No i do not think that they are improving enough to reach the top10. Let me just say in order for the United States to improve they will have to 1. Build better soccer pitches for the teams to play on instead of NFL pitches. 2. The League will have to invest heavily to bring in the worlds best soccer players 3. Americans on a whole would have to start to look at soccer as a serious sport and encourage more of the youth to play it. 3. Also they would have to invest heavily in the league so that the country can make soccer more competitive by creating more teams
And the biggest factor why they will not get in the top 10 is this. on the global stage they have to compete with teams such as Brazil,Spain,Argentina,England,Italy,Germany,France etc. All of these countries can pride themselves of having the best leagues in the world,outstanding players and most of all,most mentioned have won the world cup. USA has a mountain to climb to reach that spot(#10). it can happen but America would have to change it mind set about football(the real football).

Elo Rank Nation Points Confederation FIFA Rank
1 Brazil 2102 CONMEBOL 1
2 Spain 2046 UEFA 2
3 Netherlands 2004 UEFA 3
4 England 1968 UEFA 7
5 Germany 1932 UEFA 4
6 Italy 1909 UEFA 5
7 Argentina 1886 CONMEBOL 8
8 Croatia 1872 UEFA 10
9 Russia 1869 UEFA 6
10 Mexico 1859 CONCACAF 30
11 France 1856 UEFA 9
12 Chile 1824 CONMEBOL 26
13 Denmark 1807 UEFA 15
14 Turkey 1800 UEFA 28
15 Serbia 1799 UEFA 14
16 Portugal 1795 UEFA 17
17 Uruguay 1794 CONMEBOL 21
18 United States 1781 CONCACAF 12
{information obatain from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings

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