11-06-95 USA 3-2 Nigeria
[John Harkes 10, Marcelo Balboa 45, Cobi Jones 87; Austin Okocha 8, Taiwo Wasui 19]
17-06-95 Colombia 1-0 Nigeria
[John Jairo Gómez 79]
18-06-95 USA 4-0 Mexico
[Roy Wegerle 4, Thomas Dooley 25, John Harkes 36, Claudio Reyna 68]
21-06-95 Mexico 0-0 Colombia
24-06-95 Mexico 2-1 Nigeria
[Alberto García Aspe 57, Ignacio Ambriz 76; Jonathan Akpobore 46]
25-06-95 USA 0-0 Colombia
Final Table:
1.USA 3 2 1 0 7- 2 7
2.Colombia 3 1 2 0 1- 0 5
3.Mexico 3 1 1 1 2- 5 4
4.Nigeria 3 0 0 3 3- 6 0
MATCH 1
Sunday, June 11, 1995
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough; attendance: 22,578.
USA 3-2 NIGERIA (HT: 2-2)
[John Harkes 10', Marcelo Balboa 45', Cobi Jones 87'; Austin Okocha 8', Taiwo Wasui 19']
USA: 1-Brad Friedel, 16-Brian Bliss (22-Alexi Lalas 46'), 4-Mike Burns, 5-Thomas Dooley, 10-Mike Sorber, 17-Marcelo Balboa,
20-Paul Caligiuri, 14-Frank Klopas, 6-John Harkes, 7-Roy Wegerle (13-Cobi Jones 46), 8-Ernie Stewart (15-Jovan Kirovski 71).
Coach: Steve Sampson.
NIG: 1-Peter Rufai, 2-Benedict Iroha, 3-Bawa Abdullahi, 4-Chidi Nwanu, 6-Godwin Okpara, 10-Austin Okocha, 13-John Zaki
(12-Chukwu Ndukwe 55'), 14-Ajibade Babalade (5-Uchenna Okafor 66'), 15-Edema Fuludu (17-Taiwo Enegwea 55)',
18-Samson Siasia, 21-Taiwo Wasui.
Coach: Sheibo Amodu.
Sent off: Frank Klopas (USA) 83'.
Referee: John Jerome (CAN)
MATCH 2
Saturday, June 17, 1995
Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway; attendance: 15,216.
COLOMBIA 1-0 NIGERIA (HT: 0-0)
[John Jairo Gómez 79']
COL: 12-Miguel Calero, 18-Diego Osorio, 4-Alex Fernández, 5-Jorge Bermúdez, 2-José Santa, 8-Harold Lozano (20-Luis Quiñonez 55'),
15-Bonner Mosquera, 6-Hernán Gaviria, 19-Freddy Rincón (10-Carlos Valderrama 46'), 17-Freddy León, 7-Miguel Asprilla
(16-John Jairo Gómez 72').
Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez.
NIG: 1-Peter Rufai (22-Ike Shorounmu 46'), 3-Bwawa Abdullahi, 4-Chidi Nwanu, 6-Godwin Okpara, 2-Benedict Iroha
(20-Mobi Oparaku 72'), 5-Uchenna Okafor, 15-Edema Fuludu, 15-Taiwo Enegwea, 11-Jonathan Akpoborie (21-Taiwo Wasui 76'),
12-Chukwu Ndukwe (13-John Zaki 90'), 18-Samson Siasia.
Coach: Sheibo Amodu.
Referee: Essie Baharmast (USA)
A1: Chip Reed (USA)
A2: Greg Barkey (USA)
MATCH 3
Sunday, June 18, 1995
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington D.C. attendance: 38,615.
USA 4-0 MEXICO (HT: 3-0)
[Roy Wegerle 4', Thomas Dooley 25', John Harkes 36', Claudio Reyna 68']
USA: 18-Kasey Keller, 17-Marcelo Balboa, 20-Paul Caligiuri, 22-Alexi Lalas, 4-Mike Burns, 5-Thomas Dooley, 10-Mike Sorber,
6-John Harkes, 11-Eric Wynalda (19-John Kerr Jr. 71'), 7-Roy Wegerle (13-Cobi Jones 20'), 21-Claudio Reyna
(9-Tabaré Ramos 69').
Coach: Steve Sampson.
MEX: 9-Jorge Campos, 5-Ramón Ramirez, 13-Manuel Vidrio, 20-Jorge Rodríguez, 22-Guillermo Hernández (18-Gerardo Esquivel 46'),
4-Ignacio Ambriz, 8-Alberto García Aspe (16-Alberto Coyote 86'), 6-Marcelino Bernal, 10-Luis García (14-Joaquín del Olmo 73'),
7-Carlos Hermosillo, 11-Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" (15-Missael Espinoza 69').
Coach: Miguel Mejía Barón.
Referee: Víctor Rodríguez Ugalde (CRC)
A1: Jorge Cantillano (CRC)
A2: Rodolfo Ledezma (CRC)
MATCH 4
Wednesday, June 21, 1995.
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington D.C. attendance: 20,432.
MEXICO 0-0 COLOMBIA
MEX: 9-Jorge Campos, 2-Claudio Suárez, 13-Manuel Vidrio, 20-Jorge Rodríguez, 5-Ramón Ramírez (14-Joaquín del Olmo 71'),
4-Ignacio Ambriz, 6-Marcelino Bernal, 8-Alberto García Aspe (19-Manuel Martínez 84'), 17-Benjamín Galindo
(16-Alberto Coyote 71'), 7-Carlos Hermosillo (11-Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 46'), 10-Luis García.
COL: 1-René Higuita, 3-Alexis Mendoza, 13-Wilmer Cabrera, 18-Diego Osorio, 21-Francisco Cassiani, 6-Hernán Gaviria,
14-Leonel Alvarez, 10-Carlos Valderrama (8-Harold Lozano 69'), 19-Freddy Rincon (20-Luis Quiñonez 68'), 9-Niver Arboleda
(16-John Jairo Gómez 89'), 7-Miguel Asprilla (17-Freddy León 55').
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (USA)
A1: Paul Timberino (USA)
A2: Steve Olsen (USA)
MATCH 5
Saturday, June 24, 1995
Cotton Bowl, Dallas; attendance: 27,166
MEXICO 2-1 NIGERIA (HT: 0-0)
[Alberto García Aspe 57', Ignacio Ambriz 76'; Jonathan Akpobore 46']
MEX: 9-Jorge Campos, 2-Claudio Suárez, 3-Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales, 5-Ramón Ramirez (15-Missael Espinoza 46'), 20-Jorge Rodriguez,
4-Ignacio Ambriz, 6-Marcelino Bernal, 8-Alberto García Aspe (16-Alberto Coyote 68'), 7-Carlos Hermosillo (10-Luis Garcia 46'),
14-Joaquín del Olmo, 11-Luis Roberto Alves "Zague".
Coach: Miguel Mejía Barón.
NiG: 22-Ike Shoronmu; 2-Benedict Iroha (20-Godwin Okparaku 66'), 4-Chidi Nwanu, 5-Uchenna Okafor, 14-Ajifade Babalade
(3-Bwawa Abdullahi 44'); 6-Godwin Okpara, 17-Taiwo Enegwea, 11-Jonathan Akpoborie, 15-Edema Fuludu; 12-Chukwu Ndukwe
(19-Barnabas Emenger 46') (21-Taiwo Wasiu 87'), 18-Samson Siasia.
Coaches: Sheibo Amodu / Carlos Alberto (BRA).
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
A1: Ed Resendes (USA)
A2: Laszlo Nagy (USA)
MATCH 6
Sunday, June 25, 1995
Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway; attendance: 36,126
USA 0-0 COLOMBIA
USA: 1-Brad Friedel, 17-Marcelo Balboa, 22-Alexi Lalas, 4-Mike Burns, 20-Paul Caligiuri (16-Brian Bliss 86'), 5-Thomas Dooley
(12-Chris Henderson 66'), 10-Mike Sorber, 6-John Harkes, 11-Eric Wynalda, 21-Claudio Reyna (15-Jovan Kirovski 64'),
14-Frank Klopas (13-Cobi Jones 51').
Coach: Steve Sampson.
COL: 1-René Higuita, 2-José Santa, 4-Alex Fernández (3-Alexis Mendoza 46'), 5-Jorge Bermúdez, 13-Wilmer Cabrera, 14-Leonel Álvarez,
15-Bonner Mosquera (6-Hernán Gaviria 46'), 10-Carlos Valderrama, 19-Freddy Rincon, 9-Niver Arboleda (20-Luis Quiñonez 73'),
16-John Jairo Gómez (17-Freddy León 58).
Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez.
Referee: Rafael Rodríguez (SLV)
A1: Raúl Córdova Mejía (SLV)
A2: Rafael Santillana (SLV)
COLOMBIA 1 HIGUITA, José René 28/08/1966 GK Atlético Nacional 2 SANTA, José Fernando 12/09/1970 DF Atlético Nacional 3 MENDOZA, Alexis Antonio 08/11/1961 DF Junior de Barranquilla 4 FERNÁNDEZ, Manuel Alexander 22/05/1970 DF Independiente de Medellín 5 BERMÚDEZ, Jorge Hernán 18/06/1971 DF América de Cali 6 GAVIRIA, Hernán 27/11/1969 MF Atlético Nacional 7 ASPRILLA, Miguel Antonio 21/09/1969 FW Santos Laguna (MEX) 8 LOZANO, John Harold 30/03/1972 MF Palmeiras (BRA) 9 ARBOLEDA, Niver 08/12/1967 FW Deportivo Cali 10 VALDERRAMA, Carlos Alberto 02/09/1961 MF Junior de Barranquilla 11 ASPRILLA, Faustino Hernán 10/11/1969 MF Parma (ITA) 12 CALERO, Miguel Ángel 14/04/1971 GK Deportivo Cali 13 CABRERA, Wilmer 15/09/1967 MF América de Cali 14 ÁLVAREZ, Leonel de Jesús 30/07/1965 MF América de Cali 15 MOSQUERA, Bonner Ahmed 02/12/1970 MF Millonarios 16 GÓMEZ, John Jairo 05/07/1967 FW Atlético Nacional 17 LEÓN, Freddy Alberto 24/09/1970 FW Millonarios 18 OSORIO, Diego León 21/07/1970 MF Atlético Nacional 19 RINCÓN, Fredy Eusebio 14/08/1966 MF SS Napoli (ITA) 20 QUIÑÓNEZ, Luis Manuel 05/10/1968 MF Once Caldas 21 CASSIANI, Francisco Geovanni 10/01/1970 DF Junior de Barranquilla 22 CÓRDOBA, Oscar Eduardo 03/02/1970 GK América de Cali GóMEZ, Hernán Darío COACH SARMIENTO, Pedro ASSISTANT NB: Niver Arboleda replaced at the last moment to René Iván Valenciano (injured). MEXICO 1 NAVARRO, Nicolás 17/09/1963 GK Necaxa 2 SUÁREZ, Claudio 17/12/1968 DF Pumas U.N.A.M. 3 RAMÍREZ PERALES, Juan de Dios 08/03/1969 DF Monterrey 4 AMBRIZ, Marcos Ignacio (C) 07/02/1965 DF Necaxa 5 RAMÍREZ, Jesús Ramón 05/12/1969 DF Guadalajara 6 BERNAL, Marcelino 27/05/1964 MF Toluca 7 HERMOSILLO, Carlos Manuel 24/08/1964 FW Cruz Azul 8 GARCÍA ASPE, Alberto 11/05/1967 MF Necaxa 9 CAMPOS, Jorge 15/10/1966 GK Pumas U.N.A.M. 10 GARCÍA, Luis 01/06/1969 FW América 11 ALVES, Luis Roberto "Zague" 23/05/1967 FW América 12 PÉREZ, Oscar 01/02/1973 GK Cruz Azul 13 VIDRIO, Manuel 23/08/1972 DF Guadalajara 14 DEL OLMO, Joaquín Alberto 20/04/1969 MF América 15 ESPINOZA, Eduardo Missael 12/04/1965 MF Guadalajara 16 COYOTE, Héctor Alberto 26/03/1967 MF Guadalajara 17 GALINDO, Benjamín 11/12/1960 MF Santos Laguna 18 ESQUIVEL, Gerardo 13/01/1966 MF Necaxa 19 MARTÍNEZ, Manuel 03/01/1972 FW Guadalajara 20 RODRÍGUEZ, Jorge 18/04/1968 MF Toluca 21 GUTIÉRREZ, Raul Erasmo 16/10/1966 DF América 22 HERNÁNDEZ, Guillermo Ricardo 18/02/1971 DF Guadalajara MEJÍA BARÓN, Miguel COACH GALINDO ZÁRATE, Jesús LEADER TREJO, Mario MANAGER VÁZQUEZ, Guillermo ASSISTANT AGUIRRE, Javier ASSISTANT RIVAS, Octavio PHYCHOLOGIST GONZÁLEZ, Ariel PHYSICAL TRAINER DÍAZ, Alfonso DOCTOR DEL POZO, Virginia NUTRIOLOGIST LUNA, Juan MASSEUR MÁRQUEZ, Juan MASSEUR ESTRADA, Isaac PROP MAN SALDAÑA, Gonzalo PROP MAN NIGERIA 1 RUFAI, Peter 24/08/1963 GK Farense (POR) 2 IROHA, Benedict 29/11/1969 DF Vitesse (NED) 3 ABDULLAHI, Bwawa 20/04/1972 DF 4 NWANU, Chidi 01/01/1967 DF Beveren (BEL) 5 OKAFOR, Uche Kizito 08/08/1967 DF Kansas City Wizards (USA) 6 OKPARA, Godwin 20/09/1972 Eendracht Aalst (BEL) 10 OKOCHA, Augustine Azuka 14/08/1973 MF Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 11 AKPOBORIE, Jonathan 20/10/1968 FW Hansa Rostock (GER) 12 CHUKWU, Raphael Ndukwe 22/07/1975 FW Udoji United 13 ZAKI, John 10/07/1973 FW ASEC Mimosas (CIV) 14 BABALADE, Ajibade 29/03/1972 DF Shootings Stars 15 FULUDU, George MF Altya (TUR) 17 ENEGWEA, Taiwo 29/06/1972 MF 18 SIASIA, Samson 04/06/1964 FW Nantes (FRA) 19 IMENGER, Barnabas 15/05/1971 MF 20 OPARAKU, Mobi Patrick 01/12/1976 DF Turnhout (BEL) 21 TAIWO, Wasiu 01/10/1976 MF Shootings Stars 22 SHORUNMU, Ike Ibrahim 16/10/1967 GK Shootings Stars AMADOU, Shaibu COACH USA 1 FRIEDEL, Bradley Horward 18/05/1971 GK Brondby IF (DEN) 2 LAPPER, Michael Steven 28/08/1970 DF Wolfsburg (GER) 3 BERHALTER, Gregg 01/08/1973 DF Zwolle (NED) 4 BURNS, Michael Thomas 14/09/1970 DF (No Club) 5 DOOLEY, Thomas Anthony 21/05/1961 MF Bayern Leverkusen (GER) 6 HARKES, John Andreas 08/03/1967 MF Derby County (ENG) 7 WEGERLE, Roy 19/03/1964 FW Coentry City (ENG) 8 STEWART, Earnest Lee 28/03/1969 FW Willem II (NED) 9 RAMOS, Tabaré Ricardo 21/09/1966 MF Tigres U.A.N.L. (MEX) 10 SORBER, Michael Steven 14/05/1971 MF Pumas U.N.A.M. (MEX) 11 WYNALDA, Eric Bosweel 09/06/1969 FW Bochum (GER) 12 HENDERSON, Christopher Joel 11/12/1970 MF FSV Frankfurt (GER) 13 JONES, Cobi N'Gai 16/06/1970 MF Coventry City (ENG) 14 KLOPAS, Fotios 01/09/1966 FW Apollon (GRE) 15 KIROVSKI, Jovan 18/03/1976 FW Manchester United (ENG) 16 BLISS, Brian Boyer 28/09/1965 DF Carl Zeiss Jena (GER) 17 BALBOA, Marcelo Luis 08/08/1967 DF León (MEX) 18 KELLER, Kasey Cristopher 29/11/1969 GK Millwall (ENG) 19 KERR, John 06/03/1965 FW Millwall (ENG) 20 CALIGIURI, Paul David 09/05/1964 MF LA Salsa 21 REYNA, Claudio Alejandro 20/07/1973 FW Bayern Leverkusen (GER) 22 LALAS, Alexander Panayotis 01/06/1970 DF Padova (ITA) SAMPSON, Mark Stephen COACH
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