On this day in 1994, US advance despite finishing third

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 0-1 🇷🇴 Romania

‪📍 ‬Pasadena

‪👔 ‬Milutinović

‪📋 ‬World Cup GS

A loss in the final Group A still sees the US through with four third-place teams moving on to the round of 16.

17'
Dan Petrescu beat Tony Meola at his near post.

Scorer: Dan Petrescu 17′

USA: Tony Meola, Thomas Dooley, John Harkes, Ernie Stewart, Tab Ramos (Cobi Jones 64′), Eric Wynalda, Mike Sorber (Roy Wegerle 75′), Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Fernando Clavijo, Alexi Lalas

ROU: Florin Prunea, Dan Petrescu, Daniel Prodan, Miodrag Belodedici (Gheorghe Mihali 88′), Tibor Selymes, Dorinel Munteanu, Gica Popescu, Gheorghe Hagi, Ioan Lupescu, Ilie Dumitrescu, Florin Raducioiu (Constantin Galca 83′)

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Cards: John Harkes [Y 41′], Fernando Clavijo [Y 48′] — Florin Raducioiu [Y 62′], Dan Petrescu [Y 73′]

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On this day in 2010, Ghana ends the World Cup run

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-2 🇬🇭 Ghana

‪📍 ‬Rustenburg

‪👔 ‬Bradley

‪📋 ‬World Cup R16

After all the heroics to finish the group, the US trailed early in the match and early in extra time in this knockout-round loss.

62'
Landon Donovan converts the penalty to equalize.

93'
Asamoah Gyan continued his great tournament with this goal.

Scorers: Landon Donovan (PK) 62′ — Kevin Prince Boateng (unassisted) 5′, Asamoah Gyan (Andre Ayew) 93′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 15-Jay DeMerit, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 12-Jonathan Bornstein; 10-Landon Donovan, 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Ricardo Clark (19-Maurice Edu, 31′), 8-Clint Dempsey; 20-Robbie Findley (22-Benny Feilhaber, 46′), 17-Jozy Altidore (9-Herculez Gomez, 91′)

Subs not used: 18-Brad Guzan, 23-Marcus Hahnemann; 2-Jonathan Spector, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 11-Stuart Holden, 14-Edson Buddle, 16-José Torres, 21-Clarence Goodson

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

GHA: 22-Richard Kingson; 2-Hans Sarpei (19-Lee Addy, 73′), 4-John Pantsil, 5-John Mensah (Capt.), 7-Samuel Inkoom (11-Sulley Muntari, 113′), 8-Jonathan Mensah; 6-Anthony Annan, 13-Andre Ayew, 21-Kwando Asamoah, 23-Kevin Prince Boateng (10-Stephen Appiah, 78′); 3-Asamoah Gyan

Subs not used: 1-Daniel Agyei, 16-Stephen Ahorlu; 9-Derek Boateng, 12-Prince Tago, 14-Matthew Amoah, 17-Ibrahim Ayew, 18-Dominic Adiyiah, 20-Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

Subs not available: 15-Isaac Vorsah

Head Coach: Milovan Rajevac

Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)

Cards: Ricardo Clark [Y 7′], Steve Cherundolo [Y 18′], Carlos Bocanegra [Y 68′] — Jonathan Mensah [Y 61′], Andre Ayew [Y 90+2]

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On this day in 2014, US escapes the Group of Death

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT 0-1 ‬🇩🇪 Germany

‪📍 Recife

‪👔 ‬Klinsmann

‪📋 World Cup GS

Thanks to goal difference, the US just needed to avoid embarrassment in this final Group G match.

55'
Thomas Muller scored the lone goal on this first-time finish.

Scorer: Thomas Muller (unassisted) 55′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 23-Fabian Johnson, 3-Omar Gonzalez, 5-Matt Besler, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 15-Kyle Beckerman, 13-Jermaine Jones; 14-Brad Davis (11-Alejandro Bedoya, 59′), 4- Michael Bradley, 19- Graham Zusi (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 84′) 8-Clint Dempsey (Capt.)

Subs not used: 6-John Brooks, 10-Mix Diskerud, 12-Brad Guzan, 16-Julian Green, 18-Chris Wondolowski, 20-Geoff Cameron, 21-Timmy Chandler, 22-Nick Rimando, 23-Aron Johannsson

Not available: 17-Jozy Altidore (injury)

Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

GER: 1-Manuel Neuer; 4-Benedikt Howedes, 5-Mats Hummels, 17-Per Mertesacker, 20-Jerome Boateng; 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger (19-Mario Gotze, 76′), 16-Phillip Lahm, 18-Toni Kroos; 8-Mesut Ozil (9-Andre Schurrle, 89′), 10-Lukas Podolski (11-Miroslav Klose, 46′), 13-Thomas Muller

Subs not used: 2-Kevin Grosskreutz, 3-Matthias Ginter, 6-Sami Khedira, 12-Ron-Robert Zieler, 14-Julian Draxler, 15-Erik Durm, 21-Shkodran Mustafi, 22-Roman Weidenfeller, 23-Christoph Kramer

Head Coach: Joachim Low

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)

Cards: Omar Gonzalez [Y 37′], Kyle Beckerman [Y 62′] — Benedikt Howedes [Y 11′]

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On this day in 2019, US tops Group D

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-0 🇵🇦 Panama

‪📍 ‬Kansas City

‪👔 ‬Berhalter

‪📋 ‬Gold Cup GS

With advancement to the quarterfinals secure, the squad was rotated and Jozy Altidore nabbed the winner in style.

66'
With the corner not cleared, Altidore goes with the overhead kick to knock in this goal.

Scorer: Jozy Altidore 66′

USA: 12-Sean Johnson; 14-Reggie Cannon, 19-Matt Miazga, 3-Omar Gonzalez (Capt.), 16-Daniel Lovitz; 15-Cristian Roldan, 6-Wil Trapp, 20-Djordje Mihailovic; 11-Jordan Morris (21-Tyler Boyd, 70′), 17-Jozy Altidore (9-Gyasi Zardes, 83′), 18-Jonathan Lewis (10-Christian Pulisic, 65′)

Subs not used: 1-Zack Steffen, 22-Tyler Miller, 2-Nick Lima, 4-Michael Bradley, 5-Walker Zimmerman, 7-Paul Arriola, 8-Weston McKennie, 13-Tim Ream, 23-Aaron Long

Head coach: Gregg Berhalter

PAN: 12-Jose Calderon; 2-Francisco Palacios, 13-Adolfo Machado (Capt.), 3-Harold Cummings, 6-Kevin Galvan (23-Michael Murillo, 76′); 21-Omar Browne, 4-Fidel Escobar, 8-Marcos Sanchez, 7-Jose Luis Rodriguez; 17-Jose Fajardo (18-Abdiel Arroyo, 46′), 9-Gabriel Torres (10-Edgar Barcenas, 68′)

Subs not used: 1-Luis Mejia, 22-Orlando Mosquera, 5-Roman Torres, 11-Armando Cooper, 14-Valentín Pimental, 15-Eric Davis, 16-Rolando Blackburn, 19-Alberto Quintero, 20-Ernesto Walker

Head coach: Julio Dely Valdes

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-jassim (QAT)

Cards: Kevin Galvan [Y 74′]

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