Coach Gregg Berhalter‘s team won a record 17 of its 22 games in 2021, including Gold Cup and Nations League finals, and four of its eight World Cup qualifiers. The 17 victories were the most by the USMNT in a calendar year, exceeding the previous record of 16 wins set in 2013. The USA heads into its final six Octagonal games in second place with a 4-1-3 (W-L-T) record.

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