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Top U.S. Team Finishes (major international competitions)

Year	Team	Event	Finish
1930	Men’s National Team	World Cup (Uruguay)	3rd place
1959	Men’s Pan Am Games’ Team	Pan American Games (USA)	3rd place
1989	Under-20 MNT	World Youth Championship (Saudi Arabia)	4th place
1989	Futsal National Team	Futsal World Championship (Holland)	3rd place
1991	Men’s National Team	CONCACAF Gold Cup	1st place
1991	Women’s National Team	Women’s World Cup (China)	1st place
1991	Under-23 MNT	Pan American Games (Cuba)	1st place
1992	Futsal National Team	Futsal World Championship (Hong Kong)	2nd place
1993	Men’s National Team	CONCACAF Gold Cup (USA & Mexico)	2nd place
1993	Under-20 WNT	Nordic Cup (Denmark)	1st place
1995	Women’s National Team	Women’s World Cup (Sweden)	3rd place
1998	Men’s National Team	CONCACAF Gold Cup (USA)	2nd place
1996	Men’s National Team	CONCACAF Gold Cup (USA)	3rd place
1996	Women’s National Team	Olympic Soccer Tournament (USA)	1st place
1997	World University Games’ Team	World University Games (Italy)	3rd place
1997	Under-20 WNT	Nordic Cup (Denmark)	1st place
1998	Women’s National Team	Goodwill Games (USA)	1st place
1998	Under-20 WNT	Nordic Cup (Holland)	2nd place
1999	Men’s National Team	Confederations Cup (Mexico)	3rd place
1999	Women’s National Team	Women’s World Cup (USA)	1st place
1999	Under-23 MNT	Pan American Games (Canada)	3rd place
1999	Under-21 WNT	Nordic Cup (Iceland)	1st place
1999	Under-18 WNT	Pan American Games (Canada)	1st place
1999	Under-17 WNT	U-17 World Championship (New Zealand)	4th place
2000	Women’s National Team	Olympic Soccer Tournament (Australia)	2nd place
2000	Women’s National Team	CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup (USA)	1st place
2000	Under-23 MNT	Olympic Soccer Tournament (Australia)	4th place
2000	Under-21 WNT	Nordic Cup (Germany)	1st place
2001	Under-21 WNT	Nordic Cup (Norway)	1st place
2002	Men’s National Team	CONCACAF Gold Cup (USA)	1st place
2002	Women’s National Team	CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup (USA)	1st place
2002	Under-21 WNT	Nordic Cup (Finland)	1st place
2002	Under-19 WNT	U-19 World Championship (Canada)	1st place
2003	Women’s National Team	Women’s World Cup (USA)	3rd place
2003	Under-21 WNT	Nordic Cup (Denmark)	1st place
2003	Men’s National Team	CONCACAF Gold Cup	3rd place
2004	Women’s National Team	Olympic Soccer Tournament (Greece)	1st place
2004	Under-19 WNT	U-19 World Championship (Thailand)	3rd place

USOC Team of the Year Award

Year	Team
1997	U.S. Women's National Team
1999	U.S. Women's National Team

Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year

Year	Team
1999	U.S. Women's National Team

U.S. Soccer Individual Awards

FIFA World Player of the Year

Year	Player		Team
2001	Mia Hamm		U.S. Women's National Team
2002	Mia Hamm		U.S. Women's National Team

All-World Championship Team

Year	Team		Event / Team
1992	Chico Borja		Futsal / First Team
1992	Victor Nogueira		Futsal / First Team
1994	Alexi Lalas		World Cup / Honorable Mention
1996	Victor Nogueira		Futsal / Honorable Mention
1999	Michelle Akers		WWC / First Team
1999	Brandi Chastain		WWC / First Team
1999	Mia Hamm		WWC / First Team
1999	Carla Overbeck		WWC / First Team
1999	Briana Scurry		WWC / First Team
2002	Claudio Reyna		World Cup / First Team
2002	Landon Donovan		World Cup / Honorable Mention
2002	Jill Oakes		U-19 / First Team
2002	Heather O’Reilly		U-19 / First Team
2002	Lindsay Tarpley		U-19 / First Team
2002	Kelly Wilson		U-19 / First Team
2003	Freddy Adu		U-17 / First Team
2003	Danny Szetela		U-17 / First Team
2003	Shannon Boxx		WWC / First Team
2003	Joy Fawcett		WWC / First Team
2003	Mia Hamm		WWC / Honorable Mention
2003	Bobby Convey		U-20 / First Team
2003	Steve Cronin		U-20 / First Team
2004	Ashlyn Harris		U-19 / First Team
2004	Becky Sauerbrunn		U-19 / First Team
2004	Angie Woznuk		U-19 / First Team

Golden Ball (Tournament MVP)

Year	Player		Event
1991	Carin Jennings		Women's World Cup
1999	Landon Donovan		U-17 World Championship

Silver Ball (Tournament Second MVP)

Year	Player		Event
1989	Kasey Keller		World Youth Championship
1991	Michelle Akers		Women's World Cup
1991	Kyle Campbell		U-17 World Championship
1999	DaMarcus Beasley		U-17 World Championship
2004	Angie Woznuk		U-19 Women's World Championship

Bronze Ball (Tournament Third MVP)

Year	Player		Event
1999	Michelle Akers		Women's World Cup
2002	Kelly Wilson		U-19 Women's World Championship

Golden Shoe (Tournament Leading Scorer)

Year	Player		Event
1991	Michelle Akers		Women's World Cup
2003	Ed Johnson		World Youth Championship

Silver Shoe (Tournament Second Leading Scorer)

Year	Player		Event
199	Carin Jennings		Women's World Cup
2002	Kelly Wilson		U-19 Women's World Championship

Bronze Shoe (Tournament Third Leading Scorer)

Year	Team		Event
1999	Taylor Twellman