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U.S. Cup
Statuscancelled
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencybiannual (men)
annual (women)
CountryU.S.
Inaugurated1992 (1992) (men)
1995 (1995) (women)
Most recent2000 (2000) (men)
2002 (2002) (women)

U.S. Cup (also known as the USA Cup, United States Cup and Nike U.S. Cup) was a soccer competition held annually in the United States from 1992 to 2000, except for the World Cup years of 1994 and 1998. The tournament, hosted by the United States Soccer Federation, was contested between the United States and three guest teams.

The cup was created to train the American soccer team and to popularize the sport in the US before the men's 1994 FIFA World Cup. [1] Originally known as the U.S. Cup, the name was changed to the Nike U.S. Cup after Nike, Inc. signed a ten-year, $120 million contract with the United States Soccer Federation to sponsor the U.S. national teams in October 1997. As part of the contract, USSF added Nike's name to the U.S. Cup title. [2]

In 1995, USSF added a women's competition which ran every year until 2002. The 2001 edition was abandoned after three matches due to the September 11 attacks.

Format

The cup was traditionally played in a single round-robin format between the four participating national teams.

The 1999 edition of the men's and 2000 edition of the women's tournaments, were played in single elimination format. The first round was the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals played for third place, and the winners of the semifinals played the Final match.

List of champions

Men's tournament

Year Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place
1992
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  United States   Italy   Republic of Ireland   Portugal
1993
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  Germany   Brazil   United States   England
1995
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  United States   Colombia   Mexico   Nigeria
1996
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  Mexico   Republic of Ireland   United States   Bolivia
1997
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  Mexico   Denmark   Peru   United States
1999
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  Mexico   United States   Guatemala   Bolivia
2000
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  United States   Republic of Ireland   Mexico   South Africa

Women's tournament

Year Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place
1995
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  United States   Norway   Australia   Chinese Taipei
1996
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  United States   China   Japan   Canada
1997
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  United States   Italy   Australia   Canada
1998
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  United States   Brazil   Russia   Mexico
1999
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  United States   Brazil   Finland   South Korea
2000
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  United States   Canada   Mexico   South Korea
2002
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  United States   Australia   Italy   Russia

Titles by country

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

  •   United States 7 times (all, except for the abandoned 2001 edition)

National team appearances

Men’s

Rank Team Appearance
1
  United States (hosts)
7
2
  Mexico
5
3
  Republic of Ireland
3
4
  Bolivia
2
5   Brazil 1
  Colombia
  Denmark
  England
  Germany
  Guatemala
  Italy
  Nigeria
  Peru
  Portugal
  South Africa

Women’s

Number of appearance excludes the abandoned 2001 edition.

Rank Team Appearance
1
  United States (hosts)
7
2   Australia 3
  Canada
3   Brazil 2
  Italy
  South Korea
  Mexico
  Russia
4   China 1
  Finland
  Japan
  Norway
  Chinese Taipei

Venues

References

  1. ^ Filip Bondy (March 4, 1992). "Soccer; US Cup Might Raise Americans' Game". New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Soccer America". www.socceramerica.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2004. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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