United States men's national soccer team

United States

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Red, White and Blue Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Bob Bradley
Captain	Carlos Bocanegra
Most caps	Cobi Jones (164)
Top scorer	Landon Donovan (37)
FIFA code	USA
First colors Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current	21
Highest	4 (April 2006)
Lowest	35 (October 1997)
First international
Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916)
Biggest win
USA 8 - 0 Barbados (Carson, CA, USA; June 15, 2008)
Biggest defeat
Norway 11 - 0 USA (Oslo, Norway; 11 August 1948)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1930)
Best result	3rd, 1930
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1991)
Best result	Winners, 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1992)
Best result	3rd, 1992, 1999

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

The United States men's national soccer team is the national soccer team of the United States for men and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. They are currently ranked 21st in the FIFA World Rankings and have appeared in 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. 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 traveling to face Sweden in Stockholm, where the USA won 3-2.

Olympic medals

The U.S. has earned two Olympic medals in men's soccer, a silver and a bronze in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in Saint Louis, Missouri. The tournament only featured three teams: Galt F.C. from Canada, and Christian Brothers College and St. Rose Parish from the host nation. Galt defeated both U.S. teams for the gold medal, while Christian Brothers defeated St. Rose in their third match, after two scoreless draws.

1930: 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.

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, but his teammates and the U.S. Soccer Federation among other sources credited Patenaude with notching three. Other sources claimed that it was an own goal by Paraguayan Ramon Gonzales.
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.

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 football historians have claimed that the U.S. team at that competition was loaded with non-native players from British professional leagues, but although six members of the 1930 team were British-born, only one player had a brief experience at the third level of the English league system, and all had lived in the United States for at least two years.

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 football. 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 final qualification group against Honduras and Canada. 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, 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: two of the team's most seasoned professionals, Rick Davis and Hugo Perez, were recovering from serious injuries and unavailable. They were beaten 5-1 by Czechoslovakia in its opening game, Caligiuri scoring the consolation goal. 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. 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. 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, it is believed, 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 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."

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 as a result of abruptly cutting team captain John Harkes and several other players who were significant to the qualifying effort.

2000s

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, reflecting the view that the United States were the better team. Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn is often given credit for the victory. Former Germany captain and national icon Franz Beckenbauer said, "America were clearly the better team for 90 minutes." The match was controversial in that an American goal was averted late in the match by the ball striking Torsten Frings' arm on the goal line.

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. 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.

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.

Rebuilding after the World Cup

After the 2006 World Cup, manager Bruce Arena's contract was not renewed. He was replaced, but initially only on an interim basis, by Chivas USA coach Bob Bradley. In addition to being the interim manager of the senior team, Bradley was named manager of the Under-23 team as well, a position he would surrender to his assistant Peter Nowak after the interim tag was removed from his title with the full national team. Their reign started with 4 wins and one draw in friendlies leading up to the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, hosted by the USA.

They won all three of their group stage matches, against Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador on June 12, 2007 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and and so reached the quarterfinals as winner of Group B.

With a 2-1 win over Panama in the quarterfinals, they advanced to face Canada in the semi-final, with goals Landon Donovan and Frankie Hejduk contributing to a 2-1 win. In the final, the USA came from behind to beat Mexico 2-1 in the tournament's final at Chicago's Soldier Field. 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 brought the Americans their fourth CONCACAF Gold Cup victory, equalling Mexico for most Gold Cup wins.

The team's 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.

Four wins and two draws in ten friendlies lead into the Second Round, to which the U.S. and other top CONCACAF sides had received a bye. The U.S. beat Barbados 8–0 in the first leg, the largest margin in the team's history, and won the second leg 0-1, to advance to Group 1 of the Third Round along with Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and Cuba. The U.S. successfully began group play with two closely fought 0-1 away wins against Guatemala and Cuba.

In the time since Bob Bradley has taken the reigns of the national team he has garnered praise for capping a large number of players, many of whom for the very first time. This has coincided with many young American players like Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Freddy Adu, and Maurice Edu making their move to European clubs, which means that many more American players are gaining experience at both the club and international level.

Schedule and recent results

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

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Score	United States scorers (Goal #)
May 28, 2008	Wembley Stadium	England	Friendly	2-0 L
June 4, 2008	Estadio El Sardinero	Spain	Friendly	1-0 L
June 8, 2008	Giants Stadium	Argentina	Friendly	0-0 D
June 15, 2008	The Home Depot Center	Barbados	WCQ R2	8-0 W	Clint Dempsey (10,11) Michael Bradley (2) Brian Ching (6,7) Landon Donovan (36) Eddie Johnson (12) Daryl Ferguson (og)
June 22, 2008	Kensington Oval	Barbados	WCQ R2	0-1 W	Eddie Lewis (10)
August 20, 2008	Estadio Mateo Flores	Guatemala	WCQ R3	0-1 W	Carlos Bocanegra (10)
September 6, 2008	Estadio Pedro Marrero	Cuba	WCQ R3	0-1 W	Clint Dempsey (12)
September 10, 2008	Toyota Park	Trinidad and Tobago	WCQ R3	3-0 W	Michael Bradley (3) Clint Dempsey (13) Brian Ching (8)
October 11, 2008	RFK Stadium	Cuba	WCQ R3	6-1 W	DaMarcus Beasley (16, 17) Landon Donovan (37) Brian Ching (9) Jozy Altidore (2) Oguchi Onyewu (5)
October 15, 2008	Hasely Crawford Stadium	Trinidad and Tobago	WCQ R3
November 19, 2008	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Guatemala	WCQ R3
February 11, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
March 28, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
April 1, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
June 6, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
June 10, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
August 19, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
September 5, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
September 9, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
October 10, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4
October 14, 2009	TBD	TBD	WCQ R4

World Cup Qualifying

Second Round Group 1

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Second Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Group 1
United States	9–0	Barbados	8–0	1–0
Guatemala	9–1	Saint Lucia	6–0	3–1
Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	Bermuda	1–2	2–0
Antigua and Barbuda	3–8	Cuba	3–4	0–4

Third Round Group 1

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Third Round

Fourth Round

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Fourth Round

Current squad

Matchday squad v Trinidad and Tobago

The following 18-man travel squad was named for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying Third Round match against Trinidad and Tobago on October 15, 2008.

Caps and goals are current as of the completion of the 6-1 2010 World Cup Qualifying Third Round win against Cuba on October 11, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Brad Guzan	(1984-09-09) September 9, 1984	9	0	Aston Villa
	1GK	Troy Perkins	(1981-07-20) July 20, 1981	0	0	Vålerenga Fotball
	2DF	Jonathan Bornstein	(1984-11-07) November 7, 1984	12	1	Chivas USA
	2DF	Danny Califf	(1980-03-17) March 17, 1980	20	1	Midtjylland
	2DF	Frankie Hejduk	(1974-08-05) August 5, 1974	80	6	Columbus Crew
	2DF	Michael Orozco	(1986-02-07) February 7, 1986	0	0	San Luis
	2DF	Heath Pearce	(1984-08-13) August 13, 1984	20	0	Hansa Rostock
	2DF	Marvell Wynne	(1986-05-08) May 8, 1986	1	0	Toronto FC
	3MF	Freddy Adu	(1989-06-02) June 2, 1989	10	0	AS Monaco
	3MF	DaMarcus Beasley	(1982-05-24) May 24, 1982	81	17	Rangers
	3MF	Maurice Edu	(1986-04-18) April 18, 1986	9	0	Rangers
	3MF	Sacha Kljestan	(1985-09-09) September 9, 1985	10	0	Chivas USA
	3MF	Pablo Mastroeni	(1976-08-26) August 26, 1976	61	0	Colorado Rapids
	3MF	Danny Szetela	(1987-06-17) June 17, 1987	2	0	Brescia Calcio
	3MF	José Francisco Torres	(1987-10-29) October 29, 1987	1	0	Pachuca
	4FW	Jozy Altidore	(1989-11-06) November 6, 1989	4	2	Villarreal
	4FW	Charlie Davies	(1986-06-25) June 25, 1986	3	0	Hammarby Fotboll
	4FW	Robbie Rogers	(1987-05-12) May 12, 1987	0	0	Columbus Crew

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a matchday squad in the last six months, but were not named to the travel squad for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying Third Round match against Trinidad and Tobago on October 15, 2008.

Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Most Recent Call-Up
Goalkeepers
Tim Howard	(1979-03-06) March 6, 1979	35	0	Everton	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Chris Seitz	(1987-03-02) March 2, 1987	0	0	Real Salt Lake	v Barbados; June 22, 2008
Matt Reis	(1975-03-28) March 28, 1975	2	0	New England Revolution	v Barbados; June 15, 2008
Defenders
Carlos Bocanegra	(1979-05-25) May 25, 1979	62	10	Rennes	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Steve Cherundolo	(1979-02-19) February 19, 1979	51	2	Hannover 96	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Oguchi Onyewu	(1982-05-13) May 13, 1982	38	5	Standard Liège	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Jay DeMerit	(1979-12-04) December 4, 1979	9	0	Watford	v Guatemala; August 20, 2008
Drew Moor	(1984-01-15) January 15, 1984	5	0	FC Dallas	v Barbados; June 22, 2008
Midfielders
Michael Bradley	(1987-07-31) July 31, 1987	25	3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Ricardo Clark	(1983-02-10) February 10, 1983	15	1	Houston Dynamo	v Trinidad and Tobago; September 20, 2008
Eddie Lewis	(1974-05-17) May 17, 1974	82	10	Los Angeles Galaxy	v Trinidad and Tobago; September 20, 2008
John Thorrington	(1979-10-17) October 17, 1979	2	0	Chicago Fire	v Barbados; June 22, 2008
Forwards
Brian Ching	(1978-05-24) May 24, 1978	31	9	Houston Dynamo	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Clint Dempsey	(1983-03-09) March 9, 1983	46	13	Fulham	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Landon Donovan	(1982-03-04) March 4, 1982	105	37	Los Angeles Galaxy	v Cuba; October 11, 2008
Eddie Johnson	(1984-03-31) March 31, 1984	37	12	Cardiff City	v Trinidad and Tobago; September 20, 2008
Chad Barrett	(1985-04-30) April 30, 1985	1	0	Toronto FC	v Barbados; June 22, 2008
Chris Rolfe	(1983-01-17) January 17, 1983	8	0	Chicago Fire	v Barbados; June 22, 2008
Brek Shea	(1990-02-20) February 20, 1990	0	0	FC Dallas	v Barbados; June 22, 2008
Josh Wolff	(1977-02-25) February 25, 1977	52	9	Kansas City Wizards	v Spain; June 4, 2008
Nate Jaqua	(1981-10-28) October 28, 1981	3	0	Houston Dynamo	v England; May 28, 2008

Competitive record

Main article: United States 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.

Famous former players

For all-time player statistics, see United States men's national soccer team (player statistics).

• Jeff Agoos
• Desmond Armstrong
• Marcelo Balboa
• Walter Bahr
• Mike Burns
• Paul Caligiuri
• Fernando Clavijo
• Rick Davis
• Thomas Dooley
• John Doyle
• Brad Friedel
• Joe Gaetjens
• Billy Gonsalves
• John Harkes
• Chris Henderson
• Cobi Jones
• Kasey Keller
• Jovan Kirovski
• Alexi Lalas
• Brian Maisonneuve
• Arnie Mausser

• Brian McBride
• Ruben Mendoza
• Tony Meola
• Joe-Max Moore
• Bruce Murray
• John O'Brien
• Bert Patenaude
• Hugo Perez
• Eddie Pope
• Preki
• Brian Quinn
• Tab Ramos
• Claudio Reyna
• Werner Roth
• Tony Sanneh
• Juergen Sommer
• Mike Sorber
• Earnie Stewart
• Peter Vermes
• Roy Wegerle
• Eric Wynalda

Centurians and top scorers

Centurians

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	Claudio Reyna	112	8	1994-2006
5	Paul Caligiuri	110	5	1984-1997
6	Eric Wynalda	106	34	1990-2000
7	Landon Donovan	105	37	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

Top scorers

The following players are the top scorers in national team history:

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Years
1	Landon Donovan	37	105	2000-
2	Eric Wynalda	34	106	1990-2000
3	Brian McBride	30	95	1993-2006
4	Joe-Max Moore	24	100	1992-2002
5	Bruce Murray	21	86	1985-1993
6	DaMarcus Beasley	17	81	2001-
	Earnie Stewart	17	101	1990-2004
8	Cobi Jones	15	164	1992-2004
9	Marcelo Balboa	13	128	1988-2000
	Clint Dempsey	13	46	2004-
	Hugo Perez	13	73	1984-1994

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 from 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)

Honors

International

• FIFA World Cup

Third Place (1): 1930

• Summer Olympics^*

Silver Medal (1): 1904

Bronze Medal (1): 1904

• FIFA Confederations Cup

Third Place (2): 1992, 1999

Regional

• CONCACAF Championship and CONCACAF Gold Cup

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

Runners-Up (3): 1989, 1993, 1998

Third Place (2): 1996, 2003

* - Before the FIFA World Cup began in 1930 the Football Tournament at the Summer Olympics was 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 two gold medals from 1924 and 1928 summer Olympic games as tantamount to its two World Cup victories in 1930 and 1950.

See also

• Soccer in the United States
• United States women's national soccer team
• United States Soccer Federation
• U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
• US National Soccer Team Players Association
• England v United States (1950)
• Major League Soccer
• U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (Record)
• 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
• USA and Mexico football rivalry

External links

• Official Website
• USA National Team Blog
• Archive of U.S. national team results 1885–1979
• Archive of U.S. national team results 1980-
• Bert Patenaude's hat-trick, the first ever hat-trick scored in the FIFA World Cup
• Photo essay on the history of U.S. Soccer, from the perspective of a fashionista.