World Series of Soccer

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This article is about the 1991-1994 series of international games. For the MLS-hosted series, see World Series of Soccer (MLS).

The term World Series of Soccer was initially a series of senior international soccer matches held by USSF between 1991 and 1994.

In 2005, Major League Soccer re-introduced the name for a series of professional matches in the United States.

1 1991
- 1.1 Results
- 1.2 U.S. roster
2 1993
- 2.1 Results
3 1994
- 3.1 Results

[edit] 1991

In 1991, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), established and promoted a series of national team games between the United States men's national soccer team and other national soccer teams. The goal was to provide U.S. soccer players on the national team an opportunity to play high level competitive soccer. The collapse of the North American Soccer League had removed the ability of U.S. players getting meaningful outdoor experience. While indoor soccer was booming, USSF didn't see it as an adaquate replacement for outdoor competition when it came to preparing players for international outdoor soccer.

[edit] Results

May 05 United States 1-0 Uruguay

Vermes

June 1 United States 1-1 Ireland

Wynalda

[edit] U.S. roster

National Team player pool for the 1991 World Series of Soccer:

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
GK	Tony Meola	21 February 1969	100	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
GK	Mark Dodd	14 September 1965	15	Colorado Foxes
DF	Fernando Clavijo	23 January 1956	61	St. Louis Storm
DF	John Doyle	16 April 1966	53	Örgryte IS
DF	Desmond Armstrong	2 November 1964	81	Santos FC
DF	Steve Trittschuh	24 April 1965	38	Sparta Prague
DF	Janusz Michallik	22 April 1966	44	Gremio
DF	Bruce Savage	21 December 1960	16	Baltimore Blast
DF	Alexi Lalas	1 June 1970	96	Rutgers University
DF	Robin Fraser	17 December 1966	27	Colorado Foxes
DF	Troy Dayak	21 January 1971	9	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
DF	Marcelo Balboa	8 August 1967	128	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
DF	Jimmy Banks	2 September 1964	36	Milwaukee Wave
DF	Jeff Agoos	2 May 1968	134	University of Virginia
DF	Troy Snyder	24 November 1965	5	Dallas Sidekicks
MF	Paul Krumpe	4 March 1963	25	Colorado Foxes
MF	Brian Quinn	24 May 1960	48	San Diego Sockers
MF	Tab Ramos	21 September 1966	81	Figueres
MF	John Harkes	8 March 1967	90	Sheffield Wednesday
MF	Chris Henderson	11 December 1970	79	UCLA
MF	Dominic Kinnear	26 July 1967	56	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
MF	Hugo Perez	8 November 1963	73	Örgryte IS
MF	Paul Caligiuri	9 May 1964	110	Hansa Rostock
FW	Steve Rammel	20 April 1968	0	Rutgers University
FW	Peter Vermes	21 November 1966	67	Tampa Bay Rowdies
FW	Eric Wynalda	9 June 1969	107	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
FW	Bruce Murray	25 January 1966	86	Maryland Bays
FW	Frank Klopas	1 September 1966	39	AEK Athens
FW	Dante Washington	21 November 1970	6	Radford University

[edit] 1993

In 1993, USSF resurected the World Series of Soccer to prepare the national team for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. As the host nation, the U.S. did not need to qualify. Therefore, USSF sought other games to provide the team with competitive experience.