United States men's national soccer team

The United States national football team is the team that represents the country of the United States in international competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer.

The team has appeared at four FIFA World Cups with their first appearance being at the 1926 FIFA World Cup. Their best would come twelve years later at the 1938 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place as they defeated in the third-place playoff.

Early history
The formation of the United States team was way back in 1885 where they took on their rivals in in an unofficial match. Matches between the two nations followed up until 1916 where they played their first official match against at Stockholm in 1916 with the national team losing 3-1. It wouldn't though be until 1925 where the United States would compete in their first international competition, the qualifiers for the 1926 FIFA World Cup which was held in Spain. Competing in Group 7 with Canada and, the Americans scored seven goals in the two games at Toronto with being the leading goal-scorer of the campaign with three goals.

Though in the World Cup, the national team came in last place in a group which featured, and. This was mainly due to Dutch player hat-trick as his team smashed the United States 7-0 in what at the time was the biggest defeat. They though would win their final game against Hungary by a single goal from.

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