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2002

Honors
champion —
mvp —
golden boot Brian McBride

The United States opened the 2002 World Cup by beating Portugal 3–2, then beat Mexico 2–0 in the round of sixteen and lost 1–0 to Germany in the quarterfinal. It was the team's best finish since 1930.

5 games 2.80 goals / game 39,656 avg. attendance

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Brian McBride 2
  2. Landon Donovan 2
  3. Ahn Jung-Hwan 1
  4. Beto 1
  5. Clint Mathis 1
  6. Emmanuel Olisadebe 1
  7. John O'Brien 1
  8. Marcin Zewlakow 1
  9. Michael Ballack 1
  10. Pawel Kryszalowicz 1

Assists

  1. Christian Ziege 1
  2. Clint Mathis 1
  3. Eul Yong Lee 1
  4. Jacek Kryznowek 1
  5. John O'Brien 1

Appearances

  1. Brad Friedel 5
  2. Brian McBride 5
  3. Eddie Pope 5
  4. John O'Brien 5
  5. Landon Donovan 5
  6. Tony Sanneh 5
  7. Claudio Reyna 4
  8. Cobi Jones 4
  9. Earnie Stewart 4
  10. Frankie Hejduk 4

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
June 21, 2002 2002 Germany 1 - 0 United States Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Hugh Dallas 37337 1
June 17, 2002 2002 Mexico 0 - 2 United States Jeonju World Cup Stadium 36380 1
June 14, 2002 2002 Poland 3 - 1 United States Daejeon World Cup Stadium Lu Jun 26482 1
June 10, 2002 2002 South Korea 1 - 1 United States Daegu World Cup Stadium Urs Meier 60778 1
June 5, 2002 2002 Portugal 2 - 3 United States Suwon World Cup Stadium Bryon Moreno 37306 1

Where the minutes came from

United States: 4,569 minutes, 46.2%United States: 4,569 minutes, 46.2%Switzerland: 296 minutes, 3.0%Mexico: 320 minutes, 3.2%South Korea: 34 minutes, 0.3%South Korea: 34 minutes, 0.3%South Korea: 34 minutes, 0.3%Portugal: 90 minutes, 0.9%Portugal: 90 minutes, 0.9%Portugal: 90 minutes, 0.9%Poland: 88 minutes, 0.9%Netherlands: 155 minutes, 1.6%West Germany: 90 minutes, 0.9%Colombia: 10 minutes, 0.1%Brazil: 90 minutes, 0.9%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Minutes by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
minutes by country of origin
countryminutesshare
United States 4,569 46.2%
not recorded 3,738 37.8%
Mexico 320 3.2%
Switzerland 296 3.0%
East Germany 240 2.4%
Germany 180 1.8%
Netherlands 155 1.6%
Brazil 90 0.9%
Portugal 90 0.9%
West Germany 90 0.9%
Poland 88 0.9%
South Korea 34 0.3%
Colombia 10 0.1%

No birthplace is on record for 3,692 of these minutes, so they go by the player's recorded nationality instead.

Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.