The United States women’s national team dropped to fifth in the latest FIFA ranking, its lowest point since FIFA began ranking women’s teams in 2003.
The drop is one place lower than the fourth-place ranking given in March.
Before 2024, the U.S. women had never been ranked below No. 2 in the world, but the team has fallen three places in six months — the most movement the USWNT has seen in the rankings as the squad heads to the Paris Olympics in July.
Spain, France and England make up the top three, in that order, with women’s World Cup runners-up England dropping to third. Germany overtook the U.S. women for the fourth spot.
From 2003 to 2023, the U.S. maintained a stronghold in the top two positions, and between 2008 and 2014 and again from 2017 until June 2023, the team sat solidly in first place.
After their unexpected exit from the 2023 World Cup, however, the women dropped to third for the first time in August 2023. They managed to climb back to second in December, showing signs of a potential recovery.
Since December 2023, though, the 2015 and 2019 World Cup winners have continued to fall, landing in fourth in March 2023 and now fifth in June.
