United States at the FIFA World Cup
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This is a record of the United States at the FIFA World Cup. The United States men's national soccer team has played in several World Cups, with their best result occurring during the 1930 World Cup, where the United States finished in third place.[1] In the modern era, the United States has participated in every World Cup since 1990, with their best result happening in the 2002 World Cup, where the U.S. reached the quarterfinals.
The World Cup, is an international soccer competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The current format of the World Cup involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[2]
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Record at the FIFA World Cup
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1930 |
Semi-finals[3] | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
 1934 |
Round 1 | 16th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
 1938 |
Withdrew | |||||||
 1950 |
Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
 1954 |
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 1958 |
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 1962 |
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 1966 |
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 1970 |
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 1974 |
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 1978 |
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 1982 |
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| 1986 |
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 1990 |
Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
 1994 |
Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 |
Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
  2002 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 |
Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 2010 |
Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 |
Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 10/20 | 0 Titles | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 62 |
World Cup match results
| Year | Location | Opponent | Result | Score |
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| 1930 | Uruguay |
 Belgium |
W | 3-0 |
 Paraguay |
W | 3-0 | ||
| Argentina |
L | 6-1 | ||
| 1934 | Italy |
Italy |
L | 7-1 |
| 1938 | France |
Did not participate | N/A | N/A |
| 1950 | Brazil |
Spain |
L | 3-1 |
| England |
W | 1-0 | ||
| Chile |
L | 5-2 | ||
| 1954 | Switzerland |
Did not qualify | N/A | N/A |
| 1958 | Sweden |
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| 1962 | Chile |
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| 1966 | England |
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| 1970 | Mexico |
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| 1974 | Germany |
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| 1978 | Argentina |
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| 1982 | Spain |
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| 1986 | Mexico |
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| 1990 | Italy |
 Czechoslovakia |
L | 5-1 |
| Italy |
L | 1-0 | ||
 Austria |
L | 2-1 | ||
| 1994 | United States |
Switzerland |
T | 1-1 |
 Colombia |
W | 2-1 | ||
 Romania |
L | 1-0 | ||
| Brazil |
L | 1-0 | ||
| 1998 | France |
Germany |
L | 2-0 |
 Iran |
L | 2-1 | ||
 Yugoslavia |
L | 1-0 | ||
| 2002 | South Korea / Japan |
 Portugal |
W | 3-2 |
| South Korea |
T | 1-1 | ||
 Poland |
L | 3-1 | ||
| Mexico |
W | 2-0 | ||
| Germany |
L | 1-0 | ||
| 2006 | Germany |
Czech Republic |
L | 3-0 |
| Italy |
T | 1-1 | ||
 Ghana |
L | 2-1 | ||
| 2010 | South Africa |
England |
T | 1-1 |
 Slovenia |
T | 2-2 | ||
 Algeria |
W | 1-0 | ||
| Ghana |
L | 2-1 (OT) | ||
| 2014 | Brazil |
Ghana |
W | 2-1 |
| Portugal |
T | 2-2 | ||
| Germany |
L | 1-0 | ||
| Belgium |
L | 2-1 (OT) |
Goalscorers
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| Player | Goals | 1930 | 1934 | 1950 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 |
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| Landon Donovan | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bert Patenaude | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Clint Dempsey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Brian McBride | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Michael Bradley | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jim Brown | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Paul Caligiuri | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Aldo Donelli | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tom Florie | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Joe Gaetjens | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Julian Green | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Joe Maca | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Clint Mathis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bart McGhee | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bruce Murray | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| John O'Brien | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Gino Pariani | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Earnie Stewart | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Frank Wallace | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Eric Wynalda | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| John Brooks | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jermaine Jones | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 37 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
- Own goals scored for opponents
- Jeff Agoos (scored for Portugal in 2002)
Individual tournament results
Uruguay 1930
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Group 4 final standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 United States |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
 Paraguay |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Belgium |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Games
Italy 1934
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Brazil 1950
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Group 2 final standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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| 23x15px Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Games
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Italy 1990
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Group A final standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Austria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
Games
USA 1994
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Group A final standings
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Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Romania |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Colombia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| D | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| F | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| A | United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| E | Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| B |  Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 |
| C | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
Games
France 1998
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Group F final standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
 Yugoslavia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| Iran |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Games
Korea-Japan 2002
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Group D final standings
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Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| South Korea |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
All times local (UTC+9)
Games
Germany 2006
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Group E final standings
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Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| Ghana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| United States |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
Games
South Africa 2010
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Group C final standings
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All times local (UTC+02)
Games
Brazil 2014
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Group G final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Portugal |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ghana |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Games
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
- ↑ There was no official World Cup third place match in 1930 and no official third place was awarded at the time; both the USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. However using the overall tournament records, FIFA's official website lists the United States as the third place finishers in the 1930 World Cup. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/index.html
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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