Mens Soccer World Cup

With this day in 2001, five players, including former captain Carlos Bocanegra, earned their very first cap because of the U.S. Men’s nationwide Team in a 1-0 reduction to Korea Republic at Jeju World Cup Stadium in Seogwipo, Jeju Province. Manny Lagos, Diego Gutierrez, Jeff Cunningham and Richard Mulrooney also made their staff debuts in U.S. MNT’s last match of 2001.

Bocanegra proceeded to try out 110 suits aided by the U.S., including 64 as captain, before their pension last year. His 14 worldwide objectives stand while the all-time record among American defenders and 9, 222 career minutes are 5th the majority of any player in team history. The Alta Loma, Calif., indigenous played in two FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010), appearing in six matches. He additionally grabbed two CONCACAF Gold Cup brands in four tournaments. Domestically, Bocanegra had been called the MLS Rookie of the Year during their novice campaign utilizing the Chicago Fire in 2000 and received back-to-back MLS Defender of the season honors in 2002 and 2003.

The match against South Korea were held not as much as six months prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Southern Korea and Japan, and started a streak of three consecutive World Cup appearances because of the United States Of America that have been preceded by an acclimatization regimen in number nation. The U.S. would play Poland (1-0 victory on March 1, 2006) and Germany (4-1 loss on March 22, 2006) on German soil ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup; then five matches in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup that included a 2-0 victory against then No. 1-ranked Spain in the semifinal that earnedits very first appearance into the last of an important FIFA tournament, a-year ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Southern Africa. The U.S. MNT also held January camp in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the base camp it could later on use in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.