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{{Short description|American annual soccer competition}}
{{distinguish|U.S. Open Cup|American Cup|America's Cup (disambiguation)|Cup (unit)}}
{{Infobox football tournament|title=U.S. Cup<br/>Men's Tournament|number of teams=4|organiser=[[United States Soccer Federation|USSF]]|most successful team={{fb|USA}}<br/>{{fb|MEX}}<br/>(3 titles each)|American=Yes|founded={{Start date|1992|df=y}}|abolished={{Start date|2000|df=y}}}}

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{{Use American English|date=July 2013}}

The '''U.S. Cup''' (also known as the '''USA Cup''', '''United States Cup''' and the '''Nike U.S. Cup''') was a [[Association football|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.

{{Infobox football tournament|title=U.S. Cup<br/>Women's Tournament|most successful team={{nowrap|{{fbw|USA}} (7 titles)}}|related comps=[[SheBelieves Cup]]|founded=1995|abolished=2002|number of teams=4|organiser=[[United States Soccer Federation|USSF]]|American=Yes}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/04/sports/soccer-us-cup-might-raise-americans-game.html|title=Soccer; US Cup Might Raise Americans' Game|work=New York Times|language=en|author=Filip Bondy|date=4 March 1992|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=14672 |title=Soccer America |website=www.socceramerica.com |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040124082525/http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=14672 |archive-date=24 January 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1995, [[United States Soccer Federation|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 tournament|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 tournament|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 (competition)|Final match]].

==List of champions==

===Men's tournament===
{| border=1 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"
|- bgcolor="gold" align="center"
!'''Year'''
!width=150px|'''Champion'''
!width=150px|'''Runner-up'''
!width=150px|'''Third place'''
!width=150px|'''Fourth place'''
|-
|1992<br />[[1992 U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|ITA}}||{{fb|IRL}}||{{fb|POR}}
|-
|1993<br />[[1993 U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|ENG}}
|-
|1995<br />[[1995 U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|COL}}||{{fb|MEX}}||{{fb|NGA}}
|-
|1996<br />[[1996 U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|MEX}}||{{fb|IRL}}||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|BOL}}
|-
|1997<br />[[1997 U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|MEX}}||{{fb|DEN}}||{{fb|PER}}||{{fb|USA}}
|-
|1999<br />[[1999 Nike U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|MEX}}||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|GUA}}||{{fb|BOL}}
|-
|2000<br />[[2000 Nike U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|IRL}}||{{fb|MEX}}||{{fb|RSA}}
|}

===Women's tournament===
{| border=1 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"
|- bgcolor="gold" align="center"
!'''Year'''
!width=150px|'''Champion'''
!width=150px|'''Runner-up'''
!width=150px|'''Third place'''
!width=150px|'''Fourth place'''
|-
|1995<br />[[1995 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|NOR}}||{{fbw|AUS}}||{{fbw|TPE}}
|-
|1996<br />[[1996 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|CHN}}||{{fbw|JPN}}||{{fbw|CAN}}
|-
|1997<br />[[1997 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|ITA}}||{{fbw|AUS}}||{{fbw|CAN}}
|-
|1998<br />[[1998 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|BRA}}||{{fbw|RUS}}||{{fbw|MEX}}
|-
|1999<br />[[1999 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|BRA}}||{{fbw|FIN}}||{{fbw|KOR}}
|-
|2000<br />[[2000 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|CAN}}||{{fbw|MEX}}||{{fbw|KOR}}
|-
|2002<br />[[2002 Women's U.S. Cup|''details'']]||{{fbw|USA}}||{{fbw|AUS}}||{{fbw|ITA}}||{{fbw|RUS}}
|}

==Titles by country==

===Men's tournament===
* {{fb|USA}} 3 times (1992, 1995, 2000)
* {{fb|MEX}} 3 times (1996, 1997, 1999)
* {{fb|GER}} 1 time (1993)

===Women's tournament===
* {{fbw|USA}} 7 times (all, except for the abandoned 2001 edition)

==National team appearances==

===Men’s===
{|class=wikitable
!Rank
!Team
!Appearance
|- 
|{{center|1}}||{{fb|USA}} (''hosts'')||{{center|7}}
|-
|{{center|2}}||{{fb|MEX}}||{{center|5}}
|-
|{{center|3}}||{{fb|IRL}}||{{center|3}}
|-
|{{center|4}}||{{fb|BOL}}||{{center|2}}
|-
|rowspan=11 style="text-align:center;" |5||{{fb|BRA}}||rowspan=11 style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
|{{fb|COL}}
|-
|{{fb|DEN}}
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}
|-
|{{fb|GER}}
|-
|{{fb|GUA}}
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}
|-
|{{fb|NGA}}
|-
|{{fb|PER}}
|-
|{{fb|POR}}
|-
|{{fb|RSA}}
|}

===Women’s===
Number of appearance excludes the abandoned 2001 edition.
{|class=wikitable
!Rank
!Team
!Appearance
|- 
|{{center|1}}||{{fb|USA}} (''hosts'')||{{center|7}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |2||{{fb|AUS}}||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |3
|-
|{{fb|CAN}}
|-
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |3||{{fb|BRA}}||rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |2
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}
|-
|{{fb|KOR}}
|-
|{{fb|MEX}}
|-
|{{fb|RUS}}
|-
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |4||{{fb|CHN}}||rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
|{{fb|FIN}}
|-
|{{fb|JPN}}
|-
|{{fb|NOR}}
|-
|{{fb|TPE}}
|}

==Venues==
*[[Frontier Field]], Rochester, NY 1998 (2 games)
*[[RFK Stadium]], Washington, DC-1992, 1993 (2 games), 1995 (2 games), 1996, 2000
*[[Foxboro Stadium]], Foxborough, MA-1992 (2 games), 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000
*[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], Pasadena, CA-1996, 1997 (4 games)
*[[Soldier Field]], Chicago, IL-1992 (2 games), 1993, 2000
*[[Giants Stadium]], East Rutherford, NJ-1996 (2 games), 2000 (2 games)
*[[Qualcomm Stadium]], San Diego, CA-1997 (2 games), 1999 (2 games)
*[[Yale Bowl]], New Haven, CT-1992, 1993
*[[Rutgers Stadium]], Piscataway, NJ-1995 (2 games)
*[[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]], Dallas, TX-1996, 2000
*[[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], Los Angeles, CA-1999 (2 games)
*[[Pontiac Silverdome]], Pontiac, MI-1993

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uscup.html Men's US Cup at RSSSF]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-uscup.html Women's US Cup at RSSSF]

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