United States national futsal team

The United States national futsal team represents the United States at international competitions. It is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and affiliated with CONCACAF. The U.S. Futsal Federation was founded in 1981 and the first international futsal match played by the U.S. National Futsal Team was in May 1984 in Nanaimo, Canada where the United States won, 6–5. The first international futsal match in the United States was held in December, 1985, at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. The U.S. select team, defeated Australia, 9–5.

United States
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)USMNT
Team USA
The Stars and Stripes
The Yanks
AssociationU.S. Soccer
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachDusan Jakica
FIFA codeUSA
FIFA ranking47[1]
Home colors
Away colors
First international
 Netherlands 4–1 United States 
(Budapest, Hungary; November 18, 1986)
Biggest win
 United States 10–0 Canada 
(Baltimore, Maryland; March 20, 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Slovenia 14–0 United States 
(Koper, Slovenia; January 27, 2016)
World Cup
Appearances5 (First in 1989)
Best result 2nd place (1992)
North and Central American Futsal Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1996)
Best result Champions (1996, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 1988)
Best resultFirst Round (1988, 1991, 1994, 1997)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances1 (First in 2011)
Best result16th place (2011)

The U.S. golden age of futsal is the late 1980s and early 1990s when the team archived third-place at 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship and runner-up at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship. After that, U.S. futsal has dropped down. They have also won CONCACAF Futsal Championships twice.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F Iran  4–2
Source (FIFA)
 United States Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report (FIFA) Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F United States  0–7
Source (FIFA)
 Serbia Klaipėda, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report (FIFA) Stadium: Švyturys Arena

Team

Current squad

The following is the squad that will participate in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania from September 13 to October 3, 2021.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Diego Moretti (1982-09-08) September 8, 1982 Unattached
2 FP Raphael Araujo (1985-09-18) September 18, 1985 NY Ecuador Futsal
3 FP Jeremy Klepal (1992-12-06) December 6, 1992 Lansing City Futsal
4 FP Eduardo Buenfil (1997-09-11) September 11, 1997 Unattached
5 FP Julian Escobar (1987-12-12) December 12, 1987 Harrisburg Heat
6 FP Luciano Gonzalez (1994-11-04) November 4, 1994 Citta di Massa C5
7 FP Everson Maciel (1978-03-14) March 14, 1978 Safira Futsal
8 FP Daniel Mattos (1986-03-20) March 20, 1986 Milwaukee Wave
9 FP David Ortiz (2000-09-20) September 20, 2000 Dallas Sidekicks
10 FP Tomas Pondeca (2001-10-10) October 10, 2001 Paris Acasa
11 GK Robert Damron (2002-03-25) March 25, 2002 Michigan Futsal Factory
12 GK Estevan Vazquez (1996-09-01) September 1, 1996 Mesquite Outlaws
13 FP Zach Reget (1995-05-07) May 7, 1995 Florida Tropics SC
14 FP Diego Bobadilla-Mireles (1993-08-27) August 27, 1993 St. Louis Ambush
15 FP Guilherme Veiga (1984-04-21) April 21, 1984 Milwaukee Wave
16 FP Alencar Ventura-Junior (1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 Safira Futsal

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Netherlands 19893rd place86112411
Hong Kong 19922nd place84223423
Spain 19961st round3102127
Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify
Chinese Taipei 20042nd round61141420
Brazil 20081st round4004525
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify
Colombia 2016
Lithuania 2021Group Stage 3003222
Total6/9321241691108

CONCACAF Futsal Championship

CONCACAF Futsal Championship record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Guatemala 1996Winners43012112
Costa Rica 20003rd place54012210
Costa Rica 2004Winners5320153
Guatemala 20083rd place53111911
Guatemala 20121st round310269
Costa Rica 2016Did not qualify
Guatemala 2021Runners-Up63211510
Total6/72817569855
*Draws include matches decided on penalty kicks

Grand Prix de Futsal

  • 2005Did not enter
  • 2006Did not enter
  • 2007Did not enter
  • 2008Did not enter
  • 2009Did not enter
  • 2010Did not enter
  • 2011 – 16th place
  • 2013Did not enter
  • 2014Did not enter
  • 2015Did not enter
  • 2018TBD

Futsal Mundialito

  • 1994Did not enter
  • 1995 – 4th place
  • 1996 – 4th place
  • 1998 3rd place
  • 2001Did not enter
  • 2002Did not enter
  • 2006Did not enter
  • 2007Did not enter
  • 2008Did not enter

Pan American Games

All-time record

Until to 05/05/2016.

Year Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
1986 00000000
1987 00000000
1988 00000000
1989 00000000
1990 00000000
1991 00000000
1992 00000000
1993 00000000
1994 00000000
1995 00000000
1996 00000000
1997 Did not play
1998 Did not play
1999 00000000
2000 00000000
2001 00000000
2002 00000000
2003 00000000
2004 00000000
2005 00000000
2006 00000000
2007 00000000
2008 00000000
2009 00000000
2010 00000000
2011 00000000
2012 00000000
2013 00000000
2014 00000000
2015 00000000
2016 Did not play
2017 00000000
2018 00000000
2019 00000000
2020 00000000
2021 00000000
Total 138522066413481-680

http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp http://theroonba.com/

Results

Number Year Opponent Result
1 1986  Netherlands 1–4 L
2 1986  Brazil 4–5 L
159 2021  Costa Rica 2–3 L

See also

References

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