The real Mount Rushmore of football in the USA

Many forgotten, both at home and abroad, that the USA took part in the first World Cup.

Although it contained only thirteen nations, the United States led a group that included Paraguay and future European power package Belgium before it was displaced in the semi -finals of Argentina.

It was not long after the United States closed waves again. This time she saw her group stage performance on the ground, but not before a famous victory against England.

From then on, the United States was largely or wrongly regarded as a football reservoir.

However, it cannot be denied that American players in Europe and elsewhere waves at the highest level. In the same light, these options would not be possible with those who moved a path in front of them.

Let's take a look at four players who are the real Mount Rushmore in the USA for me.

Training backwards, you cannot have an older discussion about the United States in football conditions without having Tim Howard on this list.

I often do not agree with many of his attitudes as an expert, but on the field Howard was a standard wearer for the American goalkeeper union, which also included Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller.

With almost 500 combined appearances over stints with Manchester United and Everton and 121 caps for the USMNT, Howard was a goalkeeper at elite level for practically his entire career. Its legacy is undeniable.

Although Tab Ramos was not born in the United States (and not the only player on this list that claims this honor), he was proof that US players – locals or naturalized – were so much more than a stereotypical profile.

Many of these stereotypes still exist today; Trainers and youth clubs that concentrate on speed, power and size, while they often do without bad players.

But the technical grace issued by Ramos and the football -iq is a facet of his game, which was noticeable among his contemporaries and remains a player profile that we are still more regularly producing.

Cobi Jones is an undisputed legend of the United States football community. From the best -known black player in our history (and first he first reached 100 hats) to his history to switch from a walk -in attempt at the UCLA to a legendary name in MLS, Jones is the epitome of a pioneer.

His efforts to form the landscape for MLS continue to write its own history and became the all-time caps leader of the United States (164). He has never had the success abroad that so many other acts.

And yet the tiny midfielder from Detroit, a city that is hardly a football breeding ground, became a torchb carrier for as many players who look like him.

If they didn't dive deeply into football history, they would probably have never heard of Joe Gaetjens. And what a shame it is.

Gaetjens was born in black and Haitian and is part of the United States legacy before there was really one.

The only goal scorer in the 1-0 victory against England during the 1950 World Cup also played Gaetjens in the domestic scene for Brookhatten.

His career was briefly on the international stage, but his travels at the club level landed him with now fallen French giant racing club de Paris.

One of over 30,000 victims who have lost the dictatorial regime of François Duvalier heartbreakingly lives on Gaetjens Memory.

The connection between the United States and Germany is deep and not just in football.

The influence of German immigrants on the nation's material is undeniable, and this also applies from a sporting perspective.

Many Americans have taken up their trade in the Bundesliga, and they will surely know some of these names. A selected number was also born in Germany and finally represented the USA at the highest level. Thomas Dooley was one of them.

A path on which Jermain Jones, Julian Green, Fabian Johnson, Alfredo Morales, Timothy Chandler and the Tillman Brothers helped for the stars and stripes