UNITED STATES
The Team
 
NAME
POSITION
AGE
 CLUB
       
Kasey Keller
GK
27
 Leicester City
Brad Friedel
GK
26
 Colombus Crew
 
 
 
  
Mike Burns
D
27
 New England Revolution
Paul Caligiuri
D
33
 Los Angeles Galaxy
Robin Fraser
D
30
 Los Angeles Galaxy
Alexi Lalas
D
27
 New England Revolution
Eddie Pope
D
23
 D.C. United
Jeff Agoos
D/M
29
 D.C. United
Marcelo Balboa
D/M
30
 Colorado Rapids
Thomas Dooley
D/M
36
 Colombus Crew
Frankie Hejduk
D/M
23
 Tampa Bay Mutiny
 
 
 
  
John Harkes
M
30
 D.C. United
Tab Ramos
M
31
 New York / NJ MetroStars
Mike Sorber
M
26
 New York / NJ MetroStars
Claudio Reyna
M
24
 VfL Wolfsburg
Cobi Jones
M/F
27
 Los Angeles Galaxy
Ernie Stewart
M/F
28
 NAC Breda
 
 
 
  
Chris Henderson
F
26
 Colorado Rapids
Kirovski Jovan
F
21
 Borussia Dortmund
Roy Lassiter
F
28
 Tampa Bay Mutiny
Brian Mc Bride
F
25
 Colombus Crew
Joe-Max Moore
F
26
 New York / NJ MetroStars
Preki Radosavljevic
F
34
 Kansas City Wizards
David Wagner
F
26
 F.C. Guetersloh
Roy Wegerle
F
33
 D.C. United
Eric Wynalda
F
28
 San Jose Clash
 
 
The Coach
 
STEVE SAMPSON has proved a worthy successor to Bora Milutinovic as the United States soccer coach as he his led country to the 1998 finals in confident style.  He was an assistant to Milutinovic who guidedthe Americans into the second round of the 1994 World Cup, where they lost 1-0 to eventual champions Brazil.  Sampson took over in 1995when Milutinovic quit to take over as Mexico's coach before becoming coach of Nigeria.  Sampson, 40 a college player who became a successful college coach, hit the ground running as he led the United States to a surprise semifinal berth in the 1995 Copa American with victories over Chile, Argentina and Mexico.
 
 
How They Qualified
 
Concacaf Final Round
 
Jamaica  - United States
0 - 0
United States - Canada
3 - 0
Costa Rica - United States
3 - 2
United States - Mexico
2 - 2
El Salvador - United States
1 - 1
United States - Costa Rica
1 - 0
United States -Jamaica
1 - 1
Mexico - United States
0 - 0
Canada - United States
0 - 3
United States - El Salvador
4 - 2
 
Final Table
 
 
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Mexico
10
4
6
0
23
7
18
United States
10
4
5
1
17
9
17
Jamaica
10
3
5
2
7
12
14
Costa Rica
10
3
3
4
13
12
12
El Salvador 
10
2
4
4
11
16
10
Canada
10
1
3
6
5
20
6
 
 
 World Cup Record
 
1930
Third Place
1934
1st Round
1950
1st Round
1990
1st Round
1994
2nd Round