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The history of the United States men's national soccer team began with that team's first international match in 1916. Highlights from the team's early history include reaching the semifinals of the inaugural 1930 World Cup (later recognized by FIFA as third place finish based on overall records), and defeating England in a remarkable upset in the 1950 World Cup.
The first United States national soccer team was constituted on November 28, 1885, when it played Canada in the first international match held outside the United Kingdom. [10] Canada defeated the U.S. 1–0 at Clark Field in the East Newark neighborhood of Kearny, New Jersey.
The following tables summarizes the all-time record for the United States men's national soccer team, first broken down by confederation and then the team's head-to-head record by decade. The United States has played matches against 105 current and former national teams, with the latest result, a win, coming against Jamaica on November 18, 2024.
The following table includes players who have captained the United States men's national soccer team (featuring all caps, goals and assists or goalkeeper wins and shutouts) from April 16, 1989, through January 20, 2024, a game with Slovenia. Values come from U.S. Soccer Federation Media Guide.
Soccer in the United States has a varied history. Research indicates that the modern game entered the country during the 1850s with New Orleans ' Scottish, Irish, German and Italian immigrants. Some of the first organized games, using modern English rules , were played in that city.
In association football, kit (also referred to as a strip or uniform) is the standard equipment and attire worn by players. The sport's rules specify the minimum kit which a player must use, and also prohibit the use of anything that is dangerous to either the player or another participant.
In the new football kit, as the soccer uniform is known in the U.K., Nike changed some of the colors of the St. George Cross—the traditional red cross against a white background on the English flag.
The team played its first match at the Mundialito tournament on August 18, 1985, coached by Mike Ryan, in which they lost 1–0 to Italy.In March 2004, two of its stars, Mia Hamm (who retired later that year after a post-Olympic team tour of the US) and Michelle Akers (who had already retired), were the only two women and the only two Americans named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest ...