United States at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia United States at the FIFA World Cup This article is about the men 's national team. For the women 's national team at the FIFA Women 's World Cup, see United States women 's national soccer team. The United States men 's national soccer team has played in several World Cup finals, with their best result occurring during their first appearance at the 1930 World Cup, when the United States finished in third place. After the 1950 World Cup, in which the United States upset England in group play 1 -- 0, the U.S. was absent from the finals until 1990. The United States has participated in every World Cup since 1990 until they failed to qualify for the 2018 competition after a loss to Trinidad and Tobago in 2017. The World Cup is an international football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport 's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The current format of the World Cup involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month. The World Cup finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Contents 1 Record at the FIFA World Cup 1.1 By Match 1.2 Record by Opponent 2 Individual tournament results 2.1 Uruguay 1930 FIFA World Cup 2.1. 1 Group 4 final standings 2.1. 2 Games 2.2 Italy 1934 FIFA World Cup 2.2. 1 Game 2.3 Brazil 1950 FIFA World Cup 2.3. 1 Group 2 final standings 2.3. 2 Games 2.4 Italy 1990 FIFA World Cup 2.4. 1 Group A final standings 2.4. 2 Games 2.5 United States 1994 FIFA World Cup 2.5. 1 Group A final standings 2.5. 1.1 Ranking of third - placed teams 2.5. 2 Games 2.6 France 1998 FIFA World Cup 2.6. 1 Group F final standings 2.6. 2 Games 2.7 South Korea - Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup 2.7. 1 Group D final standings 2.7. 2 Games 2.8 Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup 2.8. 1 Group E final standings 2.8. 2 Games 2.9 South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup 2.9. 1 Group C final standings 2.9. 2 Games 2.10 Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup 2.10. 1 Group G final standings 2.10. 2 Games 3 Record players 4 Top Goalscorers 5 References 6 External links Record at the FIFA World Cup Year Host Round Position GP D * GF GA 1930 Semi-finals 3rd 0 7 6 1934 Round of 16 16th 0 0 7 1938 Withdrew 1950 Group stage 10th 0 8 1954 Did not qualify 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 Group stage 23rd 0 0 8 1994 Round of 16 14th 1998 Group stage 32nd 0 0 5 2002 Quarter - finals 8th 5 7 7 2006 Group stage 25th 0 6 Round of 16 12th 5 5 2014 Round of 16 15th 5 6 2018 Did not qualify 2022 To be determined 2026 Qualified as one of the Host Nations Total 10 / 21 - 33 8 6 19 37 62 * Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks By Match World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers 1930 Group stage Belgium 3 -- 0 Montevideo B. McGhee, T. Florie, B. Patenaude Paraguay 3 -- 0 Montevideo B. Patenaude ( 3 ) Semi-finals Argentina 1 -- 6 Montevideo J. Brown 1934 Round of 16 Italy 1 -- 7 Rome A. Donelli 1950 Group stage Spain 1 -- 3 Curitiba G. Pariani England 1 -- 0 Belo Horizonte J. Gaetjens Chile 2 -- 5 Recife F. Wallace, J. Maca 1990 Group stage Czechoslovakia 1 -- 5 Florence P. Caligiuri Italy 0 -- 1 Rome & -- Austria 1 -- 2 Florence B. Murray 1994 Group stage Switzerland 1 -- 1 Pontiac E. Wynalda Colombia 2 -- 1 Pasadena A. Escobar ( o.g. ), E. Stewart Romania 0 -- 1 Pasadena & -- Round of 16 Brazil 0 -- 1 Stanford & -- 1998 Group stage Germany 0 -- 2 Paris & -- Iran 1 -- 2 Lyon B. McBride FR Yugoslavia 0 -- 1 Nantes & -- 2002 Group stage Portugal 3 -- 2 Suwon J. O'Brien, J. Costa ( o.g. ), B. McBride South Korea 1 -- 1 Daegu C. Mathis Poland 1 -- 3 Daejeon L. Donovan Round of 16 Mexico 2 -- 0 Jeonju B. McBride, L. Donovan Quarter - finals Germany 0 -- 1 Ulsan & -- 2006 Group stage Czech Republic 0 -- 3 Gelsenkirchen & -- Italy 1 -- 1 Kaiserslautern C. Zaccardo ( o.g. ) Ghana 1 -- 2 Nuremberg C. Dempsey Group stage England 1 -- 1 Rustenburg C. Dempsey Slovenia 2 -- 2 Johannesburg L. Donovan, M. Bradley Algeria 1 -- 0 Pretoria L. Donovan Round of 16 Ghana 1 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) Rustenburg L. Donovan 2014 Group stage Ghana 2 -- 1 Natal C. Dempsey, J. Brooks Portugal 2 -- 2 Manaus J. Jones, C. Dempsey Germany 0 -- 1 Recife & -- Round of 16 Belgium 1 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) Salvador J. Green Record by Opponent FIFA World Cup matches ( by team ) Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded Algeria 0 0 0 Argentina 0 0 6 Austria 0 0 Belgium 0 Brazil 0 0 0 Chile 0 0 5 Colombia 0 0 Czech Republic 0 0 0 Czechoslovakia 0 0 5 England 0 FR Yugoslavia 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 0 Ghana 0 5 Iran 0 0 Italy 0 9 Mexico 0 0 0 Paraguay 0 0 0 Poland 0 0 Portugal 0 5 Romania 0 0 0 Slovenia 0 0 South Korea 0 0 Spain 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 Individual tournament results Uruguay 1930 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 1930 FIFA World Cup third place MF Auld FW Bookie MF Brown GK Douglas FW Florie ( c ) DF Gallagher DF Gentle MF Gonsalves FW McGhee DF Moorhouse MF Oliver FW Patenaude MF Slone DF Tracey DF Vaughn DF Wood Coach : Millar Group 4 final standings Team Pld GF GA GD Pts United States 0 0 6 0 + 6 Paraguay 0 − 2 Belgium 0 0 0 − 4 0 Games All times local ( UYT ) July 13, 1930 3 : 00 p.m. Group 4 United States 3 -- 0 Belgium Report Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance : 18,346 Referee : José Macías ( Argentina ) July 17, 1930 2 : 45 p.m. Group 4 United States 3 -- 0 Paraguay Report Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo Attendance : 18,306 Referee : José Macías ( Argentina ) July 26, 1930 2 : 45 p.m. Semifinal Argentina 6 -- 1 United States Report Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance : 72,886 Referee : John Langenus ( Belgium ) Italy 1934 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 1934 FIFA World Cup MF Amrhein DF Czerkiewicz FW Dick FW Donelli MF Fiedler MF Florie MF Gallagher MF Gonsalves DF Harker GK Hjulian MF Lehman MF Lynch DF Martinelli FW McLean DF Moorhouse FW Nilsen MF Pietras DF Rapp FW Ryan Coach : Gould Game May 27, 1934 4 : 30 p.m. ( CEST ) Round of 16 Italy 7 -- 1 United States Report Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome Attendance : 25,000 Referee : Rene Mercet ( Switzerland ) Brazil 1950 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 1950 FIFA World Cup GK Borghi GK Gard DF Annis DF Coombes DF Keough DF Maca MF Bahr MF Colombo MF McIlvenny FW Craddock FW DiOrio FW Gaetjens FW Pariani FW E. Souza FW J. Souza FW Wallace FW Wolanin Coach : Jeffrey Group 2 final standings Team Pld GF GA Pts Spain 0 0 6 6 England 0 Chile 0 5 6 United States 0 8 Games All times local BRT ( UTC - 03 ) June 25, 1950 3 : 00 p.m. Spain 3 -- 1 United States Report Estádio Durival de Britto, Curitiba Attendance : 9,511 Referee : Mario Vianna ( Brazil ) Main article : United States v England ( 1950 FIFA World Cup ) June 29, 1950 3 : 00 p.m. United States 1 -- 0 England Report Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte Attendance : 10,151 Referee : Generoso Dattilo ( Italy ) July 2, 1950 3 : 00 p.m. Chile 5 -- 2 United States Report Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife Attendance : 8,501 Referee : Mario Gardelli ( Brazil ) Italy 1990 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Meola 2 Trittschuh 3 Doyle 4 Banks 5 Windischmann ( c ) 6 Harkes 7 Ramos 8 Bliss 9 Sullivan 10 Vermes 11 Wynalda 12 Krumpe 13 Eichmann 14 Stollmeyer 15 Armstrong 16 Murray 17 Balboa 18 Keller 19 Henderson 20 Caligiuri 21 Covone 22 Vanole Coach : Gansler Group A final standings Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Italy 0 0 0 + 4 6 Czechoslovakia 0 6 + 3 Austria 0 − 1 United States 0 0 8 − 6 0 Games All times local ( CEST / UTC + 2 ) June 10, 1990 5 : 00 p.m. Group A United States 1 -- 5 Czechoslovakia Report Stadio Comunale, Florence Attendance : 33,266 Referee : Kurt Röthlisberger ( Switzerland ) June 14, 1990 9 : 00 p.m. Group A Italy 1 -- 0 United States Report Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance : 73,423 Referee : Edgardo Codesal ( Mexico ) June 19, 1990 9 : 00 p.m. Group A Austria 2 -- 1 United States Report Stadio Comunale, Florence Attendance : 34,857 Referee : Jamal Al Sharif ( Syria ) United States 1994 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Meola ( c ) 2 Lapper 3 Burns 4 Kooiman 5 Dooley 6 Harkes 7 Pérez 8 Stewart 9 Ramos 10 Wegerle 11 Wynalda 12 Sommer 13 Jones 14 Klopas 15 Moore 16 Sorber 17 Balboa 18 Friedel 19 Reyna 20 Caligiuri 21 Clavijo 22 Lalas Coach : Milutinović Group A final standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania 0 5 5 0 6 Advance to knockout stage Switzerland 5 + 1 United States ( H ) 0 Colombia 0 5 − 1 Source : FIFA ( H ) Host. Ranking of third - placed teams Pos Grp Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina 0 6 + 3 6 Advance to knockout stage Belgium 0 + 1 6 United States 0 Italy 0 5 Russia 0 7 6 + 1 6 South Korea 0 5 − 1 Source : FIFA Games June 18, 1994 11 : 30 a.m. EDT Group A United States 1 -- 1 Switzerland Report Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance : 73,425 Referee : Francisco Oscar Lamolina ( Argentina ) June 22, 1994 7 : 30 p.m. PDT Group A United States 2 -- 1 Colombia Report Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance : 93,869 Referee : Fabio Baldas ( Italy ) June 26, 1994 4 : 00 p.m. PDT Group A United States 0 -- 1 Romania Report Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance : 93,869 Referee : Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands ) July 4, 1994 12 : 30 p.m. PDT Round of 16 Brazil 1 -- 0 United States Report Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance : 84,147 Referee : Joël Quiniou ( France ) France 1998 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Friedel 2 Hejduk 3 Pope 4 Burns 5 Dooley ( c ) 6 Regis 7 Wegerle 8 Stewart 9 Moore 10 Ramos 11 Wynalda 12 Agoos 13 Jones 14 Preki 15 Deering 16 Sommer 17 Balboa 18 Keller 19 Maisonneuve 20 McBride 21 Reyna 22 Lalas Coach : Sampson Group F final standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany 0 6 + 4 7 Advance to knockout stage FR Yugoslavia 0 + 2 7 Iran 0 − 2 United States 0 0 5 − 4 0 Source : FIFA Games All times local ( CEST / UTC + 2 ) June 15, 1998 9 : 00 p.m. Group F Germany 2 -- 0 United States Report Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance : 45,500 Referee : Said Belqola ( Morocco ) June 21, 1998 9 : 00 p.m. Group F United States 1 -- 2 Iran Report Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance : 39,100 Referee : Urs Meier ( Switzerland ) June 25, 1998 9 : 00 p.m. Group F United States 0 -- 1 FR Yugoslavia Report Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance : 35,500 Referee : Gamal Al - Ghandour ( Egypt ) South Korea - Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Friedel 2 Hejduk 3 Berhalter 4 Mastroeni 5 O'Brien 6 Regis 7 Lewis 8 Stewart 9 Moore 10 Reyna ( c ) 11 Mathis 12 Agoos 13 Jones 14 Cherundolo 15 Wolff 16 Llamosa 17 Beasley 18 Keller 19 Meola 20 McBride 21 Donovan 22 Sanneh 23 Pope Coach : Arena Group D final standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification South Korea ( H ) 0 + 3 7 Advance to knockout stage United States 5 6 − 1 Portugal 0 6 + 2 Poland 0 7 − 4 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tie - breaking criteria ( H ) Host. Games All times local ( UTC + 9 ) June 5, 2002 6 : 00 p.m. Group D United States 3 -- 2 Portugal Report Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance : 37,306 Referee : Byron Moreno ( Ecuador ) June 10, 2002 3 : 30 p.m. Group D South Korea 1 -- 1 United States Report Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance : 60,778 Referee : Urs Meier ( Switzerland ) June 14, 2002 8 : 30 p.m. Group D Poland 3 -- 1 United States Report Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance : 26,482 Referee : Lu Jun ( China ) June 17, 2002 3 : 30 p.m. Round of 16 Mexico 0 -- 2 United States Report Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance : 36,380 Referee : Vítor Melo Pereira ( Portugal ) June 21, 2002 8 : 30 p.m. QF Germany 1 -- 0 United States Report Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance : 37,337 Referee : Hugh Dallas ( Scotland ) Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Albright 3 Bocanegra 4 Mastroeni 5 O'Brien 6 Cherundolo 7 Lewis 8 Dempsey 9 Johnson 10 Reyna ( c ) 11 Ching 12 Berhalter 13 Conrad 14 Olsen 15 Convey 16 Wolff 17 Beasley 18 Keller 19 Hahnemann 20 McBride 21 Donovan 22 Onyewu 23 Pope Coach : Arena Group E final standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy 0 5 + 4 7 Advance to knockout stage Ghana 0 + 1 6 Czech Republic 0 − 1 United States 0 6 − 4 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tie - breaking criteria Games All times local ( CEST / UTC + 2 ) June 12, 2006 6 : 00 p.m. Group E United States 0 -- 3 Czech Republic Report FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen Attendance : 52,000 Referee : Carlos Amarilla ( Paraguay ) June 17, 12006 9 : 00 p.m. Group E Italy 1 -- 1 United States Report Fritz - Walter - Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance : 46,000 Referee : Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay ) June 22, 2006 4 : 00 p.m. Group E Ghana 2 -- 1 United States Report FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg Attendance : 41,000 Referee : Markus Merk ( Germany ) South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Spector 3 Bocanegra ( c ) 4 M. Bradley 5 Onyewu 6 Cherundolo 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Gomez 10 Donovan 11 Holden 12 Bornstein 13 Clark 14 Buddle 15 DeMerit 16 Torres 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Edu 20 Findley 21 Goodson 22 Feilhaber 23 Hahnemann Coach : B. Bradley Group C final standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States 0 + 1 5 Advance to knockout stage England 0 + 1 5 Slovenia 0 Algeria 0 0 − 2 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tie - breaking criteria Games All times local ( UTC + 02 ) June 12, 2010 8 : 30 p.m. Group C England 1 -- 1 United States Report Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance : 38,646 Referee : Carlos Simon ( Brazil ) June 18, 2010 4 : 00 p.m. Group C Slovenia 2 -- 2 United States Report Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance : 45,573 Referee : Koman Coulibaly ( Mali ) June 23, 2010 4 : 00 p.m. Group C United States 1 -- 0 Algeria Report Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance : 35,827 Referee : Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium ) June 26, 2010 8 : 30 p.m. Round of 16 United States 1 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) Ghana Report Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance : 34,976 Referee : Viktor Kassai ( Hungary ) Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup United States squad -- 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Yedlin 3 Gonzalez 4 Bradley 5 Besler 6 Brooks 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey ( c ) 9 Jóhannsson 10 Diskerud 11 Bedoya 12 Guzan 13 Jones 14 Davis 15 Beckerman 16 Green 17 Altidore 18 Wondolowski 19 Zusi 20 Cameron 21 Chandler 22 Rimando 23 Johnson Coach : Klinsmann Group G final standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany 0 7 + 5 7 Advance to knockout stage United States 0 Portugal 7 − 3 Ghana 0 6 − 2 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tie - breaking criteria Games June 16, 2014 7 : 00 p.m. UTC − 3 Group G Ghana 1 -- 2 United States Report Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance : 39,760 Referee : Jonas Eriksson ( Sweden ) June 22, 2014 6 : 00 p.m. UTC − 4 Group G United States 2 -- 2 Portugal Report Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance : 40,123 Referee : Néstor Pitana ( Argentina ) June 26, 2014 1 : 00 p.m. UTC − 3 Group G United States 0 -- 1 Germany Report Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance : 41,876 Referee : Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan ) July 1, 2014 5 : 00 p.m. UTC − 3 Round of 16 Belgium 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) United States Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance : 51,227 Referee : Djamel Haimoudi ( Algeria ) Record players No. Name Matches World Cups Landon Donovan 12 2002, 2006 and 2010 Cobi Jones 11 1994, 1998 and 2002 Earnie Stewart 11 1994, 1998 and 2002 DaMarcus Beasley 11 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 5 Brian McBride 10 1998, 2002 and 2006 Claudio Reyna 10 1998, 2002 and 2006 Clint Dempsey 10 2006, 2010 and 2014 8 Tab Ramos 9 1990, 1994 and 1998 Eddie Pope 9 1998, 2002 and 2006 10 Marcelo Balboa 8 1990, 1994 and 1998 Eric Wynalda 8 1990, 1994 and 1998 Michael Bradley 8 2010 and 2014 Tim Howard 8 2010 and 2014 Top Goalscorers See also : List of FIFA World Cup goalscorers Player Goals 1930 1934 1950 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 Landon Donovan 5 Bert Patenaude Clint Dempsey Brian McBride Michael Bradley Jim Brown Paul Caligiuri Aldo Donelli Tom Florie Joe Gaetjens Julian Green Joe Maca Clint Mathis Bart McGhee Bruce Murray John O'Brien Gino Pariani Earnie Stewart Frank Wallace Eric Wynalda John Brooks Jermaine Jones Own goals Total 37 7 7 5 5 Own goals scored for opponents Jeff Agoos ( scored for Portugal in 2002 ) References Jump up ^ Helms, Andrew ( July 1, 2014 ). `` USA 3, Belgium 0 ! Or, Looking for Hope in the 1930 World Cup ''. The New Republic. Retrieved July 22, 2015. Jump up ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. ( PDF ), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Referee designations for matches 1 - 16 '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 5, 2010. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Referee designations for matches 17 - 24 '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 14, 2010. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010. 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Question: when did usa give its best performance at the world cup
Answer: 1930