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Land area: 9 364 000 kmē
Population: 258 300 000
Capital: Washington DC
Main cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago
System of government: Union
Head of state: Bill Clinton
Currency: Dollar
Time difference: From 6 to 9 hours behind Paris time

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2 March 97 Jamaica - USA 0-0
16 March 97 USA - Canada 3-0
23 March 97 Costa Rica - USA 3-2
20 April 97 USA - Mexico 2-2
29 June 97 El Salvador - USA 1-1
7 September 97 USA - Costa Rica 1-0
3 October 97 USA - Jamaica 1-1
2 November 97 Mexico - USA 0-0
9 November 97 Canada - USA 0-3

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Goalkeeper: KELLER (age 27, 25 caps)
Defenders:  POPE (age 24, 14 caps)
LALAS (age 27, 91 caps)
BALBOA (age 30, 122 caps)
AGOOS (age 29, 75 caps)
Mid-field: DOOLEY (age 35, 71 caps)
HARKES (age 30, 82 caps)
REYNA (age 24, 53 caps)
RAMOS (age 30)
Striker: MOORE (age 26, 57 caps)
WYNALDA (age 28, 90 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 31

National team colours: white, red and blue

FIFA ranking (on 1 November 1997): 35th


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1930: Semi-Final
1950: Round of 16
1994: Round of 16

1993: eliminated in 1st Round
1995: Semi-Final


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Steve SAMPSON
Steve Sampson began his career as coach at Santa Clara (California), where he led his team to the national university title. He then joined the coaching staff for the U.S. national team alongside Bora Milutinovic in the run-up to the 1994 World Cup. In 1998, the United States will be competing in its third consecutive World Cup finals.


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