United States Men's National Soccer Team

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The United States men's national association football team represents the United States in international association football competition and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. Though soccer has not traditionally had a high profile in American sporting life, the sport has steadily grown in popularity since the 1970s. The team is, according to the FIFA World Rankings, ranked 16th in the world and first in CONCACAF, has appeared in the last five FIFA World Cups, and will appear in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In 1885, the United States and Canada played the first international match held outside the United Kingdom. Canada defeated the U.S. 1 0 in Newark, New Jersey, The United States had its revenge the following year when it beat Canada 1 0, also in Newark. Thirty years later, the United States played its first official international match under the auspices of U.S. Soccer against Sweden in Stockholm, wherethe USA won 3-2.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786131199868
• ISBN-10: 6131199868
• Artikelnr.: 29971378