Thursday, June 18, 2020

On this day in 1994, points earned in first indoor World Cup game

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The US would earn its first World Cup points since 1950 in the first World Cup game indoors.

44'
Trailing from a goal five minutes prior, Eric Wynalda scores directly from a set-piece.

Scorers: Eric Wynalda 44′ — Georges Bregy 39′

USA: Tony Meola, Cle Kooiman, Thomas Dooley, John Harkes, Ernie Stewart (Cobi Jones 81′), Tab Ramos, Eric Wynalda (Roy Wegerle 58′), Mike Sorber, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Alexi Lalas

SUI: Marco Pascolo, Marc Hottiger, Yvan Quentin, Dominique Herr, Alain Geiger, Georges Bregy, Alain Sutter, Christophe Ohrel, Ciriaco Sforza (Thomas Wyss 77′), Stephane Chapuisat, Thomas Bickel (Nestor Subiat 72′)

Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)

Cards: John Harkes [Y 89′] — Dominique Herr [Y 26′], Nestor Subiat [Y 82′]

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