United States Mens National Team Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-27 · 30 entries checked · 20 flagged · 51 issues confirmed · 20 corrected · 31 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Joe Gaetjens — Gaetjens was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame as a player in 1976, not as a Builder in 1976 and player in 1986.

Michael Bradley — The entry states Bradley was a key midfield presence in the 2007 Gold Cup winning squad, but he was suspended for the knockout rounds due to a red card and did not play in the semifinal or final.

Cobi Jones — Cobi Jones's primary position was as a winger or attacking midfielder, not a defensive midfielder.

Cobi Jones — Cobi Jones's first cap for the USMNT was in 1992, not the late 1980s.

Clint Dempsey — Dempsey did not come through the New England Revolution's academy; he played college soccer at Furman University and was drafted by the Revolution in 2004.

Clint Dempsey — The USMNT's 2010 World Cup Round of 16 match against Ghana was decided in extra time, not a penalty shootout; Ghana won 2-1 after extra time.

Brian McBride — McBride is the sixth-highest all-time leading goalscorer for the USMNT: This is incorrect. As of the widely-known canon, he is the seventh-highest all-time leading goalscorer (behind Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Eric Wynalda, Brian Ching, and

Brian McBride — At Fulham, he became a fan favorite and was voted Player of the Season once: This is incorrect. He was voted Fulham's Player of the Season twice (2004–05 and 2006–07), not once.

Bob Bradley — The entry states Bradley's tenure began in 2006, but he was appointed in December 2006 and took over in January 2007, creating an internal inconsistency with the LORE section saying he arrived in 2007.

Bob Bradley — The LORE section says Bradley's departure in 2011 came amid 'growing frustration over the team's inability to progress beyond the early knockout stages in continental competition,' but he was fired after reaching the Gold Cup final, which is not an early knock

Tab Ramos — The entry says the NASL folded about six months after the 1984 draft, but the NASL actually folded in March 1985, about 14 months after the January 1984 draft.

Bruce Arena — The phrasing implies Bob Bradley also led the team to three World Cups, which is false; Arena is the only coach to lead the team to three World Cups.

Bruce Arena — The claim that Arena won the World Lacrosse Championship in 1978 is incorrect; the U.S. did not win in 1978 (Canada won that year).

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