United States
Nickname(s)USMNT
The Stars and Stripes[1]
The Yanks[2]
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation (USSF)
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederationNAFU (North America)
Head coachMauricio Pochettino
CaptainChristian Pulisic
Most capsCobi Jones (164)
Top scorerClint Dempsey (57)
Landon Donovan (57)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeUSA
First colors Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current 15 1 (January 19, 2026)[3]
Highest4 (April 2006[4])
Lowest36 (July 2012[5])
First international
 Sweden 2–3 United States 
(Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916)[6]
Biggest win
 United States 8–0 Barbados 
(Carson, United States; June 15, 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Norway 11–0 United States 
(Oslo, Norway; August 6, 1948)[7]
World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1930)
Best resultThird place (1930)
Olympic Games
Appearances10 (first in 1904)
Best result Silver (1904)[note 1]
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Appearances20 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021)
CONCACAF Nations League
Appearances4 (first in 2019–20)
Best resultChampions (2021, 2023, 2024)
Copa América
Appearances5 (first in 1993)
Best resultFourth place (1995, 2016)
Confederations Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1992)
Best resultRunners-up (2009)
Medal record
FIFA World Cup
1930 Uruguay Team
FIFA Confederations Cup
2009 South Africa Team
1992 Saudi Arabia Team
1999 Mexico Team
Olympic Games[note 2]
1904 St. Louis Team
1904 St. Louis Team
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
1991 United States Team
2002 United States Team
2005 United States Team
2007 United States Team
2013 United States Team
2017 United States Team
2021 United States Team
1989 North America Team
1993 United States and Mexico Team
1998 United States Team
2009 United States Team
2011 United States Team
2019 United States, Costa Rica and Jamaica Team
2025 United States and Canada Team
1996 United States Team
2003 United States and Mexico Team
CONCACAF Nations League
2021 United States Team
2023 United States Team
2024 United States Team
CONCACAF Cup
2015 United States Team
NAFC Championship
1949 Mexico Team
1947 Cuba Team
North American Nations Cup
1991 United States Team
WebsiteUSMNT

The United States men's national soccer team, simply known as USMNT and officially recognized as USA by FIFA,[9] represents the United States in men's international soccer, which is governed by the United States Soccer Federation founded in 1913. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1914 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of NAFU in the North American Zone. From 1946 to 1961, it was a member of NAFC, the former governing soccer body in North America and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas.

The United States has qualified for the FIFA World Cup twelve times, it is one of four CONCACAF teams to have advanced to the knockout stage, finishing in third place in 1930, reaching the quarter-finals in 2002 and also reaching the round of 16 in four editions. Their third place in Uruguay 1930 is the best result by a CONCACAF team in the competition and is the only non-European or South American team to achieve a World Cup podium finish. They returned in 1934 and 1950, defeating England 1–0 in the latter, but did not qualify again until 1990. As host in 1994, the U.S. received an automatic berth and lost to

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