T&T’s senior women’s team was the biggest mover among all 177 nations, leaping to 46th spot, when Fifa issued its latest women’s national team rankings a fews days ago.
The Women Soca Warriors made the massive jump, 33 places upward from 79th spot, following their impressive run at the Concacaf Women’s Championship, where they ended just behind third-place finisher Mexico (remaining in 25th spot), runner-up Costa Rica (remaining in 40th spot) and world leader USA.
Along the way, T&T recorded wins against Haiti (down four places to 60th) and Guatemala (two places down to 79th).
T&T also recorded a 1–0 loss to the USA, which was the best result by any team against the Americans at the Concacaf event. With the move, T&T went three places above Ecuador, the team it will meet in an intercontinental playoff for Concacaf and Comnebol’s half-spot for Fifa Women’s World Cup qualification.
T&T will face Ecuador in Quito on Saturday, before playing the reverse leg in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on December 2. USA leads the standings, while Germany, Japan, France and Sweden make up the second to fifth ranked teams, respectively.