Football World Cup 1930 / United States

This article covers the United States national team at the 1930 World Cup .

qualification

There was still no qualification at this first World Cup, as only a small number of national teams - in times of the global economic crisis and before the introduction of regular transatlantic air traffic - were prepared to undertake the expensive and long journey to South America .

Contingent

Surname Association at the time Date of birth Sp. Gates Space management goalkeeper Jimmy Douglas New York Nationals June 30, 1898 3 0 0 defender Jimmy Gallagher New York Nationals 0June 8, 1905 3 0 0 James Gentle Philadelphia Cricket Club July 21, 1904 0 0 0 George Moorhouse New York Giants Oct. 20, 1902 3 0 0 Raphael Tracey St. Louis Ben Millers 0Feb 6, 1904 3 0 0 Frank Vaughn St. Louis Ben Millers Feb. 18, 1902 0 0 0 Alexander Wood Detroit Holley Carburators June 12, 1907 3 0 0 runner Andrew Auld Providence gold bugs Jan. 26, 1900 3 0 0 Jim Brown New York Giants Dec 31, 1908 3 1 0 Billy Gonsalves Fall River Marksmen Aug 10, 1908 3 0 0 Arnie Oliver Providence gold bugs May 22, 1907 0 0 0 Philip Slone New York Giants Jan. 20, 1907 0 0 0 striker Mike Bookie Cleveland Bruells Sep 12 1904 0 0 0 Tom Florie New Bedford Whalers 06 Sep 1897 3 1 0 Bart McGhee New York Nationals Apr 30, 1899 3 1 0 Bertram Patenaude Fall River Marksmen 0Nov 4, 1909 3 4th 0 Trainer Robert Millar May 12, 1890

The US team

(Note: The shirt numbers were not introduced in international football until 1939.)

Games

Preliminary round

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Group 4

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	United States	2	2	0	0	6-0	+6	4-0
2	Paraguay	2	1	0	1	1: 3	-2	2: 2
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	0: 4	-4	0: 4

Sun., July 13, 1930, 3 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
United States	-	Belgium	3: 0 (2: 0)
Thursday, July 17, 1930, 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
United States	-	Paraguay	3: 0 (2: 0)

The USA competed in Group 4 with Belgium and Paraguay. After the surprisingly high 3-0 opener win against Belgium, the United States also won against Paraguay, which was rated stronger, again 3-0, with Patenaude shooting the first three-pack in World Cup history. The USA won Group 4 with two wins and made it to the semi-finals. There they met Argentina, the winner of Group 1.

Semifinals

Saturday, July 26, 1930, 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	United States	6: 1 (1: 0)

Special Incidents: Tracy (USA) played with a broken leg from the 10th minute until half time; Goalkeeper Douglas (USA) played with a twisted knee from the 45th minute; Auld (USA) will play under chloroform anesthesia from the middle of the second half after a facial injury. Substitutions were not allowed at the time.

The United States was hopelessly inferior to Argentina. It was only in the 89th minute that Jim Brown scored the consolation goal to make it 1: 6. Argentina moved into the final and the USA had to say goodbye to the tournament with their best result to date.

3rd place match

A placement game between the two losers of the semi-finals did not take place in 1930; this was only introduced in 1934 . Thus, the US footballers can consider themselves together with Yugoslavia as third in the World Cup. With a total of four goals, Bert Patenaude was the third top scorer in this tournament behind the Argentinian Stábile (8) and the Uruguayan Cea (5).

literature

• Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling / Hubert Dahlkamp, The history of the soccer world championships The Göttingen workshop 2001 ISBN 3-89533-336-0
• Folke Havekost / Volker Stahl, Football World Cup 1930 Uruguay AGON Kassel 2002 ISBN 3-89784-245-9