Spain has finished 2013 as the top ranked international team in the world for the sixth straight year, and the 28th consecutive month, according to the FIFA’s December rankings released onThursday. Germany was second in an unchanged top 10, followed by Argentina, Colombia, Portugal, Uruguay, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Brazil.
The United States, the top-rankedteam from Concacaf, the North and Central American region, remained 14th for the second straight month. The USA was 13th in September and October, which was its highest rankings since July 2010.