World Series of Soccer

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.

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

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 adequate replacement for outdoor competition when it came to preparing players for international outdoor soccer.

Results

May 5 United States 1-0 Uruguay

• Vermes

June 1 United States 1-1 Ireland

• Wynalda

U.S. roster

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

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1GK Tony Meola 21 February 1969 100 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1GK Mark Dodd 14 September 1965 15 Colorado Foxes 2DF Fernando Clavijo 23 January 1956 61 St. Louis Storm 2DF John Doyle 16 April 1966 53 Örgryte IS 2DF Desmond Armstrong 2 November 1964 81 Santos FC 2DF Steve Trittschuh 24 April 1965 38 Sparta Prague 2DF Janusz Michallik 22 April 1966 44 Gremio Lusitano 2DF Bruce Savage 21 December 1960 16 Baltimore Blast 2DF Alexi Lalas 1 June 1970 96 Rutgers University 2DF Robin Fraser 17 December 1966 27 Colorado Foxes 2DF Troy Dayak 21 January 1971 9 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2DF Marcelo Balboa 8 August 1967 128 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2DF Jimmy Banks 2 September 1964 36 Milwaukee Wave 2DF Jeff Agoos 2 May 1968 134 University of Virginia 2DF Troy Snyder 24 November 1965 5 Dallas Sidekicks 3MF Paul Krumpe 4 March 1963 25 Colorado Foxes 3MF Brian Quinn 24 May 1960 48 San Diego Sockers 3MF Tab Ramos 21 September 1966 81 Figueres 3MF John Harkes 8 March 1967 90 Sheffield Wednesday 3MF Chris Henderson 11 December 1970 79 UCLA 3MF Dominic Kinnear 26 July 1967 56 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 3MF Hugo Perez 8 November 1963 73 Örgryte IS 3MF Paul Caligiuri 9 May 1964 110 Hansa Rostock 4FW Steve Rammel 20 April 1968 0 Rutgers University 4FW Peter Vermes 21 November 1966 67 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4FW Eric Wynalda 9 June 1969 107 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 4FW Bruce Murray 25 January 1966 86 Maryland Bays 4FW Frank Klopas 1 September 1966 39 AEK Athens 4FW Dante Washington 21 November 1970 6 Radford University

1993

In 1993, USSF resurrected 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.

Results

Jan 30 United States 2-2 Denmark

• Murray, Moore

Feb 13 United States 0-1 Russia

Feb 21 United States 0-0 Russia

May 8 United States 1-2 Colombia

• Lalas

June 6 United States 0-2 Brazil (match part of 1993 U.S. Cup)

June 9 United States 2-0 England (match part of 1993 U.S. Cup)

• Dooley, Lalas

June 13 United States 3-4 Germany (match part of 1993 U.S. Cup)

• Dooley (2), Stewart

1994

In 1994, the U.S. national team played three matches in Ohio, billed by USSF as part of the World Series of Soccer:

Results

May 21, 1994 United States 2-3 Bayern Munich

May 25 United States 0-0 Saudi Arabia

May 28 United States 1-1 Greece

• Klopas