FRANCE98 – USA Team Page

23^rd Qualifier CONCACAF

Land area: 9 364 000 kmē

Population: 258 300 000

Capital: Washington DC

Main cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago

System of government: Union

Head of state: Bill Clinton

Currency: Dollar

Time difference: From 6 to 9 hours behind Paris time

2 March 97 Jamaica – USA 0-0

16 March 97 USA – Canada 3-0

23 March 97 Costa Rica – USA 3-2

20 April 97 USA – Mexico 2-2

29 June 97 El Salvador – USA 1-1

7 September 97 USA – Costa Rica 1-0

3 October 97 USA – Jamaica 1-1

2 November 97 Mexico – USA 0-0

9 November 97 Canada – USA 0-3

14 points

13 goals scored

7goals conceded

Goalkeeper: KELLER (age 27, 25 caps)

Defenders: POPE (age 24, 14 caps) LALAS (age 27, 91 caps) BALBOA (age 30, 122 caps)

AGOOS (age 29, 75 caps)

Mid-field: DOOLEY (age 35, 71 caps) HARKES (age 30, 82 caps) REYNA (age 24, 53 caps)

RAMOS (age 30)

Striker: MOORE (age 26, 57 caps)
WYNALDA (age 28, 90 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 31

National team colours: white, red and blue

FIFA ranking (on 1 November 1997): 35th

World Cup: participated 5 times (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990 and 1994)

1930: Semi-Final 1950: Round of 16

1994: Round of 16

Copa America: participated 2 times

1993: eliminated in 1st Round
1995: Semi-Final

Steve SAMPSON
Steve Sampson began his career as coach at Santa Clara (California), where he led his team to the national university title. He then joined the coaching staff for the U.S. national team alongside Bora Milutinovic in the run-up to the 1994 World Cup. In 1998, the United States will be competing in its third consecutive World Cup finals.