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USA Soccer Team General Information
Country: United States
Capital City: Washington
Continent: America
Manager: Bruce Arena
USA Soccer Team History
Founded 1913
Affiliated 1913
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WC participations
7 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
WC honours
Semi-final 1930, Quarter-final 2002
Continental Titles
TGold Cup (1991, 2002), Pan American champions (1991)
World Cup Record:
| Year | Host | Performance |
| 1930 | Uruguay | First Round (last 16) |
| 1934 | Italy | - |
| 1938 | France | Fourth, Pool Two |
| 1950 | Brazil | - |
| 1954 | Switzerland | - |
| 1958 | Sweden | - |
| 1962 | Chile | - |
| 1966 | England | - |
| 1970 | Mexico | - |
| 1974 | West Germany | - |
| 1978 | Argentina | - |
| 1982 | Spain | - |
| 1986 | Mexico | Fourth, Group A |
| 1990 | Italy | Second Round (last 16) |
| 1994 | U.S.A. | Fourth, Group F |
| 1998 | France | Quarter finals |
| 2002 | S.Korea/Japan | in Group E with Italy, Czech Republic, Ghana |
USA Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup
Coach:
Bruce Arena.
Captain
Claudio Reyna.
Goalkeepers:
Kasey Keller, Tim Howard, Marcus Hahnemann.
Defenders:
Carlos Bocanegra, Steve Cherundolo, Jimmy Conrad, Cory Gibbs, Chris Albright, Eddie Lewis, Oguchi Onyewu, Eddie Pope.
Midfielders:
DaMarcus Beasley, Bobby Convey, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Pablo Mastroeni,John O'Brien, Ben Olsen, Claudio Reyna.
Forwards:
Eddie Johnson, Brian McBride, Brian Ching, Josh Wolff.
THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN PREVIOUS FOOTBALL WORLD CUPS ARE SHOWN IN RED COLOR (12 OUT OF THE TEAM OF 23 PLAYERS)
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USA Statistics | in Group E with Italy, Czech Republic, Ghana |
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The team is known as 'Stars and Stripes'
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| Jersey No. | Name of the Player |
| 1 | Tim Howard |
| 2 | Chris Albright |
| 3 | Carlos Bocanegra |
| 4 | Pablo Mastroeni |
| 5 | John O'Brien |
| 6 | Steve Cherundolo |
| 7 | Eddie Lewis |
| 8 | Clint Dempsey |
| 9 | Eddie Johnson |
| 10 | Claudio Reyna |
| 11 | Brian Ching |
| 12 | Cory Gibbs |
| 13 | Jimmy Conrad |
| 14 | Ben Olsen |
| 15 | Bobby Convey |
| 16 | Josh Wolff |
| 17 | DaMarcus Beasley |
| 18 | Kasey Keller |
| 19 | Marcus Hahnemann |
| 20 | Brian McBride |
| 21 | Landon Donovan |
| 22 | Oguchi Onyewu |
| 23 | Eddie Pope |
USA Soccer Team is playing in Group E along with Italy, Ghana and Czech Republic. USA has participated in the World Cup seven times and this time it is going to be USA's eighth appearance in the World Cup. This time it is the nation's fifth consecutive appearance on the world's biggest stage in Germany 2006. The team is nicknamed 'Stars and Stripes'.
The USA Soccer Team made it to the Semi-finals of Uruguay 1930 and to the quarterfinals of South Korea/Japan 2002. In 1950 World Cup hosted by Brazil, USA defeated the England 1-0. England, the originator of football were competing for the first time in the World Cup and were tipped to win. This FIFA season USA has to face stiff competition from three-time champions Italy. Coach Bruce Arena's team has 12 members from the team of 2002 World Cup. Experienced Brian McBride and Landon Donovan and the young Eddie Johnson are assets to the team.
USA Soccer Team played brilliantly in the qualifying matches. They qualified for the finals with three matches still to play in the final rounds of North, Central American and Caribbean qualifying zone. Though the team were defeated by fellow qualifiers Costa Rica, they finished top of the Group. USAUSA Soccer Team suffered only one defeat in their opening six final round matches. At this juncture US needed a home win against archrivals Mexico in the match scheduled on 3 September 2005. Steve Ralston and Beasley scored goals and led their team to victory in Crew Stadium. The fans celebrated their teams victory in style. The US team also secured a 2-0 win over Panama in Boston. In this match Taylor Twellman and Kyle Martino hit their first international goals.
Coach Arena said that all matches were difficult but his team's experience helped them in capitalizing over all situations.
In the 1990 World Cup in Italy the finished fourth in Group A, in 1994 USA World Cup they finished in the last 16 of the second round and in France 1998 they finished fourth in Group F. In South Korea/Japan 2002, they lost to Germany in the quarter-finals.
For the Stars and Stripes qualifying from Group E will be an achievement in itself.
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