Tuesday, January 14, 2020

On this day in 1954, Mexico beat us to qualify for the World Cup

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-3 🇲🇽 Mexico
📍 Mexico City
👔 Schwarz
📋 WC Qualifier

Qualifying for the 1954 World Cup was now over with Mexico advancing with a +18 goal difference. Bill Looby opened the scoring with the lone American goal. Alfredo Torres scored twice for Mexico.

Scorers: Bill Looby 6′ — Alfredo Torres 60′, José Luis Lamadrid 82′, Alfredo Torres 89′
MEX: Antonio Carbajal, Saturnino Martínez, Jorge Romo, Narciso López, Raúl Cardenas, Rafael Avalos, Alfredo Torres, José Naranjo, José Luis Lamadrid, Tomas Balcazar, Carlos Septien
USA: Don Malinowski, John O’Connell, Harry Keough, Ed Emberger, William Sheppell, Walter Bahr, Cornelius Casey, John Souza, Gene Petramale, Bill Looby, Efraim Chachurian
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