United States men's national soccer team :
The United States men's national association football team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation.The FIFA ranked United states national football team is 18th . The United States and Canada played the first international match held outside the United Kingdom In 1885.In 1904 Summer Olympic the U.S earned silver and bronze medal in men’s soccer . In the 1930 World Cup, the U.S. won its first match in WorldCup history.
In 1989, FIFA named the United States hosts of the 1994 World Cup, but it did so under significant international criticism because of the perceived weakness of the national team and the lack of a professional outdoor league. The United States has qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The U.S. won seven of eight matches against Barbados, Cuba, Guatemala, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Second and Third Rounds of qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
United States men's national soccer Assocaiation
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Association | |
Nickname(s) | The Yanks Soccer Federation |
Confederation | CONCACAF ( |
Head coach | Bob Bradley |
Asst coach | Mike Sorber John Hackworth Jesse Marsch |
Captain | Carlos Bocanegra |
Most caps | Cobi Jones (164) |
Top scorer | Landon Donovan (42) |
FIFA code | |
FIFA ranking | 18 |
Highest FIFA ranking | 4 (April 2006) |
Lowest FIFA ranking | 35 (October 1997) |
Elo ranking | 19 |
Highest Elo ranking | 4 (November 1885 - November 1886) |
Lowest Elo ranking | 85 (October 1968) |
Players
List of United States men's national soccer Players :
Pos. | Player | Age | Caps | Goals |
Goalkeepers | Troy Perkins | 28 | 7 | 0 |
Nick Rimando | 30 | 4 | 0 | |
Defender : | Oguchi Onyewu | 27 | 51 | 5 |
Steve Cherundolo | 31 | 57 | 2 | |
Edgar Castillo | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
Frankie Hejduk | 35 | 85 | 7 | |
Jimmy Conrad | 33 | 28 | 1 | |
Marvell Wynne | 23 | 4 | 0 | |
25 | 11 | 1 | ||
Midfielder : | Clint Dempsey | 26 | 60 | 17 |
Ricardo Clark | 27 | 27 | 2 | |
Benny Feilhaber | 25 | 31 | 2 | |
Kyle Beckerman | 27 | 12 | 1 | |
Geoff Cameron | 24 | 1 | 0 | |
Brad Davis | 28 | 5 | 0 | |
Brad Evans | 24 | 4 | 0 | |
Eddie Gaven | 23 | 8 | 0 | |
Sacha Kljestan | 24 | 23 | 4 | |
Dax McCarty | 22 | 4 | 0 | |
Robbie Rogers | 22 | 11 | 1 | |
Forward: | Charlie Davies | 23 | 17 | 4 |
Kenny Cooper | 25 | 10 | 4 | |
Conor Casey | 28 | 19 | 2 | |
Brian Ching | 31 | 44 | 11 | |
Jeff Cunningham | 33 | 14 | 1 | |
The following players have won 100 or more caps with the national team :
Rank | Years | Player | Caps | Goals |
1 | 1992–2004 | Cobi Jones | 164 | 15 |
2 | 1988–2003 | Jeff Agoos | 134 | 4 |
3 | 1988–2000 | Marcelo Balboa | 128 | 13 |
4 | 2000– | Landon Donovan | 121 | 42 |
5 | 1994–2006 | Claudio Reyna | 112 | 8 |
6 | 1984–1997 | Paul Caligiuri | 110 | 5 |
7 | 1990–2000 | Eric Wynalda | 106 | 34 |
8 | 1990–2007 | Kasey Keller | 102 | 0 |
9 | 1990–2004 | Earnie Stewart | 101 | 17 |
10 | 1988–2002 | Tony Meola | 100 | 0 |
1992–2002 | Joe-Max Moore | 100 | 24 |
Top scorers
The following players are the top scorers in national team history :
Rank | Years | Player | Caps | Goals |
1 | 2000– | Landon Donovan | 121 | 42 |
2 | 1990–2000 | Eric Wynalda | 106 | 34 |
3 | 1993–2006 | Brian McBride | 95 | 30 |
4 | 1992–2002 | Joe-Max Moore | 100 | 24 |
5 | 1985–1993 | Bruce Murray | 86 | 21 |
6 | 2004– | Clint Dempsey | 60 | 17 |
2001– | DaMarcus Beasley | 90 | 17 | |
1990–2004 | Earnie Stewart | 101 | 17 | |
9 | 1992–2004 | Cobi Jones | 164 | 15 |
10 | 1984–1994 | Hugo Pérez | 73 | 13 |
1988–2000 | Marcelo Balboa | 128 | 13 |
* United States ------ Thomas Cahill (1916–1924)
* United States ------ George Burford (1924–1925)
* England + USA ---- Nat Agar (1925–1926)
* United States ------ George Burford (1928)
* Scotland ------------- Robert Millar (1929–1933)
* Scotland ------------- David Gould (1933–1934)
* United States ------ Bill Lloyd (1934–1937)
* No coach in 1938–1946
* Scotland ------------ Andrew Brown (1947–1948)
* United States ----- Walter Giesler (1948–1949)
* United States ----- Bill Jeffrey (1949–1952)
* England ------------ John Wood (1952–1953)
* Hungary ----------- Erno Schwarz (1953–1955)
* United States ---- George Meyer (1957)
* United States ---- Jim Reed (1959–1961)
* United States ---- John Herberger (1964)
* United States ---- George Meyer (1965)
* Wales -------------- Phil Woosnam (1968)
* England ----------- Gordon Jago (1969)
* United States ---- Bob Kehoe (1971–1972)
* Poland ------------- Max Wosniak (1973)
* United States ---- Eugene Chyzowych (1973)
* England ----------- Gordon Bradley (1973)
* West Germany -- Dettmar Cramer (1974)
* United States ---- Al Miller (1975)
* West Germany --- Manny Schellscheidt (1975)
* United States ---- Walter Chyzowych (1976–1980)
* Hungary + USA -- Bob Gansler (1982)
* Greece -------------- Alkis Panagoulias (1983–1985)
* West Germany --- Lothar Osiander (1986–1988)
* Hungary + USA -- Bob Gansler (1989–1991)
* United States ----- John Kowalski (1991)
* Serbia + Mexico - Bora Milutinović (1991–1995)
* United States ----- Steve Sampson (1995–1998)
* United States ----- Bruce Arena (1998–2006)
* United States ----- Bob Bradley (2006–present)
International
# Summer Olympics :
* Silver Medal (1): 1904
* Bronze Medal (1): 1904
* Third Place (1): 1930
# King Fahd Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup :
* Runners-Up (1): 2009
* Third Place (2): 1992, 1999
Regional
# CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup :
* Winners (4): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007
* Runners-Up (4): 1989, 1993, 1998, 2009
* Third Place (2): 1996, 2003
# Copa América :
*Fourth Place (1): 1995
# Pan American Games :
* Gold Medal (1): 1991
* Bronze Medal (2): 1959, 1999
