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The Stars & Stripes<br/>The Red, White and Blue<br/>Yanks
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United States<br/>Soccer Federation
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Bruce Arena , 1998 -
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Cobi Jones (164)
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Eric Wynalda (34)
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''Unofficial:'' USA 0 - 1 2 - 3 USA<br/>( Stockholm , Sweden August 20 , 1916 )
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USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands <br/>( Mission Viejo , CA , USA November 14 , 1993 )<br/>USA 7 - 0 El Salvador <br/>( Los Angeles , CA , USA December 5 , 1993 )<br/>USA 7 - 0 Barbados <br/>( Foxborough , MA , USA August 20 , 2000 )
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USA 0 - 10 England <br/>( New York , NY , USA May 27 , 1964 )
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Third place, 1930
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CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The is the national
Association Football team of the
United States and is controlled by the
United States Soccer Federation .
The United States is a side that enjoyed early competitive success. In the
1930 World Cup , the Americans won the first match in
World Cup history (3-0 over
Belgium in
Montevideo, Uruguay —occurring simultaneously with another "first game" across town where
France defeated
Mexico ). American player
Bert Patenaude then scored the first
Hat-trick in World Cup history as the U.S. defeated
Paraguay , 3-0.
In that first Cup, USA advanced to the semifinals, finishing in
Third Place , still the all-time best World Cup performance by the men's team. Some British football historians have claimed that the U.S. team at that competition was loaded with "ringers" (non-native players) from British professional leagues. The facts do not support that assertion.
In the , the U.S. team pulled off one of the
Greatest Upsets In Soccer History , handing
England its first ever World Cup defeat 1-0, after England had recently beaten the rest of Europe 6-1 in an exhibition match. Some news agencies in England reported the match result as 10-1 to England, a result which would perhaps have been less surprising. However, the U.S. failed to advance from group play after losing to
Spain , and would not qualify for another World Cup until
1990 . Although they were dismissed from that tournament without making a point, the side rebounded to win the first ever
CONCACAF Gold Cup in
1991 .
The team's best performances at recent World Cups have been a second-round appearance in
1994 , when it hosted the event, and a quarterfinal berth in
2002 . They were one of the major surprises at the 2002 event, stunning highly fancied
Portugal 3-2 in group play, defeating continental rivals
Mexico 2-0 in the second round, and narrowly losing to
Germany in the quarterfinals 1-0.
The U.S. men are now a highly competitive side, capable of playing with and often defeating top teams from the rest of the world. In recent years, USA has become known for producing
Goalkeeper s; three U.S. keepers started in the
English Premier League in the
2003-04 Season . Two of the three combined to win back-to-back Goalkeeper of the Year awards, as voted by the players, with
Brad Friedel in 2002-03 and
Tim Howard in 2003-04.
's 2006 World Cup "Don't Tread on Me" logo for the men's national team.]]
Since its recent successes, the team has been consistently ranked in the top 15 of the
FIFA World Rankings ; its highest-ever rank was 4th, first obtained in
April 2006 . More Americans than ever now have successful careers in
European leagues, and the country's youth team is strong, as shown by the under-19s winning the 2005
Milk Cup .
The USA has had more men reach 100
Caps (international appearances) than any other country, with eight to date.
On
September 3 ,
2005 , they qualified for their 8th
World Cup by beating
Mexico 2-0 in
Columbus, Ohio . The United States was drawn for Group E in the World Cup, and will face
Italy ,
Ghana , and the
Czech Republic in the group stage. Because of the high
FIFA ranking of the sides in Group E, it has been frequently called this Cup's
Group Of Death .
Starting from 1993,
CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship,
Copa América . USA has taken part as one of the invited teams twice, in
1993 and
1995 .
- 1993 - Round 1
- 1995 - Fourth place
- 1997 to 2004 - ''Was invited but turned down due to MLS season schedule conflict''
