Soccer America Archives

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 — […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

MEXICO WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 37 8 10 19 39 75 U.S. RIVALRY 1934 — USA 4-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1937 — Mexico 7-2. 1937 — Mexico 7-3. 1937 — Mexico 5-1. 1947 — Mexico 5-0. 1949 — Mexico 6-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1949 — Mexico 6-2 (World Cup […]

SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 3 0 2 1 3 6 U.S. RIVALRY 2000 — USA 4-0. TEAM Vonk, Nzama, Issa, Schoeman, Carnell, Ngobe, Fortune, Zuma, Buckley, Nomvete, Bartlett. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Maseru Lesotho 0 South Africa 2 ((Bartlett 40, 71). April 23 in Bloemfontein South […]

COSTA RICA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 4 2 0 2 4 6 U.S. RIVALRY 1975 — Costa Rica 3-1. 1985 — Tie 1-1. 1985 — Costa Rica 1-0. 1988 — USA 1-0. 1989 — Costa Rica 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1989 — USA 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1990 — […]

SENEGAL WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY No games. TEAM Sylva, Coly, Daf, Diao, Amadou Ndiaye, Thiaw, Diatta, Sarr, H.Camara, Fadiga, Diouf. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Cotonou Benin (Oketola 33) Senegal 1 (Moussa Ndiaye 15). April 23 in Dakar Senegal 1 (Cheikh […]

NIGERIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 8 4 0 4 13 13 U.S. RIVALRY 1988 — Nigeria 3-2. 1995 — USA 3-2. TEAM Shorunmu, Okpara, Ifejiagwa, West, Yobo, Okocha, S.Oliseh, T.Babangida, Lawal, Agali, N.Kanu. QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Asmara Eritrea 0 Nigeria 0. April 23 in Lagos Nigeria 4 […]

ECUADOR WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. RIVALRY 1984 — Tie 0-0. 1984 — Tie 2-2. 1988 — Ecuador 1-0. 1988 — Ecuador 2-0. 1988 — Tie 0-0. 1993 — Ecuador 2-0 (Copa America). 1997 — Ecuador 1-0. 2001 — Tie 0-0. TEAM Cevallos, […]

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. […]

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 — […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

SPAIN WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 40 16 10 14 61 48 Final Fours 1950 — Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY 1950 — Spain 3-1 (World Cup). 1992 — Spain 2-0. TEAM Canizares, Manuel Pablo, Hierro, Nadal, Sergi, Mendieta, Valeron, Xavi, Vicente, Raul, Morientes. QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Sarajevo Bosnia 1 […]

GERMANY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 78 45 17 16 162 103 Final Fours 1934 — Third place. 1954 — Champion. 1958 — Fourth place. 1966 — Runner-up. 1970 — Germany. 1974 — Champion. 1982 — Runner-up. 1986 — Runner-up. 1990 — Champion. U.S. RIVALRY 1993 — Germany 4-3. 1993 […]

DENMARK WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 9 5 1 3 19 13 U.S. RIVALRY Jan. 30, 1993 — Tie 2-2. Feb. 10, 1994 — 0-0 (Denmark wins 4-2 on penalties.) Jan. 22, 1997 — Denmark 4-1. TEAM Sorensen, Helveg, Henriksen, Laursen, Heintze, Tofting, Gravesen, Jorgensen, Groenkjaer, Sand, Tomasson. QUALIFYING Sept. […]