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World Cup champion U.S. women's soccer team returns to No. 1 in world ranking

Hours before setting off on its ticker-tape parade through New York City, the U.S. women's soccer team learned it had something other than just its World Cup title to celebrate.

An unbeaten run through the tournament in Canada not only gave the Americans their first world championship in 16 years, the team also is back in the top spot in the FIFA world rankings as well.

Germany had been No. 1 but it lost to the U.S. in the World Cup semifinals, then fell to England in the third-place game.

Germany and the U.S., the only two countries to win multiple World Cups, are also the only teams to top the FIFA women's world rankings since they were introduced in 2003.