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United States national soccer team

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United States
Nickname(s)USMNT
The Stars and Stripes[1]
The Yanks[2]
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation (USSF)
ConfederationCONCACAF
Sub-confederationNAFU
Head coachMauricio Pochettino
CaptainVacant
Most capsCobi Jones (164)
Top scorerClint Dempsey
Landon Donovan (57)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeUSA
First colors
Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current 13 Increase 3 (December 22, 2022)[3]
Highest4 (April 2006[4])
Lowest36 (July 2012[5])
First international
 Sweden 2–3 United States 
(Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916)[6]
Biggest win
 United States 8–0 Barbados 
(Carson, California, U.S.; June 15, 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Norway 11–0 United States 
(Oslo, Norway; August 6, 1948)[7]
World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1930)
Best result3 Third place: (1930)
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1985)
Best result1 Champions: (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017)
Copa América
Appearances4 (first in 1993)
Best resultFourth place: (1995, 2016)
Confederations Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1992)
Best result2 Runners-up: (2009)
Medal record
Olympic Games[8]
Silver medal – second place 1904 St. Louis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St. Louis Team

United States national soccer team is the national soccer team of United States.

Player records

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As of February 2, 2019. Active players are shown in Bold.

References

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  1. Wilson, Paul (June 26, 2010). "USA 1–2 Ghana". The Guardian. London.
  2. The Yanks Are Coming USA-HON Commercial. U.S. Soccer. Retrieved on August 12, 2013. Archived May 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  4. "U.S. MEN MOVE TO BEST-EVER FOURTH PLACE IN FIFA WORLD RANKINGS". US Soccer Federation. April 19, 2006.
  5. Baxter, Kevin (July 6, 2017). "U.S. drops 12 spots to No. 35 in FIFA rankings". Los Angeles Times.
  6. "USA – Details of International Matches 1885–1969". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  7. Blevins, Dave (2012). The sports hall of fame encyclopedia : baseball, basketball, football, hockey soccer. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-0-8108-6130-5. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  8. These medals are recognized by the IOC, but not by FIFA.
  9. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.