Less than one year out from their first-ever men’s FIFA World Cup on home soil, Canada continues its rise up the FIFA rankings.

This past week, Canada took to Europe for a pair of matches against Romania and Wales, coming out on top in both games by a 3-0 and 1-0 score.

While the official FIFA rankings aren’t out yet, a look at projected live rankings (and the fact that the international window is now closed) shows that Canada will be moving up one more spot from No. 28 to a new all-time high of No. 27.

“These 10 days and how we’ve used [our players] and maximized them, it was probably the best 10 days we’ve had together,” head coach Jesse Marsch told reporters earlier this week, as per MLSSoccer.com’s Ben Steiner . “I love the team, and I really love working with them. They’re

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