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Jorge Campos, Jorge RodrĂ­guez (Missael Espinoza 68'), Guillermo HernĂĄndez (Gerardo Esquivel 46'), Manuel Vidrio, RamĂłn RamĂ­rez, Ignacio AmbrĂ­z, Marcelino Bernal, Alberto GarcĂ­a Aspe (Alberto Coyote 86'), Luis GarcĂ­a, Carlos Hermosillo, Luis Robert Alves (JoaquĂ­n del Olmo 73')
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in 1992 and it was played annually until 2000, except for the World Cup years of 1994 and 1998. The cup used a round-robin format in which the team with the highest number of points took the title. The four teams included the host
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Brad Friedel, Brian Bliss (Alexi Lalas 46'), Mike Burns, Thomas Dooley, Mike Sorber, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Frank Klopas, John Harkes, Roy Wegerle (Cobi Jones 46'), Ernie Stewart (Jovan Kirovski 71')
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Kasey Keller, Mike Burns, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Paul Caligiuri, Thomas Dooley, Mike Sorber, John Harkes, Eric Wynalda (John Kerr 71'), Roy Wegerle (Cobi Jones 20'), Claudio Reyna (Tab Ramos 71')
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International Soccer Coming Out Party,” as the then 22-year-old midfielder scored a goal and added two beautiful assists to lead the United States to their first official blowout of Mexico.
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Peter Rufai (HT. Ike Sorounmu), Abdullahi, Chidi Nwanu, Godwin Okpara, Benedict Iroha (Okpara 72’), Uche Okafor, George Fuludu, Enegwea, Jonathan Akpoborie (Taiwo Wasui 76’), Chukwu Nduke (
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feed in the 87th minute. The Nigerians continued to press for the tying goal and almost had it, but Lalas cleared a shot off the goal line.
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countered with a long range shot of his own, the Nigerians continued to run at a shaky U.S. defense. In the 19th minute, U.S. defender
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error led to the second Nigerian goal. Today, he headed clear an injury time shot from the goal line to preserve the tie.
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In a 0-0 tie with Colombia, the U.S. took its second U.S. Cup title. In the first game against Nigeria, a
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Brad Friedel, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Mike Burns, Paul Caligiuri (Brian Bliss 86'), Thomas Dooley (
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Both teams had new coaches coming into the game. While the Nigerians had performed well at the
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Peter Rufai, Benedict Iroha, Bawa Abdullahi, Chidi Nwanu, Godwin Okpara, Austin Okocha,
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ran unmarked across the top of the box with the ball, shooting into the goal. While
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attempted to clear shot a cross, but instead put it into the path of
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was a four nation invitational tournament organized by the
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to score from 8 yards. Burns redeemed himself when
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