US Cup 1993
The 1993 US Cup was an invitational tournament for national soccer teams organized by the United States Soccer Association and ran from June 6 to June 19, 1993. Besides the host team , participants were Brazil , Germany and England . For the visiting teams it was the only appearance in this tournament series . After six games in the “everyone against everyone” mode , the then reigning world champion Germany was the winner. The decisive final game, Germany against England, took place in the Pontiac Silverdome and was the first official international football match in a structurally enclosed stadium that was played on natural grass. This was done in preparation for the 1994 World Cup in the United States .
Tournament course
Summary
The host team met the then world number one Brazil in their first game. Over 44,000 spectators at the Yale Bowl saw an early goal from the favorite South Americans by Careca. Shortly before the end, Winck made the final score of 2-0 for Brazil. In their second game, the Americans beat England 2-0.
The German team started their first game against Brazil weak and were 3-0 down at halftime. After an increase in performance in the second half of the game, Germany scored their first two goals in the 66th minute through Jürgen Klinsmann and in the 80th through Andreas Möller. Klinsmann managed to equalize again in stoppage time.
In their third and final game, the Brazilians only managed a 1-1 draw against England, while the German team beat the USA 4-3 thanks to three headers from Karl-Heinz Riedle. With a 2-1 win against England in the last game, the Germans secured the tournament victory. The decisive goal was scored by Klinsmann, who was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of four goals.
USA 0-2 Brazil
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Tony Meola - Desmond Armstrong , Mike Lapper , John Doyle , Jeff Agoos - Fernando Clavijo , John Harkes , Chris Henderson (69th Peter Woodring ), Bruce Murray (57th Cobi Jones ) - Roy Wegerle , Jean Harbor (46th Earnie Stewart ) | Cláudio Taffarel - Winck , Julio Cesar , Márcio Santos , Branco (46th Nonato ) - Luisinho (68th Raí ), Dunga , Boiadeiro, Valdeir - Careca , Elivélton (76th Cafu ) | ||||||
0: 1 Careca (5th) 0: 2 Winck (87th) |
USA - England 2-0
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Tony Meola - Desmond Armstrong , Mike Lapper , John Doyle , Jeff Agoos - Fernando Clavijo , Thomas Dooley (69th Alexi Lalas ), John Harkes , Tab Ramos (82nd Cobi Jones ) - Roy Wegerle , Eric Wynalda (61st Earnie Stewart ) | Chris Woods - Lee Dixon , Gary Pallister , Carlton Palmer (61st Des Walker ), Tony Dorigo - David Batty , Paul Ince , Nigel Clough , Lee Sharpe - Les Ferdinand (35th Ian Wright ), John Barnes | |||||||
1-0 Dooley (42nd) 2-0 Lalas (72nd) |
Brazil - Germany 3: 3
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Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Julio Cesar , Márcio Santos , Branco (82nd Nonato ) - Carlos Dunga , Valdeir (64th Almir ), Raí , Luisinho - Careca , Elivélton (70th Cafu ) | Andreas Köpke - Christian Ziege (74th Michael Schulz ), Thomas Helmer , Jürgen Kohler , Guido Buchwald - Andreas Möller , Michael Zorc (58th Thomas Strunz ), Stefan Effenberg , Lothar Matthäus , Matthias Sammer (46th Karlheinz Riedle ) - Jürgen Klinsmann | ||||||
1-0 Helmer (13th, own goal ) 2-0 Careca (32nd, penalty ) 3-0 Luisinho (39th) |
3: 1 Klinsmann (66th) 3: 2 Möller (80th) 3: 3 Klinsmann (90th + 1 ') |
England 1-1 Brazil
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Tim Flowers - Barrett, Des Walker, Pallister, Dorigo - Sinton, Batty (46th David Platt), Clough (82nd Merson), Paul Ince (67th Palmer) - Sharpe, Wright | Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho, Valber, Márcio Roberto dos Santos, Nonato (5th Cafu) - Luisinho (57th Palhinha), Elivélton, Carlos Dunga - Valdeir (67th Almir), Rai, Careca | |||||||
1: 0 Platt (47th) |
1: 1 Santos (76th) |
USA - Germany 3: 4
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Tony Meola - Desmond Armstrong , John Doyle , Mike Lapper , Fernando Clavijo - Jeff Agoos (67th Alexi Lalas ), Thomas Dooley , John Harkes , Tab Ramos (78th Cobi Jones ) - Roy Wegerle , Eric Wynalda (60th Earnie Stewart ) | Andreas Köpke - Christian Ziege , Jürgen Kohler (74th Thomas Helmer ), Guido Buchwald , Michael Schulz - Stefan Effenberg (60th Andreas Möller ), Lothar Matthäus , Uwe Bein , Thomas Strunz - Karlheinz Riedle , Jürgen Klinsmann (70th Karlheinz Pflipsen ) | |||||||
1: 1 Dooley (25th) 2: 4 Stewart (72nd) 3: 4 Dooley (79th) |
0: 1 Klinsmann (14th) 1: 2 Riedle (34th) 1: 3 Riedle (39th) 1: 4 Riedle (59th) |
Germany - England 2-1
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Bodo Illgner - Christian Ziege, Thomas Helmer, Guido Buchwald, Michael Schulz - Andreas Möller (63rd Matthias Sammer), Stefan Effenberg (76th Michael Zorc), Lothar Matthäus, Thomas Strunz - Karlheinz Riedle, Jürgen Klinsmann | Martyn - Barrett, Pallister (53rd Keown), Des Walker - David Platt, Paul Ince, Clough (70th Wright), Sinton, Merson - John Barnes, Sharpe (46th Winterburn) | |||||||
1: 0 Effenberg (26th) 2: 1 Klinsmann (55th) |
1: 1 flat (31st) |
Closing table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9: 7 | +2 | 7th |
2. | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6: 4 | +2 | 5 |
3. | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5: 6 | −1 | 3 |
4th | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2: 5 | −3 | 1 |
Goal scorers
4 goals
3 goals 2 goals |
1 goal |
Web links
- Tournament dates in rsssf.com
- TV recaps of the games on YouTube :
- USA 2-0 England June 9:
- June 10: Brazil 3-3 Germany
- June 13: England 1-1 Brazil
- June 13: USA 3-4 Germany
- June 19: Germany 2-1 England