This was probably the best USA team ever so far. They beat Portugal 3-2 in group stage.

I still shake my head in disbelief over the handball no-call, lol.

Best USA National Team in history!

1:37 Now I understand why Germans cried that Frings was suspended for Semifinal against Italy in 2006: He is a great Goalkeeper!

Hard to say that the U.S would've won the game had the handball been called. But assuming they did, they could've beaten South Korea and then made the finals against Brazil. I doubt they win the final because of who was leading Brazil, but it would've been a remarkable run.

This was a golden era from for America football

Arguably the best game ever played by TEAM USA. For 90 minutes our boys played like a world class powerhouse. Friedel came so close to stopping that header, and yes, we got robbed. That ball was definitely in, but that is life. I just wish I could see our boys play with that effort, that passion, that pride in the red, white and blue again.

It's a shame how Klinsmann excluded Landon Donovan from WC2014 squad. Symbol of the national team for whole decade.

I am Mexican and I must say that USA National Team in The 2002 World Cup Impressed me. They really played as a team, it was scary to play with them and they almost beat Germany, they were able to go to the semifinals

Donovan was untouchable. What an amazing save by Khan and what a play from Donovan.

did you see that handball

Reina y donovan eran unos crack !!

The first FIFA World Cup I can remember :-)

It doesn't matter which World Cup match you watch. Klose is always there!

La mejor selección de USA en la historia. Fútbol rápido, efectivo y un despliegue físico impresionante. Alemania que fue finalista, se salvó. Lastima que USA no puedo continuar con esa progresión

This German side is really impressive. They were such an average team and basically had only Ballack in the midfield and a giant of a goalkeeper in Kahn. Literally the best performance by a goalkeeper in a WC. Most Germans say that playing the final was never in their wildest imagination with a team like that. Yet they went all the way to the final and in a sense brought German football back after a decade of failures.

USA played against Kahn, Germany was practicaly invisible...

1:39...👋⚽ 😵

at 1:40 you can hear the crowd chant bull-shit

The US really overachieved at this cup.....they only seemed outclassed against Poland.

They were robbed. Clear handball on the line.

I love this era of football. Teams didnt parked the Bus or did any of that Catennacio and ball hoarding like they do Post 2010

Partidazo de USA debio ganarlo y debieron darle ese gol q le choca en la mano al defensa alemán

USA had this game. Should of been a penalty

FIFA fixed the match they didn’t want to see USA vs South Korea semi final

Fue una gran selección de estados unidos en ésa epoca debió haber ganado en ése partido

1:31, blatant handball, easy penalty call in todays technoly goaline review, can we get a big r.i.p for no goal line technology that game.

One of the most significant matches in US football history, the Yanks almost got the better of the powerful Germans at the 2002 World Cup. World Cup Highlights: Germany - USA, Korea/Japan 2002

Best USA team

If then VAR system had been fuctioned as Worldcup rule, Match score might be changed.

La mejor seleccion de futbol que a tenido USA en la historia. Falto' en ese equipo Alexis Lalas " 3"

Donovan foi um dos melhores jogadores de sua época o melhor jogador americano da história de seu país.

Dam USA had great chances, they redeemed themselves after 4 years ago when they got owned by them in 98 wc

Donovan era muito bom! Excelente jogador 👏

At 1:39, it is a clear handball from the defender that prevents the ball from going in.

usa had more opportunities to score

Nostalgic 2002 legend world cup history world.road to world cup 2022 qatar 21 november 2022-18 december 2022 world

Ballack ♥️♥️ The legend 🇩🇪🇩🇪

How much do you want to carry a team? Kahn & Ballack: "Yes"

0:04 South Koreans cheering for the allied nation US

I was 13 and watched every USA game in this World Cup except for this one! Because it was on when I had school. I remember getting up 3-4 in the morning to watch their games lol when I heard and then saw that they got robbed I was heartbroken. They said we had all the momentum and could’ve had a great chance to win in extra time. Hopefully we can make some noise as a young team in this World Cup, because 2002 was one of the best US teams!

Germany getting away with a sneaky handball off the line.

Not just the best USA team ever but also one of the very best national teams to ever grace the field. They were basically playing a more rugged style of total football, each one of them ran through each and every blade of grass on the field. It's the epitome of playing like a well oiled machine, not a single player above the rest, no one star that everyone would be looking at and assisting to get goals, just all the parts of the system working together and doing their part to create a squad that although wasn't powerhouse definitely played like they were.

Should be named ,,Kahn vs USA". This match made him invincible, if he wasn't already invincible before.

This was USA best squad in WC, they only didn’t qualified because of Kanh saves, and refree helping Germany.

Agonizing to watch this match live... so many chances for the US. Now we can't beat Trinidad.

Can’t believe the US didn’t get the equalizer, I was 21 at the time and I legit think I’ll go the rest of my life and never see a USA team get as close to the semi finals as this.

Ahh can never forget Donovan at 0:29 , shoot it with your right to right of the goal and it innn

WC var must penalty,handball

1:41 when the time with no VAR

John I brien had one of best tourneys ive seen outta left back and Mathis baby!

2022 will match that & beyond…

Clear hand ball not called, was a goal and the hand stop it wow

Some refs have the guts to make big calls, others just turn the other way, bad luck that night

I get tired of reading comments from youngsters talking about how great today’s squad is. It isn’t even close. The 2002 squad would mop the floor with today’s team.

That's a hand ball every time in today's game.

USA Vs Oliver Khan

USA was really robbed in this match... world cup used to be a robbery scene against the underdog teams since 2002 by far...

Qué buen nivel tuvo en este mundial Landon Donovan, Claudio Reyna

2002 WC team is is the best US national team. This was such a tough loss

And then they say neuer is better than kahn...

Zimbabwe!

Omg, that handball 1:36

If the VAR there in 2002 world cup, USA could go to the Semifinal against South Korea and make the final with Brazil... This 1:23 was penalty- Kick for USA.

Germany was so lucky in this tournament

Um dos maiores roubos da historia do futebol mundial, assaltaram grandao os EUA, vergonhosa essa copa de 2002, onde assaltaram a Italia e a Espanha tbm!!!

VAR into the past and USA is a semifinalist in the WC.

Usa vs brasil debió de ser la final del mundial del 2002

A Huge gap Of talents and experience between The Two Germany Could make Every Chance a goal !

Sanneh missed the equalizer. That had goal written all over it.

USA tenía un equipaso en ese mundial, recuerdo partido lo jugó excelente mucho mejor que Alemania, pero la suerte no estuvo de su lado

If the VAR was at this world cup

USA 2002 was magnificent. They were unlucky t b out of the tournament

2017컨페더컵결승전과 비슷하네요. 미국이 파상공세 하지만 한골넣은뒤로 독일의 다소여유로움 결승전도 그러하죠.

In this match, the Germans wore a black armband on their right arms as a sign of mourning, as footballer Fritz Walter, who led the German team to win the first world title in 1954, died on the eve of the game.

Hasta ahorita pude ver esta gran partido que dio.estados unidos waoooo tenia para ser campepn

Best USA squad we ever had just think if ref saw that handball…

Tremenda mano era del defensor alemán y no cobraron penal , una lastima para estados unidos , jugaron muy bien ese partido

second worst "no call" handball in world cup history. How the ref did not see it I do not know. Valiant effort by the Yanks though. I could not imagine what would have happen if they would have taken on South Korea in the semi final.

بعد مرور 18 سنة على اللقاء 21/6/2020

*1:39** LOOOOOOOOOOOL*

Que partido!

La canción de Brasil 2014 al final de korea japon jajajajaja que vergon buena honda desde El salvador

Karma got Michael Ballack on that Chelsea vs Barcelona game where they didn't give Chelsea the PK for the handball inside the area 😂

Donovan was a very complete player

4 years later frings got karma punished for that handball when they suspended him for the semifinal, after he participated in a brawl with argentinian players which argentina started hahaha

VAR would have given a goal to the US and penalty to the German defender.

US beat and eliminated the Mexicans in the 2nd round was the sweetest and happiest soccer memory of mine until now

Just wait for the USA's golden generation to come of age. WC 2026 in the USA with that team.

Best 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Team. Aunque Nos duela a los mexicanos pero ese si era mano y penal

Where is the Turkey's matches FIFA in 2002?

1:40 That was penalty :o

Kahn Titan.

Wow that was penalty

Is it handball? For normal penalty its debatable, the hand is passive, but what if the hand itself block the ball from goal?

VAR gives ups the handball, Reyna converts the penalty, and ... we probably lose in overtime.

Klose had a potential chance to make his 6th goal here, and extend the German lead to 2-0.

VAR would've made this game interesting... A second half penalty for the USA and Germany down to 10 men.

Soy mexicano y que bueno que Alemania se los chingo, haa pueda que sea la mejor selección de USA, porque esta generación es muy buena!!

They were really unlucky against Germany. South Korea was lucky against Spain. It really could be the winner of Spain v US in the final against Brazil.