| Federation
founded: 1913 |
| FIFA
member since: 1913 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Semifinal
exit |
| 1934 - First
round exit |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - First
round exit |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Did not qualify |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - First
round exit |
| 1994 - Second
round exit |
| 1998 - First
round exit |
| 2002 - Quarterfinal exit |
| 2006 - First round exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
25
|
| Won |
6
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| Drawn |
3
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| Lost |
16
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| Goals for |
27
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| Goals against |
51
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| Points |
21
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United
States are 25th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
3-0 vs Belgium
and Paraguay in 1930.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-7 vs Italy
in 1934.
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Overall
topscorer:
Bert Patenaude,
4 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Cobi Jones and Earnie Stewart, 11 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1994
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Bert
Patenaude |
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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part and USA
chose to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 11)
[Played in Rome (ITA)]
24.May 34 USA 4-2 Mexico
USA qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
USA did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 9 [in Mexico City (MEX)])
04.Sep 49 USA 0-6 Mexico
14.Sep 49 Cuba 1-1 USA
18.Sep 49 Mexico 6-2 USA
21.Sep 49 USA 5-2 Cuba
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 17- 2 8
2.USA 4 1 1 2 8-15 3
3.Cuba 4 0 1 3 3-11 1
USA qualified for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ Group 12)
19.Jul 53 Mexico 8-0 Haiti
27.Dec 53 Haiti 0-4 Mexico
10.Jan 54 Mexico 4-0 USA
14.Jan 54 Mexico 3-1 USA
03.Apr 54 Haiti 2-3 USA
04.Apr 54 Haiti 0-3 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 19- 1 8
2.USA 4 2 0 2 7- 9 4
3.Haiti 4 0 0 4 2-18 0
USA played all games away from home. USA
failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
07.Apr 57 Mexico 6-0 USA
28.Apr 57 USA 2-7 Mexico
22.Jun 57 Canada 5-1 USA
06.Jul 57 USA 2-3 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 18- 2 8
2.Canada 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4
3.USA 4 0 0 4 5-21 0
USA failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
06.Nov 60 USA 3-3 Mexico
13.Nov 60 Mexico 3-0 USA
USA failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
07.Mar 65 USA 2-2 Mexico
12.Mar 65 Mexico 2-0 USA
17.Mar 65 Honduras 0-1 USA
21.Mar 65 USA 1-1 Honduras
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 3 1 0 8- 2 7
2.USA 4 1 2 1 4- 5 4
3.Honduras 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1
USA failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(CONCACAF First round - Group 1)
13.Oct 68 Canada 4-2 USA
26.Oct 68 USA 1-0 Canada
03.Nov 68 USA 6-2 Bermuda
11.Nov 68 Bermuda 0-2 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.USA 4 3 0 1 11- 6 6
2.Canada 4 2 1 1 8- 3 5
3.Bermuda 4 0 1 3 2-12 1
(CONCACAF Semifinal round)
20.Apr 69 Haiti 2-0 USA
11.May 69 USA 0-1 Haiti
USA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(CONCACAF First round - Group A)
20.Aug 72 Canada 3-2 USA
29.Aug 72 USA 2-2 Canada
03.Sep 72 Mexico 3-1 USA
10.Sep 72 USA 1-2 Mexico
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 8- 3 8
2.Canada 4 1 1 2 6- 7 3
3.USA 4 0 1 3 6-10 1
USA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(CONCACAF First round - North American zone)
24.Sep 76 Canada 1-1 USA
03.Oct 76 USA 0-0 Mexico
15.Oct 76 Mexico 3-0 USA
20.Oct 76 USA 2-0 Canada
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 4 1 2 1 3- 1 4
2.USA 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4
Canada 4 1 2 1 2- 3 4
Play-off [in Port-au-Prince (HAI)]
22.Dec 76 Canada 3-0 USA
USA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(CONCACAF First round - North American zone)
25.Oct 80 USA 0-0 Canada
01.Nov 80 Canada 2-1 USA
09.Nov 80 Mexico 5-1 USA
23.Nov 80 USA 2-1 Mexico
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Canada 4 1 3 0 4- 3 5
2.Mexico 4 1 2 1 8- 5 4
3.USA 4 1 1 2 4- 8 3
USA failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(CONCACAF First round)
29.Sep 84 Dutch Antilles 0-0 USA
06.Oct 84 USA 4-0 Dutch Antilles
(CONCACAF Second round - Group 3)
15.May 85 USA 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago
19.May 85 Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA
26.May 85 Costa Rica 1-1 USA
31.May 85 USA 0-1 Costa Rica
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Costa Rica 4 2 2 0 6- 2 6
2.USA 4 2 1 1 4- 3 5
3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 0 1 3 2- 7 1
USA failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
USA had walkover to the second round.
(CONCACAF Second round)
24.Jul 88 Jamaica 0-0 USA
13.Aug 88 USA 5-1 Jamaica
(CONCACAF Final round)
16.Apr 89 Costa Rica 1-0 USA
30.Apr 89 USA 1-0 Costa Rica
13.May 89 USA 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago
17.Jun 89 USA 2-1 Guatemala
17.Sep 89 El Salvador 0-1 USA
08.Oct 89 Guatemala 0-0 USA
05.Nov 89 USA 0-0 El Salvador
19.Nov 89 Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10- 6 11
2.USA 8 4 3 1 6- 3 11
3.Trinidad/Tobago 8 3 3 2 7- 5 9
4.Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4- 7 3
5.El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2- 8 2
USA qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
USA qualified automatically
as host nation.
1998
(CONCACAF semifinal groupstage - Group 1)
03.Nov 96 USA 2-0 Guatemala
10.Nov 96 USA 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago
24.Nov 96 Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA
01.Dec 96 Costa Rica 2-1 USA
14.Dec 96 USA 2-1 Costa Rica
21.Dec 96 Guatemala 2-2 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.USA 6 4 1 1 10- 5 13
2.Costa Rica 6 4 0 2 9- 5 12
3.Guatemala 6 2 2 2 6- 9 8
4.Trinidad/Tobago 6 0 1 5 3- 9 1
(CONCACAF Final round)
02.Mar 97 Jamaica 0-0 USA
16.Mar 97 USA 3-0 Canada
23.Mar 97 Costa Rica 3-2 USA
20.Apr 97 USA 2-2 Mexico
29.Jun 97 El Salvador 1-1 USA
07.Sep 97 USA 1-0 Costa Rica
03.Oct 97 USA 1-1 Jamaica
02.Nov 97 Mexico 0-0 USA
09.Nov 97 Canada 0-3 USA
16.Nov 97 USA 4-2 El Salvador
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Mexico 10 4 6 0 23- 7 18
2.USA 10 4 5 1 17- 9 17
3.Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7-12 14
4.Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13-12 12
5.El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11-16 10
6.Canada 10 1 3 6 5-20 6
USA qualified for France 1998.
2002
(CONCACAF semifinal groupstage - Group 3)
16.Jul 00 Guatemala 1-1 USA
23.Jul 00 Costa Rica 2-1 USA
16.Aug 00 USA 7-0 Barbados
03.Sep 00 USA 1-0 Guatemala
11.Oct 00 USA 0-0 Costa Rica
15.Nov 00 Barbados 0-4 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.USA 6 3 2 1 14- 3 11
2.Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 9- 6 10
3.Guatemala 6 3 1 2 9- 6 10
4.Barbados 6 1 0 5 3-20 3
(CONCACAF Final round)
28.Feb 01 USA 2-0 Mexico
28.Mar 01 Honduras 1-2 USA
25.Apr 01 USA 1-0 Costa Rica
16.Jun 01 Jamaica 0-0 USA
20.Jun 01 USA 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago
01.Jul 01 Mexico 1-0 USA
01.Sep 01 USA 2-3 Honduras
05.Sep 01 Costa Rica 2-0 USA
07.Oct 01 USA 2-1 Jamaica
11.Nov 01 Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 USA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Costa Rica 10 7 2 1 17- 7 23
2.Mexico 10 5 2 3 16- 9 17
3.USA 10 5 2 3 11- 8 17
4.Honduras 10 4 2 4 17-17 14
5.Jamaica 10 2 2 6 7-14 8
6.Trinidad/Tobago 10 1 2 7 5-18 5
USA qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(CONCACAF preliminary round)
13.Jun 04 USA 3-0 Grenada
20.Jun 04 Grenada 2-3 USA
(CONCACAF semifinal groupstage - Group 1)
18.Aug 04 Jamaica 1-1 USA
04.Sep 04 USA 2-0 El Salvador
08.Sep 04 Panama 1-1 USA
09.Oct 04 El Salvador 0-2 USA
13.Oct 04 USA 6-0 Panama
17.Nov 04 USA 1-1 Jamaica
P W D L Gls Pts
1.UNITED STATES 6 3 3 0 13- 3 12
2.Panama 6 2 2 2 8-11 8
3.Jamaica 6 1 4 1 7- 5 7
4.El Salvador 6 1 1 4 2-11 4
(CONCACAF Final round)
09.Feb 05 Trinidad/Tobago 1-2 USA
27.Mar 05 Mexico 2-1 USA
30.Mar 05 USA 2-0 Guatemala
04.Jun 05 USA 3-0 Costa Rica
08.Jun 05 Panama 0-3 USA
17.Aug 05 USA 1-0 Trinidad/Tobago
03.Sep 05 USA 2-0 Mexico
07.Sep 05 Guatemala 0-0 USA
08.Oct 05 Costa Rica 3-0 USA
12.Oct 05 USA 2-0 Panama
P W D L Gls Pts
1.UNITED STATES 10 7 1 2 16- 6 22
2.Mexico 10 7 1 2 22- 9 22
3.Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15-14 16
4.Trinidad/Tobago 10 4 1 5 10-15 13
5.Guatemala 10 3 2 5 16-18 11
6.Panama 10 0 2 8 4-21 2
USA qualified for Germany 2006.
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