2014 World Cup: USA Player Birthplace Map

Map: Clint Dempsey USMNT Goals

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LOCATIONS
3 - Chicago (England, Brazil, T&T: WCQ)
3 - Los Angeles (Guatemala: GC, (2) Barbados: WCQ)
3 - Washington DC (Jamaica: GC, (2) Germany)
2 - Kansas City (Guatemala: WCQ)
2 - Rustenburg, South Africa (Egypt: Confed Cup, England: WC)
2 - Cleveland (Venezuela, Belgium)
1 - Seattle (Cuba: GC)
1 - San Francisco (Japan)
1 - Kaiserslautern, Germany (Poland)
1 - Nürnberg (Ghana: WC)
1 - San Jose, CA (China)
1 - Havana, Cuba (Cuba: WCQ)
1 - Bloemfontein, South Africa (Spain: Confed Cup)
1 - Johannesburg, South Africa (Brazil: Confed Cup)
1 - Salt Lake City (El Salvador: WCQ)
1 - Philadelphia (Turkey)
1 - Detroit (Canada: GC)
1 - Houston (Panama: GC)
1 - Miami (Honduras)
1 - Ljubljana, Slovenia (Slovenia)
1 - Genoa, Italy (Italy)
1 - Tampa (Antigua/Barbuda: WCQ)
1 - Guatemala City, Guatemala (Guatemala: WCQ)
1 - Kingston, Jamaica (Jamaica: WCQ)
1 - San Pedro Sula (Honduras: WCQ)
1 - Denver (Costa Rica: WCQ)
1 - San José, Costa Rica (Costa Rica: WCQ)

COMPETITIONS
13 - Friendly
13 - World Cup Qualifier
5 - Gold Cup
3 - Confederations Cup
2 - World Cup

NATIONS SCORED AGAINST
4 - Guatemala
2 - Barbados
2 - Germany
2 - England
2 - Jamaica
2 - Brazil
2 - Cuba
2 - Honduras
2 - Costa Rica
1 - Spain
1 - Italy
1 - Turkey
1 - Ghana
1 - Egypt
1 - Trinidad and Tobago
1 - Venezuela
1 - Belgium
1 - Japan
1 - Poland
1 - China
1 - El Slavador
1 - Canada
1 - Panama
1 - Slovenia
1 - Antigua/Barbuda

Eredivisie 23+ Goal Scorers since 1992/1993

Jozy Altidore recently scored his 23rd goal for AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie.  Here is a list of the other players that have accomplished this feat in the past 20 Eredivisie seasons.

2012/2013
31 - Wilfried Bony (Vitesse)
26 - Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord)
24 - Alfred Finnbogason (Heerenveen)
23 - Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar)

2011/2012
32 - Bas Dost (Heerenveen)
25 - Luuk de Jong (Twente)
23 - Sanharib Malki - (Roda JC)

2010/2011
23 - Björn Vleminckx (NEC Nijmegen)

2009/2010
35 - Luis Suárez (Ajax)
24 - Bryan Ruiz (Twente)

2008/2009
23 - Mounir El Hamdaoui (AZ Alkmaar)

2007/2008
34 - Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Ajax)

2006/2007
34 - Afonso Alves (Heerenveen)

2005/2006
24 - Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)
23 - Shota Arveladze (AZ Alkmaar)

2004/2005
29 - Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)

2003/2004
31 - Mateja Kezman (PSV)

2002/2003
34 - Mateja Kezman (PSV)
28 - Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)

2001/2002
23 - Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)

2000/2001
24 - Mateja Kezman (PSV)

1999/2000
29 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV)
25 - Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Vitesse)

1998/1999
31 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV)
24 - Luc Nilis (PSV)

1997/1998
34 - Nikos Machlas (Vitesse)
25 - Shota Arveladze (Ajax)

1996/1997
None

1995/1996
None

1994/1995
30 - Ronaldo (PSV)

1993/1994
26 - Jari Litmanen (Ajax)
25 - Pierre van Hooijdonk (NAC)

1992/1993
26 - Dennis Bergkamp (Ajax)

USMNT: Final Round WCQ Openers 1997-2009

USA Men's National Team results in the opening game of the final round of World Cup Qualifiers from 1997-2009


3/2/1997 - Jamaica (D)
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
0-0

2/28/2001 - Mexico (W)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2-0

USA Goals: Josh Wolff, Earnie Stewart

2/9/2005 - Trinidad and Tobago (W)
Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad
2-1

USA Goals: Eddie Johnson, Eddie Lewis

2/11/2009 - Mexico (W)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2-0

USA Goals: Michael Bradley (2)

2012 USMNT Results

Date	Opponent (FIFA Rank)	Result	USA FIFA Rank	Venue
Jan 21	Venezuela (41)	1-0 W	33	Glendale, Arizona
Jan 25	Panama (47)	1-0 W	33	Panama City, Panama
Feb 29	Italy (8)	1-0 W	31	Genoa, Italy
May 26	Scotland (48)	5-1 W	29	Jacksonville, Florida
May 30	Brazil (6)	4-1 L	29	Landover, Maryland
June 3	Canada (75)	0-0 D	29	Toronto, Canada
June 8	Antigua & Barbuda (105)	3-1 W	28	Tampa, Florida
June 12	Guatemala (85)	1-1 D	28	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Aug 15	Mexico (18)	1-0 W	36	Mexico City, Mexico
Sep 7	Jamaica (60)	2-1 L	33	Kingston, Jamaica
Sep 11	Jamaica (60)	1-0 W	33	Columbus, Ohio
Oct 12	Antigua & Barbuda (106)	2-1 W	32	North Sound, Antigua
Oct 16	Guatemala (81)	3-1 W	32	Kansas City, Kansas
Nov 14	Russia (9)	2-2 D	27	Krasnodar, Russia

W-L-D

9-2-3 - 2012 International Record
4-1-3 - Away Record
5-1-0 - Home Record

53.5 - Average Opponent FIFA Rank
30.9 - Average USA FIFA Rank

49 - Players made a USMNT appearance in 2012

2-1-1 Record against Top 20 opponents

1.6 - Goals Scored per Game
1.0 - Goals Allowed per Game

43% - 6 of 14 games shutouts

Maps: USA Players Abroad - 2012/2013

Maps of American Players playing in leagues outside of the US and Canada.


 
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I used the current player list from Yanks Abroad for these maps.

Edit: Added more players from squad lists at Transfermarkt and Soccerway

USMNT Behind The Crest Video Series

A video series with a behind the scenes look at the US Men's National Team during their recent stretch of 3 friendlies (Scotland, Brazil, and Canada) and 2 World Cup Qualifiers (Antigua-Barbuda and Guatemala).

Episode 1


Episode 2


Episode 3


Episode 4


Episode 5


Episode 6

USMNT Players with PDL Experience

Players from the USMNT player pool who spent time playing in the Premier Development League or NPSL (both considered USA's 4th tier) early in their careers.

Player	PDL Team	Current Team
Alexander, Eric	Kalamazoo Kingdom, West Michigan Edge	FC Dallas
Borchers, Nat	Boulder Rapids Reserve	Real Salt Lake
Bunbury, Teal	Rochester Thunder	Sporting KC
Cameron, Geoff	Rhode Island Stingrays	Houston Dynamo
Cervi, Dominic	Michigan Bucks	Celtic
Ching, Brian	Spokane Shadow	Houston Dynamo
Clark, Colin	Boulder Rapids Reserve	Houston Dynamo
Cronin, Sam	Carolina Dynamo	San Jose Earthquakes
Davies, Charlie	Westchester Flames	DC United
DeMerit, Jay	Chicago Fire Premier	Vancouver Whitecaps
Evans, Brad	Orange County Blue Star	Seattle Sounders
Findley, Robbie	Boulder Rapids Reserve	Nottingham Forest
Franklin, Sean	San Fernando Valley Quakes	Los Angeles Galaxy
Gomez, Herculez	San Diego Gauchos	Estudiantes Tecos
Goodson, Clarence	Boulder Rapids Reserve	Brøndby
Guzan, Brad	Chicago Fire Premier	Aston Villa
Hill, Kamani	Orange County Blue Star/SF Valley Quakes	Vitória Guimarães SC
Johnson, Sean	Atlanta Blackhawks	Chicago Fire
Kljestan, Sacha	Orange County Blue Star	R.S.C Anderlecht
Lichaj, Eric	Chicago Fire Premier	Aston Villa
Loyd, Zach	Carolina Dynamo	FC Dallas
McCarty, Dax	Ajax Orlando Prospects	New York Red Bulls
Miller, Ryan	Indiana Invaders	Halmstads BK
Moor, Drew	Chicago Fire Premier	Colorado Rapids
Noonan, Pat	Michigan Bucks	Seattle Sounders
Parkhurst, Michael	Bradenton Academics	Nordsjælland
Pause, Logan	Raleigh CASL Elite	Chicago Fire
Pearce, Heath	Bradenton Academics	Chivas USA
Perkins, Troy	Cape Cod Crusaders	Portland Timbers
Pickens, Matt	Chicago Fire Premier	Colorado Rapids
Ream, Tim	Chicago Fire Premier	New York Red Bulls
Robles, Luis	Boulder Rapids Reserve	Karlsruher SC
Rogers, Robbie	Orange County Blue Star	Columbus Crew
Rolfe, Chris	Chicago Fire Premier	AaB
Spector, Jonathan	Chicago Fire Premier	Unattached
Starikov, Eugene	Bradenton Academics	Tom' Tomsk
White, Jeremiah	Ocean City Barons	Unattached
Wingert, Chris	Brooklyn Knights	Real Salt Lake
Wondolowski, Chris	Chico Rooks (NPSL)	San Jose Earthquakes
Zizzo, Sal	Orange County Blue Star	Portland Timbers

USMNT 2010 Player Pool: Overall Caps

The overall number of International caps for US National Team players that made at least one appearance for the US in 2010.

128 - Landon Donovan
93 - DaMarcus Beasley
85 - Carlos Bocanegra
68 - Clint Dempsey
65 - Steve Cherundolo
58 - Oguchi Onyewu
57 - Tim Howard
50 - Michael Bradley
45 - Ricardo Clark
42 - Eddie Johnson
38 - Benny Feilhaber
36 - Jonathan Bornstein
33 - Heath Pearce
32 - Jozy Altidore
28 - Jimmy Conrad
28 - Jonathan Spector
25 - Sacha Kljestan
23 - Jay DeMerit
19 - Conor Casey
19 - Maurice Edu
19 - Brad Guzan
17 - Clarence Goodson
17 - Stuart Holden
14 - Jeff Cunningham
13 - Robbie Rogers
12 - Kyle Beckerman
11 - Robbie Findley
11 - Chad Marshall
11 - Jose Torres
9 - Michael Parkhurst
8 - Brian Carroll
8 - Eddie Gaven
8 - Herculez Gomez
8 - Marcus Hahnemann
7 - Troy Perkins
6 - Alejandro Bedoya
6 - Edson Buddle
6 - Logan Pause
5 - Brad Davis
4 - Brad Evans
4 - Dax McCarty
4 - Nick Rimando
4 - Marvell Wynne
3 - Nat Borchers
2 - Eric Lichaj
2 - Jermaine Jones
1 - Gale Agbossoumonde
1 - Juan Agudelo
1 - Teal Bunbury
1 - Geoff Cameron
1 - Mikkel Diskerud
1 - Omar Gonzalez
1 - Tim Ream
1 - Brek Shea


Players with at least 8 games played in 2010:
Jozy Altidore, Carlos Bocanegra, Jonathan Bornstein, Michael Bradley, Steve Cherundolo, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Robbie Findley, Clarence Goodson, Tim Howard

US National Team Results by State since 2000

A list of US National Team home game results by state since 2000. The games are in chronological order with the most recent game in each state listed first.

Alabama (2-1-0)
2-0 - Guatemala (WCQ'06)
1-0 - Ecuador
1-1 - Tunisia

Arizona (1-0-0)
2-0 - Mexico

California (16-4-2)
1-3 - Honduras
8-0 - Barbados (WCQ'10)
2-0 - Sweden
2-0 - Trinidad & Tobago (GC'07)
1-0 - Guatemala (GC'07)
4-1 - China
3-1 - Denmark
3-2 - Japan
5-0 - Norway
0-0 - Canada
3-0 - Colombia
1-1 - Denmark
2-0 - Wales
2-0 - Costa Rica (GC'02)
0-0 - Canada (GC'02; 4-2 PK)
4-0 - El Salvador (GC'02)
1-0 - Cuba (GC'02)
2-1 - South Korea (GC'02)
1-2 - Brazil
2-1 - China
2-0 - Mexico
1-1 - Iran

Colorado (2-0-0)
2-0 - Guatemala (WCQ'10)
1-0 - Mexico

Connecticut (2-0-1)
2-4 - Czech Republic
1-0 - Latvia
1-0 - Trinidad & Tobago (WCQ'06)

Florida (6-2-3)
2-1 - El Salvador
3-1 - Ecuador
1-1 - Haiti
3-2 - Costa Rica (GC'03)
1-2 - Brazil (GC'03)
0-1 - Argentina
4-0 - Canada
0-1 - Colombia
2-2 - Colombia (GC'00; 1-2 PK)
1-0 - Peru (GC'00)
3-0 - Haiti (GC'00)

Illinois (5-2-2)

2-2 - Poland

2-0 - Honduras (GC'09)

2-1 - Honduras (WCQ'10)

3-0 - Trinidad & Tobago (WCQ'10)

2-4 - Brazil 

2-1 - Mexico (GC'07)

2-1 - Canada (GC'07)

1-2 - England

1-1 - Poland

Massachusetts (11-2-1)

2-2 - Haiti (GC'09)

2-1 - Panama (GC'07)

4-0 - El Salvador (GC'07)

2-0 - Panama (WCQ'06)

3-1 - Jamaica (GC'05)

0-0 - Costa Rica (GC'05)

2-0 - El Salvador (WCQ'06)

4-0 - Honduras

5-0 - Cuba (GC'03)

2-0 - Martinique (GC'03)

2-0 - El Salvador (GC'03)

0-2 - Netherlands

2-1 - Jamaica (WCQ'02)

2-0 - Trindad & Tobago (WCQ'02)

7-0 - Barbados (WCQ'02)

1-1 - Ireland

Missouri (1-0-0)

1-0 - Costa Rica (WCQ'02)

New Jersey (3-2-2)

0-2 - Brazil

0-5 - Mexico

0-0 - Argentina

0-0 - Panama (GC'05; 3-1 PK)

2-1 - Honduras

5-0 - Jamaica

3-0 - Mexico

New Mexico (1-0-0)

1-0 - Honduras

Ohio (6-3-0)

2-0 - Mexico (WCQ'10)

2-0 - Venezuela

2-0 - Mexico (WCQ'06)

1-1 - Jamaica (WCQ'06)

3-0 - Grenada (WCQ'06)

2-0 - Paraguay

0-0 - Ecuador

2-0 - Mexico (WCQ'02)

0-0 - Costa Rica (WCQ'02)

Pennsylvania (2-1-0)

0-0 - Colombia

2-1 - Turkey

2-1 - Panama (GC'09)

Tennessee (1-0-1)

3-0 - Trinidad & Tobago (WCQ'10)

0-1 - Morocco

Texas (2-3-0)

2-2 - Mexico

0-0 - Guatemala

4-0 - Guatemala

1-0 - Mexico

0-0 - Mexico

Utah (2-0-0)

2-1 - El Salvador (WCQ'10)

3-0 - Costa Rica (WCQ'06)

Virginia (1-0-0)

2-1 - New Zealand

Washington (5-0-0)

4-0 - Grenada (GC'09)

2-0 - Canada (GC'05)

4-1 - Cuba (GC'05)

2-0 - Venezuela

4-0 - Honduras 

Washington DC (7-1-1)

2-2 - Costa Rica (WCQ'10)

2-0 - Honduras (GC'09)

6-1 - Cuba (WCQ'10)

6-0 - Panama (WCQ'06)

2-0 - El Salvador

2-1 - Uruguay

2-3 - Honduras (WCQ'02)

1-0 - Guatemala (WCQ'02)

4-0 - South Africa

USMNT Players: Foreign Language Interviews

I couldn't find much on the topic, but I'm always impressed when a player goes to another country and gives an interview in a foreign language.

Here are three clips of US Internationals Steve Cherundolo, Landon Donovan, and Michael Bradley giving interviews in German, Spanish, and Dutch. This was a tough one, if anybody has ideas for more of these, let me know and I'll add them in. EDIT: Carlos Bocanegra speaking French link added











Carlos Bocanegra speaking French (link)

USA Players - World Cup Castrol Index Rankings

These are the Castrol Index ratings of all the US players who made an appearance at the 2010 World Cup. The US have 4 top 20 players at their respective positions overall (as of 6/28); Michael Bradley (5th best MF), Landon Donovan (7th best MF), Tim Howard (12th best GK), and Jozy Altidore (18th best FW).

I'll probably revisit these stats after the tournament ends to see where the USA players end up overall in the index. (somebody might need to remind me though, I'm pretty forgetful)



9.10 - Michael Bradley

Overall Rank: 28
Team Rank: 1
MF Rank: 5

9.00 - Landon Donovan

Overall Rank: 34
Team Rank: 2
MF Rank: 7

8.19 - Steve Cherundolo

Overall Rank: 100
Team Rank: 3
DF Rank: 45

8.02 - Tim Howard

Overall Rank: 116
Team Rank: 4
GK Rank: 12

7.99 - Clint Dempsey

Overall Rank: 119
Team Rank: 5
MF Rank: 40

7.81 - Jozy Altidore

Overall Rank: 138
Team Rank: 6
FW Rank: 18

7.63 - Carlos Bocanegra

Overall Rank: 157
Team Rank: 7
DF Rank: 64

6.65 - Jay DeMerit

Overall Rank: 272
Team Rank: 8
DF Rank: 106

6.36 - Oguchi Onyewu

Overall Rank: 307
Team Rank: 9
DF Rank: 119

6.21 - Maurice Edu

Overall Rank: 325
Team Rank: 10
MF Rank: 114

6.10 - Benny Feilhaber

Overall Rank: 338
Team Rank: 11
MF Rank: 118

6.06 - Jonathan Bornstein

Overall Rank: 343
Team Rank: 12
DF Rank: 129

5.55 - Ricardo Clark

Overall Rank: 402
Team Rank: 13
MF Rank: 134

5.53 - Robbie Findley

Overall Rank: 404
Team Rank: 14
FW Rank: 87

5.21 - Herculez Gomez

Overall Rank: 439
Team Rank: 15
FW Rank: 97

5.14 - Edson Buddle

Overall Rank: 447
Team Rank: 16
FW Rank: 100

5.00 - Jose Francisco Torres

Overall Rank: 461
Team Rank: 17
MF Rank: 155

4.56 - DaMarcus Beasley

Overall Rank: 502
Team Rank: 18
MF Rank: 173

4.56 - Stuart Holden

Overall Rank: 502
Team Rank: 18
MF Rank: 173


Rank by Position

Overall Position Rank - Player - (Overall Rank)

Goalkeeper
12 - Tim Howard (116)

Defenders
45 - Steve Cherundolo (100)
64 - Carlos Bocanegra (157)
106 - Jay DeMerit (272)
119 - Oguchi Onyewu (307)
129 - Jonathan Bornstein (343)

Midfielders
5 - Michael Bradley (28)
7 - Landon Donovan (34)
40 - Clint Dempsey (119)
114 - Maurice Edu (325)
118 - Benny Feilhaber (338)
134 - Ricardo Clark (402)
155 - Jose Torres (461)
173 - DaMarcus Beasley (502)
173 - Stuart Holden (502)

Forwards
18 - Jozy Altidore (138)
87 - Robbie Findley (404)
97 - Herculez Gomez (439)
100 - Edson Buddle (447)

USA Top 5 Player Statistics - World Cup 2010

USA players who ranked in the top 5 at the 2010 World Cup in a variety of statistics (as of games completed on 6/27). If multiple players tied on a particular stat, I only counted it as one place in the rankings.



Goals
3 - Landon Donovan (tied 2nd)

Shots on Target
8 - Clint Dempsey (tied 4th)

Shots Wide
12 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 2nd)

Shots that were Blocked
5 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 1st)

Shots on goal from Penalty Area
3 - Benny Feilhaber (Tied 4th)
3 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 4th)
3 - Landon Donovan (Tied 4th)

Shots on goal from outside Penalty Area
5 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 4th)

Shots on Goal/Shots
100% - Robbie Findley - 1 (Tied 1st)
100% - Jose Torres - 1 (Tied 1st)

Blocked Shots Inside Penalty Area
3 - Clint Dempsey (1st)

Shots in Penalty Area
10 - Clint Dempsey (2nd)

Shots outside Penalty Area
10 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 4th)

Total Shots
20 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 2nd)

Tackles Suffered
6 - Clint Dempsey (Tied 4th)
6 - Landon Donovan (Tied 4th)
5 - Jozy Altidore (Tied 5th)

Tackles Suffered Losing Possession
5 - Jozy Altidore (Tied 1st)

Deliveries in Penalty Area
4 - Landon Donovan (Tied 5th)

Passes Complete
100% - Stuart Holden (Tied 1st) only 1 pass though

Total Crosses
29 - Landon Donovan (1st)

Crosses Completed
11 - Landon Donovan (1st)

Corners Completed
9 - Landon Donovan (2nd)

Distance Covered
32.12mi - 51.69km - Michael Bradley (1st)
30.12mi - 48.47km - Landon Donovan (2nd)
29.20mi - 46.99km - Clint Dempsey (5th)

Distance Covered in Possession
12.58mi - 20.24km - Michael Bradley (2nd)
11.70mi - 18.83km - Clint Dempsey (5th)

Distance Covered not in Possession
12.64mi - 20.34km - Michael Bradley (2nd)

Medium Activity Time
31 - Michael Bradley (Tied 1st)

Tackles
8 - Michael Bradley (tied 1st)

Tackles Gaining Possession
4 - Michael Bradley (tied 2nd)

Saves
16 - Tim Howard (Tied 4th)

Recovered Balls
6 - Michael Bradley (Tied 4th)

Clearances Completion Rate
67% - Michael Bradley (Tied 4th)

Long Passes Completed
48 - Tim Howard (2nd)

USA Player Hometown Map - World Cup 2010

The hometowns of the 23 players on the USA World Cup squad (from the hometowns listed at ussoccer.com)


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Videos: Freddy Adu vs. Famous World Teams

Has anybody ever noticed that when Freddy Adu plays against world class opponents, he turns up the style-o-meter? It's probably because these matchups are either youth tournaments or exhibition matches, but he sure is a fun player to watch when he's on. Hopefully Freddy gets his chance to show what he can do regularly in Greece and can get his name in the mix for US National Team consideration.

Here are a few video examples of the skills of Freddy against Boca Juniors, Juventus, Celtic, Spain, Argentina, Netherlands, and Brazil.

Videos: Clint Dempsey

A few random 'behind the scenes' videos from a few years back and a couple of goal compilation videos of 'recently-injured-but-back-in-time-for-the-world-cup' Clint Dempsey. (Get well soon!)












Credit to the blog, Climbing the Ladder, for putting this goal video together

All-Time USA vs Mexico WCQ results

1934
Rome - USA 4:2 Mexico

1950
Mexico City - Mexico 6:0 USA
Mexico City - Mexico 6:2 USA

1954
Mexico City - Mexico 4:0 USA
Mexico City - Mexico 3:1 USA

1958
Mexico City - Mexico 6:0 USA
Los Angeles - Mexico 7:2 USA

1962
Los Angeles - Mexico 3:3 USA
Mexico City - Mexico 3:0 USA

1966
Los Angeles - Mexico 2:2 USA
Mexico City - Mexico 2:0 USA

1970
Mexico Automatically Qualified

1974
Mexico City - Mexico 3:1 USA
Los Angeles - Mexico 2:1 USA

1978
Los Angeles - Mexico 0:0 USA
Puebla - Mexico 3:0 USA

1982
Mexico City - Mexico 5:1 USA
Fort Lauderdale - USA 2:1 Mexico

1986
Mexico Automatically Qualified

1990
Mexico was Disqualified for fielding overage players in '88 Olympic Qualifying

1994
USA Automatically Qualified

1998
Foxboro - USA 2:2 Mexico
Mexico City - Mexico 0:0 USA

2002
Columbus - USA 2:0 Mexico
Mexico City - Mexico 1:0 USA

2006
Mexico City - Mexico 2:1 USA
Columbus - USA 2:0 Mexico

2010
Columbus - USA 2:0 Mexico


USA overall record vs. Mexico
-By Decade-

Decade - W-L-T
1930s - (1-3-0)
1940s - (0-3-0)
1950s - (0-4-0)
1960s - (0-2-2)
1970s - (0-8-1)
1980s - (1-2-0)
1990s - (3-5-6)
2000s - (9-2-2)


Other Recent Big Game US/Mexico Results

1991 Gold Cup - USA 2:0 Mexico in the Semifinals
1993 Gold Cup - Mexico 4:0 USA in the Final at Azteca
1995 Copa America - 0:0 (USA 4:1 pk) in the Quarterfinals
1998 Gold Cup - USA 0:1 Mexico in the Final
1999 Confed Cup - USA 0:1 Mexico in an overtime loss in the Semifinals
2002 World Cup - USA 2:0 Mexico in the Round of 16 at the World Cup
2007 Gold Cup - USA 2:1 Mexico in the Final
2009 Gold Cup - Mexico 5:0 USA in the Final

US Soccer: Last 10 Brazil Results

Last Ten Meetings
1 Win, 9 Losses, 0 Draws

Sep 09, 2007 - Chicago, IL (Friendly)
L - 2-4
US Goals: Bocanegra, Dempsey

July 23, 2003 - Foxboro, MA (Gold Cup 2003)
L - 1-2
US Goals: Bocanegra

June 21, 2003 - Lyon, France (Confederations Cup '03)
L - 0-1

March 03, 2001 - Pasadena, CA (Friendly)
L - 1-2
US Goals: Mathis

July 28, 1999 - Guadalajara, Mexico (Confederations Cup '99)
L - 0-1

February 10, 1998 - Los Angeles, CA (Gold Cup '98)
W - 1-0
US Goals: Preki

January 18, 1996 - Los Angeles, CA (Gold Cup '96)
L - 0-1

July 20, 1995 - Maldonado, Uruguay (Copa America '95)
L - 0-1

July 04, 1994 - Palo Alto, CA (World Cup 1994)
L - 0-1

July 06, 1993 - New Haven, CT (World Series of Soccer)
L - 0-2


Some Inspiration: Preki's Game Winning goal in the Semifinals of the 1998 Gold Cup


Highlights of the Last USA-Brazil Matchup in a Chicago Friendly, 2007

Video: USA 2010 World Cup Qualification Locations

This flyover video I've put together shows all ten locations of the USA's CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying campaign. The video really puts into perspective the immense amount of travel involved for these games, especially for players who have to come over from their clubs in Europe.

The College Years of US National Team Players

These pictures show many past and present US players when they were in their college/university playing days (and when Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel still had hair).

Eric Wynalda - San Diego State




Oguchi Onyewu - Clemson




Taylor Twellman - Maryland





Brian McBride - St. Louis University





Kasey Keller - University of Portland





Frankie Hejduk - UCLA





John Harkes, Jeff Agoos, Claudio Reyna - University of Virginia





Brad Friedel - UCLA





Benny Feilhaber - UCLA





Cobi Jones - UCLA





Brian Ching - Gonzaga





Paul Caligiuri - UCLA





Jonathan Bornstein - UCLA





Carlos Bocanegra - UCLA





Alexi Lalas - Rutgers



For some reason a Clint Dempsey at Furman picture is eluding me, so I have instead posted this youtube clip of Deuce and his buddies messing around on the Furman campus pitch.

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