Highest Finish:Semi-finalists (1930)
Star Players:Clint Dempsey, Tim Howard, Jozy Altidore
Titles:None
FIFA Ranking Position:13
Coach:Juergen Klinsman (since July 2011)
Population: 315,000,000
Area: 9,372,600 sq km
Capital: Washington D.C.
Currency: US dollar
Federation: United States Soccer Federation founded in 1913, affiliated to FIFA in 1913.
Registered players: 4,187,000
Kit colours: White shirts, dark blue shorts, white socks all with red and blue trim
Team nickname: The Yanks
World Cup honours: semi-finalists (1930), quarter-finalists (2002), second round (1994), first round (1934, 1950, 1990, 1998, 2006)
Gold Cup: winner (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007), finalist (1989, 1993, 1998, 2009), 3rd place (1996, 2003)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Defeated Barbados 9-0 on aggregate in Round two of CONCACAF zone. Then finished top of Group 1 in Round 3 with 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 1 defeat, 14 goals for, 3 against) ahead of Trinidad and Tobago (11 pts), Guatemala (5) and Cuba (3). Finally they finished top of their group in Round 4 with 20 pts (6 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats, 19 goals for, 13 against) ahead of Mexico (19 pts), Honduras (16), Costa Rica (16), El Salvador (8) and Trinidad and Tobago (6)
Top clubs: Columbus Crew, DC United, Houston Dynamo, Los Angelas Galaxy
Population: 315,000,000
Area: 9,372,600 sq km
Capital: Washington D.C.
Currency: US dollar
Federation: United States Soccer Federation founded in 1913, affiliated to FIFA in 1913.
Registered players: 4,187,000
Kit colours: White shirts, dark blue shorts, white socks all with red and blue trim
Team nickname: The Yanks
World Cup honours: semi-finalists (1930), quarter-finalists (2002), second round (1994), first round (1934, 1950, 1990, 1998, 2006)
Gold Cup: winner (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007), finalist (1989, 1993, 1998, 2009), 3rd place (1996, 2003)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Defeated Barbados 9-0 on aggregate in Round two of CONCACAF zone. Then finished top of Group 1 in Round 3 with 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 1 defeat, 14 goals for, 3 against) ahead of Trinidad and Tobago (11 pts), Guatemala (5) and Cuba (3). Finally they finished top of their group in Round 4 with 20 pts (6 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats, 19 goals for, 13 against) ahead of Mexico (19 pts), Honduras (16), Costa Rica (16), El Salvador (8) and Trinidad and Tobago (6)
Top clubs: Columbus Crew, DC United, Houston Dynamo, Los Angelas Galaxy