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1993 U.S. Cup

Not to be confused with U.S. Open Cup, American Cup, America's Cup (disambiguation), or Cup (unit).

The 1993 U.S. Cup was a round robin soccer tournament played in June 1993 and organized by the United States Soccer Federation. The United States hosted Brazil, England and Germany; all three of those countries were playing in their only U.S. Cup. The U.S. Cup began as a four-team invitational tournament in 1992 and would be played each year until 2000, except for the World Cup years of 1994 and 1998. The team with the best record at the end of the cup was crowned the cup champion. This year, Germany went on to win the title. England participated in the hope that they would be acclimatizing for the following year's World Cup, but in the end, they failed to qualify for that tournament.[1]

1993 U.S. Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates6–19 June 1993
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany
Runners-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance286,761 (47,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Jurgen Klinsmann
(4 goals)
← 1992
1995 →

The final game of the tournament, between Germany and England, took place in the Pontiac Silverdome, an indoor stadium in Detroit, Michigan. This was the first soccer game played indoors on grass and it served as a test for the upcoming 1994 FIFA World Cup to be held in the United States. In that World Cup, several venues, such as the Silverdome, had complete roofs and the World Cup organizers wanted to test the feasibility of using grass on an indoor field.[2][3]

Venues

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New Haven Foxborough Chicago
Yale Bowl Foxborough Stadium Soldier Field
Capacity: 64,246 Capacity: 60,292 Capacity: 66,944
     
Pontiac Washington, D.C.
Pontiac Silverdome Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Capacity: 80,311 Capacity: 56,500
   

Matches

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United States vs Brazil

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United States  0–2  Brazil
Report Careca   5'
Winck   87'
Attendance: 44,579
Team details

United States vs England

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United States  2–0  England
Dooley   42'
Lalas   72'		 Report
Attendance: 37,652
Referee: Weiser (Austria)
Team details

English newspaper The Sun reported this result under the headline "Yanks 2 Planks 0".[4]

Brazil vs Germany

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Brazil  3–3  Germany
Helmer   13' (o.g.)
Careca   32'
Luisinho   39'		 Report Klinsmann   66', 89'
Möller   80'
Attendance: 34,737
Referee: Paul Tamberino (USA)
Team details

England vs Brazil

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England  1–1  Brazil
Platt   47' Report Santos   76'
Attendance: 54,118
Referee: Helder Dias (USA)
Team details

United States vs Germany

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United States  3–4  Germany
Dooley   25', 79'
Stewart   72'		 Report Klinsmann   14'
Riedle   34', 39', 59'
Attendance: 53,549
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Germany vs England

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Germany  2–1  England
Effenberg   26'
Klinsmann   55'		 Report Platt   31'
Attendance: 62,126
Team details

Scorers

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4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final rankings

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Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Germany 3 2 1 0 9 7 +2 7
2   Brazil 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3   United States 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4   England 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1

References

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  1. ^ "1993 US Cup". Soccer Nostalgia. June 14, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ To Practice for 1994, A U.S. Cup Next June
  3. ^ No Kicking About U.S. Soccer Or Soccer In U.S. After Cup Big Crowds. Indoor Grass. Good Stories. No Hooligans. To Top That, The Home Team Beat England.
  4. ^ "Up in Arms : British Press Doesn't Think Highly of Loss to United States in Soccer". Los Angeles Times. LONDON. June 11, 1993. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
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