United States men's national team profile

The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competition and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation.The team is, according to the FIFA World Rankings, ranked 14th in the world and first in CONCACAF,has appeared in the last five FIFA World Cups, and will take part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.In 1885, the United States and Canada, at Newark, New Jersey, played the first international match held outside the United Kingdom, the match finishing 1–0 in favour of the Canadians.Thirty years later, the United States played its first official international match under the auspices of U.S. Soccer against Sweden in Stockholm, where the USA won 3-2.n the 1930 World Cup, the U.S. won its first match in World Cup history, beating Belgium 3–0 at the Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, Uruguay. The match occurred simultaneously with another across town at the Estadio Pocitos where France defeated Mexico.the United States again won 3–0, this time against Paraguay. For many years, FIFA credited Bert Patenaude with the first and third goals and his teammate Tom Florie with the second.Other sources described the second goal as having been scored by Patenaude[5][6] or by Paraguayan Ramon Gonzales. In November 2006, FIFA announced that it had accepted evidence from "various historians and football fans" that Patenaude scored all three goals, and was thus the first person to score a hat trick in a World Cup finals tournament.Having reached the semifinals with two wins, the American side lost 6–1 to Argentina. Using the overall tournament records, FIFA lists the U.S. as finishing in third place, above fellow semifinalist Yugoslavia.This is still the team's highest World Cup finish, and it's also tied for the highest finish of any team from outside of CONMEBOL and UEFA, the South American and European confederations, respectively.Due to FIFA not wanting interference with the newly founded FIFA World Cup no official tournament was fielded in the 1932 Olympic Games. FIFA claimed the tournament would not be popular in the United States, so it would not be cost efficient to assist in the running of the tournament during struggling economic times. As a result, an informal tournament was organized including local rivals with the United States finishing first, followed by Mexico and Canada. The Olympic Tournament was reinstated in the 1936 Olympic Games.The United States has qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.The U.S. won seven of eight matches against Barbados, Cuba, Guatemala, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Second and Third Rounds of qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This qualified the United States for the Fourth Round, or Hexagonal, against Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.Having secured their presence at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they were drawn in Group C alongside England, Algeria and Slovenia.
Provisional squad list:
GK Brad GUZAN
GK Marcus HAHNEMANN
GK Tim HOWARD
Jozy ALTIDORE
DaMarcus BEASLEY
Alejandro BEDOYA
Carlos BOCANEGRA
Jonathan BORNSTEIN
Michael BRADLEY
Edson BUDDLE
Steve CHERUNDOLO
Brian CHING
Ricardo CLARK
Jay DeMERIT
Clint DEMPSEY
Landon DONOVAN
Maurice EDU
Benny FEILHABER
Robbie FINDLEY
Herculez GOMEZ
Clarence GOODSON
Stuart HOLDEN
Eddie JOHNSON
Sacha KLJESTAN
Chad MARSHALL
Oguchi ONYEWU
Heath PEARCE
Robbie ROGERS
Jonathan SPECTOR
Francisco TORRES

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