Soccer World Cup 1990 / United States

This article covers the US national soccer team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

First round

As one of the five best teams in the zone, the United States did not have to start until the second round.

Second round

Jamaica	-	United States	0-0
United States	-	Jamaica	5: 1

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Costa Rica	10: 6	11
2	United States	6: 3	11
3	Trinidad and Tobago	7: 5	9
4th	Guatemala	4: 7	3
5	El Salvador	2: 8	2

Costa Rica	-	United States	1-0
United States	-	Costa Rica	1-0
United States	-	Trinidad & Tobago	1: 1
United States	-	Guatemala	2: 1
El Salvador	-	United States	0: 1
Guatemala	-	United States	0-0
United States	-	El Salvador	0-0
Trinidad & Tobago	-	United States	0: 1

American contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Tony Meola	University of Virginia	02/21/1969	3	0	1	0
18th	Kasey Keller	Portland Timbers	11/29/1969	0	0	0	0
22nd	David Vanole	Los Angeles Heat	02/06/1963	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Steve stepping shoe	Tampa Bay rowdies	04/24/1965	1	0	1	0
3	John Doyle	San Francisco Blackhawks	04/16/1966	2	0	0	0
4th	Jimmy Banks	Milwaukee Wave	09/02/1964	2	0	2	0
5	Mike Windischmann	Albany Capitals	December 06, 1965	3	0	1	0
8th	Brian Bliss	Albany Capitals	09/28/1965	1	0	0	0
12	Paul Krump	Chicago Sting	03/04/1963	0	0	0	0
15th	Desmond Armstrong	Baltimore Blast	11/02/1964	3	0	0	0
17th	Marcelo Balboa	San Diego Sockers	08/08/1967	2	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	John Harkes	Albany Capitals	03/08/1967	3	0	0	0
7th	Ramos tab	Miami Freedom	09/21/1966	3	0	0	0
14th	John Stollmeyer	Washington Stars	10/25/1962	2	0	0	0
19th	Chris Henderson	UCLA	December 11, 1970	0	0	0	0
20th	Paul Caligiuri	SV Meppen	03/09/1964	3	1	1	0
21st	Neil Covone	Wake Forest University	08/31/1969	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Christopher Sullivan	Győri ETO FC	04/18/1965	2	0	0	0
10	Peter Vermes	FC Volendam	11/21/1966	3	0	0	0
11	Eric Wynalda	San Francisco Blackhawks	06/09/1969	2	0	0	1
13	Eric Eichmann	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	05/07/1965	0	0	0	0
16	Bruce Murray	Washington Stars	01/25/1966	3	1	1	0
Trainer
	Bob Gansler		07/01/1941

US team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Italy	4-0	6th
2	Czechoslovakia	6: 3	4th
3	Austria	2: 3	2
4th	United States	2: 8	0

• United States - Czechoslovakia 1: 5 (0: 2)

Stadium: Stadio Comunale ( Florence )

Spectators: 33,266

Referee: Röthlisberger ( Switzerland )

Goals: 0: 1 Skuhravý (25th), 0: 2 Bílek (39th) 11m , 0: 3 Hašek (50th), 1: 3 Caligiuri (61st), 1: 4 Skuhravý (78th), 1: 5 Luhový (90.)

• Italy - United States 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Rome Olympic Stadium

Spectators: 73,423

Referee: Codesal Méndez ( Mexico )

Goals: 1: 0 Giannini (11)

• Austria - United States 2: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Comunale ( Florence )

Spectators: 34,857

Referee: Al Sharif ( Syria )

Goals: 1-0 Ogris (52nd), 2-0 Rodax (65th), 2-1 Murray (85th)

Host Italy still struggled in Group A against outsiders Austria and USA in the 1-0 successes, but against the supposedly strongest opponent, the CSFR, they managed a 2-0 victory, in which the already won the match Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci, who emerged from Austria and was actually only added to the squad as a supplementary player, scored again. The Czechoslovaks trumped the USA 5-1, also kept Austria 1-0 at a distance and finished second in the group.