USA

For many, a FIFA tournament™ starts when the opening game is kicked-off. But for Panini-lovers, it all starts months earlier. Their eyes light up when seeing a shiny foil badge in a newly opened packet of stickers. For generations, football-lovers have been collecting the...

1930 was a historic year in football with the introduction of the FIFA World Cup™, the competition which would officially decide the best footballing nation on earth. The first tournament was hosted in Uruguay with thirteen nations and has grown ever since in size...

American soccer was enjoying a very high profile in 1976 thanks to the success of the North American Soccer League, but that success had not extended as far as the US national team. Former 1960s international Walt Chyzowych had the role of Director of...

The hosting by Los Angeles of the 1984 Summer Olympics was a great opportunity for the United States team to enjoy home advantage and capture the imagination of a curious domestic audience in the soccer event. Unfortunately, the adventure ended prematurely in the group...

With Scottish coach David Gould in charge of what would be his only two games as the United States team manager, the national team traveled to Italy in 1934 to participate in their second World Cup competition. The star of the brief American campaign...