Looks like the US is on pace for their projected goal of winning the World Cup by 2010... amazing to see them ranked ahead of teams like France, England, Spain, Italy, Germany, etc...
1 Brazil
2 Argentina
3 Netherlands
4 Czech Republic
5 Mexico
6 USA
7 France
8 England
8 Spain
10 Portugal
11 Germany
12 Turkey
13 Japan
14 Italy
15 Iran
15 Republic of Ireland
17 Sweden
18 Uruguay
19 Denmark
19 Greece
Canada only has about 80 places to catch up
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