Football World Cup 1998 / United States

This article covers the United States national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

Semi-final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	United States	10: 5	13
2	Costa Rica	9: 5	12
3	Guatemala	6: 9	8th
4th	Trinidad & Tobago	3: 9	1

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

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mexico	23: 7	18th
2	United States	17: 9	17th
3	Jamaica	7:12	14th
4th	Costa Rica	13:12	12
5	El Salvador	11:16	10
6th	Canada	5:20	6th

Jamaica	-	United States	0-0
United States	-	Canada	3-0
Costa Rica	-	United States	3: 2
United States	-	Mexico	2: 2
El Salvador	-	United States	1: 1
United States	-	Costa Rica	1-0
United States	-	Jamaica	1: 1
Mexico	-	United States	0-0
Canada	-	United States	0: 3
United States	-	El Salvador	4: 2

American contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Brad Friedel	Liverpool FC	05/18/1971	1	0	0	0
16	Juergen Sommer	Columbus crew	02/27/1969	0	0	0	0
18th	Kasey Keller	Leicester City	11/29/1969	2	0	0	0
Defender
2	Frankie Hejduk	Tampa Bay Mutiny	08/05/1974	3	0	1	0
3	Eddie Pope	DC United	December 24, 1973	2	0	1	0
4th	Mike Burns	New England Revolution	09/14/1970	2	0	0	0
5	Thomas Dooley	Columbus crew	05/12/1961	3	0	0	0
6th	David Regis	Karlsruher SC	12/02/1968	3	0	1	0
12	Jeff Agoos	DC United	05/02/1968	0	0	0	0
17th	Marcelo Balboa	Colorado Rapids	08/08/1967	1	0	0	0
22nd	Alexi Lalas	NY / NJ Metro Stars	06/01/1970	0	0	0	0
midfield player
8th	Earnie Stewart	NAC Breda	03/28/1969	3	0	0	0
10	Ramos tab	NY / NJ Metro Stars	09/21/1966	2	0	0	0
13	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy	06/16/1970	3	0	0	0
14th	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	06/24/1963	2	0	0	0
15th	Chad Deering	VfL Wolfsburg	09/02/1970	1	0	0	0
19th	Brian Maisonneuve	Columbus crew	06/28/1973	3	0	0	0
21st	Claudio Reyna	VfL Wolfsburg	07/20/1973	3	0	1	0
striker
7th	Roy Wegerle	Tampa Bay Mutiny	March 19, 1964	2	0	0	0
9	Joe-Max Moore	New England Revolution	02/23/1971	2	0	0	0
11	Eric Wynalda	San Jose Clash	06/09/1969	2	0	0	0
20th	Brian McBride	Columbus crew	06/19/1972	2	1	0	0
Trainer
	Steve Sampson		01/19/1957

US team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	6: 2	7th
2	Yugoslavia	4: 2	7th
3	Iran	2: 4	3
4th	United States	1: 5	0

• Germany - USA 2: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion ( Paris )

Spectators: 43,815

Referee: Said Belqola ( Morocco )

Goals: 1-0 Möller (8th), 2-0 Klinsmann (64th)

• USA - Iran 1: 2 (0: 1)

Stadium: Stade Gerland ( Lyon )

Spectators: 39,100

Referee: Urs Meier ( Switzerland )

Goals: 0: 1 Estili (40th), 0: 2 Mahdavikia (84th), 1: 2 McBride (87th)

• USA - Yugoslavia 0: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire ( Nantes )

Spectators: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Ghandour ( Egypt )

Goals: 0-1 Komljenović (4th)