A、First place in the 3rd world Cup. B、Second place in the 4th World Cup. C、Third place in the 1st World Cup. D、Fourth place in t

The Unied States of America is a founding member of the International Football Association. In 1913 the American Football Association was founded with over 7,000 registered clubs and 1. 4 million players.
    In history the U. S. team entered the finals of the World Cup four times and gained the third place in the first World Cup. But since the 4th World Cup USA has paid more attention to the Olympic Games and American football.
    The head coach of the U. S. team now is from Yugoslavia, the 57-year-old coach moved to Mexico twenty-one years ago and later he became the head coach of Mexico’s National Team. After that he left for an even smaller country, Costa Rica. Before long, he became well-known all over the world.
    On March 7th, 1991, he faced the biggest challenge in all his life to lead the U. S. team. The American Football Association spent a year building a football field in California for him. And in two years’ time his team defeated the teams of Ireland, England and Portugal.
    Thus the U. S. team entered with ease into the finals of the World Cup. And as the host, it entered automatically into the first circle in 1994.