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United States vs Costa Rica international soccer match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 3 July 1991, 7:30 PM (UTC-7:00)
National teams, score:
United States
3-2
Costa Rica
Competition:
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group B
Referee:
Arturo Brizio /
Mexico
Attendance, venue:
36 703, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Goals:
1-0 (6') Peter Vermes, 2-2 (49') Hugo Pérez (pen.), 3-2 (59') (own goal)
USA soccer team lineup in match Nr.203
Head coach Bora Milutinović
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Tony Meola  
33
22
Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Paul Caligiuri  
40
27
FC Hansa, Rostock, Germany
Desmond Armstrong   63' 
29
26
Santos FC, Santos, Brazil
63' Steve Trittschuh  
36
26
AC Sparta, Praha, Czechoslovakia
John Doyle  
24
25
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, San Francisco, California
Fernando Clavijo  
8
35
St Louis Storm, St. Louis, Missouri
Brian Quinn  
4
31
San Diego Sockers, San Diego, California
Chris Henderson  
15
20
UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles, California
Bruce Murray  
56
25
Maryland Bays, Catonsville, Maryland
Hugo Pérez  
21
27
Örgryte IS, Gothenburg, Sweden
Peter Vermes  Captain 
38
24
Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tampa, Florida
Eric Wynalda   46' 
28
22
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, San Francisco, California
46' Ted Eck  
8
24
Kansas City Comets, Kansas City, Missouri
Historical data sources
La Nación (San José), №116118, 04 Jul 1991; Google Newspapers
Comments
United States vs Costa Rica post-match head-to-head
Pct.
.438
GP
8
W
3
L
4
T
1
GF
7
GA
10
GF/GP
0.875
GA/GP
1.250
Av. attendance
16 873
Pct. - winning percentage, GP - games played, W - wins, L - losses, T - ties, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av. - average
Match highlights
MNT vs. Costa Rica: Highlights - July 3, 1991
Highlights of the U.S. Men’s National Team game against Costa Rica from the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup at the LA_.
youtube.com
Match stats
United States:
players - 13 (from 12 clubs)
goals - 3 (penalties - 1, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 26.128 (born 1956-1970)
average caps - 26.154
cautions - 1, expulsions - 0
United States national team matches
Previous match:
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States vs Guatemala 3-0
Pasadena, Monday 1 July 1991
Next match:
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States vs Mexico 2-0
Los Angeles, Friday 5 July 1991
Top United States goal scorers
1. Bruce Murray (1986 - 1991) - 15 goals
2. Willy Roy (1968 - 1973) - 9 goals
3. Peter Millar (1968) - 9 goals
4. Peter Vermes (1990 - 1991) - 8 goals
... Hugo Pérez (1985 - 1991) - 4 goals
(correct as of July 3, 1991)
United States goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 03 Jul 1991
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
United States 3-2 Costa Rica
Goals: Vermes 6, Pérez 49 (11m), 59 (OG)

United States: Meola, Caligiuri, Armstrong (Trittschuh 63), Doyle, Clavijo, Quinn, Henderson, Murray, Pérez, Vermes (c), Wynalda (Eck 46). Managed by Milutinović.
Booked: Trittschuh .

Att: 36 703,
Ref: Brizio (Mexico)

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