1993_U.S._Cup Knowpia

1993 U.S. Cup
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	6–19 June 1993
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	286,761 (47,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jurgen Klinsmann; (4 goals)
	← 1992 1995 →

The 1993 U.S. Cup was a round robin soccer tournament played in June 1993 and organized by the United States Soccer Federation. The United States hosted Brazil, England and Germany; all three of those countries were playing in their only U.S. Cup. The U.S. Cup began as a four-team invitational tournament in 1992 and would be played each year until 2000, except for the World Cup years of 1994 and 1998. The team with the best record at the end of the cup was crowned the cup champion. This year, Germany went on to win the title. England participated in the hope that they would be acclimatizing for the following year's World Cup, but in the end, they failed to qualify for that tournament.^[1]

The final game of the tournament, between Germany and England, took place in the Pontiac Silverdome, an indoor stadium in Detroit, Michigan. This was the first soccer game played indoors on grass and it served as a test for the upcoming 1994 FIFA World Cup to be held in the United States. In that World Cup, several venues, such as the Silverdome, had complete roofs and the World Cup organizers wanted to test the feasibility of using grass on an indoor field.^[2]^[3]

Venues edit

New Haven	Foxborough		Chicago
Yale Bowl	Foxborough Stadium		Soldier Field
Capacity: 64,246	Capacity: 60,292		Capacity: 66,944

Pontiac		Washington, D.C.
Pontiac Silverdome		Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Capacity: 80,311		Capacity: 56,500

Yale Bowl Foxborough Stadium Soldier Field Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Silverdome

6 June: United States vs Brazil edit

6 June 1993

United States	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Careca 5' Winck 87'

Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut

Attendance: 44,579

Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

United States

Brazil


GK	1	Tony Meola
RB	2	Mike Lapper
CB	15	Desmond Armstrong
CB	21	Fernando Clavijo
LB	3	John Doyle
RM	4	Bruce Murray		57'
CM	12	Jeff Agoos	(c)
CM	6	John Harkes
LM	19	Chris Henderson		69'
CF	17	Roy Wegerle
CF	16	Jean Harbor		46'
Substitutions:
MF	5	Thomas Dooley
FW	7	Peter Woodring		69'
MF	8	Dominic Kinnear
MF	9	Tab Ramos
FW	11	Eric Wynalda
MF	13	Cobi Jones		57'
FW	10	Earnie Stewart		46'
MF	16	Mike Sorber
GK	18	Brad Friedel
DF	20	Frank Klopas
DF	22	Alexi Lalas
DF	14	Cle Kooiman
Manager:
Velibor Milutinovic


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	13	Winck
CB	3	Julio Cesar
CB	14	Márcio Santos
LB	6	Branco	46'
RM	8	Luisinho	68'
CM	5	Dunga
LM	10	Boiadeiro
RF	7	Valdeir
CF	9	Careca	(c)
LF	11	Elivelton	76'
Substitutions:
DF	2	Jorginho
DF	4	Celio Silva
GK	12	Carlos
FW	15	Joao Paulo
MF	16	Almir
DF	17	Cafu		76'
MF	18	Marquinhos
DF	19	Nonato		46'
MF	20	Palhinha
MF	21	Raí		68'
DF	22	Valber
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

9 June: United States vs England edit

9 June 1993

United States	2–0	England
Dooley 42' Lalas 72'	Report

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough (Boston)

Attendance: 37,652

Referee: Weiser (Austria)

United States

England


GK	1	Tony Meola
RB	2	Mike Lapper
CB	21	Fernando Clavijo
CB	15	Desmond Armstrong
LB	3	John Doyle
RM	5	Thomas Dooley		69'
CM	12	Jeff Agoos
CM	6	John Harkes
LM	9	Tab Ramos	(c)	82'
CF	17	Roy Wegerle
CF	11	Eric Wynalda		61'
Substitutions:
MF	4	Bruce Murray
FW	7	Peter Woodring
MF	8	Dominic Kinnear
FW	10	Jean Harbor
MF	13	Cobi Jones		82'
FW	14	Earnie Stewart		61'
MF	16	Mike Sorber
GK	18	Brad Friedel
MF	19	Chris Henderson
DF	20	Paul Caligiuri
MF	22	Alexi Lalas		69'
Manager:
Velibor Milutinovic


GK	1	Chris Woods
RB	2	Lee Dixon
CB	6	Gary Pallister
LB	3	Tony Dorigo
RM	8	David Batty
CM	4	Carlton Palmer	61'
CM	11	Paul Ince		(c)
LM	16	Lee Sharpe
RF	9	Les Ferdinand		35'
CF	12	Nigel Clough
LF	10	John Barnes
Substitutions:
DF	5	Des Walker		61'
MF	7	David Platt
GK	13	Nigel Martyn
CF	14	Ian Wright		35'
MF	15	Andy Sinton
FW	17	Paul Merson
FW	18	Teddy Sheringham
DF	19	Martin Keown
DF	20	Nigel Winterburn
DF	21	Earl Barrett
GK	22	Tim Flowers
Manager:
Graham Taylor

English newspaper The Sun reported this result under the headline "Yanks 2 Planks 0".^[4]

10 June: Brazil vs Germany edit

10 June 1993

Brazil	3–3	Germany
Helmer 13' (o.g.) Careca 32' Luisinho 39'	Report	Klinsmann 66', 89' Möller 80'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 34,737

Referee: Paul Tamberino (USA)

Brazil

Germany


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Jorginho
CB	3	Julio Cesar
CB	14	Márcio Santos
LB	6	Branco		82'
RM	8	Luisinho
CM	5	Dunga
LM	21	Raí	(c)
RF	7	Valdeir		64'
CF	9	Careca
LF	11	Elivelton	70'
Substitutions:
GK	12	Carlos
DF	4	Celio Silva
DF	13	Winck
DF	17	Cafu		70'
DF	19	Nonato		82'
DF	22	Valber
MF	10	Boiadeiro
MF	18	Marquinhos
MF	20	Palhinha
FW	15	Joao Paulo
FW	16	Almir		64'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira


GK	1	Andreas Köpke
SW	16	Matthias Sammer	46'
CB	2	Thomas Helmer
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
CB	3	Guido Buchwald
RM	5	Stefan Effenberg
CM	8	Michael Zorc	58'
CM	6	Lothar Matthäus(c)
LM	9	Christian Ziege	74'
AM	10	Andreas Möller
CF	11	Jürgen Klinsmann
Substitutions:
GK	12	Bodo Illgner
DF	14	Michael Schulz	74'
MF	5	Olaf Thon
MF	13	Karl-Heinz Pflipsen
MF	15	Uwe Bein
MF	19	Thomas Strunz	58'
FW	9	Karl-Heinz Riedle	46'
FW	11	Bruno Labbadia
Manager:
Berti Vogts

13 June: England vs Brazil edit

13 June 1993

England	1–1	Brazil
Platt 47'	Report	Santos 76'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 54,118

Referee: Helder Dias (USA)

England

Brazil


GK	22	Tim Flowers
RB	21	Earl Barrett
CB	5	Des Walker
CB	6	Gary Pallister
LB	3	Tony Dorigo
RM	15	Andy Sinton		46'
CM	8	David Batty
CM	11	Paul Ince	(c)	67'
LM	16	Lee Sharpe
CF	12	Nigel Clough		82'
CF	14	Ian Wright
Substitutions:
GK	1	Chris Woods
DF	2	Lee Dixon
MF	4	Carlton Palmer		67'
MF	7	David Platt		46'
FW	9	Les Ferdinand
FW	10	John Barnes
GK	13	Nigel Martyn
FW	17	Paul Merson		82'
FW	18	Teddy Sheringham
DF	19	Martin Keown
DF	20	Nigel Winterburn
Manager:
Graham Taylor


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Jorginho
CB	14	Márcio Santos
CB	22	Valber
LB	19	Nonato	5'
RM	8	Luisinho	57'
CM	5	Dunga
LM	21	Raí	(c)
RF	7	Valdeir	67'
CF	14	Careca
LF	11	Elivelton
Substitutions:
DF	3	Julio Cesar
DF	4	Celio Silva
DF	6	Branco
MF	10	Boiadeiro
GK	12	Carlos
DF	13	Winck
FW	15	Joao Paulo
FW	16	Almir	67'
DF	17	Cafu	5'
MF	18	Marquinhos
MF	20	Palhinha	57'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

13 June: United States vs Germany edit

13 June 1993

United States	3–4	Germany
Dooley 25', 79' Stewart 72'	Report	Klinsmann 14' Riedle 34', 39', 59'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 53,549

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

United States

Germany


GK	1	Tony Meola
RB	2	Mike Lapper
CB	15	Desmond Armstrong
CB	21	Fernando Clavijo
LB	3	John Doyle
RM	5	Thomas Dooley	67'
CM	12	Jeff Agoos
CM	6	John Harkes
LM	9	Tab Ramos	(c)	78'
CF	17	Roy Wegerle
CF	11	Eric Wynalda		60'
Substitutions:
MF	4	Bruce Murray
FW	7	Peter Woodring
MF	8	Dominic Kinnear
FW	10	Jean Harbor
MF	13	Cobi Jones		78'
FW	14	Earnie Stewart		60'
MF	16	Mike Sorber
GK	18	Brad Friedel
MF	19	Chris Henderson
DF	20	Paul Caligiuri
MF	22	Alexi Lalas		67'
Manager:
Velibor Milutinovic


GK	1	Andreas Köpke
RB	4	Jürgen Kohler	74'
CB	14	Michael Schulz
LB	6	Guido Buchwald
RM	2	Stefan Effenberg	60'
CM	15	Uwe Bein
CM	10	Lothar Matthäus(c)
CM	19	Thomas Strunz
LM	17	Christian Ziege
RF	9	Karl-Heinz Riedle
LF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann	70'
Substitutions:
GK	12	Bodo Illgner
DF	3	Thomas Helmer	74'
MF	5	Olaf Thon
MF	7	Andreas Möller	60'
MF	8	Michael Zorc
FW	11	Bruno Labbadia
MF	13	Karlheinz Pflipsen	70'
SW	16	Matthias Sammer
Manager:
Berti Vogts

19 June: Germany vs England edit

19 June 1993

Germany	2–1	England
Effenberg 26' Klinsmann 55'	Report	Platt 31'

Silverdome, Pontiac (Detroit), Michigan

Attendance: 62,126

Referee: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

Germany

England


GK	12	Bodo Illgner
RB	3	Thomas Helmer
CB	14	Michael Schulz
CB	6	Guido Buchwald
LB	17	Christian Ziege
RM	2	Stefan Effenberg	76'
CM	10	Lothar Matthäus	(c)
CM	19	Thomas Strunz
LM	7	Andreas Möller	63'
RF	9	Karl-Heinz Riedle
LF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann
Substitutions:
GK	1	Andreas Köpke
DF	4	Jurgen Kohler
MF	5	Olaf Thon
MF	8	Michael Zorc	76'
FW	11	Bruno Labbadia
MF	13	Karl-Heinz Pflipsen
MF	15	Uwe Bein
SW	16	Matthias Sammer	63'
Manager:
Berti Vogts


GK	13	Nigel Martyn
RB	21	Earl Barrett
CB	5	Des Walker
LB	6	Gary Pallister	53'
RM	15	Andy Sinton
CM	7	David Platt
CM	11	Paul Ince	(c)
LM	16	Lee Sharpe	46'
RF	17	Paul Merson
CF	12	Nigel Clough	70'
LF	10	John Barnes
Substitutions:
GK	1	Chris Woods
DF	2	Lee Dixon
DF	3	Tony Dorigo
MF	4	Carlton Palmer
MF	8	David Batty
FW	9	Les Ferdinand
CF	14	Ian Wright	70'
FW	18	Teddy Sheringham
DF	19	Martin Keown	53'
DF	20	Nigel Winterburn	46'
GK	22	Tim Flowers
Manager:
Graham Taylor

Scorers edit

4 goals

Jürgen Klinsmann

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final rankings edit

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	9	7	+2	7
2	Brazil	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	United States	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	England	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

References edit

^ "1993 US Cup". Soccer Nostalgia. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ To Practice for 1994, A U.S. Cup Next June
^ No Kicking About U.S. Soccer Or Soccer In U.S. After Cup Big Crowds. Indoor Grass. Good Stories. No Hooligans. To Top That, The Home Team Beat England.
^ "Up in Arms : British Press Doesn't Think Highly of Loss to United States in Soccer". Los Angeles Times. LONDON. June 11, 1993. Retrieved March 3, 2012.