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History of the United States men's national soccer team

The U.S. national soccer team improved during the 1980s, and has played in every World Cup since 1990.

Thirty years later, on August 20, 1916, the United States played its first official international match under the auspices of U.S. Soccer against Sweden in Stockholm, which the U.S. won 3–2, with goals from Dick Spalding, Charles Ellis and Harry Cooper.

This set up a championship match between the United States and Mexico at Soldier Field in Chicago.


1936 National Challenge Cup

Both teams eventually made their way to the Western Final, Heidelberg led by the lone scorer for the USA at the 1934 World Cup Aldo Donelli.

1995 U.S. Cup

The four teams included the host United States, along with Mexico, Colombia and Nigeria.

1995–96 Port Vale F.C. season

In November, Canadian international defender Randy Samuel signed after impressing on trial, but soon was sidelined with a serious knee injury.

2012 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

There will be a qualification held to determine the three qualifiers from the Caribbean and two from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.

Adam Henley

Henley qualifies for Wales (as his mother is Welsh), England (under residency rules) and the United States, as he was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Alen Marcina

Marcina has never been capped by the Canadian national team although he missed New Zealand's round 21 match against Perth Glory at North Harbour Stadium due to a call up to a Canadian national team training camp.

Bruce Twamley

Bruce Richardson Twamley (born 23 May 1952 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a former Canadian international footballer.

Cal FC

The team is coached by former U.S. national team player and current Fox Soccer analyst, Eric Wynalda alongside his former co-host of Fox Football Fone-In, Nick Webster.

Carolina–Duke rivalry

UNC was led by future Team USA legends Kristine Lilly and Mia Hamm.

Chatham Township, New Jersey

Dan Canter (born 1961), soccer defender who played three seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in Major Indoor Soccer League, in addition to playing with the United States men's national soccer team.

Claudio Reyna

Reyna married Danielle Egan, then a member of the United States women's national soccer team, in July 1997, one week after attending the FIFA All-Star Game in Hong Kong and two weeks after the U.S. team's World Cup qualifier at El Salvador.

Corner kick

Megan Rapinoe of the United States Women's National Soccer Team scored an Olympic goal direct from a corner kick in the semifinal match between the United States and Canada in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Fabio Baldas

He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA, the first-round Group A contest between the United States and Colombia.

Fraser Valley Mariners

Colin Miller left Abbotsford in the 2006 close season to become Billy Davies' assistant at Derby County in the Premier League, and he was replaced by former Canadian international Shaun Lowther for the 2007 campaign.

Geri Donnelly

She scored both goals in a 2–1 win over the United States on 9 July 1986 at the National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota.

Giuseppe Nazzani

In 2008, Thomas Rongen called him into a camp with the US under-20 team.

Giuseppe Rossi

In 2006, he was invited to a pre-World Cup training camp with the United States national team by then-coach Bruce Arena but declined, stating his desire to play for Italy.

Heather Aldama

Heather Marie Aldama (born 1 December 1978, in Redlands, California) is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Jack Tinkler

Tinkler played two official A-international matches for the All Whites in 1927, both against the touring Canadians, the first a 2-2 draw on 25 June 1927, the second a 1-2 loss on 2 July.

Jamie Swanner

Swanner earned his only cap with the U.S. national team when he came on for Winston DuBose in a December 2 tie with Ecuador.

Jim Gorsek

Gorsek earned his first cap with the U.S. national team as a substitute for Arnie Mausser in a 2-0 loss to Canada on April 2, 1985.

Joe Corona

He started his career with the Nomads from San Diego, California, following the example of Marcelo Balboa, Frankie Hejduk and Steve Cherundolo, all from the United States men's national soccer team.

John Traina

Traina earned his first cap with the U.S. national team in a 6-0 loss to Mexico in an April 7, 1957 World Cup qualifier.

Joseph Di Chiara

Not having played any matches for the Canadian men's national youth soccer teams after travelling under the radar for many years, Joseph was called up to the Canadian senior team on September 26, 2011, for Canada's upcoming games in the second round of CONCACAF 2014 World Cup Qualification.

JP Dellacamera

He has also called numerous United States' World Cup qualifiers, including Paul Caligiuri's famed 1989 "Shot Heard Round the World" goal against Trinidad & Tobago.

Kenny Cooper

This ended his hopes of playing in the 2007 Copa América and for the national team.

KIF Örebro DFF

Among the club's stars in 2004 were USA internationals Kristine Lilly, Christie Welsh, and Kate Markgraf; they were coached by Pia Sundhage.

Kyle Beckerman

Beckerman's first appearance for the Senior National Team came January 20, 2007 in a friendly match against Denmark.

Linda Hathorn

Linda Hathorn (born May 23, 1982), née Linda Consolante, is a retired Canadian professional soccer defender, who won the silver medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Marco Rizi

At the time, he was a member of the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team with which he earned 11 caps, including two at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Mark McCammon

On 15 June he played for his country in a 8–0 defeat to the United States at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Marvin McCoy

However Marvin's exceptional performances during this season earned him place in the Antigua and Barbuda national team, playing his part in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers where Antigua was eliminated by the United States and teammate Joel Grant's Jamaica.

Matt Joseph

He was also capped twice for Barbados in 2000, both caps at home against Guatamal and the United States.

Matt Phillips

Phillips finally made his Scotland debut in a 5–1 friendly loss to the United States on 26 May 2012 at EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Florida.

Miles Joseph

Miles Joseph (born May 2, 1974 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is a retired U.S. soccer player who earned three caps with the United States national soccer team.

Parkhead F.C.

Peter Dickson went to Albion Rovers F.C. and Andy Auld played five times for the US national team.

Project 2010

Project 2010 was a blueprint U.S. Soccer executives created in 1998 to ensure that the United States men's national team could become a legitimate threat to win the FIFA World Cup by the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Randy Garber

He earned one cap with the U.S. national team and currently coaches youth soccer in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Revolution Recap

Revolution Recap is a weekly review of the New England Revolution, Major League Soccer and the U.S. national team on WNRI AM 1380.

Robert Contiguglia

Among his achievements as President of the USSF were successfully hosting the 1999 Women's World Cup, convincing FIFA to relocate the 2003 Women's World Cup to the United States after the original plans to host it in China fell through, and hiring Bruce Arena as coach for the United States national team.

Rudy Getzinger

That year, he scored in his debut, an August 20, 1972 loss to Canada.

Tony Panhuyzen

Tony Panhuyzen is a retired Canadian association football player who earned 4 caps for the Canadian national side between 1987 and 1988.

Toronto Ukrainians

During this period the team attracted many soccer stars, such as Ostap Steckiw, Walt Zakaluznyj and Myron Bereza who played for the Canada national football team.

U-Sector

In addition to supporting TFC and the Lynx, U-Sector members have also travelled great distances to support the Canadian national soccer team at events such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup, having a modest contingent of supporters in Foxborough in 2003 and in Chicago in 2007.

U.S. Soccer Development Academy

The organization was created as a partnership between U.S. Soccer and top level clubs across the country, emphasizing increased training with more competitive games versus more games in general, with the ultimate goal of producing top level players for the US men's national team.

Wattie Cooper

Cooper played two official A-international matches for the All Whites in 1927, both against the touring Canadians, the first a 1-0 win on 9 July 1927, the second a 1-4 loss on 23 July.

Zach Wells

Wells earned his only cap for the U.S. national team on February 19, 2006 in a 4–0 victory over Guatemala at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.


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