How many times has USMNT played in Copa América? What was their best result?

So far at the Copa América, the United States men’s national team has either flopped completely or been on the verge of a final berth.

The United States men’s national team (USMNT) will next year make its fifth appearance at the Copa América - a tournament at which the Stars and Stripes have so far alternated between extreme highs and lows: they’ve either bombed in the group stage, or been one step away from a sensational final appearance.

The United States is to host the 2024 Copa América, which will also see five other teams from the Central American, North American and Caribbean region (CONCACAF) take part in a competition that’s chiefly contested by nations belonging to CONMEBOL, South America’s soccer confederation.

The involvement of non-South American countries in the Copa América is nothing new. Since the early 1990s, CONMEBOL has made a habit of adding to the tournament field with teams from other regions, to compensate for the fact that South America’s governing body only has 10 member nations.

What’s more, this is not the first time that CONMEBOL body has joined forces with CONCACAF to hold an expanded Copa América with a 10+6 mix of countries from the two confederations. This was the case in 2016, when the US was also awarded hosting duties for a special, centenary edition of the tournament.

Before the States became the first nation from outside CONMEBOL to stage the Copa América seven years ago, the USMNT had also been invited to take part in the tournament in 1993, 1995 and 2007.

On their Copa América debut, the USMNT came rock bottom of their first-round group, managing just one point as they finished behind Ecuador, the tournament hosts, and Uruguay and Venezuela. The Americans’ sole draw was against the