Wednesday, July 8, 2020

On this day in 1995, US wins first Copa America match

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇨🇱 Chile
‪📍 ‬Paysandú
‪👔 ‬Sampson
‪📋 Copa America‬

After flying high by winning the US Cup last month, the Yanks took that momentum into South America.

15'
Eric Wynalda nabbed a brace with the first coming off this Earnie Stewart cross.

26'
Wynalda doubled the lead less than 10 minutes later from a dead-ball scenario.

Scorers: Eric Wynalda 15′, 26′ — Sebastián Rozental 63′

USA: Kasey Keller, Marcelo Balboa, Mike Burns, Alexi Lalas, Paul Caligiuri, Ernie Stewart, Mike Sorber (Cobi Jones 77′), Thomas Dooley, John Harkes, Eric Wynalda (Gregg Berhalter 46′), Claudio Reyna (Tab Ramos 46′)

CHI: Marcelo Ramírez, Eduardo Vilches, Gabriel Mendoza, Javier Margas, Miguel Ramírez, Fabián Guevara, Nelson Parraguez, Esteban Valencia (Rodrigo Barrera 77′), Fabián Estay (José Sierra 46′), Ivo Basay, Marcelo Salas (Sebastián Rozental 46′)

Cards: Ernie Stewart [Y] — Fabián Guevara [Y], Nelson Parraguez [Y], Sebastián Rozental [Y]

US Soccer History Lineups

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