Haiti Retains Top Caribbean Spot in Latest FIFA Rankings

By: - March 15th, 2013

Above: Haiti’s Grenadiers

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Haiti remains the Caribbean’s top-ranked football team, according to the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.

Haiti was 51st in the world according to the March rankings, although that represented a one-spot fall from February.

The Grenadiers are ranked one spot ahead of the Central African Republic and one behind Burkina Faso.

The country is three spots ahead of Jamaica, which rose by two spots to 54th in the world.

Trinidad and Tobago is the third-ranked Caribbean side, at 69th in the world, tied with Georgia.

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