Nickname(s) | USMNT Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Yanks |
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Association | U.S. Soccer |
Confederation | CONCACAF |
Head coach | Keith Tozer |
Asst coach | Mark Litton Vilmar Marques |
FIFA code | USA |
FIFA ranking | 46 |
First international | |
Netherlands 4–1 United States (Budapest, Hungary; 18 November 1986) |
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Biggest win | |
United States 10–0 Canada (Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 20 March 2002) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Slovenia 14–0 United States (Koper, Slovenia; 27 January 2016) |
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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 the 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.
The following is the squad that participated in the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in Guatemala from July 2 to 8, 2012.