The USMNT will face England, Wales and Iran in Group B in Qatar. Here’s everything you need to know about the three opponents.
USA-Wales head-to-head favors the Stars and Stripes. The nations have met just twice in history, both coming in international friendlies.
The first game was on May 26, 2003, that saw the USA take a 2-0 win. The second matchup was on Nov. 12, 2020, and ended in a scoreless draw. History does not support the USMNT in this head-to-head matchup. The two nations have met 11 total times – eight times in friendlies, twice in the World Cup and once in the U.S. Cup – with England winning all eight friendlies. The U.S. Cup contest ended in a 2-0 win for the USMNT.
The positive news for the U.S. is that it never lost in both World Cup matches. The first was a 1-0 win back in 1950 and the second was a 1-1 draw in 2010. The U.S. edged England on goals scored in the group that year to take first place going into the knockout stage. Let’s see if the good fortune continues as England will be the nation’s toughest matchup in Group B.Like Wales, USMNT has faced Iran twice in international matches – once in a World Cup and the other in a friendly.
Iran won 2-1 in the 1998 World Cup as the U.S. lost every single group stage game that year. Two years later in a friendly, both teams played to a 1-1 draw. With this being the final group game for the USMNT in 2022, it could have some important implications depending on how the first two games go.As of FIFA’s latest international ranking of all qualified nations on March 31, England is the highest-ranked country from Group B.
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