Football World Cup 1994 / Group A

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Group A games of the 1994 World Cup .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. RomaniaRomania Romania  3  2  0  1 005: 500  ± 0 06th
 2. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  3  1  1  1 005: 400  +1 04th
 3. United StatesUnited States United States  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 4th ColombiaColombia Colombia  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03

USA - Switzerland 1: 1 (1: 1)

United States Switzerland
United StatesUnited States
1st matchday
June 18, 1994 at 11:30 a.m. in Pontiac ( Silverdome )
Spectators: 73,425
Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina ( Argentina ) ArgentinaArgentina 
Match report
SwitzerlandSwitzerland


Tony Meola - Marcelo Balboa - Cle Kooiman , Alexi Lalas , Paul Caligiuri - Tab Ramos , Mike Sorber , Thomas Dooley , John Harkes - Earnie Stewart (81st Cobi Jones ), Eric Wynalda (58th Roy Wegerle ) Trainer: Bora Milutinović(C)Captain of the crew
 Marco Pascolo - Alain Geiger - Marc Hottiger , Dominique Herr , Yvan Quentin - Christophe Ohrel , Georges Bregy , Thomas Bickel (72nd Nestor Subiat ), Ciriaco Sforza (77th Thomas Wyss ), Alain Sutter - Stéphane Chapuisat Trainer: Roy Hodgson(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 Wynalda (44th) 		goal 0: 1 Bregy (39th)
yellow cards Harkes yellow cards Lord, Subiat

Colombia - Romania 1: 3 (1: 2)

Colombia Romania
ColombiaColombia
1st matchday
June 18, 1994 at 4:30 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium )
Spectators: 91,856
Referee: Jamal al-Sharif ( Syria ) SyriaSyria 
Match report
RomaniaRomania


Óscar Córdoba - Luis Carlos Perea - Luis Herrera , Andrés Escobar , Wilson Pérez - Gabriel Gómez , Leonel Álvarez , Carlos Valderrama , Freddy Rincón - Faustino Asprilla , Adolfo Valencia Trainer: Francisco Maturana(C)Captain of the crew
 Bogdan Stelea - Miodrag Belodedici - Dan Petrescu , Gheorghe Mihali , Daniel Prodan - Ilie Dumitrescu (68. Tibor Selymes ), Ioan Lupescu , Gheorghe Hagi , Gheorghe Popescu , Dorinel Munteanu - Florin Răducioiu (90th Corneliu Papură ) Coach: Anghel Iordănescu(C)Captain of the crew


goal 1: 2 Valencia (43.) 		goal0: 1 Răducioiu (15th)
goal0: 2 Hagi (34th)

goal1: 3 Răducioiu (89.)
yellow cards Herrera, Valderrama, Álvarez yellow cards Răducioiu

Romania - Switzerland 1: 4 (1: 1)

Romania Switzerland
RomaniaRomania
2nd matchday
June 22, 1994 at 4 p.m. in Pontiac ( Silverdome )
Spectators: 61,428
Referee: Neji Jouini ( Tunisia ) TunisiaTunisia 
Match report
SwitzerlandSwitzerland


Bogdan Stelea - Miodrag Belodedici - Dan Petrescu , Gheorghe Mihali , Daniel Prodan - Ilie Dumitrescu (71. Ion Vlădoiu ), Ioan Lupescu (86th Basarab Panduru ), Gheorghe Hagi , Gheorghe Popescu , Dorinel Munteanu - Florin Răducioiu Coach: Anghel Iordănescu(C)Captain of the crew
 Marco Pascolo - Alain Geiger - Marc Hottiger , Dominique Herr , Yvan Quentin - Christophe Ohrel (83rd Patrick Sylvestre ), Ciriaco Sforza , Georges Bregy , Alain Sutter (71st Thomas Bickel ) - Adrian Knup , Stéphane Chapuisat Trainer: Roy Hodgson(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 Hagi (35th) 		goal0: 1 Sutter (16.)

goal1: 2 Chapuisat (52.)
goal1: 3 Knup (65.)
goal1: 4 Knup (72.)
yellow cards Mihali, Lupescu, Belodedici
Red cards Vlădoiu (73rd, gross foul)

USA - Colombia 2: 1 (1: 0)

United States Colombia
United StatesUnited States
2nd matchday
June 22, 1994 at 4:30 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium )
Spectators: 93,869
Referee: Fabio Baldas ( Italy ) ItalyItaly 
Match report
ColombiaColombia


Tony Meola - Marcelo Balboa - Fernando Clavijo , Alexi Lalas , Paul Caligiuri - Tab Ramos , Mike Sorber , Thomas Dooley , John Harkes - Earnie Stewart (66th Cobi Jones ), Eric Wynalda (60th Roy Wegerle ) Trainer: Bora Milutinović(C)Captain of the crew
 Óscar Córdoba - Luis Carlos Perea - Luis Herrera , Andrés Escobar , Wilson Pérez - Hernán Gaviria , Leonel Álvarez , Carlos Valderrama , Freddy Rincón - Antony de Ávila (46th Ivan Valenciano ), Faustino Asprilla (46th Adolfo Valencia ) Trainer: Francisco Maturana(C)Captain of the crew
Own goal1-0 Escobar (35th, own goal)
goal2-0 Stewart (52nd)

goal 2: 1 Valencia (90th)
yellow cards Lalas yellow cards de Ávila

USA - Romania 0: 1 (0: 1)

United States Romania
United StatesUnited States
3rd matchday
June 26, 1994 at 1:00 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium )
Spectators: 93,869
Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands 
Match report
RomaniaRomania


Tony Meola - Marcelo Balboa - Fernando Clavijo , Marcelo Balboa , Alexi Lalas , Paul Caligiuri - Tab Ramos (62nd Cobi Jones ), Mike Sorber (74th Roy Wegerle ), Thomas Dooley , John Harkes - Earnie Stewart , Eric Wynalda Trainer: Bora Milutinović(C)Captain of the crew
 Florin Prunea - Miodrag Belodedici (88. Gheorghe Mihali ) - Dan Petrescu , Tibor Selymes , Daniel Prodan - Ilie Dumitrescu , Ioan Lupescu , Gheorghe Hagi , Gheorghe Popescu , Dorinel Munteanu - Florin Răducioiu (83. Constantin Gâlcă ) Coach: Anghel Iordănescu(C)Captain of the crew
goal 0: 1 Petrescu (18th)
yellow cards Harkes (2nd), Clavijo yellow cards Răducioiu (2nd), Petrescu

Switzerland - Colombia 0: 2 (0: 1)

Switzerland Colombia
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
3rd matchday
June 26, 1994 at 1:00 p.m. in Stanford ( Stanford Stadium )
Spectators: 83,401
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen ( Denmark ) DenmarkDenmark 
Match report
ColombiaColombia


Marco Pascolo - Alain Geiger - Marc Hottiger , Dominique Herr , Yvan Quentin - Christophe Ohrel , Georges Bregy , Ciriaco Sforza , Alain Sutter (81st Marco Grassi ) - Adrian Knup (81st Nestor Subiat ), Stéphane Chapuisat Trainer: Roy Hodgson(C)Captain of the crew
 Óscar Córdoba - Alexis Mendoza - Luis Herrera , Andrés Escobar , Wilson Pérez - Hernán Gaviria (78th John Harold Lozano ), Leonel Álvarez , Carlos Valderrama , Freddy Rincón - Faustino Asprilla , Adolfo Valencia (63rd Antony de Ávila ) Trainer: Francisco Maturana(C)Captain of the crew
goal0: 1 Gaviria (44.)
goal0: 2 Lozano (90.)
yellow cards Knup, Bregy yellow cards Gaviria, Valderrama (2nd), Álvarez (2nd)