United States national futsal team

United States
Nickname(s) USMNT
Team USA
The Stars and Stripes
The Yanks
Association U.S. Soccer
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coach Keith Tozer
Asst coach Mark Litton
Vilmar Marques
FIFA code USA
FIFA ranking 46 [1]
Home colours
First international
 Netherlands 4–1 United States 
(Budapest, Hungary; 18 November 1986)
Biggest win
 United States 10–0 Canada 
(Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 20 March 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Slovenia 14–0 United States 
(Koper, Slovenia; 27 January 2016)
World Cup
Appearances 5 (First in 1989)
Best result 2nd place, (1992)
North and Central American Futsal Championship
Appearances 5 (First in 1996)
Best result Champions, (1996, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1988)
Best result First Round, (1988, 1991, 1994, 1997)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances 1 (First in 2011)
Best result 16th place, (2011)

The United States national futsal team is the futsal team that represents that United States at international competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and affiliated with CONCACAF. The U.S. Futsal Federation was founded in 1981 and the first international futsal match played by the U.S. National Futsal Team was in May 1984 in Nanaimo, Canada where the United States won 6-5. The first international futsal match in the United States was held in December, 1985, at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. The U.S. select team, defeated Australia, 9-5.

The U.S. golden period is in last 80s and early 90s when the team archived third-place at 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship and runner-up at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship.After that, U.S. futsal has dropped down.Recently the team failed to qualify nearest 2 FIFA Futsal World Cup edition. They have also qualified for 5 CONCACAF Futsal Championships, winning twice, coming in third twice and once failing to advance past the group stage.In the nearest tournament in 2016, they did not advance past the qualification

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Netherlands Netherlands 19893rd place86112411
Hong Kong Hong Kong 19922nd place84223423
Spain Spain 19961st round3102127
Guatemala Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 20042nd round61141420
Brazil Brazil 20081st round4004525
Thailand Thailand 2012 Did not qualify
Colombia Colombia 2016
Total5/829124138986

CONCACAF Futsal Championship

CONCACAF Futsal Championship record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Guatemala Guatemala 1996Winners43012112
Costa Rica Costa Rica 20003rd place54012210
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2004Winners5320153
Guatemala Guatemala 20083rd place53111911
Guatemala Guatemala 20121st round310269
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2016Did not qualify
Total5/62315358342

Grand Prix de Futsal

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal at the Pan American Games

Current squad

The following is the squad that participated in the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in Guatemala from July 2 to 8, 2012.[2]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Boris Pardo (1984-03-22) March 22, 1984 Missouri Comets
2 FP Kraig Chiles (1984-05-14) May 14, 1984 San Diego Sockers
3 FP Kevin Ten Eyck (1987-02-08) February 8, 1987 Wichita B-52s
4 FP Bryan Pérez (1988-11-01) November 1, 1988 Wichita Wings
5 FP Philip Suprise (1990-12-31) December 31, 1990 Milwaukee Wave
6 FP Nelson Santana (1978-12-28) December 28, 1978 Syracuse Silver Knights
7 FP Ptah Myers (1982-05-25) May 25, 1982 Baltimore Blast
8 FP Bato Radoncic (1980-08-28) August 28, 1980 Missouri Comets
9 FP Pat Healey (1985-12-20) December 20, 1985 Baltimore Blast
10 FP Angel Rivillo (1978-07-25) July 25, 1978 Wichita Wings
11 FP Matthew Stewart (Captain) (1976-09-17) September 17, 1976 Milwaukee Wave
12 GK Danny Waltman (1981-09-19) September 19, 1981 Missouri Comets
13 FP Machel Millwood (1979-06-28) June 28, 1979 Baltimore Blast
14 FP Lucas Stauffer (1995-04-24) April 24, 1995 Unattached

References

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