Thursday, June 18, 2020

On this day in 1995, beatdown over Mexico

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 4-0 🇲🇽 Mexico
‪📍 ‬Washington DC
‪👔 ‬Sampson
‪📋 ‬US Cup

This was the biggest win over the continental rival with the Yanks scoring early and often.

3'
Roy Wegerle takes this through pass from Claudio Reyna to open the scoring.

25'
Claudio Reyna is involved again when Thomas Dooley plays the ball to Reyna, who nods it back into Dooley's path. Dooley takes the chance well.

36'
John Harkes is on hand for the third when Eric Wynalda's initial shot is saved.

67'
Wynalda gets a head on the punt from Kasey Keller and Reyna runs on to the bounce. Reyna takes his shot across goal with his last kick before being subbed off.

Scorers: Roy Wegerle 3′, Thomas Dooley 25′, John Harkes 36′, Claudio Reyna 67′

USA: Kasey Keller, Mike Burns, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Paul Caligiuri, Thomas Dooley, Mike Sorber, John Harkes, Eric Wynalda (John Kerr 71′), Roy Wegerle (Cobi Jones 20′), Claudio Reyna (Tab Ramos 71′)

MEX: Jorge Campos, Jorge Rodríguez (Missael Espinoza 68′), Guillermo Hernández (Gerardo Esquivel 46′), Manuel Vidrio, Ramón Ramírez, Ignacio Ambríz, Marcelino Bernal, Alberto García Aspe (Alberto Coyote 86′), Luis García, Carlos Hermosillo, Luis Robert Alves (Joaquín del Olmo 73′)

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