After the USA began this World Cup year with a 0-0 tie against Canada, Coach Bruce Arena's men scored 12 goals in their next three games, downing Norway (5-0), Japan (3-2) and Guatemala (4-0).
Never has the U.S. national team scored as many as goals in three consecutive games during the same year.
In 1925, the USA beat Canada, 6-1. It did not have another game for a year, then again beat Canada, 6-1, in 1926. Its next game came nearly two years later, an 11-2 loss to Argentina at the Olympics in 1928 when Olympic matches still counted as full internationals.
The USA's three-game 12-goal performance this year came within a month.
From 1931 to 2003, the USA had never scored three or more goals in three straight games. It has now accomplished that feat in each of the last three years – 2006, 2005 and 2004.
In 37 games played in 1985-89, the USA scored more than two goals in one game only once: a 3-0 friendly win over Peru.
The USA's last two wins — 3-2 over Japan and 4-0 over Guatemala — marked the first time the USA has gotten goals by seven different players in back-to-back games. Six different players have scored in back-to-back games on 11 other occasions. Scorers in the last two U.S. games were Eddie Pope, Clint Dempsey, Taylor Twellman, Ben Olsen, Brian Ching, Eddie Johnson and Chris Klein.