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Spain win the World Cup for the first time, becoming the first nation outside of South America to win the tournament outside of Europe. The FIFA Ballon d'Or is awarded for the first time (to Lionel Messi ) after France Football's Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged.
Near the end of the 1920s, "American Soccer Wars" began: internal conflicts within the American Soccer League and their affiliated clubs participating in the National Challenge Cup. The debate, revolving around whether the United States Football Association or the American Soccer League was the chief organization of American soccer, negatively ...
It did not drop the word football from its name until 1974, when it became the U.S. Soccer Federation. Two further football leagues were started in 1967, the United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League. These merged to form the North American Soccer League in 1968, which survived until 1984. The NASL also ran an indoor ...
The history of the United States men's national soccer team began with that team's first international match in 1916. Highlights from the team's early history include reaching the semifinals of the inaugural 1930 World Cup (later recognized by FIFA as third place finish based on overall records), and defeating England in a remarkable upset in the 1950 World Cup.
The Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones, or "South American Championship of Champions", kicked off in 1948 after years of deliberation and organisation and set into motion the antecedent of the Copa Libertadores. French sports journalist Jacques Ferran became fascinated with the 1948 South American idea of a continental club champions league. [7]
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The following tables summarizes the all-time record for the United States men's national soccer team, first broken down by confederation and then the team's head-to-head record by decade. The United States has played matches against 105 current and former national teams, with the latest result, a win, coming against Costa Rica on January 22, 2025.
The hype extends past viewership and into attendance. In 2016, the US’ game against Costa Rica in the group stage drew 39,642 people to Chicago’s Soldier Field — leaving the stadium less ...