the last time the us hosted a world cup was 1994.
when was the last time the us hosted a world cup?
1994
along with carlos valderrama, the country's most capped player, mondragón is the only colombian to have participated in five fifa world cup qualification campaigns. in 2010, he was recalled to the colombian squad at the age of 39 after a five-year absence from international football. in 2014, he was named in colombia's squad for the 2014 fifa world cup, making him the oldest player at the tournament, and in world cup history, at the age of 43, and the only squad member at the 1994 fifa world cup. he is also the only player to have participated in 6 different world cup qualifying campaigns since 1993. by coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute of the final group game against japan on 24 june 2014, he became the oldest player ever to play in a world cup game at the age of 43 years and 3 days old, surpassing the record set by roger milla for cameroon at the 1994 world cup. mondragón gave a very emotional interview afterwards, expressing his gratitude to have been given the opportunity to represent colombia one last time at a world cup. his record for oldest player in world cup history was broken four years later at the 2018 world cup by 45-year-old egyptian goalkeeper essam el-hadary.
faryd mondragón
on june 6, 2013 the us beat jamaica 2–1. on june 11, the u.s. beat panama 2–0 at centurylink field in seattle in front of almost 41,000 fans, the seventh largest crowd for a world cup qualifier on u.s. soil. the game also drew the second largest tv audience on espn for a u.s. world cup qualifier. on june 18, the u.s. followed with a 1–0 victory over honduras at rio tinto stadium. in july 2013, the us hosted and played in the 2013 concacaf gold cup where they went undefeated in the group stage and won with a 1–0 victory over panama in the final, a victory which represented a record 11th straight win. a 4–3 victory over bosnia in an international friendly match in sarajevo represented the 12th straight win for the usmnt, the longest winning streak for any team in the world at that time. in the win, jozy altidore scored a hat trick (the second of his career) and in doing so became the first u.s. player to score a goal in five consecutive games. the match was also the usmnt's first-ever come-from-behind win in europe.
history of the united states men's national soccer team