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USA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 17 4 1 12 18 38 Final Fours 1930 — Semifinals. TEAM Friedel, Sanneh, Pope, Agoos, Regis, Stewart, Armas, Reyna, O’Brien, Moore, Donovan. QUALIFYING July 16 in Guatemala City Guatemala 1 (Fonseca 9, Medford pen. 90) USA 1 (Razov 45). July 23 in San […]

PARAGUAY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 15 4 6 5 19 27 U.S. RIVALRY 1930 — USA 3-0 (World Cup). 1997 — Tie 0-0. 1998 — Tie 2-2. TEAM Chilavert, Arce, Gamarra, Ayala, Caniza, Acuna, Struway, Paredes, Quintana, Cardozo, R. Santa Cruz. QUALIFYING March 29 in Lima Peru 2 (Solano […]

CAMEROON WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 14 3 6 5 13 26 U.S. RIVALRY No games. TEAM Alioum, Song, Kalle, Njanka, Geremi, Foe Wome, Alnoudji, Olembe, Eto’o, Mboma. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 19 in Yaounde Cameroon 3 (Mboma 26, Goe 31, Eto’o 37) Somalia 0. April 23 in Yaounde Cameroon 3 […]

URUGUAY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 37 15 8 14 61 52 Final Fours 1930 — Champion. 1950 — Champion. 1954 — Fourth place. 1970 — Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY 1986 — Tie 1-1. 1991 — USA 1-0. 1993 — Uruguay 1-0 (Copa America). 1995 — Tie 2-2. TEAM Carini, […]

JAPAN WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 3 0 0 3 1 4 U.S. RIVALRY 1993 — Japan 3-1. TEAM Kawaguchi, Morioka, Matsuda, K.Nakata, Inamoto, Hato, Morishima, H.Nakata, Ono, Takahara, Yanagisawa. QUALIFYING Qualified as co-host.

TUNISIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 6 1 2 3 4 6 U.S. RIVALRY TEAM El Ouaer, Badra, Jaidi, S.Trabelsi, Thabat, Bouzelane, Beya, Chihi, Kanzari, Zitouni, Jaziri. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 7 in Nouakchoft Mauritania 1 (Ely 885) Tunisia 2 (Jaidi 65, Gabsi 76). April 22 in Tunis Tunisia 3 (Bilal […]

SLOVENIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY No games. TEAM Simueunovic, Milinovic, Vugdalic, Galic, D.Novak, A.Ceh, Pavlin, Acomivic, Karic, Osterc, Rudonja. QUALIFYING Sept. 3 in Toftir Faeroe Islands 2 (Arge 87, O.Hansen 90) Slovenia 2 (Udovic 25, Osterc 85). Oct. 7 in Luxembourg […]

ENGLAND WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 45 20 13 12 62 42 Final Fours 1966 — Champion. 1990 — Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY June 29, 1950 — USA 1-0 (World Cup). June 8, 1953 — England 6-3. May 28, 1959 — England 8-1. May 27, 1964 — England 10-0. June […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, SENIOR EDITOR The departure of Luis Hernandez from MLS and the Galaxy was made official on Monday. The Mexican striker, who cost the league a reported $4 million to acquire last year, asked to be “released” from his MLS contract. The league made back some of that money by loaning him out […]

PORTUGAL WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 9 6 0 3 19 12 Final Fours 1966 — Third place. U.S. RIVALRY 1978 — Portugal 1-0. 1980 — Tie 1-1. 1990 — Portugal 1-0. 1992 — USA 1-0. TEAM Ricardo, Frechaut, Fernando Couto, Jorge Costa, Rui Jorge, Petit, Paulo Sousa, Figo, Jorge […]

IRELAND WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 9 1 5 3 4 7 U.S. RIVALRY June 16, 1924 — Ireland 3-1. Oct. 29, 1979 — Ireland 3-2 June 1, 1992 — Tie 1-1. April 29, 1992 — Ireland 4-1. May 30, 1993 — USA 3-1. June 9, 1996 — USA 2-1. […]

Kansas City Wizards forward Onandi Lowe has been loaned to English Third Division (fourth tier) team Rushden and Diamonds. The Jamaican international, who has made 60 appearances for his country, will be on loan until Feb. 15, or three days prior to the Wizards+ first Champions Cup game, whichever occurs first. Financial terms were not […]

SOUTH KOREA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 14 0 4 10 11 43 U.S. RIVALRY 1987 — South Korea 1-0. 1989 — South Korea 2-1. 1994 — Tie 1-1. TEAM Lee Won Jae, Choi Sung Yong, Hong Myung Bo, Kim Tae Young, Lee Min Sung, Song Chong Gog, Lee Young […]

ITALY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 66 38 16 12 105 62 Final Fours 1934 — Champion. 1938 — Champion. 1970 — Runner-up. 1978 — Fourth place. 1982 — Champion. 1990 — Third place. 1994 — Runner-up. U.S. RIVALRY 1934 — Italy 7-1 (World Cup). 1984 — Tie 0-0. 1990 […]

CHINA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY 1977 — Tie 1-1. 1977 — USA 1-0. 1977 — USA 2-1. 1992 — USA 5-0. 1997 — China 2-1. 1997 — Tie 1-1. 2001 — USA 2-1. TEAM Jiang Jin, Shen Gang, Fan Zhiyi, Li […]

POLAND WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 25 13 5 7 39 29 Final Fours 1974 — Third place. 1982 — Third place. U.S. RIVALRY 1924 — USA 3-2. 1928 — Tie 3-3. 1973 — Poland 4-0 1973 — Poland 1-0 1973 — Poland 4-0 1973 — USA 1-0. 1975 — […]

With a new name and innovative ideas, a national coalition of soccer clubs stands poised to alter the youth soccer landscape. In September, the National Association of Competitive Soccer Clubs changed its name to US Club Soccer. Now the organization turns its focus to 2002. In the works are new programs, team rates, membership criteria […]

SAUDI ARABIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 7 2 1 4 7 13 U.S. RIVALRY 1992 — Saudi Arabia 3-0 (Confederations Cup). 1993 — USA 2-0. 1994 — Tie 0-0. 1994 — Saudi Arabia 2-1. 1995 — USA 4-3. 1999 — USA 2-0 (Confederations Cup). TEAM Babkr, Khalil, Soulemain, Soulelmani, […]

RUSSIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 34 16 6 12 60 40 Final Fours 1966 — Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY 1979 — Soviet Union 3-1. 1979 — Soviet Union 4-1. 1990 — Tie 1-1. 1990 — Tie 0-0. 1992 — CIS 1-0. 1992 — USA 2-1. 1993 — Russia 1-0. […]

TURKEY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 3 1 0 2 10 11 U.S. RIVALRY 1991 — Tie 1-1. TEAM Rustu, Umit Ozat, Alpay, Emre Asik, Umit Davala, Okan, Tugay, Ergun, Abdullah, Basturk, Hakan Sukur. QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Istanbul Turkey 2 (Okan 45, Emre 70) Moldova 0. Oct. 7 in […]

ARGENTINA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 57 29 10 18 100 69 Final Fours 1930 — Runner-up. 1978 — Champion. 1986 — Champion. 1990 — Runner-up. U.S. RIVALRY 1930 — Argentina 6-1 (World Cup). 1975 — Argentina 6-0. 1991 — Argentina 1-0. 1995 — USA 3-0 (Copa America). 1999 — […]

FRANCE WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 41 21 6 14 86 58 Final Fours 1958 — Third place. 1982 — Fourth place. 1986 — Third place. 1998 — Champion. U.S. RIVALRY 1979 — France 6-0. 1979 — France 3-0. TEAM Barthez, Thuram, Desailly, Leboeuf, Lizarazu, Vieira, Petit, Pires, Zidane, Henry, […]

SWEDEN WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 38 14 9 15 66 60 Final Fours 1938 — Fourth place. 1950 — Third place. 1958 — Runner-up. 1994 — Third place. U.S. RIVALRY 1916 — USA 3-2. 1994 — Sweden 3-1. 1995 — Sweden 1-0. 1998 — USA 1-0. TEAM Hedman, Mellberg, […]

BRAZIL WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 80 53 14 13 173 78 Final Fours 1938 — Third place. 1950 — Runner-up. 1958 — Champion. 1962 — Champion. 1970 — Champion. 1974 — Fourth place. 1978 — Third place. 1994 — Champion. 1998 — Runner-up. U.S. RIVALRY 1930 — Brazil 4-3. […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, SENIOR EDITOR Everybody who cares for women’s soccer must be elated that FIFA now will annually honor the world’s top female player. It’s another step on the road for respect, for which the women’s game continues to battle over much of the globe. It seems another nod — as was establishment of […]