United States at the FIFA World Cup

The United States men's national soccer team have participated in ten World Cups: their best result occurred during their first appearance at the 1930 World Cup when they finished in third place.[1] After the 1950 World Cup, in which the United States upset England in group play 1–0, the U.S. was absent from the finals until 1990. The United States has participated in every World Cup since 1990 until 2014, but they did not qualify for the 2018 competition for the first time since 1986 after a loss to Trinidad and Tobago. They returned to the World Cup by qualifying for the 2022 edition.[2]

The World Cup is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the World Cup 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 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[3]

Overall record

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Semi-finals
[note 1]
3rd 3 2 0 1 7 6 Squad Invitees
1934 Round of 16 16th 1 0 0 1 1 7 Squad 1 1 0 0 4 2
1938 Withdrew Withdrew
1950 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 8 Squad 4 1 1 2 8 15
1954 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 7 9
1958 4 0 0 4 5 21
1962 2 0 1 1 3 6
1966 4 1 2 1 4 5
1970 6 3 0 3 11 9
1974 4 0 1 3 6 10
1978 5 1 2 2 3 7
1982 4 1 1 2 4 8
1986 6 3 2 1 8 3
1990 Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 8 Squad 10 5 4 1 11 4
1994 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 3 4 Squad Qualified as hosts
1998 Group stage 32nd 3 0 0 3 1 5 Squad 16 8 6 2 27 14
2002 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 1 2 7 7 Squad 16 8 4 4 25 11
2006 Group stage 25th 3 0 1 2 2 6 Squad 18 12 4 2 35 11
2010 Round of 16 12th 4 1 2 1 5 5 Squad 18 13 2 3 42 16
2014 15th 4 1 1 2 5 6 Squad 16 11 2 3 26 14
2018 Did not qualify 16 7 4 5 37 16
2022 Qualified 14 7 4 3 21 10
2026 Qualified as co-host Qualified as co-host
Total 11/22 0 titles 33 8 6 19 37 62 - 168 84 40 44 287 191
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

By match

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1930Group stage Belgium3–0WMontevideoB. McGhee, T. Florie, B. Patenaude
 Paraguay3–0WMontevideoB. Patenaude (3)
Semi-finals Argentina1–6LMontevideoJ. Brown
1934Round of 16 Italy1–7LRomeA. Donelli
1950Group stage Spain1–3LCuritibaG. Pariani
 England1–0WBelo HorizonteJ. Gaetjens
 Chile2–5LRecifeF. Wallace, J. Maca
1990Group stage Czechoslovakia1–5LFlorenceP. Caligiuri
 Italy0–1LRome
 Austria1–2LFlorenceB. Murray
1994Group stage  Switzerland1–1DPontiacE. Wynalda
 Colombia2–1WPasadenaA. Escobar (o.g.), E. Stewart
 Romania0–1LPasadena
Round of 16 Brazil0–1LStanford
1998Group stage Germany0–2LParis
 Iran1–2LLyonB. McBride
 FR Yugoslavia0–1LNantes
2002Group stage Portugal3–2WSuwonJ. O'Brien, J. Costa (o.g.), B. McBride
 South Korea1–1DDaeguC. Mathis
 Poland1–3LDaejeonL. Donovan
Round of 16 Mexico2–0WJeonjuB. McBride, L. Donovan
Quarter-finals Germany0–1LUlsan
2006Group stage Czech Republic0–3LGelsenkirchen
 Italy1–1DKaiserslauternC. Zaccardo (o.g.)
 Ghana1–2LNurembergC. Dempsey
2010Group stage England1–1DRustenburgC. Dempsey
 Slovenia2–2DJohannesburgL. Donovan, M. Bradley
 Algeria1–0WPretoriaL. Donovan
Round of 16 Ghana1–2 (a.e.t.)LRustenburgL. Donovan
2014Group stage Ghana2–1WNatalC. Dempsey, J. Brooks
 Portugal2–2DManausJ. Jones, C. Dempsey
 Germany0–1LRecife
Round of 16 Belgium1–2 (a.e.t.)LSalvadorJ. Green

By opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Played Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Algeria100110
 Argentina001116
 Austria001112
 Belgium101242
 Brazil001101
 Chile001125
 Colombia100121
 Czech Republic001103
 Czechoslovakia001115
 England110221
 FR Yugoslavia001101
 Germany003304
 Ghana102345
 Iran001112
 Italy012329
 Mexico100120
 Paraguay100130
 Poland001113
 Portugal110254
 Romania001101
 Slovenia010122
 South Korea010111
 Spain001113
  Switzerland010111

Results

Uruguay 1930

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4 Advance to the knockout stage
2  Paraguay 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2
3  Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 0
Source:

All times local (UYT)

United States 3–0 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 18,346
Referee: José Macías (Argentina)

United States 3–0 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 18,306
Referee: José Macías (Argentina)

Semi-finals

Argentina 6–1 United States
Report
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 72,886

Italy 1934

Round of 16

Italy 7–1 United States
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Brazil 1950

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to final round
2  England 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2
3  Chile 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 2
4  United States 3 1 0 2 4 8 4 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times local BRT (UTC-03)

Spain 3–1 United States
Report
Attendance: 9,511
Referee: Mario Vianna (Brazil)

United States 1–0 England
Report
Attendance: 10,151
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

Chile 5–2 United States
Report

Italy 1990

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 2
4  United States 3 0 0 3 2 8 6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)


Italy 1–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 73,423

Austria 2–1 United States
Report
Attendance: 34,857

United States 1994

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  United States (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 3
Source: FIFA
(H) Host

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D  Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 F  Belgium 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3 A  United States 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 E  Italy 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
5 B  Russia 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
6 C  South Korea 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 2
Source: FIFA
United States 1–1  Switzerland
Report

United States 2–1 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 93,869
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

United States 0–1 Romania
Report
Attendance: 93,869

Round of 16

Brazil 1–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 84,147

France 1998

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  FR Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
3  Iran 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3
4  United States 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 0
Source: FIFA

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Germany 2–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 45,500

United States 1–2 Iran
Report
Attendance: 39,100

United States 0–1 FR Yugoslavia
Report

South Korea–Japan 2002

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  United States 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 4
3  Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
4  Poland 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host

All times local (UTC+9)

United States 3–2 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 37,306

South Korea 1–1 United States
Report
Attendance: 60,778

Poland 3–1 United States
Report
Attendance: 26,482
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Round of 16

Mexico 0–2 United States
Report

Quarter-finals

Germany 1–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 37,337

Germany 2006

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ghana 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 3
4  United States 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)


Italy 1–1 United States
Report

Ghana 2–1 United States
Report

South Africa 2010

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

All times local (UTC+02)

England 1–1 United States
Report

Slovenia 2–2 United States
Report

United States 1–0 Algeria
Report

Round of 16

United States 1–2 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Report

Brazil 2014

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Ghana 1–2 United States
Report
Attendance: 39,760

United States 2–2 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 40,123

United States 0–1 Germany
Report
Attendance: 41,876

Round of 16

Belgium 21 (a.e.t.) United States
Report
Attendance: 51,227

Qatar 2022

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 UEFA Path A winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 21 November 2022. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
United States Match 4 UEFA Path A winners
Report

UEFA Path A winners Match 17 Iran
Report

Iran Match 34 United States
Report

Record players

Rank Player Matches World Cups
1Landon Donovan122002, 2006 and 2010
2 Cobi Jones111994, 1998 and 2002
Earnie Stewart111994, 1998 and 2002
DaMarcus Beasley112002, 2006, 2010 and 2014
5 Brian McBride101998, 2002 and 2006
Claudio Reyna101998, 2002 and 2006
Clint Dempsey102006, 2010 and 2014
8 Tab Ramos91990, 1994 and 1998
Eddie Pope91998, 2002 and 2006
10 Marcelo Balboa81990, 1994 and 1998
Eric Wynalda81990, 1994 and 1998
Michael Bradley82010 and 2014
Tim Howard82010 and 2014

Tim Howard world record On July 1, 2014, Howard was named man of the match, despite the United States losing 2–1 to Belgium after extra time in the round of 16.[6] During the match, he broke the record for most saves in a World Cup match with 15.[7][8][9][note 2] After breaking this record, his performance was celebrated worldwide on the internet, with the hashtag #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave trending on Twitter.[10]

Top goalscorers

Player Goals 1930 1934 1950 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Landon Donovan 5 23
Bert Patenaude 4 4
Clint Dempsey 4 112
Brian McBride 3 12
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 3 111
Total 37 7142317255

Own goals scored for opponents

Notes

  1. "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay 1930". FIFA.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018. The United States earned 3rd place over the loser of the other semi-final, Yugoslavia, because of a better goal differential (+1 to Yugoslavia's 0). No third place match was played.
  2. FIFA's initial match statistics showed 16 saves, and many news sources continue to use this number. The official FIFA statistics were updated on July 5, 2014, to show 15 saves.

References

  1. Helms, Andrew (July 1, 2014). "USA 3, Belgium 0! Or, Looking for Hope in the 1930 World Cup". The New Republic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  2. Goff, Steven (March 30, 2022). "The U.S. men's national soccer team qualifies for World Cup in Qatar". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  3. 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  4. "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 5, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  5. "Referee designations for matches 17-24" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 14, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  6. "Belgium 2–1 USA". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  7. "World Cup 2014: Tim Howard makes record number of saves". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  8. Bandini, Paolo (July 2, 2014). "Tim Howard reflects on 'bittersweet' World Cup record in USA defeat". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  9. "Official FIFA statistics, updated July 5, 2014" (PDF). FIFA.com. July 5, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  10. "14 Things you've probably forgotten about 2014 World Cup?". FourFourTwo. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
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