T suffered World Cup qualifying losses to Costa Rica, Honduras and the USA, and ended their unsuccessful campaign for South Africa 2010 with a 2-2 draw against Mexico on Wednesday.
Cuba remain third in the CFU, after improving 11 places on FIFA’s list to 76th, while Haiti made a huge 29 place jump to 86th, that moved them from seventh in the CFU to fourth.
The US, rated 11th in the world are CONCACAF’s number one team for the 13th month in a row, ahead of Gold Cup champions Mexico, who are 18th on the FIFA list, followed by Honduras who are 35th.
Jamaica are fifth in CONCACAF.
Meanwhile, Brazil remain FIFA’s number one team ahead of 2008 “Team of the Year” Spain, followed by the Netherlands, with Italy fourth and Germany fifth.