PHil, you might want to do some research before you spout off about who is better than who:
1) Correct: USA is TOP20, 19th to be exact.
2) WRONG!: England is 14th, ahead of USA.
3) WRONG!: France isnt even TOP20! lol.
4) Correct: USA are barely holding on to #1 in womens.
MEN
Top 20 Rankings as of 8 August 2013[1]
Rank Team Points
1 Spain 1484
2 Germany 1257
3 Colombia 1219
4 Argentina 1210
5 Netherlands 1165
6 Italy 1142
7 Portugal 1099
8 Croatia 1098
9 Brazil 1089
10 Belgium 1079
11 Greece 1038
12 Uruguay 998
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 995
14 England 994
15 Switzerland 987
16 Russia 979
17 Ecuador 972
18 Ivory Coast 962
19 United States 960
20 Mexico 879
WOMEN
Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos
1 USA 2229 0 Equal
2 Germany 2152 0 Equal
3 Japan 2072 0 Equal
4 Brazil 2042 0 Equal
5 Sweden 2028 0 Equal
6 France 2020 0 Equal
7 Canada 1982 1 Up
8 Australia 1956 2 Up
8 Korea DPR 1956 1 Up
10 Norway 1953 1 Up
11 England 1938 -4 Down
12 Denmark 1912 1 Up
12 Italy 1912 0 Equal
14 Netherlands 1871 0 Equal
15 Iceland 1847 0 Equal
16 China
PR 1832 1 Up
17 Korea Republic 1831 -1 Down
17 Spain 1831 1 Up
19 New Zealand 1810 0 Equal
20 Scotland 1801 0 Equal
21 Russia 1800 1 Up
22 Finland 1788 -1 Down
23 Ukraine 1770 0 Equal
24 Mexico 1761 0 Equal
25 Switzerland 1727 0 Equal
26 Czech Republic 1702 0 Equal
27 Belgium 1667 0 Equal
28 Vietnam 1654 0 Equal
29 Colombia 1650 0 Equal
30 Poland 1644 1 Up
I cant be bothered with MLS soccer, cuz it is pretty ****ty. boring as hell. I would rather watch English Championship or yes, even League 1 (French)...ouch! the crowds/fans are horrible in NAmerica: they should all stick to baseball and college football, bunch of toothless bubba hicks think they know real football!
No offense to you personally, but NAmerican soccer/football sucks bag. international is a bit different obviously.