U.S. Cup (also known as the USA Cup, United States Cup and Nike U.S. Cup) was a soccer competition held annually in the

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from 1992 to 2000, except for the World Cup years of 1994 and 1998. The tournament, hosted by the

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, was contested between the United States and three guest teams. The cup was created to train the American soccer team and to popularize the sport in the US before the men's

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. Originally known as the U.S. Cup, the name was changed to the Nike U.S. Cup after

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signed a ten-year, $120 million contract with the

to sponsor the U.S. national teams in October 1997. As part of the contract, USSF added Nike's name to the U.S. Cup title. In 1995, USSF added a women's competition which ran every year until 2002. The 2001 edition was abandoned after three matches due to the

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Format

The cup was traditionally played in a single round-robin format between the four participating national teams. The 1999 edition of the men's and 2000 edition of the women's tournaments, were played in single elimination format. The first round was the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals played for third place, and the winners of the semifinals played the Final match.

List of champions

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Titles by country

Men's tournament

* 3 times (1992, 1995, 2000) * 3 times (1996, 1997, 1999) * 1 time (1993)

Women's tournament

* 7 times (all, except for the abandoned 2001 edition)

National team appearances

Men’s

Women’s

Number of appearance excludes the abandoned 2001 edition.

Venues

Frontier Field Innovative Field (originally known as Frontier Field) is a baseball stadium located at One Morrie Silver Way in downtown Rochester, New York. It has been the home of the Rochester Red Wings of the International League since 1997. The park opened ...

, Rochester, NY 1998 (2 games) * RFK Stadium, Washington, DC-1992, 1993 (2 games), 1995 (2 games), 1996, 2000 *

Foxboro Stadium Foxboro Stadium, originally Schaefer Stadium and later Sullivan Stadium, was an outdoor stadium in the New England region of the United States, located in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It opened in 1971 and served as the home of the New England ...

, Foxborough, MA-1992 (2 games), 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 * Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA-1996, 1997 (4 games) *

Soldier Field Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) since ...

, Chicago, IL-1992 (2 games), 1993, 2000 * Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ-1996 (2 games), 2000 (2 games) *

Qualcomm Stadium San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium on the West Coast of the United States, west coast of the United States, in San Diego, California. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 199 ...

, San Diego, CA-1997 (2 games), 1999 (2 games) *

Yale Bowl The Yale Bowl Stadium is a college football stadium in the northeast United States, located in New Haven, Connecticut, on the border of West Haven, about 1½ miles (2½ km) west of the main campus of Yale University. The home of the American foo ...

, New Haven, CT-1992, 1993 *

Rutgers Stadium SHI Stadium is the football stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers Scarlet Knights football, Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse use the venue for home games. It is located on the Busch Campus at ...

, Piscataway, NJ-1995 (2 games) * Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX-1996, 2000 * Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA-1999 (2 games) *

Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome (also known simply as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, ...

, Pontiac, MI-1993

References

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External links

Men's US Cup at RSSSF

International association football competitions hosted by the United States Defunct international association football competitions in North America Recurring sporting events established in 1992 Recurring events disestablished in 2002 1992 establishments in the United States 2002 disestablishments in the United States