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Appearances
1930
First appearance
Kit colours
White / Navy Blue / Red
United States men's national soccer team
26 players called up for World Cup 2026.
Matt Turner
Matt Freese
Chris Brady
Sergino Dest
Chris Richards
Antonee Robinson
Auston Trusty
Miles Robinson
Tim Ream
Alex Freeman
Max Arfsten
Mark McKenzie
Joe Scally
Tyler Adams
Giovanni Reyna
Weston McKennie
Sebastian Berhalter
Cristian Roldan
Malik Tillman
Ricardo Pepi
Christian Pulisic
Brenden Aaronson
Haji Wright
Folarin Balogun
Timothy Weah
Alex Zendejas
Announced: 2026-06-22
Sources: FIFA
USA arrive at World Cup 2026 in Group D, representing CONCACAF.
Mauricio Pochettino leads the tactical plan, with the group phase defining whether USA can build momentum into the knockout rounds.
Group rivals include Paraguay, Australia, Turkey. Every result can shift the path to the round of 32.
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in men's international soccer, which is governed by the United States Soccer Federation. The team 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 finish 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 Brazil in the round of 16. They qualified for the next five World Cups, a feat shared with only seven other nations. In 2026, the United States will host the World Cup for the second time. It has qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup four times, finishing as runners-up in 2009, defeating top ranked European champions Spain 2–0 in the semifinal and losing to Brazil in the final, and also finishing in third place twice. The United States has participated twenty times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition. It is the second most successful team in its confederation, winning 10 CONCACAF continental titles. It has participated five times in the Copa América, finishing fourth place twice. Regionally, the team finished as runners-up in the NAFC Championship in 1949, and also finished as runners-up in the North American Nations Cup as hosts in 1991.
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