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Costa Rica vs United States match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 1 December 1996, 11:00 AM (UTC-6:00)
National teams, score:
Costa Rica
2-1
United States
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1
Referee:
Peter Prendergast, Kingston /
Jamaica
Attendance, venue:
30 000, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica
Goals:
2-1 (90') Cobi Jones
USA soccer team lineup in match Nr.320
Head coach Steve Sampson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Brad Friedel  
41
25
Columbus Crew SC, Columbus, Ohio
Eddie Pope  
3
22
DC United, Washington, D.C.
Paul Caligiuri   43'
109
32
Columbus Crew SC, Columbus, Ohio
Earnie Stewart  
34
27
NAC, Breda, Netherlands
Alexi Lalas  
74
26
New England Revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
John Harkes  
68
29
DC United, Washington, D.C.
Cobi Jones  
81
26
Los Angeles Galaxy, Pasadena, California
Preki Radosavljević   29' 
3
33
Kansas City Wizards, Kansas City, Missouri
29' Mike Burns  
46
26
New England Revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
Claudio Reyna  
40
23
TSV Bayer 04, Leverkusen, Germany
Joe-Max Moore   73' 
51
25
New England Revolution, Boston, Massachusetts
73' Brian McBride  
6
24
Columbus Crew SC, Columbus, Ohio
Eric Wynalda   40'
78
27
San Jose Earthquakes, San Jose, California
Comments
Costa Rica vs United States post-match head-to-head
Pct.
.577
GP
13
W
6
L
4
T
3
GF
15
GA
11
GF/GP
1.154
GA/GP
0.846
Av. attendance
17 847
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 - 1 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 27.101 (born 1963-1973)
average caps - 48.769
cautions - 2, expulsions - 0
United States national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Trinidad & Tobago vs United States 0-1
Port of Spain, Sunday 24 November 1996
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
United States vs Costa Rica 2-1
Stanford, Saturday 14 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
4. Hugo Pérez (1985 - 1994) - 13 goals
... Cobi Jones (1992 - 1996) - 8 goals
(correct as of December 1, 1996)
United States goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 01 Dec 1996
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Costa Rica 2-1 United States
Goals: Jones 90

United States: Friedel, Pope, Caligiuri, Stewart, Lalas, Harkes, Jones, Radosavljević (Burns 29), Reyna, Moore (McBride 73), Wynalda. Managed by Sampson.
Booked: Wynalda 40, Caligiuri 43.

Att: 30 000,
Ref: Prendergast (Jamaica)

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