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The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their ...
The United States won the 2002 Gold Cup to set up the team's best performance since 1930 in the 2002 World Cup, when the U.S. team reached the quarter-finals. The knockout stage was reached through a 3–2 win over Portugal and a 1–1 tie with co-host and eventual fourth-place finisher, South Korea , rendering a 3–1 loss to Poland in the ...
Players Doca (São Cristóvão) and Benevenuto (Flamengo) traveled with the team but were not registered because the competition rules in article 5 only allowed 22 players for squad. Araken never played for Flamengo. He was registered as a club athlete just as a matter of formality, since APEA (São Paulo) was in a power struggle over command ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) have participated in eleven editions of the FIFA World Cup, an international soccer competition contested by men's national teams representing members of FIFA. The tournament is held every four years by the top qualifying teams from the continental confederations under FIFA.
1930–1949 Win Draw Defeat M Opponent Date Result Event 12 Belgium: July 13, 1930 3–0 World Cup GS: 13 Paraguay: July 17, 1930 3–0 World Cup GS: 14 Argentina: July 26, 1930 1–6 World Cup SF: 15 Brazil: August 17, 1930 3–4 Friendly 16 Mexico: May 24, 1934 4–2 World Cup Q: 17 Italy: May 27, 1934 1–7 World Cup 1R: 18 Italy
FIFA World Cup records and statistics. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
Robert Millar (May 12, 1890 – February 22, 1967) was a soccer player who played as a forward and the coach of the United States national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. During his at times tumultuous Hall of Fame career, he played with over a dozen teams in at least five U.S. leagues as well as two seasons in the Scottish Football League.