Chile

Current FIFA World Ranking: 17th
FIFA Trigram: CHI
2010 World Cup Qualifying: Finished 2nd in CONMEBOL Final Round Group (10-5-3; 32 GF, 22 GA)
World Cup Finals Appearances: 8 – 1930 (5th), 1950 (9th), 1962 (3rd), 1966 (13th), 1974 (11th), 1982 (22nd), 1998 (16th), 2010
Record vs. USA: 4-3-1
Head Coach: Marcelo Bielsa (Argentina)
Championship Honors: None
Leading World Cup Qualifying Scorer: Humberto Suazo (10)
Key Players: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad), Matias Fernandez (Sporting CP), Alexis Sanchez (Udinese), Humberto Suazo (Monterrey)
Language: Spanish

A team on the rise, La Roja will make their first appearance in the FIFA World Cup in 12 years … The 1998 squad, which lost to Brazil in the second round, was memorably led by the dynamic strike partnership of Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano … Forward Humberto Suazo was the top scorer in CONMEBOL qualifying with 10 goals … Finished ahead of Paraguay on goal differential to come in second in the CONMEBOL qualifying table … Defeated the U.S. in the last group game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup …