United States Nickname(s) The Yanks The Stars and Stripes The Red, White, and Blue Association United States Soccer Federation Confederation CONCACAF (North America) Head coach Bob Bradley Asst coach Mike Sorber John Hackworth Captain Carlos Bocanegra Most caps Cobi Jones (164) Top scorer Landon Donovan (42) FIFA code USA FIFA ranking 14 Highest FIFA ranking 4 (April 2006) Lowest FIFA ranking 35 (October 1997) Elo ranking 16 Highest Elo ranking 4 (November 1885 - November 1886) Lowest Elo ranking 85 (October 1968) Home colors Away colors First international Unofficial: United States 0–1 Canada (Newark; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2–3 United States (Stockholm; August 20, 1916) Biggest win United States 8–0 Barbados (Carson; June 15, 2008) Biggest defeat Norway 11–0 United States (Oslo; August 11, 1948) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1930) Best result Third Place, 1930 Gold Cup Appearances 10 (First in 1991) Best result Champions, 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007 Confederations Cup Appearances 4 (First in 1992) Best result Runners-Up, 2009

Olympic medal record Men's Football (3 appearances before 1930, first 1896) Silver 1904 St Louis Team Bronze 1904 St Louis Team

The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international football (soccer) competition and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. Though soccer has not traditionally had a high profile in American sporting life, the sport has steadily grown in popularity since the 1970s. The team is, according to the FIFA World Rankings, ranked 14th in the world and first in CONCACAF,^[1] has appeared in the last five FIFA World Cups, and will appear in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 Post WWII 1.3 1980s 1.4 1990s: rebirth for American soccer 1.5 21st century 1.5.1 2010 World Cup qualification 1.5.2 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C 2 Schedule and recent results 3 Current squad 3.1 Recent call-ups 4 Competitive record 5 Centurions and top scorers 5.1 Centurions 5.2 Top scorers 6 Head coaches 7 Honors 7.1 International 7.2 Regional 8 Media Coverage 9 Supporters' Groups 10 See also 11 Notes 12 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Early years

In 1885, the United States and Canada played the first international match held outside the United Kingdom. Canada defeated the U.S. 1–0 in Newark, New Jersey,^[2] The United States had its revenge the following year when it beat Canada 1–0, also in Newark. Thirty years later, the United States played its first official international match under the auspices of U.S. Soccer against Sweden in Stockholm, where the USA won 2–3.

The U.S. earned both silver and bronze medals in men's soccer at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri. The tournament only featured three teams: Galt F.C. from Canada and Christian Brothers College and St. Rose Parish from the United States. Galt defeated both American teams to win the gold. Christian Brothers defeated St. Rose in a third match after two scoreless draws.

In the 1930 World Cup, the U.S. won its first match in World Cup history, beating Belgium 3–0 at the Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, Uruguay. The match occurred simultaneously with another across town at the Estadio Pocitos where France defeated Mexico.

In the next match, the United States again won 3–0, this time against Paraguay. For many years, FIFA credited Bert Patenaude with the first and third goals and his teammate Tom Florie with the second.^[3] Other sources described the second goal as having been scored by Patenaude^[4][5] or by Paraguayan Ramon Gonzales.^[6] In November 2006, FIFA announced that it had accepted evidence from "various historians and football fans" that Patenaude scored all three goals, and was thus the first person to score a hat trick in a World Cup finals tournament.^[7]

Having reached the semifinals with two wins, the American side lost 6–1 to Argentina. Using the overall tournament records, FIFA lists the U.S. as finishing in third place, above fellow semifinalist Yugoslavia. This is still the team's highest World Cup finish, and it's also the highest finish of any team from outside of CONMEBOL and UEFA, the South American and European confederations, respectively.

Due to FIFA not wanting interference with the newly founded FIFA World Cup no official tournament was fielded in the 1932 Olympic Games. FIFA claimed the tournament would not be popular in the United States, so it would not be cost efficient to assist in the running of the tournament during struggling economic times. As a result, an informal tournament was organized including local rivals with the United States finishing first, followed by Mexico and Canada. The Olympic Tournament was reinstated in the 1936 Olympic Games.

[edit] Post WWII

In the 1950 World Cup, the United States lost its first match 3–1 against Spain, but then won 1–0 against England in what is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in football history, England having recently beaten the rest of Europe 6–1 in an exhibition match. Sports Illustrated and Soccer Digest have called the game the "Miracle on Grass."^[8] A defeat to Chile by a 5–2 margin in the third group match saw the U.S. eliminated from the tournament. It would be four decades before the United States would make another appearance at the World Cup.

Despite the United States' relative success in early international tournaments, soccer remained a niche sport in the U.S. for many years. In the three decades after the 1950 World Cup, the only victories for the United States came against Haiti, Bermuda, Honduras, Canada, Poland, and China.

[edit] 1980s

After the enthusiasm caused by the creation and rise of the North American Soccer League in the 1970s, it seemed as though the U.S. men's national team would soon become a powerful force in world football. Such hopes were not realized, however, and the United States was not considered a strong side in this era. From 1981 to 1983, only two international matches were played.

To provide a more stable national team program and renew interest in the NASL, U.S. Soccer entered the national team into the league for the 1983 season as Team America. This team lacked the continuity and regularity of training that conventional clubs enjoy, and many players were unwilling to play for the team instead of their own clubs. Embarrassingly, Team America finished the season at the bottom of the league. Recognizing that it had not achieved its objectives, U.S Soccer cancelled this experiment, and the national team was withdrawn from the NASL.

U.S. Soccer made the decision to target the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1986 World Cup as means of rebuilding the national team and its fan base. The International Olympic Committee provided what appeared to be a major boost to the United States' chances of advancing beyond the group stage when it declared that Olympic teams from outside Europe and South America could field full senior teams as long as those senior players had never played in a World Cup, including professionals. U.S. Soccer immediately rearranged its Olympic roster, cutting many collegiate players and replacing them with professionals. Despite this, the U.S. finished 1–1–1 and failed to make the second round.

The United States did bid to host the 1986 World Cup after Colombia withdrew due to economic concerns. However, Mexico beat out the U.S. and Canada to host the tournament, despite concerns that the tournament would have to be moved again because of a major earthquake that hit Mexico shortly before the tournament.

In the last game of the qualifying tournament, the U.S. needed only a draw against Costa Rica, whom the U.S. had beaten 3–0 in the Olympics the year before, in order to reach the final qualification group against Honduras and Canada. U.S. Soccer scheduled the game to be played at El Camino College in Torrance, California, an area with many Costa Rican expatriates, and marketed the game almost exclusively to the Costa Rican community, even providing Costa Rican folk dances as halftime entertainment.^[1] A 35th minute goal by Evaristo Coronado won the match for Costa Rica and kept the United States from reaching its fourth World Cup finals.^[2]

By the end of 1984, the NASL had folded and there was no senior outdoor soccer league operating in the United States.^[9] As a result, many top American players, such as John Kerr, Paul Caligiuri, Eric Eichmann, and Bruce Murray, moved overseas, primarily to Europe.

In 1988, U.S. Soccer attempted to reimplement its national-team-as-club concept, offering contracts to national team players in order to build an international team with something of a club ethos, while loaning them out to their club teams, saving U.S. Soccer the expense of their salaries. This brought many key veterans back to the team, while the success of the NASL a decade earlier had created an influx of talent from burgeoning grass-roots level clubs and youth programs. Thus U.S. Soccer sought to establish a more stable foundation for participation in the 1990 World Cup than had existed for previous tournaments.

[edit] 1990s: rebirth for American soccer

In 1989, FIFA named the United States hosts of the 1994 World Cup, but it did so under significant international criticism because of the perceived weakness of the national team and the lack of a professional outdoor league. This criticism diminished somewhat when a 1–0 win against Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S.'s first away win in nearly two years, in the last match of the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, earned the United States its first World Cup appearance in 40 years.

For the 1990 World Cup in Italy, two of the team's more experienced players, Rick Davis and Hugo Perez, were recovering from serious injuries and unavailable for selection, and manager Bob Gansler selected many inexperienced players and recent college graduates. The U.S. went on to lose all three games to Czechoslovakia, Italy and Austria.

In March 1991, the United States 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 4–3 on penalty kicks after a 0–0 draw in the final. In 1992, the U.S. continued its run of success, taking the U.S. Cup with victories over Ireland and Portugal, followed by a draw with Italy.

Having qualified automatically as the host, the U.S. opened its tournament schedule with a 1–1 draw against Switzerland in the Pontiac Silverdome in the suburbs of Detroit, the first World Cup game played indoors. In its second game, the U.S. faced Colombia, then ranked fourth in the world, at the Rose Bowl. Aided by an own goal from Andrés Escobar, the United States won 2–1.^[10] (Escobar was later murdered in his home country, a killing some believe was in retaliation for this mistake.) 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 since 1930.

In the second round, the U.S. lost 1–0 to the eventual champion Brazil.^[11]

In the 1998 World Cup in France, the team lost all three group matches, 2–0 to Germany, 1–2 to Iran, and 0–1 to Yugoslavia, and so finished in last place in its group and 32nd in the field of 32. Head coach Steve Sampson received much of the blame for the performance as a result of abruptly cutting team captain John Harkes, whom Sampson had ironically named "Captain for Life" shortly before, as well as several other players who were instrumental to the qualifying effort, from the squad.^[12]

[edit] 21st century

The United States won the 2002 Gold Cup to set up the team's best performance since 1930 in the 2002 World Cup, when the U.S. 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.

The United States followed up this success by winning its third Gold Cup, and second out of three, in 2005.

After finishing top of the CONCACAF qualification tournament, the U.S. was drawn into Group E along with the Czech Republic, Italy, and Ghana. Since three of the teams were ranked in the top 10 of the FIFA World Rankings at the time, it was considered a Group of Death.

The United States opened its tournament with a 0–3 loss to the Czech Republic. The team then drew 1–1 against Italy (ending up being the only team to not lose to the Italian side in the tournament),^[13] The United States was then knocked out of the tournament when beaten 2–1 by Ghana in its final group match.^[14]

After failing to maintain his 2002 success at the 2006 World Cup, Bruce Arena was eventually replaced by his assistant with the national team and Chivas USA manager Bob Bradley, whose reign began with four wins and one draw in friendlies leading up to the 2007 Gold Cup, hosted by the United States.

The U.S. won all three of its group stage matches, against Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and El Salvador. With a 2–1 win over Panama in the quarterfinals, the U.S. advanced to face Canada in the semifinals, winning 2–1. In the final, the United States came from behind to beat Mexico 2–1.^[15]

The team's disappointing Copa América 2007 campaign ended after three defeats in the group stage against Argentina, Paraguay, and Colombia. The decision by U.S. Soccer to field what many considered a second-tier team was questioned by fans and media alike.^[16]

One of the hallmarks of Bradley's tenure as national team manager has been his willingness to cap a large number of players, many for their first time. This practice has been praised by those wanting to see a more diverse player pool for the national team, as well as criticized by those hoping for more consistency and leadership from core players.^[17] This has coincided with many young American players like Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Maurice Edu, Brad Guzan, Eddie Johnson, and Michael Parkhurst making their first moves from MLS to European clubs, meaning that more American players are gaining experience at the highest levels of club and international soccer than at any other time in the team's history.

In Summer 2009, the United States had one of the busiest stretches in its history. For the 2009 Confederations Cup the U.S. was drawn into Group B with Brazil, Egypt, and Italy. After losing 1–3 to Italy and 0–3 to Brazil, the United States made an unlikely comeback to finish second in the group and reach the semi-final on the second tie-breaker, goals scored, having scored four goals to Italy's three. This was achieved on the final day of group play when the United States beat Egypt 0–3 while Brazil beat Italy 0–3.^[18]

In the semifinals, the U.S. defeated Spain 0–2.^[19] At the time, Spain was atop the FIFA World Rankings, and they were on a record run of 15 straight wins, and 35 games undefeated (a record shared with Brazil). With the win, the United States advanced to its first-ever final in a men's FIFA tournament; however, they lost 2–3 to Brazil after leading 2–0 at half-time.^[20]

Only a few days after the Confederations Cup Final, the United States hosted the 2009 Gold Cup, and was drawn into Group B with Grenada, Haiti, and Honduras. The U.S. began group play with a pair of victories over Grenada and Honduras, and won the group with a draw against Haiti.

In the quarterfinals, the United States defeated Panama 2–1 after extra time. In the semifinals the U.S. faced Honduras for the second time in the tournament, and the third time in less than two months. The United States beat Honduras 0–2 and advanced to their third consecutive Gold Cup final where they faced Mexico in a rematch of the 2007 Gold Cup final. The United States was beaten by Mexico in 0–5, surrendering their 58-match unbeaten streak against CONCACAF opponents in the U.S., and losing to Mexico in the United States for the first time since 1999.

[edit] 2010 World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20  Mexico 10 6 1 3 18 12 +6 19  Honduras 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16  Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 16  El Salvador 10 2 2 6 9 15 −6 8  Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 3 6 10 22 −12 6

Costa Rica  – 1–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 3–1 El Salvador  1–0 – 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 Honduras  4–0 1–0 – 3–1 4–1 2–3 Mexico  2 –0 4–1 1–0 – 2–1 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago  2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 – 0–1 United States  2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 –

• Qualification:
  • The United States has qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The U.S. won seven of eight matches against Barbados, Cuba, Guatemala, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Second and Third Rounds of qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This qualified the United States for the Fourth Round, or Hexagonal, against Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The U.S. began the Fourth Round by defeating Mexico 2–0, a win that extended the United States' unbeaten streak against Mexico on U.S. soil to 11 matches.^[21] Six weeks later, in the second match of the Fourth Round, the United States made a late rally to earn a 2–2 draw away to El Salvador.^[22] Four days later, Jozy Altidore became the youngest U.S. player to score a hat-trick, and lead the United States to a 3–0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.^[23] Following another six week break from qualifying, the U.S. travelled to Costa Rica, where they were soundly defeated 3–1.^[24] The United States rebounded three days later when they defeated Honduras 2–1. When qualifying resumed near the end of the summer of 2009, the United States suffered a 2–1 loss to Mexico at Estadio Azteca. A few weeks later, the United States came from behind to defeat El Salvador 2–1 at home after being down 0–1. The next week, the U.S. beat Trinidad and Tobago 0–1. On October 10, 2009, the United States secured qualification to the World Cup with a 2–3 win over Honduras. Four days later, the U.S. secured first place in the Fourth Round with a dramatic 2–2 draw against Costa Rica.

Having secured their presence at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in November 2009 with a 3–2 away win over eventual fellow qualifiers Honduras, they were drawn in Group C alongside England, Algeria and Slovenia.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup
Group C

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Schedule and recent results

The following is a list of matches from the past six months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	U.S. Goals (Goal #)
June 15, 2009	Loftus Versfeld Stadium,  South Africa	Italy	CC	3–1 L	Donovan (40)
June 18, 2009	Loftus Versfeld Stadium,  South Africa	Brazil	CC	0–3 L
June 21, 2009	Royal Bafokeng Stadium,  South Africa	Egypt	CC	0–3 W	Davies (2) Bradley (6) Dempsey (14)
June 24, 2009	Free State Stadium,  South Africa	Spain	CC	0–2 W	Altidore (7) Dempsey (15)
June 28, 2009	Coca-Cola Park,  South Africa	Brazil	CC	2–3 L	Dempsey (16) Donovan (41)
July 4, 2009	Qwest Field,  United States	Grenada	GC	0–4 W	Adu (2) Holden (1) Rogers (1) Davies (3)
July 8, 2009	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium,  United States	Honduras	GC	2–0 W	Quaranta (1) Ching (10)
July 11, 2009	Gillette Stadium,  United States	Haiti	GC	2–2 D	Arnaud (1) Holden (2)
July 18, 2009	Lincoln Financial Field,  United States	Panama	GC	2–1 W (a.e.t.)	Beckerman (2) Cooper (3)
July 23, 2009	Soldier Field,  United States	Honduras	GC	0–2 W	Goodson (1) Cooper (4)
July 26, 2009	Giants Stadium,  United States	Mexico	GC	0–5 L
August 12, 2009	Estadio Azteca,  Mexico	Mexico	WCQ	2–1 L	Davies (4)
September 5, 2009	Rio Tinto Stadium,  United States	El Salvador	WCQ	2–1 W	Dempsey (17) Altidore (8)
September 9, 2009	Hasely Crawford Stadium,  Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	WCQ	0–1 W	Clark (2)
October 10, 2009	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano,  Honduras	Honduras	WCQ	2–3 W	Casey (1, 2), Donovan (42)
October 14, 2009	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium,  United States	Costa Rica	WCQ	2–2 D	Bradley (7), Bornstein (2)
November 14, 2009	Tehelné pole,  Slovakia	Slovakia	F	0–1 L
November 18, 2009	NRGi Park,  Denmark	Denmark	F	1–3 L	Cunningham (1)
January 23, 2010	The Home Depot Center,  United States	Honduras	F
March 3, 2010	Amsterdam Arena,  Netherlands	Netherlands	F
June 12, 2010	Royal Bafokeng Stadium,  South Africa	England	WCF
June 18, 2010	Ellis Park Stadium,  South Africa	Slovenia	WCF
June 23, 2010	Loftus Versfeld Stadium,  South Africa	Algeria	WCF

Key

• F = Friendly
• CC = 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
• GC = 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• WCQ = 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
• WCF = 2010 FIFA World Cup

[edit] Current squad

The following 30-man roster was named for the January camp in Carson, California.

Caps and goals are correct as of the completion of the friendly match against Denmark on November 18, 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Kevin Hartman May 25, 1974 (1974-05-25) (age 35) 5 0 Kansas City Wizards GK Troy Perkins July 29, 1981 (1981-07-29) (age 28) 6 0 Vålerenga GK Nick Rimando June 17, 1979 (1979-06-17) (age 30) 3 0 Real Salt Lake GK Zach Thornton October 10, 1973 (1973-10-10) (age 36) 8 0 Chivas USA DF Kevin Alston May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08) (age 21) 0 0 New England Revolution DF Jonathan Bornstein November 7, 1984 (1984-11-07) (age 25) 26 2 Chivas USA DF Jimmy Conrad February 12, 1977 (1977-02-12) (age 32) 27 1 Kansas City Wizards DF Omar Gonzalez October 11, 1988 (1988-10-11) (age 21) 0 0 Los Angeles Galaxy DF Clarence Goodson May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17) (age 27) 8 1 Start DF Chad Marshall August 22, 1984 (1984-08-22) (age 25) 10 1 Columbus Crew DF Brandon McDonald January 16, 1986 (1986-01-16) (age 23) 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes DF Heath Pearce August 13, 1984 (1984-08-13) (age 25) 28 0 FC Dallas DF Marvell Wynne May 8, 1986 (1986-05-08) (age 23) 3 0 Toronto FC MF Kyle Beckerman April 23, 1982 (1982-04-23) (age 27) 10 1 Real Salt Lake MF Alejandro Bedoya April 25, 1987 (1987-04-25) (age 22) 0 0 Örebro MF Geoff Cameron July 11, 1985 (1985-07-11) (age 24) 0 0 Houston Dynamo MF Brad Davis November 8, 1981 (1981-11-08) (age 28) 3 0 Houston Dynamo MF Brad Evans April 20, 1985 (1985-04-20) (age 24) 3 0 Seattle Sounders MF Benny Feilhaber January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19) (age 24) 30 2 AGF MF Eddie Gaven October 25, 1986 (1986-10-25) (age 23) 5 0 Columbus Crew MF Sacha Kljestan September 9, 1985 (1985-09-09) (age 24) 21 3 Chivas USA MF Jeff Larentowicz August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 26) 0 0 New England Revolution MF Dax McCarty April 30, 1987 (1987-04-30) (age 22) 2 0 FC Dallas MF Chris Pontius May 12, 1987 (1987-05-12) (age 22) 0 0 DC United MF Robbie Rogers May 12, 1987 (1987-05-12) (age 22) 9 1 Columbus Crew FW Justin Braun March 31, 1987 (1987-03-31) (age 22) 0 0 Chivas USA FW Jeff Cunningham August 21, 1976 (1976-08-21) (age 33) 12 1 FC Dallas FW Conor Casey July 25, 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 28) 17 2 Colorado Rapids FW Robbie Findley August 4, 1985 (1985-08-04) (age 24) 1 0 Real Salt Lake FW Marcus Tracy October 2, 1986 (1986-10-02) (age 23) 0 0 Aalborg BK

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a matchday squad in the last six months, but were not named to the 23-man preliminary squad for the friendly match against Denmark on November 18, 2009.

Caps and goals are correct as of the completion of the International Friendly match against Denmark on November 18, 2009.

Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Most Recent Call-Up
Goalkeepers
Luis Robles	May 11, 1984 (1984-05-11) (age 25)	1	0	Kaiserslautern	v.  Honduras; July 23, 2009
Tim Howard	March 6, 1979 (1979-03-06) (age 30)	48	0	Everton	v.  Costa Rica; October 14, 2009
Brad Guzan	September 9, 1984 (1984-09-09) (age 25)	15	0	Aston Villa	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Marcus Hahnemann	June 15, 1972 (1972-06-15) (age 37)	6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Defenders
Danny Califf	March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17) (age 29)	23	1	Philadelphia Union	v.  Brazil; June 28, 2009
Jay Heaps	August 2, 1976 (1976-08-02) (age 33)	4	0	Retired	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Michael Parkhurst	January 24, 1984 (1984-01-24) (age 25)	8	0	Nordsjælland	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Jay DeMerit	December 4, 1979 (1979-12-04) (age 30)	16	0	Watford	v.  Mexico; August 12, 2009
Oguchi Onyewu	May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13) (age 27)	51	5	Milan	v.  Costa Rica; October 14, 2009
Steve Cherundolo	February 19, 1979 (1979-02-19) (age 30)	57	2	Hannover 96	v.  Slovakia; November 14, 2009
Carlos Bocanegra	May 25, 1979 (1979-05-25) (age 30)	76	11	Rennes	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Edgar Castillo	October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08) (age 23)	1	0	UANL	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Frankie Hejduk	August 5, 1974 (1974-08-05) (age 35)	85	7	Columbus Crew	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Jonathan Spector	March 1, 1986 (1986-03-01) (age 23)	23	0	West Ham United	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Midfielders
DaMarcus Beasley	May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 27)	89	17	Rangers	v.  Brazil; June 28, 2009
Freddy Adu	June 2, 1989 (1989-06-02) (age 20)	15	2	Belenenses[25]	v.  Honduras; July 8, 2009
Colin Clark	April 11, 1984 (1984-04-11) (age 25)	1	0	Colorado Rapids	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Sam Cronin	December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 23)	2	0	Toronto FC	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Logan Pause	August 22, 1981 (1981-08-22) (age 28)	5	0	Chicago Fire	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Clint Dempsey	March 9, 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 26)	60	17	Fulham	v.  Slovakia; November 14, 2009
Michael Bradley	July 31, 1987 (1987-07-31) (age 22)	40	7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Ricardo Clark	February 10, 1983 (1983-02-10) (age 26)	27	2	Houston Dynamo	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Stuart Holden	August 1, 1985 (1985-08-01) (age 24)	11	2	Houston Dynamo	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
José Francisco Torres	October 29, 1987 (1987-10-29) (age 22)	7	0	Pachuca	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Forwards
Davy Arnaud	June 22, 1980 (1980-06-22) (age 29)	7	1	Kansas City Wizards	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Santino Quaranta	October 14, 1984 (1984-10-14) (age 25)	15	1	D.C. United	v.  Mexico; July 26, 2009
Brian Ching	May 24, 1978 (1978-05-24) (age 31)	43	10	Houston Dynamo	v.  Trinidad and Tobago; September 9, 2009
Charlie Davies	June 25, 1986 (1986-06-25) (age 23)	17	4	Sochaux	v.  Honduras; October 10, 2009
Kenny Cooper	October 21, 1984 (1984-10-21) (age 25)	10	4	1860 Munich	v.  Costa Rica; October 14, 2009
Landon Donovan	March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 27)	120	42	Los Angeles Galaxy	v.  Costa Rica; October 14, 2009
Jozy Altidore	November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06) (age 20)	23	9	Hull City[26]	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009
Eddie Johnson	March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31) (age 25)	39	12	Fulham	v.  Denmark; November 18, 2009

[edit] Competitive record

The United States has competed at the Summer Olympics (when that tournament was considered a full international tournament), the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Confederations Cup, as well as NAFC and CONCACAF regional tournaments. The U.S. has also played in the Copa América by invitation, as well as several minor tournaments.

During the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup the United States showed its major improvements by making it all the way to the finals. They made a historic win against Spain with a 2–0 win, which was what they needed to move onto the finals. During their match against Brazil their skill was highlighted as they scored the first two goals in the first half. However, Brazil had a quick come back in the second half scoring 3 goals and winning the confederations cup. This was a milestone for the United states.

The best result for the United States in a World Cup came in 1930 when they finished in third place. The U.S. took the silver and bronze medals at the 1904 Olympics. In the Confederations Cup, the United States has finished in third place in both 1992 and 1999, and were runner-up in the 2009 Confederations Cup.

In regional competitions, the United States had never finished higher than runner-up until the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the first competition in the Gold Cup format. Since then, they have finished as winners four times. In 1995, the U.S. finished in fourth place at the Copa América.

[edit] Centurions and top scorers

[edit] Centurions The United States has had more players win 100 caps than any other nation. The following players have won 100 or more caps with the national team: Rank Player Caps Goals Years 1 Cobi Jones 164 15 1992–2004 2 Jeff Agoos 134 4 1988–2003 3 Marcelo Balboa 128 13 1988–2000 4 Landon Donovan 120 42 2000– 5 Claudio Reyna 112 8 1994–2006 6 Paul Caligiuri 110 5 1984–1997 7 Eric Wynalda 106 34 1990–2000 8 Kasey Keller 102 0 1990–2007 9 Earnie Stewart 101 17 1990–2004 10 Tony Meola 100 0 1988–2002 Joe-Max Moore 100 24 1992–2002

[edit] Top scorers The following players are the top scorers in national team history: Rank Player Caps Goals Years 1 Landon Donovan 120 42 2000– 2 Eric Wynalda 106 34 1990–2000 3 Brian McBride 95 30 1993–2006 4 Joe-Max Moore 100 24 1992–2002 5 Bruce Murray 86 21 1985–1993 6 Clint Dempsey 60 17 2004– DaMarcus Beasley 89 17 2001– Earnie Stewart 101 17 1990–2004 9 Cobi Jones 164 15 1992–2004 10 Hugo Pérez 73 13 1984–1994 Marcelo Balboa 128 13 1988–2000

[edit] Head coaches

Thomas Cahill (1916–1924) George Burford (1924–1925) Nat Agar (1925–1926) George Burford (1928) Robert Millar (1929–1933) David Gould (1933–1934) Bill Lloyd (1934–1937) No coach in 1938–1946 Andrew Brown (1947–1948) Walter Giesler (1948–1949) Bill Jeffrey (1949–1952) John Wood (1952–1953) Erno Schwarz (1953–1955) George Meyer (1957) Jim Reed (1959–1961) John Herberger (1964) George Meyer (1965) Phil Woosnam (1968)

Gordon Jago (1969) Bob Kehoe (1971–1972) Max Wosniak (1973) Eugene Chyzowych (1973) Gordon Bradley (1973) Dettmar Cramer (1974) Al Miller (1975) Manny Schellscheidt (1975) Walter Chyzowych (1976–1980) Bob Gansler (1982) Alkis Panagoulias (1983–1985) Lothar Osiander (1986–1988) Bob Gansler (1989–1991) John Kowalski (1991) Bora Milutinović (1991–1995) Steve Sampson (1995–1998) Bruce Arena (1998–2006) Bob Bradley (2006–present)

[edit] Honors

[edit] International

• Summer Olympics^*

Silver Medal (1): 1904

Bronze Medal (1): 1904

• FIFA World Cup

Third Place (1): 1930

• King Fahd Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

Runners-Up (1): 2009

Third Place (2): 1992, 1999

[edit] Regional

• CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (4): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007

Runners-Up (4): 1989, 1993, 1998, 2009

Third Place (2): 1996, 2003

• Copa América

Fourth Place (1): 1995

• Pan American Games

Gold Medal (1): 1991

Bronze Medal (2): 1959, 1999

* – Before the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, the football tournament at the Summer Olympics was, between 1908 and 1928, considered both a full international tournament and the World Championship of Football. Since then, it has become a mostly youth international tournament (currently U-23 plus 3 "overage" players), at least for men. This is why Uruguay, for example, considers its gold medals from the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics as equal to its World Cup wins in 1930 and 1950.

[edit] Media Coverage

As with other national soccer federations in the world, U.S. Soccer owns the broadcast rights to all U.S. matches played in the United States, and all United States international friendlies. It negotiates deals with media outlets to maximize revenue and exposure from the matches.

Different media outlets hold different portions of the broadcast rights to games. ESPN owns the U.S. English language broadcast rights for every match in the World Cup and Confederations Cup, as well as for select matches in Major League Soccer until the completion of the 2014 World Cup. ESPN and Fox Soccer Channel split the rights to friendlies as part of contracts which also give FSC the U.S. Open Cup television rights. Univision holds exclusive Spanish-language rights to home qualifiers and all friendlies. Broadcast rights (including U.S. broadcast rights) to away qualifiers are owned by the federation governing the United States' opponent, and can be sold to any company, although ESPN and Univision usually obtain direct rights or sublicenses for the majority of these games.

[edit] Supporters' Groups

The main supporters group backing the United States men's national soccer team is Sam's Army. Started shortly after the 1994 World Cup in the United States, it now claims to have over 15,000 members.

The American Outlaws was started in Lincoln, Nebraska as a local supporters' group. The group's membership attempted to address a lack of consistency from game to game in supporter organization and social events on matchdays. To achieve this goal the American Outlaws became a nationwide, non-profit, supporters' group.

Sam's Army members wear red to matches, sing or chant throughout the match, and often bring huge American flags and other banners to the game. The American Outlaws can be further distinguished by the fact that they wear American flag bandanas over their faces. The two groups are usually put together in a "supporters' section" at US home games.

[edit] See also

• Soccer in the United States
• United States women's national soccer team
• U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
• US National Soccer Team Players Association
• England v United States (1950)
• U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (Record)
• United States Men's National Soccer Team 2009 Results
• United States Men's National Soccer Team 2008 Results
• United States U-23 men's national soccer team
• United States U-20 men's national soccer team
• United States U-17 men's national soccer team
• United States and Mexico football rivalry

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• U.S. Soccer official website
• Archive of United States men's national soccer team results 1885–1979
• Archive of United States men's national soccer team results 1980–
• US National Soccer Team Players Association official website

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