United States men's national futsal team

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United States
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Nickname(s)USMNT
Team USA
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Association United States Soccer Federation (USSF)
U.S. Soccer
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coachHewerton Moreira [1]
FIFA code USA
FIFA ranking 50 [2]
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Home colors
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Away colors
First international
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4–1 United States  Flag of the United States.svg
(Budapest, Hungary; November 18, 1986)
Biggest win
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10–0 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
(Baltimore, Maryland; March 20, 2002)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 14–0 United States  Flag of the United States.svg
(Koper, Slovenia; January 27, 2016)
World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1989 )
Best resultSilver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd place (1992)
North and Central American Futsal Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1996 )
Best resultGold medal northamerica.svgChampions (1996, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 1988 )
Best resultFirst round (1988, 1991, 1994, 1997)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances1 (First in 2011 )
Best result16th 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.

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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.

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
YearRoundGPWDLGSGA
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1989 3rd place86112411
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong 1992 2nd place84223423
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1996 1st round3102127
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 2004 2nd round61141420
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2008 1st round4004525
Flag of Thailand (TIS 982 draft standard).svg Thailand 2012 Did not qualify
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2016
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 2021 Group stage3003222
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 2024 Did not qualify
Total6/10321241691108

CONCACAF Futsal Championship

CONCACAF Futsal Championship record [3]
YearRoundGPWD*LGFGA
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 1996 Winners43012112
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 2000 3rd place5401227
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 2004 Winners5320153
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2008 3rd place53111911
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2012 1st round310269
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 2016 Did not qualify
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2021 Runners-up63211510
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 2024 Quarter finals41121716
Total7/832186811568
*Draws include matches decided on penalty kicks

Grand Prix de Futsal

Futsal Mundialito

Pan American Games

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2021

September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg11–0
Source (FIFA)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Brandi Soccerball shade.svg1', 2', 12', 40'
Cuzzolino Soccerball shade.svg4'
Rescia Soccerball shade.svg5'
Basile Soccerball shade.svg7', 16'
Claudino Soccerball shade.svg17', 25'
Borruto Soccerball shade.svg24'
Report (FIFA) Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena
September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F Iran  Flag of Iran.svg4–2
Source (FIFA)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tavakoli Soccerball shade.svg3'
Javid Soccerball shade.svg7'
Esmaeilpour Soccerball shade.svg10'
Ahmadabbasi Soccerball shade.svg39'
Report (FIFA)
  • Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg3', 36'
Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–7
Source (FIFA)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Klaipėda, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report (FIFA)
  • Rakić Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Tomić Soccerball shade.svg8', 17'
  • Petrov Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Milosavljević Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Lazarević Soccerball shade.svg33'
  • Radovanović Soccerball shade.svg38'
Stadium: Švyturys Arena

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were called by coach Hewerton Moreira, to participate in a training camp from Sept. 13-17, 2023 at United Sports in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. [4]

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
GK Diego Moretti (1982-09-08) September 8, 1982 (age 41)
GK Robert Damron (2002-03-25) March 25, 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United States.svg Michigan Futsal Factory
GK Eduardo Macias (1993-03-03) March 3, 1993 (age 31)
GK Boris Pardo (1984-03-22) March 22, 1984 (age 40) Flag of the United States.svg San Diego Sockers
FP Luciano Gonzalez (1994-11-04) November 4, 1994 (age 29) Flag of Italy.svg Buldog Lucrezia
FP Marcio Leite
FP Nathan Bourdeau (1990-08-10) August 10, 1990 (age 33) Flag of the United States.svg Utica City FC
FP Diego Burato (1988-09-10) September 10, 1988 (age 35)
FP Nilton de Andrade (1998-03-10) March 10, 1998 (age 26)
FP Nicolas Lopez Flag of Italy.svg Spes Poggio Fidoni
FP Sebastian Mendez
FP David Ortiz (2000-09-20) September 20, 2000 (age 23) Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Sidekicks
FP Jared Rand (2000-07-20) July 20, 2000 (age 23)
FP Alencar Ventura-Junior (1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 (age 31) Flag of the United States.svg Safira Futsal
FP Manuel Andrade
FP Raphael Araujo (1985-09-18) September 18, 1985 (age 38) Flag of the United States.svg NY Ecuador Futsal
FP Luiz Morales
FP Zach Reget (1995-05-07) May 7, 1995 (age 28) Flag of the United States.svg Florida Tropics SC

All-time record

Until to 05/05/2016.

YearPldWDLGSGADifPts
198600000000
198700000000
198800000000
198900000000
199000000000
199100000000
199200000000
199300000000
199400000000
199500000000
199600000000
1997Did not play
1998Did not play
199900000000
200000000000
200100000000
200200000000
200300000000
200400000000
200500000000
200600000000
200700000000
200800000000
200900000000
201000000000
201100000000
201200000000
201300000000
201400000000
201500000000
2016Did not play
201700000000
201800000000
201900000000
202000000000
202100000000
Total138522066413481-680

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Results

NumberYearOpponentResult
11986Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–4 L
21986Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4–5 L
1592021Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2–3 L

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References

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