United States in the World Cup Finals

United States qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on September 3rd, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is America's 8th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
United States reached the semi-finals in Uruguay 1930.

United States World Cup Preparations

United States will use Hamburg as their 2006 World Cup Finals base. The north German city has had long ties with America.

The first American Consulate in Hamburg was opened in 1790, during the time that Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, served as the nation’s first Secretary of State. Hamburg was also the port of embarkation for millions of people from West and East Europe seeking a new life in the New World.

USA Team Hotel
Park Hyatt Hamburg:
Bugenhagenstrasse 2, Hamburg.
What better chopice of hotel than the Hamburg Hyatt for the Americans. Located on the main shopping street, close to Hamburg station, the hotel is so discreet you could almost miss it if you're out window-shopping. You need to go up in a lift to the reception area and then the elegance hits you.

Hotels in Hamburg:
USA don't actually play in Hamburg but it's a very nice city to stay in all the same. Even in the knockout stages, to play the quarter-final game in Hamburg, Team USA would need to win their group and the 2nd Round match.

USA Friendly Matches
Beat Poland (1-0), Wednesday 1st March. (Kaiserslautern)
Clint Dempsey, the scorer.

Lost to Germany (1-4), Wednesday 22nd March. (Dortmund)
Steve Cherundolo scored the consolation goal, four minutes from time.

Drew with Jamaica (1-1), Tuesday 11th April. (Cary)
Ben Olsen drew level before the break.

Morocco, Tuesday 23rd May. (Nashville)

Venezuela, Friday 26th May. (Cleveland)

Latvia, Sunday 28th May. (Hartford)

Angola, Monday 5th June. (Hamburg)

United States in the 2006 World Cup
Group E
Monday, 12th June
USA vs Czech Republic
Gelsenkirchen -- (18:00)

Saturday, 17th June
Italy vs USA
Kaiserslautern -- (21:00)

Thursday, 22nd June
Ghana vs USA
Nürnberg -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group E winner travels to Kaiserslautern and the runner-up goes to Dortmund.

United States World Cup Squad 2006
The Boys

Goalkeepers:
1 Tim Howard (Manchester United, England)
18 Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany)
19 Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England)

Defenders:
2 Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy)
3 Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, England)
4 Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
6 Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, Germany)
12 Cory Gibbs (ADO Den Haag, Holland)
13 Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards)
22 Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege, Belgium)
23 Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)

Midfielders:
5 John O'Brien (Chivas USA)
7 Eddie Lewis (Leeds United, England)
8 Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution)
10 Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, England)
14 Ben Olsen (DC United)
15 Bobby Convey (Reading, England)
17 DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven, Holland)
21 Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Forwards:
9 Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards)
11 Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
16 Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)
20 Brian McBride (Fulham, England)

Trainer:
Bruce Arena.

Players to watch:
21 Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)
20 Brian McBride (Fulham, England)

Destination USA

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