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'Man, this isn't MLS': An oral history of USA's quarter-final run in 2002
On 7 October 2001, the US men’s national team carried the weight of a nation’s grief on their shoulders. The crucial 2002 World Cup qualifier with Jamaica was the first national sports event since the 9/11 attacks. And the galvanizing feeling of responsibility that the players shared that evening would prove a crucial ingredient in the team’s eventual run to the World Cup quarter-finals eight months later.
This is the story of an unlikely group – largely written off and ridiculed – who not only delivered an unforgettable accomplishment but exorcised some long-lasting tournament trauma, properly announced the team as a competitive force on a global stage and may have saved North America’s flailing domestic league from extinction.
Tony Sanneh (defender):
The Jamaica game was a little surreal. It was almost like coming home during war time.
Landon Donovan (forward):
In the locker room before the game Bruce said we’d just gone to war in Afghanistan. I didn’t follow politics. I didn’t know much about foreign policy. But that was a really sobering moment. You realized it was more than
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The USMNT's best ever World Cup squad, which reached the quarterfinals in 2002
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It's been 20 years since the USMNT made it to the quarterfinals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
The team recorded memorable wins over Portugal and Mexico en route the last eight.
Below, Insider looks back at where the squad from the tournament are today.
Only twice in the history of professional soccer has the United States Men's National Team made it into the quarterfinals of a World Cup.
The first time was at the inaugural competition in 1930, where the team qualified as invitees and ended up finishing third.
The second time was 2002, where, under the management of Bruce Arena, it enjoyed a fairytale run to the last eight that was hallmarked by memorable victories over Portugal and Mexico.
"Great personalities, good people, good teammates," defender Eddie Pope told US Soccer of the team when reflecting on the tournament earlier this year.