Carli Lloyd still lead all women’s teams in the FIFA rankings. (Andy Mead/YCJ Photo)

The United States will finish atop the FIFA Women’s World Rankings for 2017.

The world champions will finish with 2,114 points, 52 more than second-place Germany (2,052) as the Americans will cap its third successive year in first place.

England (2,033) was third, followed by Australia (2,019) and Canada (2,027). The Matildas, sparked by Sky Blue FC striker Sam Kerr, cracked the top five for the first time.

Rounding out the top 10 were France (2,030), the Netherlands (1,979), which captured the UEFA crown, Brazil (1,955), Japan (1,964) and Sweden (1,934).

For the entire rankings, visit:

http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/index.html

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.