Piton Boyz Surge In Latest FIFA Rankings

The Saint Lucia men’s national football team, Piton Boyz, enjoyed the biggest move in the North, Central America, and the Caribbean (Concacaf) region, regarding points added during the September window. That’s when FIFA released the latest Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking on Wednesday. The world governing body issued its previous national team ranking in July. One hundred eighty-four international matches were played in September, involving teams from all six confederations. Playing in Grenada, Stern John’s men beat Curaçao 2-1 and Grenada 2-1 in the Concacaf Nations League. Saint Lucia was one of six teams to earn two wins in the window, along with the Dominican Republic, Belize, Barbados, St Kitts & Nevis, and El Salvador. But victory over Curaçao, in particular, helped bump the Piton Boyz, who added 18.29 ratings points, the most significant boost in the region. Saint Lucia also moved to 164th in the world, with the national team moving up six places. Only Brunei Darussalam (183rd) and Samoa (185th) had bigger leaps, moving up seven spots each. 164 marks a six-year peak for Saint Lucia, whose highest position was 108th in May 2003 but whose nadir was 192nd out of 210 teams in March 2010. Since 2018, the...