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1869 Friendly match between Rutgers University and Princeton University...

1900- Soccer is not one of tm net 1515 most favorite sports in America.

1913 The soccer Association was founded.

1923 The American Soccer League was created.

1924 The American soccer team went to Paris to participate in Boost Dsl Speed Olympic Games. In France, they upset Estonia 1-0.In the following match, the United States was eliminated by Uruguay.

1928 At the Summer Olympic Games in Holland, the American players were beaten by Argentina.

1930 The national team from the United States participated in the First World Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay. They were the first and only American team to qualify for the semi-finals in the World Championships (from Uruguay 1930 to Germany 2006). In the first round, they upset Paraguay, which was runner-up at the 1929 South American Tournament, and Belgium, Olympic gold medalist in 1920. In the semi-finals, America lost to Argentina, South American champion, 6-1.

1934 The United States sent a national team at the Rome World Cup but did not win any match. Unfortunately they were not favorites for the universal trophy. In the preliminary round, Italy, which after was global and Olympic champion, Networking Broadband America 7-1. This American team was one of the four non-European teams to participate in the international tournament in Italy-the others were Argentina, Egypt and Brazil.

1936 The Olympic Football Tournament in Germany. The U.S. team could not advance to the second round...

1937 The Pan American Football Tournament was held in Dallas, Texas.

1948 The XIV Olympiad in Britain. The Americans were outclassed by Italy in the first round.

1950 The 4th World Cup in South America. Surprisingly the U.S. men's soccer team, led by Joseph Edward Gaetjens, beat England, birthplace of soccer, 1-0 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Joseph, who scored the famous goal that defeated Great Britain, was one of the most outstanding American players. He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

1952 The Helsinki Summer Olympics. For the fourth time, between 1934 and 1952, Italy defeated the United States (8-0).

1956 In the last four decades, the national team participated in six Olympics- Paris '24, Amsterdam '28, Berlin '36, London '48, Helsinki '52 and Melbourne '56.

1960 For the first time since 1924, America did not participate in the Olympics.

1972 The Olympiad in West Germany. The Americans placed 10th in the Men's Soccer Tournament...

1974-1977 World-class athlete Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also broadband phone packages as Pel, played for Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.

1976 New Haven (Connecticut) hosted the Bicentennial Cup. Brazil won the tournament.

1979 San Juan de Puerto Rico hosted the VIII Pan American Soccer Championship... Dutch soccer star cellular internet Cruyff played in the North American Soccer League (NASL). He was elected the Most Valuable Player in the NASL. Rinus Michels (coach) said, "From the American spectators' viewpoint, I think that Cruyff has more to bring to the game than Pel. You must remember that Pel came to the United States late in his career. He was great but not as great as he had been. But Johan is still at the top of his game; he Broadband Connection still demonstrate the skills that have made him the world`s greatest player..."

1980 Like Argentina, Malaysia, Norway, Iran, Ghana and Egypt, the United States did not participate in the Olympic Football Tournament in Moscow (USSR).

1981 Cosmos toured in Uruguay.

1984 Los Angeles hosted the XIX Olympic Soccer Tournament. The winner was France. East Germany, Czechoslovakia (1980 Olympic champion) and the URSS did not participate in the tournament...

1988 The United States was named host country for the 1994 FIFA World Cup...During the XXIV Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, the American squad placed 15th...

1989 At the FIFA World Youth Championships in Saudi Arabia, the North American country placed fourth-behind Portugal, Nigeria and Brazil...

1990 After 56 years America participate in the Global Tournament in Europe.

1991 The American team qualified for the FIFA Under-17 World Championships in Italy...Under the direction of Bora Milutinovic, the national squad won the Concacaf Gold Cup. The best players were Tony Meola and Marcelo Balboa.

1992 Barcelona, Spain. The North American country finished 9th in the Olympics-behind Spain, Poland, Ghana, Australia, Italy, Qatar, Sweden and Paraguay.

1993 The national squad participated in the South American Cup in Quito, Ecuador.

1994 The United States hosted the World Cup. In a memorable match, the local team defeated Colombia, one of the favorites to win the World trophy, 2-1. In the tournament, they finished 14th...

1995 For the second time, America sent a national squad to the South American in Montevideo, Uruguay. During the tournament, the national team upset Argentina (3-0) and Mexico (4-1).

1995-1998 Steve Sampson was named head cheapest broadband provider of the United States men's national team. He once said, "Getting to the World cup finals means we can continue trying to bring in those American sports fans who are sitting on the fence-and turn soccer into a major sport in the States".

1996 The Olympic Football Championships were held in Washington (DC), Birmingham (Alabama), Athens (Georgia), Orlando and Miami (Florida). The winner was Nigeria.

1997 At the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the U.S. team qualified for the third round.

1998 Under the project "The United States Soccer House", the American squad might win the FIFA World Cup in the 21st century...The Americans competed in the Global Championships in Paris. In the tournament, they were beaten by three countries- Germany (0-2), Iran (1-2) and Yugoslavia (0-1). They did not reach the second round. The best players were Kasey Keller (goalkeeper/Leicester City Club,England), Tab Ramos (midfield / New York MetroStars), Alexi Lalas (defender/ New England Revolution), John Harkes (midfield/ DC United), Eric Wynalda (forward/San Jose Clash).

2002 The XVII World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In the tournament, the U.S. team was one of the best squads of the Americas. Surprisingly the United States qualified for the third round. During this tournament, they defeated Portugal, semi-finalist at the 2000 European Cup, 3-2.

2006 For the fifth time in a row, the national squad participated in the World Championships.

2008 The United States placed 9th at the Olympic Games in Beijing (China).

2009 The national team is one of the favorites to earn the Concacaf World Cup Qualification.

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The Dictator and Alicia Alonso". He is an expert on foreign affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Jos Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: "The person who I admire the most is Jos Gamarra . He devoted his professional and Westell Model 6100 Dsl Modem life to sport. Jos played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting". The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. "This African-American sportswoman is my idol... "

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