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United States vs Costa Rica match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 14 December 1996, 2:00 PM (UTC-8:00)
National teams, score:
United States
2-1
Costa Rica
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1
Referee:
León Padro Borja /
Mexico
Attendance, venue:
40 527, Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
Goals:
1-0 (17') Brian McBride, 2-0 (60') Roy Lassiter
USA soccer team lineup in match Nr.321
Head coach Steve Sampson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Brad Friedel   33'
42
25
Columbus Crew SC, Columbus, Ohio
Eddie Pope  
4
22
DC United, Washington, D.C.
John Harkes   41'
69
29
DC United, Washington, D.C.
Earnie Stewart   87'
35
27
NAC, Breda, Netherlands
Roy Lassiter   38'
10
27
Genoa 1893, Genoa, Italy
Brian McBride  
7
24
Columbus Crew SC, Columbus, Ohio
Cobi Jones   81' 
82
26
Los Angeles Galaxy, Pasadena, California
81' Jovan Kirovski  
17
20
BV Borussia, Dortmund, Germany
Mike Burns  
47
26
New England Revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
Jeff Agoos  
60
28
DC United, Washington, D.C.
Claudio Reyna   80' 
41
23
TSV Bayer 04, Leverkusen, Germany
80' Joe-Max Moore  
52
25
New England Revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
Alexi Lalas   89'
75
26
New England Revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
Comments
United States vs Costa Rica post-match head-to-head
Pct.
.465
GP
14
W
5
L
6
T
3
GF
13
GA
16
GF/GP
0.929
GA/GP
1.143
Av. attendance
19 467
Pct. - winning percentage, GP - games played, W - wins, L - losses, T - ties, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av. - average
Match stats
United States:
players - 13 (from 8 clubs)
goals - 2 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 25.858 (born 1967-1976)
average caps - 41.615
cautions - 5, expulsions - 0
United States national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Costa Rica vs United States 2-1
San José, Sunday 1 December 1996
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Guatemala vs United States 2-2
San Salvador, Saturday 21 December 1996
Top United States goal scorers
1. Eric Wynalda (1990 - 1996) - 27 goals
2. Bruce Murray (1986 - 1993) - 21 goals
3. Joe-Max Moore (1993 - 1996) - 15 goals
... Roy Lassiter (1995 - 1996) - 2 goals
... Brian McBride (1996) - 2 goals
(correct as of December 14, 1996)
top United States scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 14 Dec 1996
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
United States 2-1 Costa Rica
Goals: McBride 17, Lassiter 60

United States: Friedel, Pope, Harkes, Stewart, Lassiter, McBride, Jones (Kirovski 81), Burns, Agoos, Reyna (Moore 80), Lalas. Managed by Sampson.
Booked: Friedel 33, Lassiter 38, Harkes 41, Stewart 87, Lalas 89.

Att: 40 527,
Ref: Padro Borja (Mexico)

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