Which US soccer player scored the first World Cup goal for the United States?
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In 1930, the US stunned Belgium in their opening match in the Centenario stadium, Montevedio, winning 3-0. The first goal was scored by Bart McGhee in the 40th minute off a rebound from the crossbar after a Gonsalves shot. McGhee's goal was actually the second goal to be scored in World Cup history, just behind that of Frenchman Lucien Laurent.
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The US went to the semi-finals of the first World Cup, in 1930.
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The first goal in the FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay was scored by Lucien Laurent on July 13th, 1930 in the 19th minute of the opening match between France and Mexico.\n\nThe game was held in Montevideo in the Pocitos Stadium in front of 1000 fans.
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Lucien Laurent (~~)\n\nLucien Laurent (born December 10, 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France near Paris; died April 11, 2005 in Besançon) was a French footballer, famous for scoring the first ever World Cup goal.\n\nBetween 1921 and 1930, Laurent played for the semi-professional team Cercle Athlétique de Paris, before being taken on by Sochaux, then a works team for the car manufacturer Peugeot, where he worked. As an amateur player, he only received basic expenses from the French Football Federation while at the tournament in Uruguay.\n\nIt was in Uruguay that Laurent made history by scoring the first ever World Cup goal: a volley in the 19th minute of a game against Mexico on July 13, 1930. France won the game 4-1, but lost their remaining group matches to Argentina and Chile, and were thus eliminated. Laurent was ruled out of the third game due to injury.
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Wynalda in the 45 minute. USA played against Switzerland. They drew 1 - 1. Bregy scored for Switzerland in 39 minute.
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Lucien Laurent- He was making only his third appearance for his country (France) when he struck the opening goal in the first game of the inaugural World Cup tournament in Uruguay on 13 July 1930.\n\nThe midfielder struck with a 19th-minute volley which set France on their way to a 4-1 victory over Mexico.
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Lucien Laurent of France against Mexico in the 19th minute in the first World Cup match on 13/07/1930
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Landon Donavan! Yo an American who is good at soccer !\n\ncome on now!
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1930\n\nThe first Football World Cup was staged in 1930. The games were awarded to Uruguay as they were the Olympic champions at the time and since they were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4-2.\n\nThe first World Cup was the only one without qualification; teams were invited. Due to the long and costly trip across the Atlantic, very few European teams chose to participate; two months before the tournament started, no team from that continent had officially entered. FIFA's president, Jules Rimet, intervened, along with the Uruguayan government, which promised to pay the travel expenses of any travelling European team. Eventually four teams made the three-week sea trip: Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia.\n\nThe thirteen teams were drawn into four groups, with all the games taking place in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Since there were no qualifying games, the opening two matches of the tournament were also the first ever World Cup games, taking place simultaneously on July 13th; France beat Mexico 4-1, while the USA defeated Belgium 3-0 at the same time in Estadio Gran Parque Central. France's Lucien Laurent was the scorer of the first ever World Cup goal. The USA's Bert Patenaude scored the first hat-trick in World Cup history, as his team beat Paraguay 3-0. The four eventual group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, and the USA, moved to the semifinals.\n\nThe two semi-final matches saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the US and Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia. Because the traditional third-place playoff match was not established until 1934, the 1930 World Cup is unique in not having any games take place between the semi-finals and the Final as Yugoslavia refused to play the 3rd place play-off against the USA. [citation needed] However, some sources, notably the FIFA Bulletin from 1984, affirm that the match occurred (Yugoslavia - US 3-1). [1] This information has never been officially confirmed.\n\nThe first ever World Cup Final was played at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, on July 30th. A seemingly innocuous controversy overshadowed the build-up to the match as the teams disagreed on who should provide the match ball, forcing FIFA to intervene and decree that the Argentine team would provide the ball for the first half and the Uruguayans would provide their own for the second. The game ended 4-2 to Uruguay (who had trailed 2-1 at half time) who added the title World Cup Winners to the already prestigious mantle of Olympic Champions, as Jules Rimet presented the World Cup Trophy, which was later to be named after the man himself. Only one player from that final, Francisco Varallo (who played as a striker for Argentina), is still alive today.
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USA has a soccer team?
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well... in 1958 in Sweeden, France beat 9-0 to Neitherlander Antilles, an small island from the Caribe area... 1 of the goals was an own goal from the very innocent goalkeeper.\n\nbut if I have to tell you one own goal that really make a difference was the one that Escobar made on the game USA 2 - Colombia 1... it causes not only the elimination in the groups of his national team on the USA World Cup 1994, but also he was killed when he arrives to Colombia because of that.\nSo I think that was the worsest one in WC history since 1930 to these days... HE GOT KILLED BECAUSE OF THAT !!!\n\namazing :(
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Franz Beckenbauer (The Kaiser) was the Captain of the West German side. First and only person to have won the world cup as both player and manager.
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Lucien Laurent for France scored the first ever World Cup goal in 1930.
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The first Football World Cup was staged in 1930. The games were awarded to Uruguay as they were the Olympic champions at the time and since they were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4-2.\n\nThe first World Cup was the only one without qualification; teams were invited. Due to the long and costly trip across the Atlantic, very few European teams chose to participate; two months before the tournament started, no team from that continent had officially entered. FIFA's president, Jules Rimet, intervened, along with the Uruguayan government, which promised to pay the travel expenses of any travelling European team. Eventually four teams made the three-week sea trip: Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia.\n\nThe thirteen teams were drawn into four groups, with all the games taking place in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Since there were no qualifying games, the opening two matches of the tournament were also the first ever World Cup games, taking place simultaneously on July 13th; France beat Mexico 4-1, while the USA defeated Belgium 3-0 at the same time in Estadio Gran Parque Central. France's Lucien Laurent was the scorer of the first ever World Cup goal. The USA's Bert Patenaude scored the first hat-trick in World Cup history, as his team beat Paraguay 3-0. The four eventual group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, and the USA, moved to the semifinals.\n\nThe two semi-final matches saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the US and Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia. Because the traditional third-place playoff match was not established until 1934, the 1930 World Cup is unique in not having any games take place between the semi-finals and the Final as Yugoslavia refused to play the 3rd place play-off against the USA. [citation needed] However, some sources, notably the FIFA Bulletin from 1984, affirm that the match occurred (Yugoslavia - US 3-1). [1] This information has never been officially confirmed.\n\nThe first ever World Cup Final was played at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, on July 30th. A seemingly innocuous controversy overshadowed the build-up to the match as the teams disagreed on who should provide the match ball, forcing FIFA to intervene and decree that the Argentine team would provide the ball for the first half and the Uruguayans would provide their own for the second. The game ended 4-2 to Uruguay (who had trailed 2-1 at half time) who added the title World Cup Winners to the already prestigious mantle of Olympic Champions, as Jules Rimet presented the World Cup Trophy, which was later to be named after the man himself. Only one player from that final, Francisco Varallo (who played as a striker for Argentina), is still alive today.
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Here are the two best guesses that I have found are Lucien Laurent and Eugène Maës.\n\nLaurent made history in Uruguay by scoring the first ever World Cup goal: a volley in the 19th minute of a game against Mexico on July 13, 1930. France won the game 4-1, but lost their remaining group matches to Argentina and Chile, and were thus eliminated. Laurent was ruled out of the third game due to injury.  He was the only surviving member of the 1930 French team to see France lift the 1998 World Cup on home soil, and died seven years later at the age of 96.\n\n\nEugène Maës was the first true goalscorer for the French national team. With a great combat injury during World War I which obliged him to retire from professional football, Maës would certainly have been one of the best players for the tricolors, because in less than two years of his international career, he scored 15 goals in just 11 caps. His most glorious day remains March 17, 1912 in Turin, where, against Italy, after having arrived at 5 A.M., he scored a hat trick, and the French team defeated the Italians for the first time in their history, 4-3. The Red Star striker also holds another record with the blue shirt, thanks to the 5 goals he scored against Luxembourg in 1913, in an 8-0 victory. Only Thadée Cisowski would equal this accomplishment in 1956.
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In this current World Cup it's Miroslav Klose of Germany.  The record for most goal's in a single World Cup is held by Just Fontaine of France in the 1958 World Cup with 13 goals.  And the record for most goal's in total (in more than 1 World Cup) is Ronaldo of Brazil and Gert Muller of Germany who both scored 14.
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If u are looking for best american soccer player ever, here's the (unsorted) list..\n\n    * Jeff Agoos\n    * Marcelo Balboa\n    * Walter Bahr\n    * Mike Burns\n    * Paul Caligiuri\n    * Fernando Clavijo\n    * Rick Davis\n    * Thomas Dooley\n    * Brad Friedel\n    * Joe Gaetjens\n    * Billy Gonsalves\n    * John Harkes\n    * Cobi Jones\n    * Jovan Kirovski\n    * Alexi Lalas\n    * Brian Maisonneuve\n    * Tony Meola\n    * Joe-Max Moore\n    * Bruce Murray\n    * Bert Patenaude\n    * Hugo Perez\n    * Preki\n    * Tab Ramos\n    * Claudio Reyna\n    * Werner Roth\n    * Tony Sanneh\n    * Juergen Sommer\n    * Mike Sorber\n    * Earnie Stewart\n    * Peter Vermes\n    * Roy Wegerle\n    * Eric Wynalda\n\nbut if u are looking for current player..for me Landon Donovan is the best..