The Canada women continue to slide down the FIFA rankings, dropping one place to No. 10.

The Canadians started the year at No. 6, falling one spot in each of the March, June and August rankings. That trend continued in the end-of-year ranking released Thursday.

The most recent drop reflects four straight losses since the last rankings were released on Aug. 7. The Canadian women were beaten 1-0 by both No. 25 Switzerland and the 11th-ranked Netherlands in the October international window and 3-0 and 1-0 by No. 8 Japan in the November window.

Canada ends the year on a five-game losing streak and mired in a 454-minute goal drought dating back to a 4-1 win over No. 50 Haiti on June 27 in Toronto, the team's last win.

The Canadian women went 6-6-1 this year under coach Casey Stoney.

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