Nickname(s) | USMNT Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Yanks | ||
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Association | United States Soccer Federation (USSF) U.S. Soccer | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
Head coach | Hewerton Moreira[1] | ||
FIFA code | USA | ||
FIFA ranking | 50[2] | ||
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First international | |||
Netherlands 4–1 United States (Budapest, Hungary; November 18, 1986) | |||
Biggest win | |||
United States 10–0 Canada (Baltimore, Maryland; March 20, 2002) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Slovenia 14–0 United States (Koper, Slovenia; January 27, 2016) | |||
FIFA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 6 (First in 1989) | ||
Best result | 2nd place (1992) | ||
North and Central American Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1996) | ||
Best result | Champions (1996, 2004) | ||
AMF 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 represents the United States at international futsal competitions. It is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and the U.S. Soccer, 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 age of futsal was in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the team achieved 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. They have also won CONCACAF Futsal Championships twice.