TrinidadExpress.com
Eight-time Caribbean Cup champions Trinidad and Tobago have regained a clear number two position behind top-rated Jamaica in the latest Caribbean Football Union (CFU) ratings.
After sharing second spot in the March ratings when FIFA had Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba as joint 60th ranked in the world, FIFA's April rankings, released yesterday, showed T&T slipping one place and Cuba four spots.
T&T's Soca Warriors, who held the confederation's third-ranked Costa Rica to a 0-0 draw in their latest CONCACAF World Cup qualifier, are now 61st in the world, and Cuba 64th, while Digicel Caribbean Cup champions Jamaica are rated 42nd on FIFA's list, one place down from their March position.
There are no other positional changes in the CFU's top-ten, with Haiti, 92nd in the world, remaining fourth and St Lucia fifth, at 118th on the FIFA list.
The remainder of the top-ten has St. Kitts and Nevis, 119th in the world, in sixth position, followed by Barbados (122nd) seventh, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (134th) eighth, Grenada (148th) ninth, and Suriname (151st) tenth.
Antigua and Barbuda are just outside the CFU's top-ten with a 155 world-rating.
Reigning CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico are eighth in the world to retain the top position in CONCACAF, ahead of the USA, tenth in the world, Costa Rica (22nd), Jamaica, Honduras (51st) and Guatemala (60th), with Trinidad and Tobago seventh in the confederation.
The Brazilians continue to enjoy a rating of undisputed world number one, with the Czech Republic moving up two places to second, Argentina third and France dropping two places to fourth.
The Netherlands are fifth, followed by England, Spain and Mexico.
CFU Rankings-April
(world rating in
bracket)
1 Jamaica (42)
2 Trinidad & Tobago (61)
3 Cuba (64)
4 Haiti (92)
5 St. Lucia (118)
6 St. Kitts & Nevis (119)
7 Barbados (122)
8 St. Vincent & the Grenadines (134)
9 Grenada (148)
10 Suriname (151)