United States men's national futsal team

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United States
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)USMNT
Team USA
The Stars and Stripes
The Yanks
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation (USSF)
U.S. Soccer
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachHewerton Moreira[1]
FIFA codeUSA
FIFA ranking48[2]
Home colors
Away colors
First international
 Netherlands 4–1 United States 
(Budapest, Hungary; November 18, 1986)
Biggest win
 United States 10–0 Canada 
(Baltimore, Maryland; March 20, 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Slovenia 14–0 United States 
(Koper, Slovenia; January 27, 2016)
World Cup
Appearances5 (First in 1989)
Best resultSilver 2nd place (1992)
North and Central American Futsal Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1996)
Best resultGold Champions (1996, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 1988)
Best resultFirst round (1988, 1991, 1994, 1997)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances1 (First in 2011)
Best result16th place (2011)

The United States national futsal team represents the United States at international futsal competitions. It is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and the U.S. Soccer, affiliated with CONCACAF. The U.S. Futsal Federation was founded in 1981 and the first international futsal match played by the U.S. National Futsal Team was in May 1984 in Nanaimo, Canada where the United States won, 6–5. The first international futsal match in the United States was held in December, 1985, at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. The U.S. select team, defeated Australia, 9–5.

The U.S. golden age of futsal was in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the team achieved third-place at 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship and runner-up at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship. After that, U.S. futsal has dropped down. They have also won CONCACAF Futsal Championships twice.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[edit]

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Netherlands Netherlands 1989 3rd place 8 6 1 1 24 11
Hong Kong Hong Kong 1992 2nd place 8 4 2 2 34 23
Spain Spain 1996 1st round 3 1 0 2 12 7
Guatemala Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify
Taiwan Taiwan 2004 2nd round 6 1 1 4 14 20
Brazil Brazil 2008 1st round 4 0 0 4 5 25
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify
Colombia Colombia 2016
Lithuania Lithuania 2021 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 22
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2024 To be determined
Total 6/10 32 12 4 16 91 108

CONCACAF Futsal Championship[edit]

CONCACAF Futsal Championship record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Guatemala Guatemala 1996 Winners 4 3 0 1 21 12
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2000 3rd place 5 4 0 1 22 10
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2004 Winners 5 3 2 0 15 3
Guatemala Guatemala 2008 3rd place 5 3 1 1 19 11
Guatemala Guatemala 2012 1st round 3 1 0 2 6 9
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2016 Did not qualify
Guatemala Guatemala 2021 Runners-up 6 3 2 1 15 10
Nicaragua Nicaragua 2024 To be determined
Total 6/7 28 17 5 6 98 55
*Draws include matches decided on penalty kicks

Grand Prix de Futsal[edit]

  • 2005Did not enter
  • 2006Did not enter
  • 2007Did not enter
  • 2008Did not enter
  • 2009Did not enter
  • 2010Did not enter
  • 2011 – 16th place
  • 2013Did not enter
  • 2014Did not enter
  • 2015Did not enter

Futsal Mundialito[edit]

  • 1994Did not enter
  • 1995 – 4th place
  • 1996 – 4th place
  • 19983rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place
  • 2001Did not enter
  • 2002Did not enter
  • 2006Did not enter
  • 2007Did not enter
  • 2008Did not enter

Pan American Games[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[edit]

September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F Argentina  11–0
Source (FIFA)
 United States Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Brandi 1', 2', 12', 40'
Cuzzolino 4'
Rescia 5'
Basile 7', 16'
Claudino 17', 25'
Borruto 24'
Report (FIFA) Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena
September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F Iran  4–2
Source (FIFA)
 United States Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tavakoli 3'
Javid 7'
Esmaeilpour 10'
Ahmadabbasi 39'
Report (FIFA)
  • Gonzalez 3', 36'
Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group F United States  0–7
Source (FIFA)
 Serbia Klaipėda, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report (FIFA)
  • Rakić 6'
  • Tomić 8', 17'
  • Petrov 20'
  • Milosavljević 32'
  • Lazarević 33'
  • Radovanović 38'
Stadium: Švyturys Arena

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following 18 players were called by coach Hewerton Moreira, to participate in a training camp from Sept. 13-17, 2023 at United Sports in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Diego Moretti (1982-09-08) September 8, 1982 (age 41)


GK Robert Damron (2002-03-25) March 25, 2002 (age 22) United States Michigan Futsal Factory


GK Eduardo Macias (1993-03-03) March 3, 1993 (age 31)


GK Boris Pardo (1984-03-22) March 22, 1984 (age 40) United States San Diego Sockers


FP Luciano Gonzalez (1994-11-04) November 4, 1994 (age 29) Italy Buldog Lucrezia


FP Marcio Leite


FP Nathan Bourdeau (1990-08-10) August 10, 1990 (age 33) United States Utica City FC


FP Diego Burato (1988-09-10) September 10, 1988 (age 35)


FP Nilton de Andrade (1998-03-10) March 10, 1998 (age 26)


FP Nicolas Lopez Italy Spes Poggio Fidoni


FP Sebastian Mendez


FP David Ortiz (2000-09-20) September 20, 2000 (age 23) United States Dallas Sidekicks


FP Jared Rand (2000-07-20) July 20, 2000 (age 23)


FP Alencar Ventura-Junior (1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 (age 31) United States Safira Futsal


FP Manuel Andrade


FP Raphael Araujo (1985-09-18) September 18, 1985 (age 38) United States NY Ecuador Futsal


FP Luiz Morales


FP Zach Reget (1995-05-07) May 7, 1995 (age 28) United States Florida Tropics SC

All-time record[edit]

Until to 05/05/2016.

Year Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
1986 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 Did not play
1998 Did not play
1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Did not play
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 138 52 20 66 413 481 -68 0

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Results[edit]

Number Year Opponent Result
1 1986  Netherlands 1–4 L
2 1986  Brazil 4–5 L
159 2021  Costa Rica 2–3 L

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hewerton Moreira Named Head Coach Of U.S. Men's Futsal National Team". US Soccer. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Head Coach Hewerton Moreira Calls 18 Players For U.S. Men's Futsal National Team Training Camp From September 13-17 In Downingtown, Pa". US Soccer. Archived from the original on September 8, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.