Canadian women drop in world rankings

Canada has slipped one place to No. 5 in the latest FIFA world women’s soccer rankings.

There is also movement atop the table with the U.S. falling from No. 1 after two losses to France and Germany at the SheBelieves Cup.

European champion Germany takes over top spot, ahead of the Americans.

France remains at No. 3 while England replaces Canada at No. 4.

The Canadian women will be able to test themselves against the top-ranked Germans in Erfurt on April 9.

Canada went 2-0-1 at last month’s Algarve Cup, losing 1-0 to Spain in the final. That helped move the Spanish up one place to No. 13, their highest-ever ranking position.

There is little points-wise between the top three teams. France is 36 points behind Germany – the smallest gap between the first and third teams since December 2004.