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PARTIAL update 08/11/02

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PREVIOUS WORLD CUPS

1930 World Cup, Uruguay USA 3, BEL 1 USA 3, PAR 0 USA 1, ARG 6

1934 World Cup, Italy USA 1, ITA 7

1950 World Cup, Brazil USA 1, SPA 3 USA 1, ENG 0 USA 2, CHL 5

1994 World Cup, USA USA 1, SWZ 1 USA 2, COL 1 USA 0, ROM 1 USA 0, BRZ 1

1998 World Cup, France USA 0, GER 2 USA 1, IRA 2 USA 0, YUG 1

1990 World Cup, Italy USA 1, CZE 5 USA 0, ITA 1 USA 1, AUT 2

2002 World Cup Korea-Japan USA 3, POR 2 USA 1, SKO 1 USA 1, POL 3 USA 2, MEX 0 USA 0, GER 1

*goal scorers in Wrld Cup Qualifiers (thru 9/03/00)

THE TOURNAMENTS

THE GOAL SCORERS

APPEARANCES (GAMES)

STARTS

Bert Patenaude 4 (1930) John Souza 2 (1950) James Brown 1 (1930) Paul Caligiuri 1 (1990) Buff Donelli 1 (1934) Thomas Florie 1 (1930) Joe Gaetjens 1 (1950) Brian McBride 1 (1998) Bart McGhee 1 (1930) Bruce Murray 1 (1990) Gino Pariani 1 (1950) Earnie Stewart 1 (1994) Eric Wynalda 1 (1994) own goal COL 1 (1994)

Balboa 3 Ramos 3 Wynalda 3

Ramos 9 Wynalda 8

Ramos 8

Brian McBride 6 Willy Roy 6 Eric Wynalda 5 Aldo Donelli 4 William Looby 4 Eddie Murphy 4 Roy Lassiter 3 Peter Millar 3 Joe-Max Moore 3 Eddie Pope 3 Tab Ramos 3 Earnie Stewart 3 (14 with 2)

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2002 World Cup Qualifying

SEMI-FINAL GROUPS

SCHEDULE

PARTICIPANTS

GROUP D

GROUP E

GROUP C

Mexico* USA* Jamaica* Trinidad & Tobago* Honduras* Canada* Costa Rica* Guatemala* Barbados* El Salvador* Panama* StVincent&Grenadine*

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 16 GUA 1, USA 1 Jul 23 CRC 2, USA 1 Aug 16 USA vs Barbados Sep 03 USA vs Guatemala Oct 11 USA vs Costa Rica Nov 15 Barbados vs USA FINAL ROUND? Feb 06 USA vs Costa Rica Feb 20 USA at Honduras Mar 06 USA vs Trinidad Mar 20 USA at Jamaica Apr 05 USA vs Mexico Apr 19 USA at Costa Rica May 03 USA vs Honduras May 17 USA at Trinidad May 31 USA vs Jamaica Jun 14 USA at Mexico

Mexico Trinidad & Tobago Canada Panama

Honduras Jamaica El Salvador St Vincent & Gren

USA Guatemala Costa Rica Barbados

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 16 PAN 0, MEX 1 Jul 16 CAN 0, T&T 2

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 16 ELS 2, HON 5 Jul 16 SVG 0, JAM 1

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 16 GUA 1, USA 1 Jul 16 BAR 2, CRC 1

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 23 ELS 7, SVG 1 Jul 23 JAM 3, HON 1

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 23 T&T 1, MEX 0 Jul 23 CAN 0, PAN 0

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Jul 23 CRC 2, USA 1 Jul 22 GUA 2, BAR 0

REMEMBER: ties on the road are very acceptable!

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Aug 15 MEX 2, CAN 0 Aug 16 T&T 6, PAN 0

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Aug 16 HON 6, SVG 0 Aug 16 JAM 1, ELS 0

SEMI-FINAL ROUND Aug 15 CRC 2, GUA 1 Aug 16 USA 7, BAR 0

FINAL GROUP?

Mexico USA Trinidad & Tobago Honduras Jamaica Costa Rica

Editor's comment about the 1-1 tie for the USA in Guatemala on Sunday, July 16, 2000: The announcers, journalists, fans, and certain national officials and players are demonstrating their ignorance in bemoaning the 1-1 tie in the first game of World Cup 2002 qualification. Very  few voices of reason have been heard, namely Bruce Arena and Sunil Gulati. Suggested interviews for those of you who are reading this "fine print":  talk to people and read comments of those who have this before! Lothar Osiander, Bob Gansler, Bora Milutinovic, Steve Sampson,  and several players in the USA (Marcello Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, John Harkes, Tab Ramos, & Eric Wynalda) know the difficulties of "going to war" on the field on foreign soil. If a 1-1 away tie is the worst result we ever see, we will become a world power in soccer overnight! Look at the possibilities (ranking the worst outcome first): a loss at home, a loss at neutral, a tie at home, a tie at neutral, a tie away, a loss away. Additionally, look at the scores in qualification in past years:

1986 Qualifying

1990 Qualifying

1998 Qualifying

2000 Qualifying

11/03/96: GUA 2-0 (h) win 11/10/96: T&T 2-0 (h) win 11/24/96: T&T 1-0 (a) win 12/01/96: CRC 1-2 (a) loss 12/14/96: CRC 2-1 (h) win 12/21/96: GUA 2-2 (n) tie 03/02/97: JAM 0-0 (a) tie 03/16/97: CAN 3-0 (h) win 03/23/97: CRC 2-3 (a) loss 04/20/97: MEX 2-2 (h) tie 06/29/97: ELS 1-1 (a) tie 09/07/97: CRC 1-0 (h) win 10/03/97: JAM 1-1 (h) tie 11/02/97: MEX 0-0 (a) tie 11/09/97: CAN 3-0 (a) win 11/16/97: ELS 4-2 (h) win

09/29/84: NANT 0-0 (a) tie 10/06/84: NANT 4-0 (h) win 05/15/85: T&T 2-1 (h) win 05/19/85: T&T 1-0 (h) win 05/26/85: CRC 1-1 (a) tie 05/31/85: CRC 0-1 (h) loss

07/24/88: JAM 0-0 (a) tie 08/13/88: JAM 5-1 (h) win 04/16/89: CRC 0-1 (a) loss 04/30/89: CRC 1-0 (h) win 05/13/89: T&T 1-1 (h) tie 06/17/89: GUA 2-1 (h) win 09/17/89: ELS 1-0 (n) win 10/08/89: GUA 0-0 (a) tie 11/05/89: ELS 0-0 (h) tie 11/19/89: T&T 1-0 (a) win

07/16/00: GUA 1-1 (a) tie 07/23/00: CRC  1-2 (a) loss 08/16/00: BAR (h)

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1970 Qualifying

1978 Qualifying

1974 Qualifying

1982 Qualifying

08/20/72: CAN 2-3 (a) loss 08/29/72: CAN 2-2 (h) tie 09/03/72: MEX 1-3 (a) loss 09/10/72: MEX 1-2 (h) loss

09/24/76: CAN 0-0 (a) tie 10/03/76: MEX 0-0 (h) tie 10/18/76: MEX 0-3 (a) loss 10/20/76: CAN 2-0 (h) win 12/22/76: CAN 0-3 (n) loss

08/20/72: CAN 2-3 (a) loss 08/29/72: CAN 2-2 (h) tie 09/03/72: MEX 1-3 (a) loss 09/10/72: MEX 1-2 (h) loss

10/25/80: CAN 0-0 (h) tie 11/01/80: CAN 1-2 (a) loss 11/09/80: MEX 1-5 (a) loss 11/23/80: MEX 2-1 (h) win

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1962 Qualifying

1958 Qualifying

1966 Qualifying

10/06/60: MEX 3-3 (h) tie 11/13/60: MEX 0-3 (a) loss

04/0757: MEX 0-6 (a) loss 04/28/57: MEX 2-7 (h) loss 06/22/57: CAN 1-5 (a) loss 07/06/57: CAN 2-3 (h) loss

03/07/65: MEX 2-2 (h) tie 03/12/65: MEX 0-2 (a) loss 03/17/65: HON 1-0 (a) win 03/21/65: HON 1-1 (a) tie

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1950 Qualifying

1954 Qualifying

09/04/49: MEX 0-6 (a) loss 09/14/49: CUB 1-1 (n) tie 09/18/49: MEX 2-6 (a) loss 09/21/49: CUB 5-2 (n) win

01/10/54: MEX 0-4 (a) loss 01/14/54: MEX 1-3 (a) loss 04/03/54: HAI 3-2 (a) win 04/04/54: HAI 3-0 (a) win

Editor's comment about the 1-2 loss for the USA in Costa Rica on Sunday, July 23, 2000: As announced in last week's comment section, there are worse things than a tie on the road! But this loss is LESS negative than a tie at home or a loss at home! Relax everybody! Having said that, the reason points are being given away at the end of games is the lack of international experience on this team. This begs the question: Exactly what, other than youth, does the present roster offer over players like Balboa, Wynalda, and Harkes? If we were to lean toward more experience we could be fielding 403 more caps, 60 more goals, and 45 more assists (that's 165 more points)! Since Balboa and Harkes are playing well in MLS, and Wynalda is healthy and returning to the field, what the hell do we have to lose? The answer is:  QUALIFICATION! Attempting to give younger players more experience is exactly the same trap into which was fallen into by the former coach! These "older" players may not be in form for the World Cup Finals in 2002, however they CAN get us there! Suggested line-up for remaining qualification rounds:

G Keller D Fraser D Balboa D Pope M Ramos M Reyna M JM Moore M Jones M Stewart F Razov F McBride

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EARLIER ROUNDS 2000 QUALIFYING

CARRIBEAN ZONE Round 1 Antigua & Barbuda 2, Guayana 0 (forfeit); Guayana 0 (forfeit), Antigua & Barbuda 2 Trinidad & Tobago 5, Netherlands Antilles 0; Netherlands Antilles 1, Trinidad & Tobago 1 Cuba 4, Cayman Islands 0; Cayman Islands 0, Cuba 0 St Lucia 1, Surinam 0; Surinam 1, St Lucia 0; Surinam 3pks, St Lucia 1pk Barbados 2, Grenada 2; Grenada 2, Barbados 3 St Vincent & Grenadines 9, US Virgin Islands 0; US Virgin Islands 1, St Vincent & Grenadines 5 British Virgin Islands 1, Bermuda 5; Bermuda 9, British Virgin Islands 0 Dominican Republic 3, Montserrat 0; Montserrat 1, Dominican Republic 3 Anguilla 1, Bahamas 3; Bahamas 2, Anguilla 1 Haiti 4, Dominica 0; Dominica 1, Haiti 3 Aruba 4, Puerto Rico 2; Puerto Rica 2, Aruba 2 St Kitts & Nevis 8, Turks & Caicos 0; Turks & Caicos 0, St Kitts & Nevis 6 Round 2 Cuba 1, Surinam 0; Surinam 0, Cuba 0 (Cuba advances to Round 3) Aruba 1, Barbados 3; Barbados 4, Aruba 0 (Barbados advances to Round 3) St Vincent & Grenadines 1, St Kitts & Nevis 0; St Kits & Nevis 1, St Vincent & Grenadines 2 (StV&G advance) Antigua & Barbuda  0, Bermuda 0; Bermuda 1, Antigua & Barbuda 1 (Antigua & Barbuda advances to Round 3) Trinidad & Tobago 3, Domincan Republic 0; Dominican Republic 0, Trinidad & Tobago 1 (T&T advances Rnd 3) Haiti 9, Bahamas 0; Bahamas 0, Haiti 4 (Haiti advances to Round 3) Round 3 T&T 3, Haiti 1 Cuba 1, Barbados 1 St Vincent & Grenadines 1, Antigua & Barbuda 2 Haiti 1, T&T 1 (T&T to semis) Antigua & Barbuda  0, St Vincent & Grenadines 4 (St Vincent & Grenadines to semis) Barbados  1, Cuba  1 ; PKs: Barbados 5, Cuba 4 (Barbados to semis)

CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE Group A ElSalvador 5, Belize 0 Belize 1, Guatemala 2 Guatemala 0, El Salvador 1 Belize 1, El Salvador 3 El Salvador 1, Guatemala 1 (El Salvador to semis) Guatemala 0, Belize 0 (Guatemala to inter zone)

CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE Group B Honduras 3, Nicaragua 0 Nicaragua 0, Panama 2 Panama 1, Honduras 0 Nicaragua 0, Honduras 1 Honduras 3, Panama 1 Panama 4, Nicaragua 0 (Panama to semis)

INTER-AMERICAN ZONE June 3-4, June 11,  & June 17 Jun 03 Honduras 4, Haiti 0 Jun 04 Cuba 0, Canada 1 Jun 11 Antigua & Barbuda 0, Guatemala 1 Jun 11 Canada 0, Cuba 0 (Canada to semis) Jun 17 Haiti 1, Honduras 3 (Honduras to semis) Jun 17 Guatemala 8, Antigua & Barbuda 1 (Guatemala to semis)