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See a history of the United States men's team in the World Cup

The Stars and Stripes has a checkered history at the men’s World Cup, one that dates to 1930 and includes a lengthy hiatus before a run of recent success. The team has never won the World Cup or reached the final,

Biggest Upsets In World Cup Knockout-Stage History: Where Paraguay-Germany Ranks

Here's where Paraguay's upset of Germany ranks among the five biggest World Cup upsets ever in the knockout stage.

US-Belgium at World Cup is most-watched soccer telecast in US history at 30M viewers, Fox says

The U.S. game against Belgium in the round of 16 at the World Cup set another record as the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history, Fox said after preliminary ratings came out Tuesday