Where can I find information about the USA Soccer team?
The United States men’s national soccer team represents the United States in international football (soccer) competitions and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. Though soccer has not traditionally had a high profile in American sporting life, the sport has steadily grown in popularity since the 1970s. The team is, according to the FIFA World Rankings, ranked 11th in the world and first in CONCACAF, and has appeared in the last five FIFA World Cups. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
Here’s something from their About page: Measuring the Future: The development of the U.S. Soccer Federation As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States, U.S. Soccer has helped chart the course for the sport in the USA for more than 90 years. In this time, the Federation’s mission statement has been very simple and very clear: to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels. To that end, the sports growth in the past two decades has been nothing short of remarkable. In 1989, the U.S. Men’s National Team hadn’t played in a World Cup in 40 years and the U.S. Women’s program was just four years old. U.S. Soccer was playing games in small stadiums that were rarely filled to capacity. There were few games being televised (and none without commercials during play). There were no soccer-specific stadiums, and there were no high-level professional outdoor leag
