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Revision as of 03:48, 24 March 2008

United States
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Yanks
The Red, White & Blue
AssociationUnited States
Soccer Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachUnited States Bob Bradley
CaptainCarlos Bocanegra
Most capsCobi Jones (164)
Top scorerLandon Donovan (35)
FIFA codeUSA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current28
Highest4 (April 2006)
Lowest35 (October 1997)
First international
'Unofficial:' United States USA 0 - 1 Canada 
(Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885)
Official:  Sweden 2 - 3 USA United States
(Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916)
Biggest win
United States USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands 
(Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993)
United States USA 7 - 0 El Salvador 
(Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993)
United States USA 7 - 0 Barbados 
(Foxborough, MA, USA; August 20, 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Norway 11 - 0 USA United States
(Oslo, Norway; 11 August, 1948)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1930)
Best result3rd place 1930
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1991)
Best resultWinners, 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007
Confederations Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1992)
Best result3rd, 1992, 1999

The United States Men's National Soccer Team is the national soccer (association football) team of the United States and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. They are currently ranked 28th in the FIFA World Rankings,[1] and have qualified for five consecutive FIFA World Cups.

History

First international outside Britain

In 1885, the U.S. and Canada played the first unofficial international match held outside of Great Britain. The Canadians defeated the Americans 1-0 in Newark, New Jersey.[2] The American side had their revenge the following year, in 1886, when they beat the Canadians 1-0, also in Newark. These two matches were the only internationals played outside of the United Kingdom in the 19th century. Thirty years later, the Americans would play their first official international match by travelling to face Sweden in Stockholm, where the USA won 1-0.

1930: The first World Cup

First win ever

In the 1930 FIFA World Cup, the U.S. won the first match in World Cup history, defeating Belgium 3-0 at Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, Uruguay. The match occurred simultaneously with another "first game" across town in Estadio Pocitos where France defeated Mexico. FIFA has commemorated the American victory as the first World Cup match on two occasions, in 1987 and 2005.[3]

First World Cup hat-trick

In the next fixture, USA again won 3-0, this time against Paraguay. Some controversy had ensued for seven decades over the scoring, as American Bert Patenaude may or may not have scored the first hat-trick in World Cup history. FIFA had generally maintained that Patenaude scored only two goals, the second of the three goals being credited to teammate Tom Florie.[4] but his teammates and the U.S. Soccer Federation among other sources credited Patenaude with notching three.[5][6] Other sources claimed that it was an own goal by Paraguayan Ramon Gonzales.[7][8]
However, FIFA announced on 10 November 2006 that it had accepted evidence from "various historians and football fans" and received confirmation from the United States Soccer Federation that Patenaude scored all three goals, and was indeed the first person to score a hat-trick in World Cup play, clearing up a 76-year-old error.[9][10]

Semi-finalists

In that first World Cup, the American side lost a one-sided match to Argentina, 6-1, after advancing to the semi-finals. This is still the all-time highest World Cup finish by the men's team. The 1930 tournament was unique in that no third place match was played and no third place trophy was awarded to either the United States or fellow semi-finalists Yugoslavia. However, FIFA documents have listed the U.S. finish as 3rd place, a designation that was apparently retroactive. It remains unclear whether FIFA simply chose to list the U.S. above Yugoslavia for alphabetical reasons or because the U.S. had a superior goal difference to Yugoslavia over the course of the tournament. Some British soccer historians have claimed that the U.S. team at that competition was loaded with non-native players from British professional leagues, but the facts do not support that assertion. There were six British-born players on the 1930 team, all of whom played in the team's three World Cup matches. At the time of the 1930 World Cup, the combined experience of those six players in British professional leagues was two games, both by a single player in the English Third Division (equivalent to today's Football League One). Four of the six had come to the United States as teenagers or younger. Three of the six never played professionally in Britain; their pro careers were entirely in North America. In the 1920s, there was a thriving professional league in the United States, and the league survived into the mid-1930s. Two of the six did have significant professional careers in Britain, but not until after 1930. All 16 members of the 1930 World Cup team were living in the United States by 1928.[11]

File:Joe Gaetjens.jpg
Joe Gaetjens after scoring the winning goal against England.

1950: Victory against England

The 1950 FIFA World Cup is memorable in the English-speaking world for the U.S. team pulling off one of the greatest upsets in football history, handing England a devastating result in its first ever World Cup loss, 1-0, after England had recently beaten the rest of Europe 6-1 in an exhibition match. A recent movie named The Miracle Match commemorates the upset. Like England, the U.S. failed to advance from group play after losing to Chile and Spain. It would be four decades before the USA would again make an equivalent impression at the highest international level.

1980s

After the growing enthusiasm caused by the rise of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 1970s, it seemed at times as if the U.S. national team would soon become powerful players in world soccer. Such hopes were not realized, and USA were not considered a strong side in this era. From 1981 to 1983, only two international matches were played.

Team America in the NASL

To provide a more stable national team program, and renew interest in the domestic league, the U.S. national team, playing as Team America, was added as a member of the NASL in the 1984 season. This side lacked the continuity and regularity of training of conventional club sides, and many players were unwilling to play for this team instead of their own clubs. Team America finished the season at the bottom of the league. Recognizing that it had not achieved their objectives, USSF cancelled this experiment and the national team was withdrawn from the NASL.

1984 Olympics

USSF targeted the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, and the 1986 FIFA World Cup as means of building a national team fan base. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) provided what appeared to be a major boost to the U.S.'s chances of advancing beyond the group stage when it declared that Olympic teams from outside Europe and South America could field their full international teams, including professionals. USSF immediately rearranged its Olympic team roster, cutting many of the collegiate players, and replacing them with professionals. Despite this, the U.S. finished 1-1-1 and failed to make the second round.

Failure to qualify for 1986 World Cup

The USSF had applied to host the 1986 World Cup, but Mexico eventually won the right to hold the tournament.

In the last game of the qualifying tournament, U.S. needed only a tie against Costa Rica, whom they had beaten 3-0 in the Olympics the year before, to reach the finals. The USSF, controversially, scheduled the game at El Camino College in Torrance, California, in an area with many Costa Rican expatriates, and allowed the game to be marketed almost exclusively to the Costa Rican community, even providing Costa Rican folk dances as half time entertainment.[1] A 35th minute goal by Evaristo Coronado won the match for Costa Rica, and eliminated the U.S. from the World Cup.[2]

National Team begins to revive

By the end of 1985, there was no domestic senior outdoor league,[12] and many top U.S. players, such as John Kerr, Paul Caligiuri, Eric Eichmann and Bruce Murray moved overseas, primarily to Europe.

In 1988, USSF offered contracts to national team players, to build a team for international matches with something of a club ethos. The national team owned the players' contracts, then loaned these players out to their club teams. This brought several players back to the sport, and combined with an influx of talent from a burgeoning grass-roots level, the team qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and won the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

1990s

1990 World Cup

In 1989, FIFA named the U.S. as host of the 1994 World Cup, but it was under significant international criticism for this decision because of the weakness of the national side and the lack of a top level professional league. This criticism was relieved somewhat when, by winning their first game on the road in nearly two years in a 1-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago through a 35th minute goal by Paul Caligiuri, U.S.A. reached the 1990 World Cup in Italy, its first World Cup finals berth in 40 years.

For the World Cup, coach Bob Gansler selected many inexperienced recent college graduates ahead of seasoned professionals like Rick Davis and Hugo Perez. They were beaten 5-1 by Czechoslovakia in its opening game, Caligiuri scoring the consolation goal. A more defensive approach in the match against host team Italy resulted in a 1-0 defeat. In the U.S.’s last game, the team fell 2-1 to Austria, despite the dismissal of Austrian Peter Artner in the 34th minute. The U.S. were eliminated with a 0-3 record.

CONCACAF Cup Success

In March 1991, the U.S. national team won the North America Cup, tying Mexico 2-2 and beating Canada 2-0. This was followed in May by a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in the World Series of Soccer. The national team then went undefeated in the 1991 Gold Cup, beating Mexico 2-0 in the semifinals and Honduras 0-0 (4-3 on penalty kicks) in the final. In 1992, the U.S. continued its run of success, taking the U.S. Cup title with victories over Ireland and Portugal, followed by a tie with Italy.

1994 World Cup hosts

The controversy over the United States having been awarded the 1994 FIFA World Cup, despite soccer being relatively unpopular in the country had continued until the tournament started. Despite soccer's lowly position in the U.S. sports' hierarchy, the 1994 tournament still holds the World Cup record for attendance at nearly 70,000 per match.[13] The U.S. opened its tournament schedule with a 1-1 tie against Switzerland in the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan, the first World Cup game played indoors. In its second game, the U.S. faced Colombia, ranked fourth in the world, at the Rose Bowl. Aided by an own goal from Andrés Escobar, who was later murdered in his home country for this mistake, the U.S. won 2-1. Despite a 1-0 loss to Romania in its final group game, the U.S. made it to the knockout round for the first time in modern history, avoiding the ignominy of becoming the first host nation not to advance from the group stage.

In the second round, the U.S. lost to eventual champion Brazil, 1-0. Brazil played much of the match with only 10 players after a red card was given to Leonardo for "shattering Tab Ramos's skull with a brutally-delivered elbow."[14] Brazil were the superior team, but Leonardo ended the tournament for arguably the US' most talented midfielder in a match where the US was competitive.

Disappointment in France

In the 1998 World Cup, the team lost all three group matches, including a loss to Iran, and finished in last place in its group. In fact, the team finished in last place overall-- placing 32nd in the field of 32. Head coach Steve Sampson received much of the blame for the performance, after abruptly cutting team captain John Harkes and several other players who were significant to the qualifying effort.[15]

2000s

2000 Summer Olympics in Australia

After being knocked out in the quarterfinals of the 2000 Gold Cup by Colombia by one goal in the penalty shootout, the US team turned it's attention to the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The team performed well and finished in fourth place after losing the Bronze medal match versus Chile.

2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan

The team won the 2002 Gold Cup to set up the team's best performance since 1930 in the 2002 World Cup, when the US team reached the quarterfinals. The knockout stage was reached through a 3-2 win over Portugal and a 1-1 tie with co-host and eventual fourth place finisher, South Korea.

This set the stage for a Round 2 face-off with familiar continental rivals Mexico. The U.S. emerged victorious in the first World Cup showdown between the two old adversaries, 2-0. The team lost 1-0 to eventual runners-up Germany in the quarterfinals. Michael Ballack, who scored the winner in the match, said that the Germans were "lucky" to win the game,[16] reflecting the view that the United States were the better team.[17] Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn is often given credit for the victory.[18][19] Former Germany captain and national icon Franz Beckenbauer said, "America were clearly the better team for 90 minutes."[20] The match was controversial in that a German player clearly prevented a goal from going into the net using his hand, which most believe should have resulted in a penalty.

USA won its second Gold Cup of the last three with the 2005 Gold Cup.

2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany

Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group E
Additional information: 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding

Although it finished at the top of its qualifying group, the United States was unseeded (only top 8 teams received seeds). After changes were made to the seeding process from past processes, more weight was given to a team's/nation's previous World Cup success. The United States was drawn in Group E for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, along with Czech Republic, Italy and Ghana. With three of the top 10 sides in the FIFA rankings in the group, it was considered a Group of Death.

The USA opened with a 3-0 loss to Czech Republic.[21] The team then drew 1-1 against Italy, helped by an Italian own goal: red cards were shown to Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope just before and immediately following the halftime break for reckless tackles, forcing the US team to play nearly all of the second half with nine players to Italy's ten. The USA was knocked out in its final group match against Ghana, who defeated the Americans 2-1.[22]

After going winless in Italy 1934, Italy 1990, France 1998, and Germany 2006, the U.S. is left still searching for its first victory in a World Cup held on European soil. The tie against Italy was USA's first point earned in a World Cup on European soil; the Cristian Zaccardo own goal was also the only goal conceded by Italy until France scored in the final on a penalty kick by Zinedine Zidane.

Recent history

After the tournament, Arena's contract was not renewed. After a five-month search that ended with favorite Jürgen Klinsmann declining the position after his desire for increased organizational control within US Soccer was denied, Chivas USA coach Bob Bradley was hired on an interim and later full time basis. He would also lead the Under-23 squad, which will play in the 2008 Summer Olympics, but those duties were delegated to Peter Nowak upon Bradley's appointment as full time manager. Upon taking the position as U-23 manager Nowak joined the senior international team as Bradley's second-in-command. The 2007 season began with a January training camp under Bradley, followed by a 3-1 win over Denmark,[23] a 2-0 win over archrivals Mexico, a 3-1 win over Ecuador, a 0-0 draw with Guatemala and a 4-1 win over China.

The team started their 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign on June 7, 2007, with a 1-0 victory over Guatemala at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. They defeated Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 on June 9, 2007 also at the Home Depot Center. They then completed group play with a 4-0 win over El Salvador on June 12, 2007 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and clinched a place in the quarterfinals as winner of Group B.

On June 16, 2007, with a 2-1 win over Panama in the quarterfinals, they advanced to face Canada on June 21, 2007. USA beat Canada with a score of 2-1. Landon Donovan scored on a penalty kick while Frankie Hejduk scored with an assist from Donovan. Kasey Keller made his 100th appearance for the U.S. National Team. In the final match, the USA came from behind to beat their eternal rivals Mexico 2-1 in the tournament's final at Chicago's Soldier Field.[24] The match saw Landon Donovan equal Eric Wynalda's all time goal tally of 34 goals for the national side before Benny Feilhaber's 77th minute strike sent the Americans to their fourth CONCACAF Gold Cup victory, thus leveling them with rival Mexico for most Gold Cup victories.[25]

On June 28, 2007, the National Team started their Copa America 2007 campaign with a 1-4 loss against Argentina, continued it with a 1-3 setback to Paraguay on 2 July, and concluded it on 5 July with a 0-1 loss to Colombia. The decision by the USSF to field what many considered a second tier team was questioned[26] as the U.S. National Team finished last in the tournament.

On January 19, 2008, the National Team took on Sweden at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The game yielded a 2-0 victory for the Americans, with goals by Eddie Robinson and Landon Donovan.

Schedule and recent results

Matches from the past six months, as well as any future scheduled matches

Date Venue Opponent Score Competition USA scorers Match Report
October 17, 2007 St. Jakob-Park; Basel, Switzerland   Switzerland 0-1 W Friendly Michael Bradley US Soccer
November 17, 2007 Ellis Park Stadium; Johannesburg, South Africa  South Africa 0-1 W Friendly Steve Cherundolo US Soccer
January 19, 2008 The Home Depot Center; Carson, California  Sweden 2-0 W Friendly Eddie Robinson
Landon Donovan 		US Soccer
February 6, 2008 Reliant Stadium; Houston, Texas  Mexico 2-2 D Friendly Oguchi Onyewu
Jozy Altidore 		US Soccer
March 26, 2008 TBA; Kraków, Poland  Poland Friendly
May 28, 2008 Wembley Stadium; London, England  England Friendly
June 4, 2008 TBA; Santander, Spain  Spain Friendly

Current squad

Caps and goals are current following the completion of the match against Mexico on February 6, 2008.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
24 1GK Marcus Hahnemann (1972-06-15) June 15, 1972 (age 52) 7 0 England Reading
1 1GK Tim Howard (1979-03-06) March 6, 1979 (age 45) 27 0 England Everton
2 2DF Carlos Bocanegra (1979-05-25) May 25, 1979 (age 45) 54 7 England Fulham
6 2DF Steve Cherundolo (1979-02-19) February 19, 1979 (age 45) 43 2 Germany Hannover 96
23 2DF Jay DeMerit (1979-12-04) December 4, 1979 (age 44) 6 0 England Watford
12 2DF Cory Gibbs (1980-01-14) January 14, 1980 (age 44) 18 0 England Charlton Athletic
22 2DF Oguchi Onyewu (1982-05-13) May 13, 1982 (age 42) 29 3 Belgium Standard Liège
5 2DF Heath Pearce (1984-08-13) August 13, 1984 (age 40) 10 0 Germany Hansa Rostock
17 2DF Jonathan Spector (1986-03-01) March 1, 1986 (age 38) 11 0 England West Ham United
4 3MF Michael Bradley (1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 (age 37) 15 1 Netherlands sc Heerenveen
13 3MF Ricardo Clark (1983-02-10) February 10, 1983 (age 41) 12 1 United States Houston Dynamo
10 3MF Landon Donovan (1982-03-04) March 4, 1982 (age 42) 98 35 United States Los Angeles Galaxy
20 3MF Benny Feilhaber (1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 39) 15 2 England Derby County
7 3MF Eddie Lewis (1974-05-17) May 17, 1974 (age 50) 75 8 England Derby County
11 4FW Brian Ching (1978-05-24) May 24, 1978 (age 46) 25 5 United States Houston Dynamo
8 4FW Clint Dempsey (1983-03-09) March 9, 1983 (age 41) 37 9 England Fulham
9 4FW Eddie Johnson (1984-03-31) March 31, 1984 (age 40) 31 11 England Fulham
16 4FW Josh Wolff (1977-02-25) February 25, 1977 (age 47) 49 9 Germany 1860 Munich

Recent Call-Ups

The following players have been called up to the national team in the last six months, but were not named to the matchday squad for the Mexico friendly.

Goalkeepers
Player DoB/Age Club Caps/Goals Most Recent Call-Up
Chris Seitz (1987-03-02) March 2, 1987 (age 37) United States Real Salt Lake 0 (0) v Switzerland, October 17, 2007
Steve Cronin (1983-05-28) May 28, 1983 (age 41) United States Los Angeles Galaxy 0 (0) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Brad Guzan (1984-09-09) September 9, 1984 (age 40) United States Chivas USA 5 (0) v Mexico, February 6, 2008
Defenders
Player DoB/Age Club Caps/Goals Most Recent Call-Up
Jonathan Bornstein (1984-11-07) November 7, 1984 (age 39) United States Chivas USA 12 (1) v South Africa, November 17, 2007
Dan Califf (1980-03-17) March 17, 1980 (age 44) Denmark AaB Aalborg 18 (1) v South Africa, November 17, 2007
Jimmy Conrad (1977-02-12) February 12, 1977 (age 47) United States Kansas City Wizards 24 (1) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Clarence Goodson (1982-05-17) May 17, 1982 (age 42) Norway IK Start 1 (0) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Eddie Robinson (1978-06-19) June 19, 1978 (age 46) United States Houston Dynamo 1 (1) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Ramiro Corrales (1977-03-12) March 12, 1977 (age 47) United States San Jose Earthquakes 6 (0) v Mexico, February 6, 2008
Drew Moor (1984-01-15) January 15, 1984 (age 40) United States FC Dallas 4 (0) v Mexico, February 6, 2008
Michael Parkhurst (1984-01-24) January 24, 1984 (age 40) United States New England Revolution 3 (0) v Mexico, February 6, 2008
Midfielders
Player DoB/Age Club Caps/Goals Most Recent Call-Up
Danny Szetela (1987-06-07) June 7, 1987 (age 37) Italy Brescia Calcio 1 (0) v Switzerland, October 17, 2007
DaMarcus Beasley (1982-05-24) May 24, 1982 (age 42) Scotland Rangers 72 (15) v South Africa, November 17, 2007
Brad Davis (1981-11-08) November 8, 1981 (age 42) United States Houston Dynamo 3 (0) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Sacha Kljestan (1985-09-09) September 9, 1985 (age 39) United States Chivas USA 5 (0) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Bobby Convey (1983-05-27) May 27, 1983 (age 41) England Reading 46 (1) v Mexico, February 6, 2008
Maurice Edu (1986-04-18) April 18, 1986 (age 38) Canada Toronto FC 4 (0) v Mexico, February 6, 2008
Forwards
Player DoB/Age Club Caps/Goals Most Recent Call-Up
Robbie Findley (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985 (age 39) United States Real Salt Lake 1 (0) v Switzerland, October 17, 2007
Sal Zizzo (1987-04-03) April 3, 1987 (age 37) Germany Hannover 96 1 (0) v Switzerland, October 17, 2007
Chris Rolfe (1983-01-17) January 17, 1983 (age 41) United States Chicago Fire 7 (0) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Taylor Twellman (1980-02-29) February 29, 1980 (age 44) United States New England Revolution 29 (6) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Jeremiah White (1982-04-04) April 4, 1982 (age 42) Denmark AGF Aarhus 1 (0) v Sweden, January 19, 2008
Freddy Adu (1989-06-02) June 2, 1989 (age 35) Portugal Benfica 4 (0) v Mexico, February 6, 2008|}
Jozy Altidore (1989-11-06) November 6, 1989 (age 34) United States Red Bull New York 3 (1) v Mexico, February 6, 2008|}
Pat Noonan (1980-08-02) August 2, 1980 (age 44) Norway Aalesunds FK 14 (1) v Mexico, February 6, 2008|}

Competitive Record

Main article: U.S. Men's National Soccer Team Cup Results

The U.S. men's national team has competed at the FIFA World Cup, Olympics when that tournament was considered a full international cup, the Confederations Cup and the North American Football Confederations and CONCACAF regional tournaments. The U.S. has also played by invitation in the Copa America, as well as several minor cups.

Its best result in the World Cup came in 1930 when the U.S. was a semi-finalist. While the U.S. took the silver and bronze medals at the 1904 Olympics, these teams were not sanctioned by any recognized national organization and are not considered full internationals. However, the 1924 and 1928 games were considered full internationals as the evolving concept of an amateur allowed the entering of full international teams. In the Confederations Cup, the U.S. finished third in 1992 and 1999.

In regional competitions, the U.S. never finished higher than second until the 1991 Gold Cup. Since then, they have won four titles. In 1995, the U.S. finished fourth at the Copa América.

Notable former players

For All Time Player Statistics see: United States men's national soccer team (player statistics)

Top 5 Scorers

  1. Landon Donovan (35)
  2. Eric Wynalda (34)
  3. Brian McBride (30)
  4. Joe-Max Moore (24)
  5. Bruce Murray (21)

Head coaches

Honors

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Italy returns to top of soccer's world rankings". MSNBC. 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2007-04-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ As the US-Canada match was unofficial, the first official match outside Britain was held in 1901 between Argentina and Uruguay.
  3. ^ World Cup 1930 finals
  4. ^ "FIFA: USA - Paraguay match report". FIFA. Retrieved 2006-06-09.
  5. ^ "CNN/Sports Illustrated - Bert Patenaude". CNN. Retrieved 2006-06-09.
  6. ^ "Planet World Cup - World Cup Trivia". PlanetWorldCup.com. Retrieved 2006-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "The Football Association 20 World Cup Facts". The FA. Retrieved 2006-06-09.
  8. ^ "RSSSF - THE FIRST WORLD CUP HAT TRICK". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-06-09.
  9. ^ "American Bert Patenaude credited with first hat trick in FIFA World Cup™ history". FIFA. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
  10. ^ "FIFA World Cup hat-tricks" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
  11. ^ For more details on this issue, see Allaway, Roger, and Colin Jose, The myth of British pros on the 1930 U.S. team.
  12. ^ U.S. Soccer Team Hindered
  13. ^ Planet World Cup - 1994 - Story of USA '94
  14. ^ ESPNsoccernet - World Cup - 'Winning is the only option'
  15. ^ "Sampson destroyed US unity with late changes to lineup". SoccerTimes.com. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Blum, Ronald, Angst for Germans over World Cup warmup, retrieved 2007-11-07
  17. ^ Germany beat valiant USA, retrieved 2007-11-07
  18. ^ Kahn praised after keeping USA at bay, retrieved 2007-11-07
  19. ^ Ballack salutes Kahn, retrieved 2007-11-07
  20. ^ Beckenbauer:Germany were lucky, retrieved 2007-11-07
  21. ^ FIFA match report, accessed on June 16, 2006
  22. ^ "Ghana 2-1 USA". BBC. Retrieved 2006-06-23.
  23. ^ "USA-Denmark B 3-1". DBU. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
  24. ^ "U.S. defeats Mexico again in Gold Cup final". MSNBC. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
  25. ^ FIFA.com
  26. ^ "South American soccer federation miffed at U.S." ESPNsoccernet. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

Titles

Preceded by North American Champions
1991 (First title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by North American Champions
2002 (Second title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by North American Champions
2005 (Third title)
2007 (Fourth title) 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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