U.S. men's soccer records (1980–1989)

This is a compilation of every international soccer game played by the United States men's national soccer team from 1980 to 1989. It includes the team's record for that year, each game and the date played. It also lists the U.S. goal scorers.

The format is: home team listed first, U.S. listed first at home or neutral site.

Games played by the national team, but not considered full international games are also listed, but are noted and shown in bold.

Records are in win-loss-tie format. Games won in penalty kicks are not counted as ties.

Contents

1980

Record: 2-2-2

Not full internationals:
March 16 United States 2-1 Surinam (1980 Olympics Qualification)

March 20 Costa Rica 0-1 United States (1980 Olympics Qualification)

March 25 Costa Rica 1-1 United States (1980 Olympics Qualification)

April 2 Surinam 4-4 United States (1980 Olympics Qualification)

Oct 5 Luxembourg 0-2 United States

Oct 7 Portugal 1-1 United States

Oct 25 United States 0-0 Canada (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 1 Canada 2-1 United States (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 9 Mexico 5-1 United States (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 23 United States 2-1 Mexico (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

1982

Record: 1-0-0

March 21 Trinidad & Tobago 1-2 United States

1983

Record: 1-0-0

April 8 Haiti 0-2 United States

1984

Record: 3-2-4

May 30 United States 0-0 Italy

Not full internationals:
July 29 United States 3-0 Costa Rica (1984 Olympics)

July 31 United States 0-1 Italy (1984 Olympics)

Aug 2 United States 1-1 Egypt (1984 Olympics)

Sep 29 Netherlands Antilles 0-0 United States (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Oct 6 United States 4-0 Netherlands Antilles (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Oct 9 United States 3-1 El Salvador

Oct 11 United States 1-0 Colombia

Oct 14 Guatemala 4-0 United States

Oct 17 Mexico 2-1 United States

Nov 30 United States 0-0 Ecuador

Dec 2 United States 2-2 Ecuador

1985

Record: 2-3-3

Feb 8 United States 1-1 Switzerland

April 2 Canada 2-0 United States

April 4 United States 1-1 Canada

May 15 United States 2-1 Trinidad & Tobago (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

May 19 United States 1-0 Trinidad & Tobago (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

May 26 Costa Rica 1-1 United States (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

May 31 United States 0-1 Costa Rica (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

June 16 United States 0-5 England

1986

Record: 0-0-2

Feb 5 United States 0-0 Canada

Feb 7 United States 1-1 Uruguay

1987

Record: 1-2-0

Not full internationals:
Mar 8 United States 2-3 Florida U-23

Mar 12 United States 1-0 Deportivo Cali (Marlboro Cup)

Mar 14 United States 1-3 Millonarios (Marlboro Cup)

May 23 Canada 2-0 United States (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

May 30 United States 3-0 Canada (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

June 8 United States 1-3 Egypt

June 12 South Korea 1-0 United States

June 16 Thailand 0-1 United States

Aug 9 United States 3-1 Trinidad & Tobago (Pan American Games)

Aug 12 United States 0-0 El Salvador (Pan American Games)

Aug 15 United States 0-2 Argentina (Pan American Games)

Sep 5 United States 4-1 Trinidad & Tobago (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

Sep 20 Trinidad & Tobago 0-1 United States (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

Oct 18 El Salvador 2-4 United States (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

1988

Record: 3-8-3

Jan 10 Guatemala 1-0 United States

Jan 13 Guatemala 0-1 United States

Not full internationals:
Mar 3 United States 3-0 College of Boca Raton

Mar 4 United States 2-1 Millonarios (Marlboro Cup)

Mar 6 United States 2-3 Atlético Nacional (Marlboro Cup)

May 14 United States 0-2 Colombia

May 25 United States 4-1 El Salvador (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

June 1 United States 1-1 Chile

June 3 United States 1-3 Chile

June 5 United States 0-3 Chile

June 7 United States 0-1 Ecuador

June 10 United States 0-2 Ecuador

June 12 United States 0-0 Ecuador

June 14 United States 1-0 Costa Rica

June 19 United States 2-3 Nigeria

July 13 United States 0-2 Poland

July 24 Jamaica 0-0 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Aug 13 United States 5-1 Jamaica (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Sep 18 United States 1-1 Argentina (1988 Olympics)

Sep 20 South Korea 0-0 United States (1988 Olympics)

Sep 22 United States 2-4 Soviet Union (1988 Olympics)

1989

Record: 6-3-3

Not full internationals:
Apr 7 United States 2-0 América de Cali (Marlboro Cup)

Apr 9 United States 0-0 (1-3 PK) Club Santa Fe (Marlboro Cup)

Apr 16 Costa Rica 1-0 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Apr 30 United States 1-0 Costa Rica (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

May 13 United States 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Jun 4 United States 3-0 Peru

Jun 17 United States 2-1 Guatemala (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Jun 24 United States 0-1 Colombia

Not a full international:
Aug 10 United States 0-2 Juventus (Marlboro Cup)

Aug 13 United States 1-2 South Korea (Marlboro Cup)

Sep 17 United States 1-0 El Salvador (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Oct 8 Guatemala 0-0 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 5 United States 0-0 El Salvador (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 14 United States 2-1 Bermuda

Nov 19 Trinidad & Tobago 0-1 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

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