The Mexican national team continues to struggle, as after a goalless draw with Uruguay and a 1-2 loss to Paraguay, their position in the latest FIFA ranking dropped two places, allowing the United States to overtake them, thanks mainly to their 5-1 victory over Uruguay.

While it is true that many people underestimate the FIFA rankings, this The rankings are extremely helpful for organizing tournaments and classifying teams based on their recent performance. They are also used to determine the seedings in the draws for major competitions, such as the World Cup, preventing top teams from facing each other in the early rounds. In addition, they provide a benchmark for the level of national teams, improve their international image, and help plan friendlies against stronger opponents. Mexico's drop in the rankings raises concerns ahead of the World Cup draw, especially since, as a co-host country along with the United States and Canada, they will be a seeded team in the tournament that begins on June 11. The Mexican national team, El Tri, fell from 14th to 15th place due to these two results, which exacerbated the crisis of results they have been suffering for the past five months. They have gone six games without a win, their last victory being a 2-1 win against the United States in the Gold Cup on July 6. The United States, by defeating Mexico climbed two spots in the rankings for both rivals, making it the highest-ranked CONCACAF team in this classification, which will undoubtedly serve as a benchmark for the 48 teams competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Mexico will face Portugal and Belgium in the next FIFA window in March, the penultimate one before the World Cup, where they must try to break the bad run of results that is making Mexican fans nervous as they host a tournament of this nature for the third time in their history. The rest of the qualified teamsBrazil climbed two places to fifth, leaving Portugal in sixth and the Netherlands in seventh, while Germany rose to ninth, which will surely give an idea of ??what might happen with the seeded teams in the draw to be held in Washington DC on December 5.