1994 usa world cup roster
The US and the 1994 World Cup
Our series on the US at the World Cup continues with part seven, a look at the 1994 World Cup, the only time the US hosted the tournament.
The lead up to the 1994 World Cup
Player development in the US after the 1990 World Cup continued to be hampered by the lack of a viable professional league. Those who could went to teams in Europe. Those who couldn’t continued with the USSF grant program first established in 1988 or with indoor or semi-professional clubs. The national team itself soon embarked on what was to be a very crowded international schedule. Meanwhile, the federation was undergoing a rapid period of development of its own.
Two months after the 1990 World Cup, the presidency of the USSF was up for re-election. Then-president Werner Fricker, the Yugoslavia-born Philadelphian who won the National Amateur Cup in 1965 with Philadelphia’s United German Hungarians and had been on the 1964 US Olympic squad, had led the federation’s efforts to host the 1994 World Cup. But he had disappointing success in selling the event to corporate America. FIFA had chosen the US to host in large part because it was hoped that the h
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Key:
Date: Versus Score [Halftime]
Location, Stadium (Attendance)
Matchtype
Scorer(s): Player time — if known
Team Lineup (Substitutions) — if known
Referee: — if known
Cards: [Y=Yellow, R=Red] — if known
Opponent’s details provided where known
1990
July 25, 1990: USA 4-0 Norway
Winnipeg, Canada
International Friendly
Scorers: Carin Jennings, Michelle Akers-Stahl, April Heinrichs, Mia Hamm
USA: Amy Allmann, Lori Henry (Megan McCarthy), Linda Hamilton, Debbie Belkin, Joy Biefeld, Kristine Lilly, Shannon Higgins, Julie Foudy, Carin Jennings, Michelle Akers-Stahl, April Heinrichs (Mia Hamm)
Head Coach: Anson Dorrance
NOR: Seth, Strædet, Svensson (Riise), Stenberg, Nyborg, Carlsen, Haugen, Støre, Zaborowski, Medalen, Hegstad
Head Coach: n/a
July 27, 1990: USA 4-1 Canada
Winnipeg, Canada (300)
Canada Cup
Scorers: Kristine Lilly, Carin Jennings, Mia Hamm, Wendy Gebauer — n/a
USA: Gretchen Gegg, Megan McCarthy, Lori Henry, Holly Hellmuth, Tracey Bates, Shannon Higgins (Michelle Akers-Stahl), Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, (Carin Jennings), Mia
The Senna-saluting Seleção of ’94 in stats
FIFA delivers some intriguing numbers behind Brazil's USA 1994 triumph
Bebeto, Dunga, Rai, Romario, Ronaldo and Taffarel feature
So too does the beloved Ayrton Senna and a hilarious dressing-room story
Brazil was in unprecedented desolation. Ayrton Senna’s tragic death had prompted its government to declare three days of national mourning. Some friends, whom the Formula One showman had recently urged to win the forthcoming FIFA World Cup™ over Coq au Vin in a Paris restaurant, had the opportunity to honour him by doing just that. Brazil, however, had not lifted the trophy in 24 years and pessimism over the Seleção had never been higher. Hurdles, however, make for touching tributes. Those Brazilians wrote one. Here’s a statistical one to Carlos Alberto Parreira and pupils from FIFA.
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Senna kicked off a friendly between Brazil and a Paris Saint-Germain XI including Bixente Lizarazu, Assis (Ronaldinho’s brother), David Ginola and George Weah 58 days before USA 1994 began. Afterwards, the three-time Formula One world champion went for dinner with the Brazilians. “He spoke to us as a group and one-on-one to donate
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