FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Third place[note 1] | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Squad | Qualified as invitees | ||||||
1934 | Round of 16 | 16th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Squad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
1938 | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
1950 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Squad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
1954 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
1958 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 | ||||||||||
1962 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
1966 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
1970 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||
1974 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
1978 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
1982 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
1986 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||
1990 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | Squad | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
1994 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
1998 | Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Squad | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 14 | |
2002 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 11 | |
2006 | Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 11 | |
2010 | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 16 | |
2014 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | ||
2018 | Did not qualify | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 16 | |||||||||
2022 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | |
2026 | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | ||||||||||||||
2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
2034 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Semi-finals | 12/23 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 66 | — | 168 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 287 | 191 |
- Notes
- ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay 1930". FIFA.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018. The United States earned 3rd place over the loser of the other semifinal, Yugoslavia, because of a better goal differential (+1 to Yugoslavia's 0). No third place match was played.