document_title: Caslon

question_text: what type of font is the declaration of independence

text: Caslon

text: History[edit]

text: Caslon began his career in London as an apprentice engraver of ornamental designs on firearms and other metalwork.[16][15] According to printer and historian John Nichols, the main source on Caslon's life, the accuracy of his work came to the attention of prominent London printers, who advanced him money to carve steel punches for printing, first for exotic languages and then as his reputation developed for the Latin alphabet.[17][18] Punchcutting was a difficult technique and many of the techniques used were kept secret by punchcutters or passed on from father to son. Caslon would later follow this practice himself, according to Nichols teaching his son his methods privately while locked in a room where nobody could watch them.[4][19] As British printers had little success or experience of making their own types, they were forced to use equipment bought from the Netherlands, or France, and Caslon's types are therefore clearly influenced by the popular Dutch typefaces of his period.[20][21] James Mosley summarises his early work: "Caslon's pica...was based very closely indeed on a pica roman and italic that appears on the specimen sheet of the widow of the Amsterdam printer Dirck Voskens, c.1695, and which Bowyer had used for some years. Caslon's pica replaces it in his printing from 1725…Caslon's Great Primer roman, first used in 1728, a type that was much admired in the twentieth century, is clearly related to the Text Romeyn of Voskens, a type of the early seventeenth century used by several London printers and now attributed to the punch-cutter Nicolas Briot of Gouda."[4] Mosley also describes several other Caslon faces as "intelligent adaptations" of the Voskens Pica.[4][22][23]

text: Caslon's type rapidly built up a reputation for workmanship, being described by Henry Newman in 1733 as "the work of that Artist who seems to aspire to outvying all the Workmen in his way in Europe, so that our Printers send no more to Holland for the Elzevir and other Letters which they formerly valued themselves much."[4][24][c] Mosley describes Caslon's Long Primer No. 1 type as "type with generous proportions and it was normally cast with letter-spacing that was not too tight, characteristics that are needed in types on a small body. And yet it is so soundly made that words that are set in it keep their shape and are comfortably readable...It is a type that works best in the narrow measure of a two-column page or in quite modest octavos."[26] Caslon sold a French Canon face he did not engrave that may to have been the work of Joseph Moxon with some modifications, and his larger-size faces follow this high-contrast model.[14] Compared to the more delicate, stylised and experimental designs that developed in Europe during Caslon's life, notably the romain du roi type and the work of Fleischmann in Amsterdam, and the Baskerville type of John Baskerville in Birmingham that appeared towards the end of Caslon's career, Caslon's type was quite conservative. Johnson notes that his 1764 specimen "might have been produced a hundred years earlier".[27] Stanley Morison described Caslon's type as "a happy archaicism".[28]

text: While not used extensively in Europe,[15] Caslon types were distributed throughout the British Empire, including British North America, where they were used on the printing the U.S. Declaration of Independence.[29] After William Caslon I’s death, the use of his types diminished, but had a revival between 1840–80 as a part of the British Arts and Crafts movement.

text: Besides regular text fonts, Caslon cut blackletter or 'Gothic' types (and sold some earlier ones from older foundries), which were also printed on his specimen. These could be used for purposes such as title pages, emphasis and drop caps.[30] Bold type did not exist in Caslon's time, although some of his larger-size fonts are quite bold.[12]

text: One criticism of some Caslon-style typefaces has been a concern that the capitals are too thick in design and stand out too much, making for an uneven colour on the page. Printer and typeface designer Frederic Goudy was a critic: "the strong contrast between the over-black stems of the capitals and the light weight stems in the lower-case...makes a 'spotty' page". He cited dissatisfaction with the style as an incentive for becoming more involved in type design around 1911, when he created Kennerley Old Style as an alternative.[31]

text: Eclipse[edit]

text: Caslon's types fell out of interest in the late eighteenth century, due to the arrival of "transitional"-style typefaces like Baskerville and then "Didone" or modern designs.[32][15] His type foundry remained in business at Chiswell Street, London, but began to sell alternative and additional designs, some cut by his son William Caslon II.[33][34] His grandson, William Caslon III, broke away from the family to establish a competitor foundry at Salisbury Square, by buying up the company of the late Joseph Jackson.[35] Justin Howes suggests that there may have been some attempt to update some of Caslon's types towards the newer style starting before 1816, noting that Caslon type cast by the 1840s included "a handful of sorts, Q, [an open-form italic] h, ſh, Q, T and Y, which would have been unfamiliar to Caslon, and which may have been cut at the end of the eighteenth century in a modest attempt to bring Old Face up to date. The h, ſh and T are to be seen [in a book from] 1816, large parts of which appear to have been printed from well-worn standing type."[3]

text: Even as Caslon's type itself largely fell out of use, his reputation remained strong within the printing community. The printer and social reformer Thomas Curson Hansard wrote in 1825:

text: At the commencement of the 18th century the native talent of the founders was so little prized by the printers of the metropolis, that they were in the habit of importing founts from Holland, ...and the printers of the present day might still have been driven to the inconvenience of importation had not a genius, in the person of William Caslon, arisen to rescue his country from the disgrace of typographical inferiority.[36]

text: Similarly, Edward Bull in 1842 called Caslon "the great chief and father of English type."[37]

text: Return to popularity[edit]

text: Interest in eighteenth-century printing returned in the nineteenth century with the rise of the arts and crafts movement, and Caslon's types returned to popularity in books and fine printing among companies such as the Chiswick Press, as well as display use in situations such as advertising.[38][39][40]

text: Fine printing presses, notably the Chiswick Press, bought original Caslon type from the Caslon foundry; copies of these matrices were also made by electrotyping.[38] From the 1860s new types began to appear in a style similar to Caslon's, starting from Miller & Richard's Modernised Old Style of c. 1860. The Caslon foundry itself covertly cut new swash capitals and replaced some sizes with new, cleaner versions.

text: In the United States, Caslons became almost a genre, modified expanded with new styles such as bold, condensed, inline or with modifications such as shortened descenders to fit American common line, or lining figures. Many foundries cut (or, in many cases, pirated) their own versions.[41] By the 1920s, American Type Founders offered a large range of styles, some numbered rather than named.[42] (Bookman Old Style is a descendant of one of these American Caslon revivals. A series of modifications has given most modern Bookman digitisations a somewhat exaggerated appearance with extremely high x-height very unlike the original Caslon.) The hot metal typesetting companies Linotype, Monotype, Intertype and Ludlow, which sold machines that cast type under the control of a keyboard, brought out their own Caslon releases.

text: According to book designer Hugh Williamson, a second decline in Caslon's popularity in Britain did, however, set in during the twentieth century due to the arrival of revivals of other old-style and transitional designs from Monotype and Linotype. These included Bembo, Garamond and related faces such as Plantin, Baskerville and Times New Roman.[43]

text: Caslon type again entered a new technology with phototypesetting, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, and then again with digital typesetting technology. There are many typefaces called "Caslon" as a result of that and the lack of an enforceable trademark on the name "Caslon" by itself, which reproduce the original designs in varying degrees of faithfulness.

text: Many of Caslon's original punches and matrices survived in the collection of the Caslon company (along with many replacement and additional characters), and are now part of the St Bride Library and Type Museum collections in Britain. Copies held by the Paris office of the Caslon company, the Fonderie Caslon, were transferred to the collection of the Musée de l'Imprimerie in Nantes.[44] Scholarly research on Caslon's type has been carried out by historians including Alfred F. Johnson, Harry Carter, James Mosley and Justin Howes.

text: Metal type versions[edit]

text: Caslon Old Face[edit]

text: The H.W. Caslon & Sons foundry reissued Caslon’s original types as Caslon Old Face from the original (or, at least, early) matrices. The last lineal descendent of Caslon, Henry William Caslon, brought in Thomas White Smith as a new manager shortly before Caslon's death in 1874. Smith took over the company and instructed his sons to change their surnames to Caslon in order to provide an appearance of continuity.[38] The foundry operated an ambitious promotional programme, issuing a periodical, "Caslon's Circular". It continued to issue specimens from top printers including George W. Jones until the 1920s.[3]

text: Some Caslon faces were augmented by adding new features, in particular swash capitals for historicist printing.[38][45] From around 1887 the type was sold with additional swash capitals. Howes describes these as "based rather closely on François Guyot's [popular 22pt] italic of around 1557...found in English printing until the early years of the eighteenth century."[3] From around 1893 the company started to additionally recut some letters to make the type more regular and create matrices which could be cast by machine.[3] Due to the cachet of the Caslon name, some of the recuttings and modifications of the original Caslon types were apparently not publicly admitted.[38] The H.W. Caslon company also licensed to other printers matrices made by electrotyping, although some companies may also have made unauthorized copies.[38]

text: In 1937, the H.W. Caslon & Sons foundry was also acquired by Stephenson Blake & Co, who thereafter added 'the Caslon Letter Foundry' to their name.[46]

text: The hot metal typesetting companies Monotype and Linotype offered "Caslon Old Face" releases that were based (or claimed to be based) on Caslon's original typefaces. Linotype's has been digitised and released by Bitstream.[47]

text: Caslon 471[edit]

text: Caslon #471 was the release of the "original" Caslon type sold by American Type Founders.[48] American Type Founders advertised it as "the Caslon Oldstyle Romans and Italics precisely as Mr. Caslon left them in 1766.[49] It was apparently cast from electrotypes held by American Type Founders' precursors.[48]

text: Caslon 540[edit]

text: Caslon 540 was a second American Type Founders version with shortened descenders to allow tighter linespacing.[48] The italic was distributed by Letraset with a matching set of swashes. As a result, this often became sold or used without the regular or roman style of this revival.[50]

text: Caslon 3[edit]

text: A slighter bolder version of Caslon 540, released by American Type Founders in 1905.[51] BitStream sells Caslon 3 under the name of Caslon Bold with its Caslon 540 release.[52] Russian studio ParaType have released both with Cyrillic glyphs.[53]

text: Caslon Openface[edit]

text: A decorative openface serif typeface with very high ascenders, popular in the United States. Despite the name, it has no connection to Caslon: it was an import of the French typeface "Le Moreau-le-Jeune", created by Fonderie Peignot in Paris, by ATF branch Barnhart Brothers & Spindlers.[54][55]

text: The Monotype Corporation (UK)[edit]

text: The British Monotype company produced three Caslon revivals.[56]

text: Imprint[edit]

text: A more regular adaptation of Caslon by the British branch of Monotype was commissioned by the London publishers of The Imprint, a short-lived printing trade periodical that published during 1913.[57] It had a higher x-height and was intended to offer an italic more complementary to the roman. It has remained popular since and has been digitised by Monotype.[58]

text: Ludlow Typograph Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA[edit]

text: Ludlow had a wide variety of Caslon-types.

text: Caslon 641[edit]

text: A heavy version of Caslon 540, released by American Type Founders in 1966.

text: Caslon 223 and 224[edit]

text: Caslon 223 and 224 were phototypesetting families designed by Ed Benguiat of Lubalin, Smith, Carnase and then ITC. Like many ITC families, they have an aggressive, advertising-oriented bold structure, not closely related to Caslon's original work.[48] 223 was the first version (named for LSC's street number), a companion version with more body text-oriented proportions followed sequentially numbered 224.[48]

text: Digital-only releases[edit]

text: Adobe Caslon (1990)[edit]

text: Adobe Caslon is a very popular revival designed by Carol Twombly.[59][11] It is based on Caslon's own specimen pages printed between 1734 and 1770[60] and is a member of the Adobe Originals programme. It added many features now standard in high-quality digital fonts, such as small caps, old style figures, swash letters, ligatures, alternate letters, fractions, subscripts and superscripts, and matching ornaments.[61][62]

text: Adobe Caslon is used for body text in The New Yorker and is one of the two official typefaces of the University of Virginia.[63] A modification is used on U. VA's logo.[64] It is also available with Adobe's Typekit programme, in some weights for free.

text: Big Caslon (1994)[edit]

text: Big Caslon by Matthew Carter is inspired by the "funkiness" of the three largest sizes of type from the Caslon foundry. These have a unique design with dramatic stroke contrast, complementary but very different to Caslon's text faces; one was apparently originally created by Joseph Moxon rather than Caslon.[14][4] The typeface is intended for use at 18pt and above.[65][66] The standard weight is bundled with Apple's macOS operating system in a release including small caps and alternates such as the long s. Initially published by his company Carter & Cone, in 2014 Carter revisited the design adding bold and black designs with matching italics, and republished it through Font Bureau.[67][e] It is used by Boston magazine and the Harvard Crimson.[70]

text: LTC Caslon (2005)[edit]

text: LTC Caslon is a digitisation of the Lanston Type Company's 14 point size Caslon 337 of 1915 (itself a revival of the original Caslon types).[71][72] This family include fonts in regular and bold weights, with fractions, ligatures, small caps (regular and regular italic only), swashes (regular italic weight only), and Central European characters.[73] An notable feature is that like some hot metal releases of Caslon, two separate options for descenders are provided for all styles: long descenders (creating a more elegant designs) or short (allowing tighter linespacing).

text: To celebrate its release, LTC included in early sales a CD of music by The William Caslon Experience, a downtempo electronic act, along with a limited edition upright italic design, 'LTC Caslon Remix'.[74][75]

text: Williams Caslon Text (2010)[edit]

text: A modern attempt to capture the spirit of Caslon by William Berkson, intended for use in body text.[76][77] Although not aimed at being fully authentic in every respect, the typeface closely follows Caslon's original specimen sheet in many respects. The weight is heavier than many earlier revivals, to compensate for changes in printing processes, and the italic is less slanted (with variation in stroke angle) than on many other Caslon releases. Berkson described his design choices in an extensive article series.[78][13]

text: Released by Font Bureau, it includes bold and bold italic designs, and a complete feature set across all weights, including bold small caps and swash italic alternates as well as optional shorter descenders and a 'modernist' italic option to turn off swashes on lower-case letters and reduce the slant on the 'A' for a more spare appearance.[79][f] It is currently used in Boston magazine and by Foreign Affairs.

text: A notable feature of Caslon's structure is its widely splayed T, which can space awkwardly with an 'h' afterwards. Accordingly, an emerging tradition among digital releases is to offer a 'Th' ligature, inspired by a tradition in calligraphy, to achieve tighter letterspacing.[80] Adobe Caslon, LTC Caslon, Williams Caslon and Big Caslon (italics only, in the Font Bureau release) all offer a 'Th' ligature as default or as an alternate.

text: Distressed revivals[edit]

text: A number of Caslon revivals are 'distressed' in style, adding intentional irregularities to capture the worn, jagged feel of metal type.

text: ITC Founder's Caslon (1998)[edit]

text: ITC Founder's Caslon was digitized by Justin Howes.[81] He used the resources of the St Bride Library in London to thoroughly research William Caslon and his types.[82] Unlike previous digital revivals, this family closely follows the tradition of building separate typefaces intended for different sizes. Distressing varies by style, matching the effect of metal type, with large optical sizes offering the cleanest appearance.

text: This family was released by ITC in December 1998.[83] Following the original Caslon types, it does not include bold typefaces, but uses old style figures for all numbers.

text: H. W. Caslon version[edit]

text: Following the release of ITC Founder's Caslon, Justin Howes revived the H.W. Caslon & Company name, and released an expanded version of the ITC typefaces under the Founders Caslon name.[84][85]

text: Caslon Old Face is a typeface with multiple optical sizes, including 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72, 96 points. Each font has small capitals, long esses and swash characters. The 96 point font came in roman only and without small capitals. Caslon Old Face was released in July 2001.

text: Caslon Ornaments is a typeface containing ornament glyphs.

text: These typefaces are packaged in the following formats:

text:
Founders Caslon Text: Caslon Old Face (8, 10, 12, 14, 18), Caslon Ornaments.[86]
Founders Caslon Display: Caslon Old Face (22, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72), Caslon Ornaments.[87]
Founders Caslon 1776: Caslon Old Face (14), Caslon Ornaments.[88] A selection of the types used on the United States Declaration of Independence.

text: However, following the death of Justin Howes, the revived H.W. Caslon & Company went out of business.

text: NotCaslon (1995)[edit]

text: An exuberant parody of Caslon italics created by Mark Andresen, this 1995 Emigre font was created by blending together samples of Caslon from "bits and pieces of dry transfer lettering: flakes, nicks, and all".[89][90][91]

text: Franklin Caslon (2006)[edit]

text: This 2006 creation by P22 is based on the pages produced by Benjamin Franklin circa 1750. It has a distressed appearance.[92]

text: Caslon Antique[edit]

text: This decorative serif typeface was originally called Fifteenth Century, but later renamed Caslon Antique. It is not generally considered to be a member of the Caslon family of typefaces, because its design appears unrelated, and the Caslon name was only applied retroactively.


document_title: United States men's national soccer team

question_text: what is the us best finish in the world cup

question_tokens: what is the us best finish in the world cup

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text: United States men's national soccer team

text: History[edit]

text: Early years[edit]

text: The first U.S. national soccer team was constituted in 1885, when it played Canada in the first international match held outside the United Kingdom.[9] Canada defeated the U.S. 1–0 in Newark, New Jersey. The U.S. had its revenge the following year when it beat Canada 1–0, also in Newark, although neither match was officially recognized. The U.S. earned both silver and bronze medals in men's soccer at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Olympics through Christian Brothers College and St. Rose Parish, though the tournament is declared official only by the IOC (FIFA doesn't endorse tournaments held before 1908). The U.S. played its first official international match under the auspices of U.S. Soccer on August 20, 1916, against Sweden in Stockholm, where the U.S. won 3–2.

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text: The U.S. fielded a team in the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, the first ever World Cup to be played. The U.S. began group play by beating Belgium 3–0. The U.S. then earned a 3–0 victory over Paraguay, with FIFA crediting Bert Patenaude with two of the goals.[10][11][12][13] In November 2006, FIFA announced that it had accepted evidence that Patenaude scored all three goals against Paraguay, and was thus the first person to score a hat trick in a World Cup.[14] In the semifinals, the U.S. lost to Argentina 6–1. There was no third place game. However, using the overall tournament records in 1986, FIFA credited the U.S. with a third-place finish ahead of fellow semi-finalist Yugoslavia.[15] This remains the U.S. team's best World Cup result, and is the highest finish of any team from outside of South America and Europe.

text: The U.S. qualified for the 1934 World Cup by defeating Mexico 4–2 in Italy a few days before the finals started. In a straight knock-out format, the team first played host Italy and lost 7–1, eliminating the U.S. from the tournament. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the U.S. again lost to Italy in the first round and were eliminated, although this time with a score of 1-0.

text: The 1950 World Cup in Brazil was the next World Cup appearance for the U.S. as it withdrew in 1938 and the tournament wasn't held again until 1950. The U.S. lost its first match 3–1 against Spain, but then won 1–0 against England at Independência Stadium in Belo Horizonte. Striker Joe Gaetjens was the goal scorer. Called "The Miracle on Grass", the result is considered one of the greatest upsets in the history of the World Cup.[16][17] Months before the World Cup, England had beaten an all-star "rest of Europe" side 6–1 in an exhibition match. In their third game of the tournament, a 5-2 defeat by Chile saw the U.S. eliminated from the tournament. It would be four decades before the U.S. would make another appearance in the World Cup finals.

text: Drought (1960s–1980s)[edit]

text: The national team spent the mid-to-late 20th century in near complete irrelevance in both the international game and the domestic sporting scene. There was only one World Cup berth for CONCACAF during this period until 1982.[18] The emergence of the North American Soccer League in the 1960s and 1970s raised hopes that the U.S. national team would soon improve and become a global force. However such hopes were not realized and by the 1980s the U.S. Soccer Federation found itself in serious financial struggles, with the national team playing only two matches from 1981 to 1983. U.S. Soccer targeted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1986 World Cup as means of rebuilding the national team and its fan base. The International Olympic Committee declared that teams from outside Europe and South America could field full senior teams, including professionals (until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name). The U.S. had a very strong showing at the tournament, beating Costa Rica, tying Egypt, losing only to favorite Italy and finishing 1–1–1 but didn't make the second round, losing to Egypt on a tiebreaker (both had three points).

text: To provide a more stable national team program and renew interest in the NASL, U.S. Soccer entered the national team into the NASL league schedule for the 1983 season as Team America. This team lacked the continuity and regularity of training that conventional clubs enjoy, and many players were unwilling to play for the national team instead of their own clubs when conflicts arose. Team America finished the season at the bottom of the league, with U.S. Soccer canceling the experiment and withdrawing the national team from the NASL after one season. By the end of 1984, the NASL had folded, leaving the U.S. without a single professional-level outdoor soccer league.[19]

text: The U.S. bid to host the 1986 World Cup after Colombia withdrew from contention due to economic concerns, but FIFA selected Mexico to host the tournament. In the last game of CONCACAF qualifying for the 1986 World Cup, the U.S. needed only a tie against Costa Rica to reach the final qualification group against Honduras and Canada. U.S. Soccer scheduled the game to be played in Torrance, California, an area with many Costa Rican expatriates, and marketed the game almost exclusively to the Costa Rican community.[20] Costa Rica won the match 1–0, and kept the U.S. from reaching its fourth World Cup finals.[21]

text: In 1988, U.S. Soccer attempted to re-implement its national-team-as-club concept, offering contracts to players to train with the national program full-time while occasionally loaning them to club teams as a revenue source for the federation. This brought many key veterans back into the program and allowed the team to begin playing more matches which, combined with an influx of talent from new youth clubs and leagues established across the nation in the wake of the NASL's popularity, allowed the national team to end the 1980s with optimism and higher hopes of qualifying for the 1990 World Cup than had existed for previous tournaments.

text: Rise in the U.S. (1990s)[edit]

text: In 1988, FIFA named the U.S. as the host of the 1994 World Cup (success of the 1984 Summer Olympics played the major role), but it did so under significant international criticism because of the perceived weakness of the national team and the lack of a professional outdoor league. This criticism diminished somewhat when a 1–0 win against Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S.'s first road win in nearly two years, in the last match of the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, earned the U.S. its first World Cup appearance in 40 years.

text: The team was managed by Bob Gansler in preparation for the 1990 World Cup in Italy, with two of the team's more experienced players, Rick Davis and Hugo Perez, recovering from serious injuries and unavailable for selection. Rather than fill out his team with veteran professionals from American indoor soccer leagues as suggested by some, Gansler and his assistant Stejem Mark chose to select many younger players with better conditioning for the outdoor game, including some amateurs playing for college teams. The U.S. entered the tournament as massive underdogs and suffered defeats in all three of its group games to Czechoslovakia, Italy, and Austria.

text: In a historic match, in 1993 U.S. Cup, U.S. beat England by 2–0.[22]

text: After qualifying automatically as the host of the 1994 World Cup under Bora Milutinović, the U.S. opened its tournament schedule with a 1–1 tie against Switzerland in the Pontiac Silverdome in the suburbs of Detroit, the first World Cup game played indoors. In its second game, the U.S. faced Colombia, then ranked fourth in the world, at the Rose Bowl. Aided by an own goal from Andrés Escobar, the U.S. won 2–1.[23] Escobar was later murdered in his home country, possibly in retaliation for this mistake.[24] Despite a 1–0 loss to Romania in its final group game, the U.S. made it past the initial round for the first time since 1930. In the round of 16, the U.S. lost 1–0 to the eventual champion Brazil.[25] Despite this success, the team fired Bora in 1995, reportedly because he was not interested in administrative duties.[26]

text: In a 1995 friendly, the U.S. came back from 3–0 to win 4–3 against Saudi Arabia, the biggest comeback in the team's history.

text: In the 1998 World Cup in France, the team lost all three group matches, 2–0 to Germany, 2–1 to Iran, and 1–0 to Yugoslavia, finishing dead last in the field of 32. Head coach Steve Sampson received much of the blame for the performance as a result of abruptly cutting team captain John Harkes, whom Sampson had named "Captain for Life" shortly before, as well as several other players who were instrumental to the qualifying effort, from the squad. Thomas Dooley became the Captain at that point.[27] It emerged in February 2010 that Sampson removed Harkes from the team due to Harkes allegedly having an affair with teammate Eric Wynalda's wife.[28]

text: Success in the 2000s[edit]

text: In the 2002 World Cup under Bruce Arena, the U.S. reached the quarterfinals, its best finish in a World Cup since 1930. The team advanced in the group stage with a 1–1–1 record. The team started with a 3–2 upset win over Portugal, followed by a 1–1 tie with co-host and eventual semi-finalist, South Korea. The third and final match was lost 1–3 to Poland, but the team still got to the round of 16 when South Korea defeated Portugal. This set the stage for a face-off with continental rivals Mexico, the first time they met in a World Cup. The U.S. won the game 2–0. Brian McBride opened the scoring, and Landon Donovan scored the second goal. That victory advanced the team to the quarterfinals, where it met Germany. The team lost 1–0 after being denied a penalty when Torsten Frings handled the ball to prevent a Gregg Berhalter goal. All of the U.S. games in the 2002 World Cup were played in South Korea and all their victories came wearing the white kit while their only defeats came while wearing the blue kit.

text: In the 2006 World Cup, after finishing top of the CONCACAF qualification tournament, the U.S. was drawn into Group E along with the Czech Republic, Italy, and Ghana. The United States opened its tournament with a 3–0 loss to the Czech Republic. The team then tied 1–1 against Italy, who went on to win the World Cup.[29] The U.S. was then knocked out of the tournament when beaten 2–1 by Ghana in its final group match, with Clint Dempsey scoring the U.S.'s only goal in the tournament – the goal against Italy had been an own goal by Italian defender Cristian Zaccardo.[30] Following the tournament, Arena's contract was not renewed. After the national team remained dormant for the rest of 2006 while negotiating with various coaches, the federation hired former Chicago Fire, MetroStars and Chivas USA manager Bob Bradley in early 2007.

text: Bradley began his competitive career with the national team with the 2007 Gold Cup. In the final, the United States beat Mexico 2–1, which qualified it for the 2009 Confederations Cup.[31]

text: The U.S. had a notable performance at the 2009 Confederations Cup.[32] In the semifinals, the U.S. defeated Spain 2–0.[33] At the time, Spain was atop the FIFA World Rankings and was on a run of 35 games undefeated. With the win, the United States advanced to its first-ever final in a men's FIFA tournament. The team lost 3–2 to Brazil after leading 2–0 at half time.[34]

text: The United States then hosted the 2009 Gold Cup.[35] In the final, the United States was beaten by Mexico 5–0. This defeat broke the U.S. team's 58-match home unbeaten streak against CONCACAF opponents, and was the first home loss to Mexico since 1999.

text: In the Fourth round of the 2010 World Cup qualification, the U.S. began by beating Mexico 2–0. The February 2009 loss extended Mexico's losing streak against America on U.S. soil to 11 matches.[36] Jozy Altidore became the youngest U.S. player to score a hat-trick, in a 3–0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.[37] Near the end of the summer of 2009, the United States lost 2–1 to Mexico at Estadio Azteca. On October 10, the U.S. secured qualification to the 2010 World Cup with a 3–2 win over Honduras. Four days later, the U.S. finished in first place in the group with a 2–2 tie against Costa Rica.

text: In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the U.S. team were drawn in Group C against England, Slovenia and Algeria. After drawing against England (1–1) and Slovenia (2–2), the U.S. defeated Algeria 1–0 with a stoppage time goal from Landon Donovan, taking first place in a World Cup Finals group for the first time since 1930. In the round of 16, the U.S. was eliminated by Ghana, 2–1.[38] On FIFA's ranking of World Cup teams the U.S. finished in 12th place out of the 32-team field.

text: The U.S. again hosted the Gold Cup in 2011. The U.S. advanced past the group stage, then defeated Jamaica 2–0 in the quarterfinals and Panama 1–0 in the semifinals before losing to Mexico 4–2 in the final. Later in the summer, Bob Bradley was relieved of his duties and former German national team manager Jürgen Klinsmann was hired as head coach.

text: The U.S. had some success in friendlies in 2012 and 2013. The U.S. team won 1–0 in Italy on February 29, 2012, the team's first ever win over Italy. On June 2, 2013, the U.S. played a friendly against Germany at a sold out RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., with the U.S. winning 4–3. In July 2013, the U.S. hosted the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup where it went undefeated in the group stage and won with a 1–0 victory over Panama in the final, with Landon Donovan winning the tournament's golden ball award.

text: A 4–3 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in an international friendly match in Sarajevo represented the 12th straight win for the USMNT, the longest winning streak for any team in the world at that time.[39][40][41][42] The 12 game winning streak ended September 6, 2013, when the U.S. lost to Costa Rica 3–1 in San José.[43] In 2013 the national team played the final round of qualification,[44][45] and by defeating Mexico in September, the U.S. clinched a spot in the 2014 World Cup.[46]

text: For the 2014 World Cup, the U.S. was drawn into Group G, along with Ghana, Germany, and Portugal.[47] The U.S. took revenge on the Ghanaians, winning 2–1.[48] They tied their second group game against Portugal 2–2. In the final game of the group stage, the U.S. fell to Germany 1–0, but moved on to the knockout stage on goal difference.[49] This was the first time that the team made two consecutive trips to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup.[50] In the round of 16, the U.S. lost 2–1 to Belgium in extra time, despite goalkeeper Tim Howard making a World Cup record 15 saves[51][Note 1] during the match.[52]

text: The national team's next tournament under Klinsmann was the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The U.S. were eliminated by Jamaica 2–1 in the semifinals, before losing to Panama on penalties in the third place match. The fourth-place finish was the worst Gold Cup performance by the national team since 2000, and the first time the team failed to make the tournament final since 2003. In the 2015 CONCACAF Cup playoff to determine the region's entry to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the U.S. were defeated 3–2 by Mexico at the Rose Bowl. In June 2016, the U.S. played as hosts of Copa América Centenario. The U.S. topped Group A on goal difference against Colombia. The U.S. beat Ecuador 2–1 in the quarter-finals, but then fell to Argentina 4–0 and lost to Colombia again 1–0 in the third place match. They finished fourth at the Copa América, tying their best finish ever in 1995.

text: Following consecutive losses to Mexico and Costa Rica in the opening games of the final round of qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Klinsmann was removed as national team coach and technical director and replaced by previous U.S. manager Bruce Arena. World Cup qualification resumed on March 24, 2017, where Arena and his team had a record 6–0 win over Honduras.[53] Four days later, the team traveled to Panama City, drawing Panama 1–1. After beating Trinidad and Tobago 2–0, the U.S. got their third ever result in World Cup Qualification at the Estadio Azteca when they drew 1–1 against Mexico. In July 2017, the U.S. won their sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2–1 win over Jamaica in the final. Following an agonizing 2–1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago on October 10, 2017, the U.S. failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, missing the tournament for the first time since 1986.[54] On October 13, 2017, Arena resigned.[55] Many pundits and analysts called this the worst result and worst performance in the history of the national team.[56]

text: In June 2018 Earnest Stewart was named General Manager of the U.S. Soccer Federation.

text: Team image[edit]

text: Uniforms and crest[edit]

text: Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States national association football team kits.

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text: Since their first unofficial game against Canada, the most common U.S. uniform has been white tops with blue shorts. In 1950, the U.S. adopted a Peru-styled diagonal stripe or "sash" across the shirt. The stripe has been on third uniforms for 2003, 2004, and 2006, as well as the 2010 home, road and third uniforms. An additional color scheme based on the U.S. flag has been occasionally used (most prominently in the 1994 World Cup and 2012–13 qualifiers as well the 1983 Team America franchise of the North American Soccer League) comprising a shirt with red and white stripes with blue shorts.

text: Adidas provided the uniforms for the United States from 1984 until 1994. Since 1995, Nike has been the uniform supplier.[57]

text: Kit suppliers[edit]

text:
Kit supplier

Period

Notes

Adidas[58]

1984–1994

Nike

1995–present

Nike which will run until at least late 2022.[59]

text: Rivalries[edit]

text:
The teams of Mexico and the United States are widely considered as the two major powers of CONCACAF. Matches between the two nations often attract much media attention, public interest and comment in both countries. Although the first match was played in 1934, their rivalry was not considered major until the 1980s, when the teams began to frequently compete in CONCACAF cups. On August 15, 2012, the United States defeated Mexico at Estadio Azteca in the first victory for the U.S. against Mexico on Mexican soil in 75 years.[60]
Ever since their first meeting in 1934, the two teams have met 65 times, with Mexico leading the overall series 34–18–15 (W–L–T), outscoring the U.S. 138–79. However, since the 1990s, the tide began to change due to a rapid growth of soccer in the United States. During the 21st century, the series has favored the U.S. 13–7–6 (W–L–T). The United States and Mexico have won every edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup except one (the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was won by Canada).

text: In recent years the United States has also begun to develop a rivalry with Costa Rica.[61][62][63][64][65]

text: Supporters[edit]

text: There have been two main supporter groups backing the United States men's national soccer team, Sam's Army and The American Outlaws. Sam's Army started shortly after the 1994 World Cup in the United States[66] and were active through 2014. Sam's Army members wore red to matches and sung or chanted throughout the match. They often brought huge U.S. flags and other banners to the game.

text: The American Outlaws was started in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2007 as a local supporters' group.[67] The group's membership attempted to address a lack of consistency from game to game in supporter organization and social events on match days.[68] To achieve this goal the American Outlaws became a nationwide, non-profit, supporters' group. Some American Outlaws members wear American flag bandanas over their faces and commonly wear soccer supporter scarves.[69] Some branches of the American Outlaws have their own scarves specific to their branch.[70]

text: Home stadium[edit]

text: The United States does not have a dedicated national stadium like other national teams; instead, the team has played their home matches at 107 venues in 27 states and the District of Columbia.[citation needed] Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, located in the national capital of Washington, D.C., has hosted 24 matches, the most of any stadium.[71] The State of California has hosted 109 matches, the most of any state, and the Los Angeles metropolitan area has hosted 73 matches at several venues in and around the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted 20 matches from 1965 to 2000, but fell out of use due to its age.[citation needed] The Rose Bowl, a 92,000-seat venue in Pasadena, has hosted 17 national team matches, as well as the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, and the 1984 Olympics Gold Medal Match.[72]

text: Media coverage[edit]

text: ESPN and Fox Sports 1 evenly split the English language rights for U.S. Soccer broadcasts from 2015 to 2022. Univision Deportes has the Spanish language rights to all U.S. Soccer broadcasts from 2015 to 2022.[73] These agreements do not apply to FIFA World Cup away qualifiers, whose rights are distributed by the host country.[74] Therefore, these matches can often be found on other networks such as beIN Sports and Telemundo.[75]

text: Coaching staff[edit]

text:
Position

Name

Head coach

 Dave Sarachan

Assistant coach

 Pat Noonan

Assistant coach

 Richie Williams

Goalkeeping coach

 Matt Reis

Conditioning coach

 Daniel Guzman

Chief scout

 Thomas Rongen

General manager

 Earnie Stewart

text: Players[edit]

text: For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see United States men's national team players.

text: Current squad[edit]

text:
The following 20 players were named to the squad for the friendly against France, on June 9, 2018.[76][77][78]
Caps and goals are updated as of June 9, 2018, after the match against France.

text:
No.

Pos.

Player

Date of birth (age)

Caps

Goals

Club

1

1GK

Bill Hamid

 (1990-11-25) November 25, 1990 (age 27)

6

0

 D.C. United

18

1GK

Zack Steffen

 (1995-04-02) April 2, 1995 (age 23)

3

0

 Columbus Crew

2

2DF

DeAndre Yedlin

 (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 25)

52

0

 Newcastle United

3

2DF

Matt Miazga

 (1995-07-19) July 19, 1995 (age 23)

7

1

 Nantes

5

2DF

Cameron Carter-Vickers

 (1997-12-31) December 31, 1997 (age 20)

5

0

 Swansea City

12

2DF

Matthew Olosunde

 (1998-03-07) March 7, 1998 (age 20)

1

0

 Manchester United

14

2DF

Erik Palmer-Brown

 (1997-04-24) April 24, 1997 (age 21)

2

0

 NAC

15

2DF

Eric Lichaj

 (1988-11-17) November 17, 1988 (age 29)

15

1

 Hull City

17

2DF

Antonee Robinson

 (1997-08-08) August 8, 1997 (age 21)

2

0

 Wigan Athletic

19

2DF

Jorge Villafaña

 (1989-09-16) September 16, 1989 (age 28)

19

0

 Portland Timbers

21

2DF

Tim Parker

 (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 25)

2

0

 New York Red Bulls

25

2DF

John Brooks

 (1993-01-28) January 28, 1993 (age 25)

33

3

 VfL Wolfsburg

26

2DF

Shaquell Moore

 (1996-11-02) November 2, 1996 (age 21)

2

0

 Reus

4

3MF

Tyler Adams

 (1999-02-14) February 14, 1999 (age 19)

6

0

 New York Red Bulls

6

3MF

Weston McKennie

 (1998-08-28) August 28, 1998 (age 20)

4

1

 Schalke 04

8

3MF

Joe Corona

 (1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 28)

23

3

 América

11

3MF

Timothy Weah

 (2000-02-22) February 22, 2000 (age 18)

3

1

 Paris Saint-Germain

16

3MF

Julian Green

 (1995-06-06) June 6, 1995 (age 23)

10

4

 Greuther Fürth

20

3MF

Wil Trapp (Captain)

 (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 (age 25)

6

0

 Columbus Crew

23

3MF

Rubio Rubin

 (1996-03-01) March 1, 1996 (age 22)

7

0

 Tijuana

7

4FW

Bobby Wood

 (1992-11-15) November 15, 1992 (age 25)

39

12

 Hannover 96

13

4FW

Josh Sargent

 (2000-02-20) February 20, 2000 (age 18)

3

1

 Werder Bremen

text: Recent call-ups[edit]

text: The following players have also been called up to the United States squad within the last twelve months.

text:
Pos.

Player

Date of birth (age)

Caps

Goals

Club

Latest call-up

GK

William Yarbrough

 (1989-03-20) March 20, 1989 (age 29)

3

0

 León

v.  France; June 9, 2018 PRE

GK

Alex Bono

 (1994-04-25) April 25, 1994 (age 24)

1

0

 Toronto FC

v.  Bolivia; May 28, 2018

GK

Ethan Horvath

 (1995-06-09) June 9, 1995 (age 23)

2

0

 Club Brugge

v.  Bolivia; May 28, 2018 PRE

GK

Cody Cropper

 (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 25)

0

0

 New England Revolution

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

GK

Jesse González

 (1995-05-25) May 25, 1995 (age 23)

0

0

 FC Dallas

v.  Portugal; November 14, 2017

GK

Brad Guzan

 (1984-09-09) September 9, 1984 (age 33)

58

0

 Atlanta United

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

GK

Tim Howard

 (1979-03-06) March 6, 1979 (age 39)

121

0

 Colorado Rapids

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

GK

Nick Rimando

 (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979 (age 39)

22

0

 Real Salt Lake

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

DF

Walker Zimmerman

 (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 25)

3

1

 Los Angeles FC

v.  Bolivia; May 28, 2018

DF

Nick Lima

 (1994-11-17) November 17, 1994 (age 23)

0

0

 San Jose Earthquakes

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

DF

Justin Morrow

 (1987-10-04) October 4, 1987 (age 30)

4

0

 Toronto FC

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

DF

Ike Opara

 (1989-02-21) February 21, 1989 (age 29)

1

0

 Sporting Kansas City

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

DF

Matt Polster

 (1993-06-08) June 8, 1993 (age 25)

1

0

 Chicago Fire

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

DF

Danilo Acosta

 (1997-11-07) November 7, 1997 (age 20)

0

0

 Real Salt Lake

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

DF

Justen Glad

 (1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 21)

0

0

 Real Salt Lake

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

DF

Brandon Vincent

 (1994-05-01) May 1, 1994 (age 24)

1

0

 Chicago Fire

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

DF

Tim Ream

 (1987-10-05) October 5, 1987 (age 30)

26

1

 Fulham

v.  Portugal; November 14, 2017

DF

DaMarcus Beasley

 (1982-05-24) May 24, 1982 (age 36)

126

17

 Houston Dynamo

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

DF

Matt Besler

 (1987-02-11) February 11, 1987 (age 31)

47

1

 Sporting Kansas City

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

DF

Geoff Cameron

 (1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 33)

55

4

 Stoke City

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

DF

Omar Gonzalez

 (1988-10-11) October 11, 1988 (age 29)

48

3

 Atlas

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

DF

Graham Zusi

 (1986-08-18) August 18, 1986 (age 32)

55

5

 Sporting Kansas City

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

DF

Michael Orozco

 (1986-02-07) February 7, 1986 (age 32)

29

4

 BUAP

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017 PRE

DF

Matt Hedges

 (1990-04-01) April 1, 1990 (age 28)

5

0

 FC Dallas

v.  Honduras; September 5, 2017 PRE

MF

Luca de la Torre

 (1998-05-23) May 23, 1998 (age 20)

1

0

 Fulham

v.  France; June 9, 2018 PRE

MF

Keaton Parks

 (1997-08-06) August 6, 1997 (age 21)

1

0

 Benfica

v.  France; June 9, 2018 PRE

MF

Kenny Saief

 (1993-12-17) December 17, 1993 (age 24)

2

0

 Anderlecht

v.  Republic of Ireland; June 2, 2018 PRE

MF

Lynden Gooch

 (1995-12-24) December 24, 1995 (age 22)

4

0

 Sunderland

v.  Bolivia; May 28, 2018

MF

Christian Pulisic

 (1998-09-18) September 18, 1998 (age 19)

21

9

 Borussia Dortmund

v.  Bolivia; May 28, 2018

MF

Alejandro Guido

 (1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 (age 24)

0

0

 Tijuana

v.  Bolivia; May 28, 2018 PRE

MF

Marky Delgado

 (1995-05-16) May 16, 1995 (age 23)

1

0

 Toronto FC

v.  Paraguay; March 27, 2018

MF

Darlington Nagbe

 (1990-07-19) July 19, 1990 (age 28)

25

1

 Atlanta United

v.  Paraguay; March 27, 2018

MF

Cristian Roldan

 (1995-06-03) June 3, 1995 (age 23)

3

0

 Seattle Sounders

v.  Paraguay; March 27, 2018

MF

Kekuta Manneh

 (1994-12-30) December 30, 1994 (age 23)

0

0

 St. Gallen

v.  Paraguay; March 27, 2018 PRE

MF

Paul Arriola

 (1995-02-05) February 5, 1995 (age 23)

16

2

 D.C. United

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

MF

Russell Canouse

 (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 (age 23)

0

0

 D.C. United

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

MF

Kelyn Rowe

 (1991-12-02) December 2, 1991 (age 26)

4

1

 New England Revolution

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

MF

Gyasi Zardes

 (1991-09-02) September 2, 1991 (age 26)

38

6

 Columbus Crew

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

MF

Marlon Hairston

 (1994-03-23) March 23, 1994 (age 24)

0

0

 Colorado Rapids

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

MF

Ian Harkes

 (1995-03-30) March 30, 1995 (age 23)

0

0

 D.C. United

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

MF

Brooks Lennon

 (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997 (age 20)

0

0

 Real Salt Lake

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

MF

Kellyn Acosta

 (1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 23)

17

1

 Colorado Rapids

v.  Portugal; November 14, 2017

MF

Alejandro Bedoya

 (1987-04-29) April 29, 1987 (age 31)

66

2

 Philadelphia Union

v.  Portugal; November 14, 2017

MF

Danny Williams

 (1989-03-08) March 8, 1989 (age 29)

23

2

 Huddersfield Town

v.  Portugal; November 14, 2017

MF

Michael Bradley

 (1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 (age 31)

140

17

 Toronto FC

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

MF

Benny Feilhaber

 (1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 33)

44

2

 Los Angeles FC

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

MF

Dax McCarty

 (1987-04-20) April 20, 1987 (age 31)

13

0

 Chicago Fire

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

MF

Fabian Johnson

 (1987-12-11) December 11, 1987 (age 30)

57

2

 Borussia Mönchengladbach

v.  Honduras; September 5, 2017

FW

Andrija Novakovich

 (1996-09-21) September 21, 1996 (age 21)

2

0

 Fortuna Sittard

v.  France; June 9, 2018 PRE

FW

Juan Agudelo

 (1992-11-23) November 23, 1992 (age 25)

28

3

 New England Revolution

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

FW

Jordan Morris

 (1994-10-26) October 26, 1994 (age 23)

25

5

 Seattle Sounders

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

FW

C. J. Sapong

 (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988 (age 29)

4

0

 Philadelphia Union

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018

FW

Dom Dwyer

 (1990-07-30) July 30, 1990 (age 28)

4

2

 Orlando City

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

FW

Christian Ramirez

 (1991-04-04) April 4, 1991 (age 27)

0

0

 Los Angeles FC

v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; January 28, 2018 PRE

FW

Jozy Altidore

 (1989-11-06) November 6, 1989 (age 28)

110

41

 Toronto FC

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

FW

Clint DempseyRET

 (1983-03-09) March 9, 1983 (age 35)

141

57

 Seattle Sounders

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

FW

Chris Wondolowski

 (1983-01-28) January 28, 1983 (age 35)

35

11

 San Jose Earthquakes

v.  Trinidad and Tobago; October 10, 2017

text: Notes:

text:
GS = Group stage squad
PRE = Preliminary squad
RET = Retired

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text: Results and schedule[edit]

text: The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

text: For all past match results of the national team, see single-season articles and the team's results page.

text:
September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01) WCQ R5

United States

0–2

 Costa Rica

showHarrison, New Jersey

18:55 ET

Report

Ureña  30', 82'

Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,500Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

text:
September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) WCQ R5

Honduras

1–1

 United States

showSan Pedro Sula, Honduras

17:30 ET

Quioto  27'

Report

Wood  85'

Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 37,325Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

text:
October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) WCQ R5

United States

4–0

 Panama

showOrlando, Florida

19:00 ET

Pulisic  8'Altidore  19', 43' (pen.)Wood  63'

Report

Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,303Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

text:
October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10) WCQ R5

Trinidad and Tobago

2–1

 United States

showCouva, Trinidad and Tobago

20:00 ET

Gonzalez  17' (o.g.)A. Jones  37'

Report

Pulisic  47'

Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium Attendance: 1,500Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra (Guatemala)

text:
November 14, 2017 Friendly

Portugal

1–1

 United States

showLeiria, Portugal

15:45 ET

Antunes  31'

Report

McKennie  21'

Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa[79] Attendance: 19,107Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

text:
January 28, 2018 Friendly

United States

0–0

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

showCarson, California

21:30 ET

Report

Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 11,161Referee: Hector Martinez (Honduras)

text:
March 27, 2018 Friendly

United States

1–0

 Paraguay

showCary, North Carolina

19:30 ET

Wood  45' (pen.)

Report

Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 9,825Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

text:
May 28, 2018 Friendly

United States

3–0

 Bolivia

showChester, Pennsylvania

18:30 ET

Zimmerman  37'
Sargent  52'
Weah  59'

Report

Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 11,882Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

text:
June 2, 2018 Friendly

Republic of Ireland

2–1

 United States

showDublin, Republic of Ireland

15:00 ET

Burke  57'
Judge  90'

Report

Wood  45+1'

Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 32,300Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

text:
June 9, 2018 Friendly

France

1–1

 United States

showLyon, France

15:00 ET

Mbappé  78'

Report

Green  44'

Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 58,241Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

text:
September 7, 2018 Friendly

United States

v

 Brazil

showEast Rutherford, New Jersey

19:30 ET

Stadium: MetLife Stadium

text:
September 11, 2018 Friendly

United States

v

 Mexico

showNashville, Tennessee

20:30 ET

Stadium: Nissan Stadium

text:
October 11, 2018 Friendly

United States

v

 Colombia

showTampa, Florida

19:30 ET

Stadium: Raymond James Stadium

text:
October 16, 2018 Friendly

United States

v

 Peru

showTBD

Report

text:
November 15, 2018 Friendly

England

v

 United States

showLondon, England

15:00 ET

Stadium: Wembley Stadium

text:
November 20, 2018 Friendly

Italy

v

 United States

showTBD

15:00 ET

Stadium: TBD

text: Player records[edit]

text:
Most capped players

#

Player

Caps

Goals

Career

1
Cobi Jones
164
15
1992–2004

2
Landon Donovan
157
57
2000–2014

3
Clint Dempsey
141
57
2004–2017

4
Michael Bradley
140
17
2006–0000

5
Jeff Agoos
134
4
1988–2003

6
Marcelo Balboa
127
13
1988–2000

7
DaMarcus Beasley
126
17
2001–0000

8
Tim Howard
121
0
2002–0000

9
Claudio Reyna
112
8
1994–2006

10
Jozy Altidore
110
41
2007–0000

Carlos Bocanegra
110
14
2001–2012

Paul Caligiuri
110
5
1984–1997

Top goalscorers

#

Player

Goals

Caps

Career

1
Clint Dempsey
57
141
2004–2017

Landon Donovan
57
157
2000–2014

3
Jozy Altidore
41
110
2007–0000

4
Eric Wynalda
34
106
1990–2000

5
Brian McBride
30
95
1993–2006

6
Joe-Max Moore
24
100
1992–2002

7
Bruce Murray
21
85
1985–1993

8
Eddie Johnson
19
63
2004–2014

9
Earnie Stewart
17
101
1990–2004

DaMarcus Beasley
17
126
2001–0000

Michael Bradley
17
140
2006–0000

text: Competitive record[edit]

text: The U.S. regularly competes at the FIFA World Cup, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the Summer Olympics. The U.S. has also played in the FIFA Confederations Cup, Copa América by invitation, as well as several minor tournaments.

text: The best result for the United States in a World Cup came in 1930 when they reached the semifinals.[80] The best result in the modern era is the 2002 World Cup, when the U.S. reached the quarterfinals. The worst result in the modern era was a first round elimination in 1990, 1998, and 2006.

text: In the Confederations Cup, the United States finished in third place in both 1992 and 1999, and were runner-up in 2009. The United States appeared in their first intercontinental tournament final at the 2009 Confederations Cup.[81] In the semifinals, 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.

text: The U.S. men's soccer team have played in the Summer Olympics since 1924. From that tournament to 1976, only amateur players were allowed on Olympic teams per Olympic rules. The Olympics became a full international tournament in 1984 after the IOC allowed full national teams from outside FIFA CONMEBOL & UEFA confederations. Since then the U.S. national team results have dramatically improved. Ever since 1992 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.

text: In regional competitions, the United States has won the CONCACAF Gold Cup six times, with their most recent title in 2017.[82] Their best ever finish at the Copa América was fourth-place at the 1995 and 2016 editions.[83][84]

text: FIFA World Cup[edit]

text:
FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup qualification record

Year

Round

Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

 1930

Third Place[85][a]

3rd

3

2

0

1

7

6

–

 1934

Round of 16

16th

1

0

0

1

1

7

1

1

0

0

4

2

 1938

Did not qualify

Withdrew

 1950

Group stage

10th

3

1

0

2

4

8

4

1

1

2

8

15

 1954

Did not qualify

4

2

0

2

7

9

 1958

4

0

0

4

5

21

 1962

2

0

1

1

3

6

 1966

4

1

2

1

4

5

 1970

6

3

0

3

11

9

 1974

4

0

1

3

6

10

 1978

5

1

2

2

3

7

 1982

4

1

1

2

4

8

 1986

6

3

2

1

8

3

 1990

Group stage

23rd

3

0

0

3

2

8

10

5

4

1

11

4

 1994

Round of 16

14th

4

1

1

2

3

4

Qualified as hosts

 1998

Group stage

32nd

3

0

0

3

1

5

16

8

6

2

27

14

  2002

Quarterfinals

8th

5

2

1

2

7

7

16

8

4

4

25

11

 2006

Group stage

25th

3

0

1

2

2

6

18

12

4

2

35

11

 2010

Round of 16

12th

4

1

2

1

5

5

18

13

2

3

42

16

 2014

Round of 16

15th

4

1

1

2

5

6

16

11

2

3

26

14

 2018

Did not qualify

16

7

4

5

37

16

 2022

TBD-not yet qualified

TBD

   2026

Total

10/21

Third place

33

8

6

19

37

62

154

77

36

41

266

181

text:
World Cup highlights

First match

 United States 3–0 Belgium (July 13, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)

Biggest win

 United States 3–0 Belgium (July 13, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) United States 3–0 Paraguay (July 17, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)

Biggest defeat

 Italy 7–1 United States (May 27, 1934; Rome, Italy)

Best result

Third place at the 1930 FIFA World Cup

Second-best result

8th place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Second-worst result

25th place at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Worst result

32nd place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

text: FIFA Confederations Cup[edit]

text:
Confederations Cup record

Year

Result

Position

Pld

W

T

L

GF

GA

 1992
Third Place
3rd
2
1
0
1
5
5

 1995
Did not qualify

 1997

 1999
Third Place
3rd
5
3
0
2
5
3

  2001
Did not qualify

 2003
Group Stage
7th
3
0
1
2
1
3

 2005
Did not qualify

 2009
Runners-up
2nd
5
2
0
3
8
9

 2013
Did not qualify

 2017

Total
4/10
Runners-up
15
6
1
8
19
20

text: Summer Olympics[edit]

text:
Summer Olympics record

Type

Year

Result

Position

Pld

W

T

L

GF

GA

Amateur

 1908

Did not enter

1912–1920

Did not qualify

 1924

Round 2

14th

2

1

0

1

1

3

 1928

Round 1

16th

1

0

0

1

2

11

 1936

Round 1

16th

1

0

0

1

0

1

 1948

Round 1

16th

1

0

0

1

0

9

 1952

Round 1

26th

1

0

0

1

0

8

 1956

Round 1

8th

1

0

0

1

1

9

1960–1968

Did not qualify

 1972

Group Stage

14th

3

0

1

2

0

10

 1976

Did not qualify

 1980

Withdrew

NationalTeam

 1984

Group Stage

11th

3

1

1

1

5

2

 1988

Group Stage

12th

2

0

2

1

3

5

Total
9/16
8th
15
2
4
10
12
58

Under-23

1992 – present

See United States national under-23 team

text: CONCACAF Gold Cup[edit]

text: CONCACAF Championship 1963–1989, CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991–present

text:
CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year

Result

Position

Pld

W

T

L

GF

GA

 1963
Did Not Enter

 1965

 1967

 1969
Did Not Qualify

 1971
Did Not Enter

 1973
Did Not Qualify

 1977

 1981

1985
Group Stage
6th
4
2
1
1
4
3

1989
Runners-up
2nd
8
4
3
1
6
3

 1991
Champions
1st
5
4
1
0
10
3

  1993
Runners-up
2nd
5
4
0
1
5
5

 1996
Third Place
3rd
4
3
0
1
8
3

 1998
Runners-up
2nd
4
3
0
1
6
2

 2000
Quarter-Finals
5th
3
2
1
0
6
2

 2002
Champions
1st
5
4
1
0
9
1

  2003
Third Place
3rd
5
4
0
1
13
4

 2005
Champions
1st
6
4
2
0
11
3

 2007
Champions
1st
6
6
0
0
13
3

 2009
Runners-up
2nd
6
4
1
1
12
8

 2011
Runners-up
2nd
6
4
0
2
9
6

 2013
Champions
1st
6
6
0
0
20
4

  2015
Fourth Place
4th
6
3
2
1
12
5

 2017
Champions
1st
6
5
1
0
13
4

 2019
TBD

Total
16/20
6 titles
85
62
13
10
157
59

text: Copa América[edit]

text: South American Championship 1916–1967, Copa América 1975–present

text:
Copa América record

Year

Result

Position

Pld

W

T

L

GF

GA

1916–1991
Did Not Enter

 1993

Group Stage

12th

3

0

1

2

3

6

 1995

Fourth Place

4th

6

2

1

3

6

7

1997–2004
Did Not Enter

 2007

Group Stage

12th

3

0

0

3

2

8

2011–2015
Did Not Enter

 2016

Fourth Place

4th

6

3

0

3

7

8

Total

Invitation

0 titles

18

5

2

11

18

29

text: Honors[edit]

text: Major competitions

text: FIFA World Cup

text: FIFA Confederations Cup

text: CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup

text: Copa América

text: Minor competitions

text: U.S. Cup

text: Marlboro Cup

text: NAFC Championship