{"id":618872,"date":"2026-04-21T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/618872\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:25:11","slug":"canada-rises-to-no-9-in-latest-fifa-womens-soccer-rankings-spain-stays-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/618872\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada rises to No. 9 in latest FIFA women\u2019s soccer rankings, Spain stays on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ZURICH \u2014 Canada\u2019s women\u2019s soccer team moved up one place to ninth in the FIFA rankings released Tuesday after a two-win showing at the recent FIFA Series in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadians opened with a 4-0 win over Zambia on April 11 and a 3-1 win over South Korea on April 15 before closing with a 1-0 loss to seventh-ranked Brazil on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Those results were enough to move Canada up one spot, with the Netherlands rising to 10th just behind them and Korea DPR dropping out of the top tier to 11th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At the top, Spain held No. 1, the United States stayed second, and England climbed to third after beating Spain, pushing Germany down to fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Japan made the biggest move inside the top 10, jumping three places to fifth after an Asian Cup title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canada is building toward the CONCACAF W Championship in November, which will serve as a qualifier for both the 2027 World Cup in Brazil and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ZURICH \u2014 Canada\u2019s women\u2019s soccer team moved up one place to ninth in the FIFA rankings released Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-618872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}