United States at the FIFA World Cup
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The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) have participated in eleven editions of the FIFA World Cup, an international soccer competition contested by men's national teams representing members of FIFA. The tournament is held every four years by the top qualifying teams from the continental confederations under FIFA. The United States is a member of CONCACAF, which governs the sport in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, and has the second-most World Cup appearances from the confederation behind Mexico. The United States participated in the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and finished in the semifinals, which was later declared a third-place finish, their best result to date. The tournament also featured the first hat-trick scored at a World Cup, awarded to American striker Bert Patenaude following recognition by FIFA in 2006. After the 1950 World Cup, in which the United States upset England in group play 1–0, the U.S. was absent from the tournament until 1990. The United States participated in every World Cup from 1990 through 2014, but did not qualify in 2018, marking first time the team had missed a World Cup since 1986. They returned to the World Cup by qualifying for the 2022 edition.
Tables
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Result | Position | mw- Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1930 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Squad | Qualified as 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 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | |
| 2026 | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | ||||||||||||||
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| 2034 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Semi-finals | 12/23 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 66 | — | 168 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 287 | 191 | |
| United States' World Cup record | |
| First match | United States 3–0 Belgium (July 13, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Biggest win | United States 3–0 Belgium (July 13, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) United States 3–0 Paraguay (July 17, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Biggest defeat | Italy 7–1 United States (May 27, 1934; Rome, Italy) |
| Best result | Semi-finals in 1930 (0 titles) |
| Worst result | Group stage in 1934, 1950, 1990, 1998 and 2006 |
| World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Scorers |
| 1930 | Group 4 | Belgium | 3–0 | W | Montevideo | B. McGhee, T. Florie, B. Patenaude |
| Paraguay | 3–0 | W | Montevideo | B. Patenaude (3) | ||
| Semifinals | Argentina | 1–6 | L | Montevideo | J. Brown | |
| 1934 | Round of 16 | Italy | 1–7 | L | Rome | A. Donelli |
| 1950 | Group 2 | Spain | 1–3 | L | Curitiba | G. Pariani |
| England | 1–0 | W | Belo Horizonte | J. Gaetjens | ||
| Chile | 2–5 | L | Recife | F. Wallace, J. Maca | ||
| 1990 | Group A | Czechoslovakia | 1–5 | L | Florence | P. Caligiuri |
| Italy | 0–1 | L | Rome | — | ||
| Austria | 1–2 | L | Florence | B. Murray | ||
| 1994 | Group A | Switzerland | 1–1 | D | Pontiac | E. Wynalda |
| Colombia | 2–1 | W | Pasadena | A. Escobar (o.g.), E. Stewart | ||
| Romania | 0–1 | L | Pasadena | — | ||
| Round of 16 | Brazil | 0–1 | L | Stanford | — | |
| 1998 | Group F | Germany | 0–2 | L | Paris | — |
| Iran | 1–2 | L | Lyon | B. McBride | ||
| FR Yugoslavia | 0–1 | L | Nantes | — | ||
| 2002 | Group D | Portugal | 3–2 | W | Suwon | J. O'Brien, J. Costa (o.g.), B. McBride |
| South Korea | 1–1 | D | Daegu | C. Mathis | ||
| Poland | 1–3 | L | Daejeon | L. Donovan | ||
| Round of 16 | Mexico | 2–0 | W | Jeonju | B. McBride, L. Donovan | |
| Quarterfinals | Germany | 0–1 | L | Ulsan | — | |
| 2006 | Group E | Czech Republic | 0–3 | L | Gelsenkirchen | — |
| Italy | 1–1 | D | Kaiserslautern | C. Zaccardo (o.g.) | ||
| Ghana | 1–2 | L | Nuremberg | C. Dempsey | ||
| 2010 | Group C | England | 1–1 | D | Rustenburg | C. Dempsey |
| Slovenia | 2–2 | D | Johannesburg | L. Donovan, M. Bradley | ||
| Algeria | 1–0 | W | Pretoria | L. Donovan | ||
| Round of 16 | Ghana | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | L | Rustenburg | L. Donovan | |
| 2014 | Group G | Ghana | 2–1 | W | Natal | C. Dempsey, J. Brooks |
| Portugal | 2–2 | D | Manaus | J. Jones, C. Dempsey | ||
| Germany | 0–1 | L | Recife | — | ||
| Round of 16 | Belgium | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | L | Salvador | J. Green | |
| 2022 | Group B | Wales | 1–1 | D | Al Rayyan | T. Weah |
| England | 0–0 | D | Al Khor | — | ||
| Iran | 1–0 | W | Doha | C. Pulisic | ||
| R16 | Netherlands | 1–3 | L | Al Rayyan | H. Wright |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | D4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
| 1 | Landon Donovan | 12 | 2002, 2006, 2010 |
| 2 | Cobi Jones | 11 | 1994, 1998, 2002 |
| Earnie Stewart | 11 | 1994, 1998, 2002 | |
| DaMarcus Beasley | 11 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
| 5 | Brian McBride | 10 | 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| Claudio Reyna | 10 | 1998, 2002, 2006 | |
| Clint Dempsey | 10 | 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
| 8 | Tab Ramos | 9 | 1990, 1994, 1998 |
| Eddie Pope | 9 | 1998, 2002, 2006 | |
| 10 | Marcelo Balboa | 8 | 1990, 1994, 1998 |
| Eric Wynalda | 8 | 1990, 1994, 1998 | |
| Michael Bradley | 8 | 2010, 2014 | |
| Tim Howard | 8 | 2010, 2014 |
| Player | Goals | 1930 | 1934 | 1950 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2022 | 2026 |
| Landon Donovan | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Clint Dempsey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bert Patenaude | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Brian McBride | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Michael Bradley | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| John Brooks | 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 | |||||||||||
| Jermaine Jones | 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 | |||||||||||
| Christian Pulisic | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Earnie Stewart | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Frank Wallace | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Timothy Weah | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haji Wright | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Eric Wynalda | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Own goals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 40 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 033.33 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 024.32 |
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- The San Diego Union Tribunehttps://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-obituary-broadcaster-charlie-jones-dies-at-77-2008jun13-story.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/01/sports/tv-sports-kicking-around-ideas-and-each-other.html
- The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/06/17/voices-of-world-cup/0fb7f374-9a44-4201-91b5-7e83602e40e9/
- VegasInsider.comhttps://www.vegasinsider.com/soccer/story.cfm/story/1010570/
- ebay.comhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Press-Photo-NBC-Sports-World-Cup-Commentators-Charlie-Jones-Paul-Gardner-/372714075609
- Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-06-sp-9025-story.html
- The Christian Science Monitorhttps://www.csmonitor.com/1986/0703/pbook-f.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/sports/soccer/fox-and-telemundo-win-us-rights-to-2018-and-2022-world-cups.html
- Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-oct-22-la-fi-fox-world-cup-20111022-story.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/sports/soccer/fox-and-telemundo-to-show-world-cup-through-2026-as-fifa-extends-contracts.html?_r=0
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- Multichannel Newshttp://www.multichannel.com/news/content/upfronts-2015-nbc-deportes-ramps/390577
- Varietyhttps://variety.com/2014/tv/news/spanish-language-cabler-mun2-to-relaunch-as-nbc-universo-1201347484/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/sports/soccer/fox-and-telemundo-to-show-world-cup-through-2026-as-fifa-extends-contracts.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/20/fox-sports-world-cup-2022-tv-soccer-qatar-criticism