Football World Cup 1994 / United States

This article covers the United States soccer team at the 1994 World Cup .

qualification

The United States automatically qualified to host.

American contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Tony Meola	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	02/21/1969	4th	0	0	0
12	Juergen Sommer	Luton Town	02/27/1969	0	0	0	0
18th	Brad Friedel	US Soccer Federation	05/18/1971	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Mike Lapper	US Soccer Federation	08/28/1970	0	0	0	0
3	Mike Burns	US Soccer Federation	09/14/1970	1	0	0	0
4th	Cle Kooiman	CD Cruz Azul	07/04/1963	1	0	0	0
5	Thomas Dooley	US Soccer Federation	05/12/1961	4th	0	1	0
17th	Marcelo Balboa	US Soccer Federation	08/08/1967	4th	0	1	0
21st	Fernando Clavijo	US Soccer Federation	01/23/1956	3	0	1	1
22nd	Alexi Lalas	US Soccer Federation	06/01/1970	4th	0	1	0
midfield player
6th	John Harkes	Derby County	03/08/1967	3	0	2	0
7th	Hugo Perez	US Soccer Federation	11/08/1963	1	0	0	0
9	Ramos tab	Betis Seville	09/21/1966	4th	0	1	0
13	Cobi Jones	US Soccer Federation	06/16/1970	4th	0	0	0
16	Mike Sorber	US Soccer Federation	05/14/1971	4th	0	0	0
19th	Claudio Reyna	US Soccer Federation	07/20/1973	0	0	0	0
20th	Paul Caligiuri	US Soccer Federation	03/09/1964	4th	0	1	0
striker
8th	Earnie Stewart	Willem II Tilburg	03/28/1969	4th	1	0	0
10	Roy Wegerle	Coventry City	March 19, 1964	4th	0	0	0
11	Eric Wynalda	1. FC Saarbrücken	06/09/1969	4th	1	0	0
14th	Frank Klopas	US Soccer Federation	09/01/1966	0	0	0	0
15th	Joe-Max Moore	US Soccer Federation	02/23/1971	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Bora Milutinović		07.09.1944

US team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Romania	5: 5	6th
2	Switzerland	5: 4	4th
3	United States	3: 3	4th
4th	Colombia	4: 5	3

• United States - Switzerland 1: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome ( Pontiac )

Spectators: 73,425

Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina ( Argentina )

Goals: 0: 1 Bregy (39th), 1: 1 Wynalda (44th)

• United States - Colombia 2: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Rose Bowl ( Pasadena )

Spectators: 93,689

Referee: Fabio Baldas ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 Escobar (35th) ET , 2-0 Stewart (52nd), 2-1 Valencia (90th)

• United States - Romania 0: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Rose Bowl ( Pasadena )

Spectators: 93,869

Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands )

Goals: 0: 1 Petrescu (18th)

In Group A, Colombia, which the great Pelé personally raised to the rank of secret favorite, was the biggest disappointment. Despite its stars like Valderrama, Asprilla, Rincon and the then Bayern striker Adolfo Valencia, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round. Switzerland, whose half of the regular eleven consisted of Bundesliga legionnaires at the time, was particularly astonishing when it came to the clear success against Romania. Romania, around its superstar Gheorghe Hagi, quickly put up with the setback, beat the hosts and advanced to the round of 16 as group winners. The US, despite its home advantage, was seen by many as a blatant outsider, but it belied its critics. The win over the clear favorites from Colombia, which came about through an own goal by Andrés Escobar, was particularly convincing.

The United States as third-best third-placed in the round of 16.

Round of 16

84.147

Stanford Stadium ( Palo Alto )

Brazil

United States

Joël Quiniou ( France )

1: 0 (0: 0)

1-0 Bebeto (72nd)

Brazil were under pressure as favorites against the US home team and had to play with ten men for more than one half after being sent off against Leonardo. Spain legionnaire Bebeto scored the goal of the day fifteen minutes before the final whistle.