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The United States of America is a consistent performer in international soccer. Currently ranked 15th in the world, the United States has qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This is the eleventh time the United States has qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

USA Football Team Past Achievements

The American football team will leave for Qatar in November with the goal of changing history. This is the 11th time that the United States will participate in the FIFA World Cup.

The best result for the United States was recorded in the first edition of the FIFA World Cup. The team reached the semi-finals and finished 3rd in the tournament.

The 1950 FIFA World Cup was also special for the US soccer team. The team beat England 1-0.

Team USA did not qualify from 1954 to 1990. The team participated in every World Cup from 1986 to 2014. The team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Now the team has once again qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Team USA’s game plan

Team USA will compete in Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar alongside England, Iran and Wales.

Team USA will open their tournament on November 21st against Wales. The match will be held at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan.

The United States will face England in their second match at the same venue on November 25, 2022. The United States will play their final group-stage game against Iran on November 29, 2022.

Team USA squad

Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath

Defenders: Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Sergino Dest, Shaq Moore, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, and De’Andre Yedlin.

Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Dimoara Musah, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson

Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright

2022 පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානයේ USA කණ්ඩායමේ පෙරදැක්ම හා සංචිතය

ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය ජාත්‍යන්තර පාපන්දු ක්‍රීඩාවේ ස්ථාවර දස්කම් දක්වන කණ්ඩායමකි. දැනට ලෝක ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වල 15 වැනි ස්ථානයේ පසුවන ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය 2022 කටාර් පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබූ එකොළොස්වන අවස්ථාව මෙයයි.

USA පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායමේ අතීත ජයග්‍රහණ

ඉතිහාසය වෙනස් කිරීමේ අරමුණින් ඇමෙරිකානු පාපන්දු සංචිතය නොවැම්බර් මාසයේදී කටාර් බලා පිටත් වේ. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට සහභාගී වන 11 වන අවස්ථාව මෙයයි.

එක්සත් ජනපදය සඳහා හොඳම ප්රතිඵලය FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ පළමු සංස්කරණයේ වාර්ථා විය. කණ්ඩායම අවසන් පූර්ව වටයට පිවිසි අතර තරගාවලියේ 3 වැනි ස්ථානයට පත්විය.

1950 FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය ද එක්සත් ජනපද පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායමට විශේෂ විය. කණ්ඩායම ගෝල 1-0ක් ලෙස එංගලන්තය පරාජය කළේය.

USA කණ්ඩායම 1954 සිට 1990 දක්වා සුදුසුකම් ලබා නැත. කණ්ඩායම 1986 සිට 2014 දක්වා සෑම ලෝක කුසලානයකටම සහභාගී විය. 2018 රුසියාවේ ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට කණ්ඩායම අසමත් විය. දැන් කණ්ඩායම 2022 FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට නැවත වතාවක් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට සමත්ව ඇත.

USA කණ්ඩායමේ තරග සැලැස්ම

එක්සත් ජනපද කණ්ඩායම 2022 කටාර් FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ B කාණ්ඩයේ එංගලන්තය, ඉරානය සහ වේල්සය සමඟින් තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.

USA කණ්ඩායම ඔවුන්ගේ තරගාවලිය නොවැම්බර් 21 වන දින වේල්සයට එරෙහිව ආරම්භ කරනු ඇත. තරගය පැවැත්වෙන්නේ Al Rayyan හි Ahmad bin Ali ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදීයි.

ඉන්පසු එක්සත් ජනපදය 2022 නොවැම්බර් 25 වැනි දින එම ස්ථානයේදීම ඔවුන්ගේ දෙවන තරගයට එංගලන්තය  මුහුණ දෙනු ඇත. එක්සත් ජනපදය 2022 නොවැම්බර් 29 ඉරානය ට එරෙහිව ඔවුන්ගේ අවසන් කණ්ඩායම් අදියරේ තරගය ක්‍රීඩා කරනු ඇත.

USA කණ්ඩායම් සංචිතය

Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath

Defenders: Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Sergino Dest, Shaq Moore, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, and De’Andre Yedlin.

Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Dimoara Musah, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson

Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright

2022 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை அணி USA முன்னோட்டம் மற்றும் அணி

அமெரிக்கா சர்வதேச கால்பந்தாட்டத்தில் ஒரு நிலையான செயல்திறன் கொண்டதாகும். தற்போது உலக தரவரிசையில் 15வது இடத்தில் உள்ள அமெரிக்கா, 2022ம் ஆண்டு கத்தாரில் நடைபெறவுள்ள FIFA உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது. ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு அமெரிக்கா தகுதி பெறுவது இது பதினொன்றாவது முறையாகும்.

USA சாக்கர் அணியின் கடந்தகால சாதனைகள்

வரலாற்றை மாற்றும் இலக்குடன் அமெரிக்க கால்பந்து அணி நவம்பர் மாதம் கத்தார் புறப்படுகிறது. ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையில் அமெரிக்கா பங்கேற்கும் 11வது முறையாகும்.

ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையின் முதல் பதிப்பில் அமெரிக்காவிற்கு சிறந்த முடிவு பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது. அந்த அணி அரையிறுதிக்கு முன்னேறி 3வது இடத்தைப் பிடித்தது.

1950 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பையும் அமெரிக்க கால்பந்து அணிக்கு சிறப்பு வாய்ந்தது. அந்த அணி 1-0 என்ற கோல் கணக்கில் இங்கிலாந்தை வீழ்த்தியது.

USA அணி 1954 முதல் 1990 வரை தகுதி பெறவில்லை. அணி 1986 முதல் 2014 வரை ஒவ்வொரு உலகக் கோப்பையிலும் பங்கேற்றது. ரஷ்யாவில் 2018 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு அந்த அணி தகுதி பெறவில்லை. தற்போது அந்த அணி மீண்டும் 2022 ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.

அமெரிக்க அணியின் விளையாட்டுத் திட்டம்

2022 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கத்தாரின் B பிரிவில் இங்கிலாந்து, ஈரான் மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் அணிகளுடன் USA அணி போட்டியிடும்.

நவம்பர் 21 ஆம் தேதி வேல்ஸ் அணிக்கு எதிராக அமெரிக்கா தனது போட்டியைத் தொடங்கவுள்ளது. அல் ரய்யானில் உள்ள அஹ்மத் பின் அலி மைதானத்தில் இந்தப் போட்டி நடைபெறவுள்ளது.

நவம்பர் 25, 2022 அன்று இதே மைதானத்தில் அமெரிக்கா தனது இரண்டாவது ஆட்டத்தில் இங்கிலாந்தை எதிர்கொள்கிறது. நவம்பர் 29, 2022 அன்று ஈரானுக்கு எதிராக அமெரிக்கா தனது கடைசி குழு நிலை ஆட்டத்தில் விளையாடுகிறது.

அமெரிக்க அணி

Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath

Defenders: Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Sergino Dest, Shaq Moore, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, and De’Andre Yedlin.

Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Dimoara Musah, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson

Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright

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