| FIFA World Cup | Qualification | Manager(s) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | |||
 1930
|
Semifinals[note 1] | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Squad | Qualified as invitees | Millar | |||||||
 1934
|
Round of 16 | 16th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Squad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Gould | ||
 1938
|
Withdrew | Withdrew | Vacant | |||||||||||||||
 1942
|
Cancelled due to Second World War | No qualification | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946
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 1950
|
Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Squad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | Jeffrey | ||
 1954
|
Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | Schwarz | ||||||||||
 1958
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 | Meyer | |||||||||||
 1962
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Reed | |||||||||||
 1966
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Meyer | |||||||||||
 1970
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | Jago | |||||||||||
 1974
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | G. Bradley | |||||||||||
 1978
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Chyzowych | |||||||||||
 1982
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1986
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Panagoulias | |||||||||||
 1990
|
Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | Squad | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | Gansler | ||
 1994
|
Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | Milutinović | |||||||
 1998
|
Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Squad | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 14 | Sampson | ||
  2002
|
Quarterfinals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 11 | Arena | ||
| 2006
|
Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 11 | |||
 2010
|
Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 16 | B. Bradley | ||
 2014
|
15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | Klinsmann | |||
 2018
|
Did not qualify | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 16 | Arena | ||||||||||
 2022
|
Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | Berhalter | ||
 2026
|
Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
  2030
|
To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
 2034
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | — | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 66 | — | 168 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 287 | 191 | — | ||
- Notes
- ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay 1930". FIFA.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018. The United States earned 3rd place over the loser of the other semifinal, Yugoslavia, because of a better goal differential (+1 to Yugoslavia's 0). No third place match was played.