United States men's national soccer team all-time record
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This is a comprehensive list of the United States national soccer team's competitive, individual, team, and head-to-head records.


Individual records


Player records

. :Players in bold are still active for selection for the national team.


Coaching records

; Most coaching appearances : Bruce Arena: 148


Team records

; Biggest victory : 8–0 vs. Barbados, June 15, 2008


Competition records

The U.S. regularly competes at the FIFA World Cup, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the
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. The U.S. has also played in the
FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...
,
Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
by invitation, as well as several minor tournaments. The best result for the United States in a World Cup tournament came in 1930 when the team reached the semi-finals. The team was composed of six naturalized internationals, five of them from Scotland and one from England. The best result in the modern era is the 2002 World Cup, when the U.S. reached the quarter-finals. The worst world Cup tournament results in the modern era were group stage eliminations in
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,
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, and
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, although the country failed to even qualify for the final tournament in
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. In the Confederations Cup, the United States finished in third place in both
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and
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, and were runner-up in
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. The United States appeared in their first intercontinental tournament final at the 2009 Confederations Cup. In the semi-finals, the United States upset top ranked Spain 2–0, to advance to the final. In the final, the United States lost 3–2 to Brazil after leading 2–0 at halftime. The U.S. men's soccer team have played in the Summer Olympics since
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. From that tournament to
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, only amateur and state-sponsored Eastern European players were allowed on Olympic teams. The Olympics became a full international tournament in 1984 after the
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allowed full national teams from outside
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CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
& UEFA confederations. Ever since
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the men's Olympic event has been age-restricted, under 23 plus three overage players, and participation has been by the United States men's national under-23 soccer team. In regional competitions, the United States has won the CONCACAF Gold Cup seven times, with their most recent title in
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. Their best ever finish at the
Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
was fourth-place at the
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and
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editions.


FIFA World Cup


CONCACAF Gold Cup

''CONCACAF Championship 1963–1989, CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991–present''


Summer Olympics


Copa América

''South American Championship 1916–1967, Copa América 1975–present''


FIFA Confederations Cup


CONCACAF Nations League


Head-to-head record

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 Oman on September 12, 2023. ''Through United States vs. Oman on September 12, 2023''.


AFC (18–11–8)


CAF (11–6–2)


CONCACAF (221–90–82)


CONMEBOL (28–57–29)


OFC (2–0–1)


UEFA (58–96–44)


Record timeline

* Win %: number of wins divided by number of games played (ties each count as half of a win)


FIFA World Ranking

''Last update was on June 26, 2023'' Source: Best Ranking   Worst Ranking   Best Mover   Worst Mover  


Notes


References


External links


U.S. Men's National Soccer Team List of Results
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