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United States men's national soccer team results (1970–1989)

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This is a compilation of every international soccer game played by the United States men's national soccer team from 1970 through 1989. It includes the team's record for that year, each game and the date played. It also lists the U.S. goal scorers.

The format is: home team listed first, U.S. listed first at home or neutral site.

Records are in win–loss–tie format. Games decided in penalty kicks are counted as ties, as per the FIFA standard.

1970

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0 0 0

1971

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0 0 0

1972

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0 3 1

  Win   Draw   Loss

August 20 CONCACAF Championship Qualification Canada  3–2  United States St. John's, Canada
Parsons 5'
Twamley 41'
Johnson 63'
Roy 65'
Getzinger 88'
Stadium: King George V Park
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: David Parsons (Bermuda)
August 29 CONCACAF Championship Qualification United States  2–2  Canada Baltimore, Maryland
Roy 14'
Geimer 25'
Mackay 9'
Douglas 81'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,273
Referee: Jose Roberto Henriquez (El Salvador)
September 3 CONCACAF Championship Qualification Mexico  3–1  United States Mexico City, Mexico
Victorino 12'
Bustos 47'
Borja 60'
Roy 78' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 29,891
Referee: Lloyd de Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)

1973

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3 9 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 17 Friendly Bermuda  4–0  United States Hamilton, Bermuda
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 861
March 20 Friendly Poland  4–0  United States Łódź, Poland
Lubanski 17', 24', 84'
Kasperczak 55'
Stadium: Stadion ŁKS
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
August 3 Friendly United States  0–1  Poland Chicago, Illinois
Kasperczak 87' Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: John Davies (Canada)
August 5 Friendly Canada  0–2  United States Windsor, Canada
Grgurev
Liveric
Stadium: Windsor Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Willian Gallacher (Canada)
August 10 Friendly United States  0–4  Poland San Francisco, California
Kmiecik 36', 47'
Szarmach 72'
Kasztelan 88'
Stadium: Candlestick Park
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)
August 12 Friendly United States  1–0  Poland New Britain, Connecticut
Trost 37' Stadium: Willow Brook Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roger Schott (United States)
September 9 Friendly United States  1–0  Bermuda Hartford, Connecticut
Brewster Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
October 16 Friendly Mexico  2–0  United States Mexico City, Mexico
Victorino 31'
Bustos 46'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
November 3 Friendly Haiti  1–0  United States Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
Attendance: 22,000
November 5 Friendly Haiti  1–0  United States Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
Attendance: 18,000
November 13 Friendly Israel  3–1  United States Tel Aviv, Israel
Peretz 9'
Rozen 41'
Macmel 46'
Roy 13' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
November 15 Friendly Israel  2–0  United States Beersheba, Israel
Damti 12'
Peretz 15'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yosef Finkelstein (Israel)

1974

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0 2 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 5 Friendly Mexico  3–1  United States Monterrey, Mexico
González 66'
Salgado 79', 80'
Vaninger 48' Stadium: Estadío Universitario
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)
September 8 Friendly United States  0–1  Mexico Irving, Texas
Trujillo 36' Stadium: Texas Stadium
Attendance: 22,164

1975

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0 5 0

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March 26 Friendly Poland  7–0  United States Poznań, Poland
Lato 12', 51'
Szarmach 19', 43'
Deyna 32', 67', 71'
Stadium: Warta Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zdenek Jelinek (Czechoslovakia)
June 24 Friendly United States  0–4  Poland Seattle, Washington
Bula 13'
Lato 38'
Szarmach 70'
Wyrobek 89'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
August 24 Friendly Mexico  2–0  United States Mexico City, Mexico
Borja 44'
Delgado 66'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)

1976

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1 2 5

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 24 CONCACAF Championship Qualification Canada  1–1  United States Vancouver, Canada
Bolitho 77' Bandov 8' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 15,543
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
October 20 CONCACAF Championship Qualification United States  2–0  Canada Seattle, Washington
Rys 55'
Veee 81'
Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 17,675
Referee: Rubío Vasquez (Mexico)
December 22 CONCACAF Championship Playoff United States  0–3  Canada Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Budd 21'
Lenarduzzi 80'
Bolitho 87'
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
Attendance: 32,869
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)
Wins Losses Draws
3 3 2

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 27 Friendly Mexico  3–0  United States Monterrey, Mexico
Cuéllar 12'
Jiménez 57'
Ortega 79'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mauricio Regalado (Guatemala)
September 30 Friendly United States  0–0  El Salvador Monterey Park, California
Stadium: ELAC Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
October 6 Friendly United States  1–1  China Washington, D.C.
Villa Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 8,366
Wins Losses Draws
0 2 1

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 3 Friendly Iceland  0–0  United States Reykjavík, Iceland
Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)
September 6 Friendly Switzerland  2–0  United States Lucerne, Switzerland
Elsener
Schnyder
Stadium: Stadion Allmend
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia)
September 20 Friendly Portugal  1–0  United States Setúbal, Portugal
Costa 31' Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Inacio de Almeida (Portugal)

1979

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2 5 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

February 3 Friendly United States  1–3  Soviet Union Seattle, Washington
Davis Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 13,317
May 7 Friendly United States  0–6  France East Rutherford, New Jersey
Report Lacombe 8', 14', 37'
Droege 42' (o.g.)
Amisse 61'
Six 73'
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 20,591
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
October 10 Friendly France  3–0  United States Paris, France
Platini 5'
Wagner 18'
Amisse 23'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hendrik van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
October 26 Friendly Hungary  0–2  United States Budapest, Hungary
Nanchoff
DiBernardo
Stadium: Népstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)
October 29 Friendly Republic of Ireland  3–2  United States Dublin, Ireland
Grealish 64'
Givens 66'
Anderson 68'
DiBernardo 11'
Villa 63'
Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Éamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)

1980

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2 2 2

  Win   Draw   Loss

October 7 Friendly Portugal  1–1  United States Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel 65' Davis 67' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Luis García (Spain)
October 25 CONCACAF Championship qualification United States  0–0  Canada Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Tomas García (El Salvador)
November 9 CONCACAF Championship qualification Mexico  5–1  United States Mexico City, Mexico
Sánchez 24'
Camacho 31', 55'
Mendizabal 37'
González 40'
Davis 76' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Jose Valverde (Costa Rica)
November 23 CONCACAF Championship qualification United States  2–1  Mexico Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Moyers 31', 65' Sánchez 40' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,126
Referee: Marcio Gracias (Guatemala)

1981

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0 0 0

1982

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1 0 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

1983

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1 0 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

1984

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3 2 4

  Win   Draw   Loss

October 14 Friendly Guatemala  4–0  United States Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: JE Melendez Gonzalez (Guatemala)

1985

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2 3 3

  Win   Draw   Loss

April 2 Friendly Canada  2–0  United States Vancouver, Canada
Vrablic 68', 80' Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)
April 4 Friendly United States  1–1  Canada Portland, Oregon
Pérez Pakos Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 4,181
May 26 CONCACAF Championship Costa Rica  1–1  United States Alajuela, Costa Rica
Ramírez 42' Kerr, Jr. 44' Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Attendance: 20,173
Referee: Joaquin Urrea (Mexico)
May 31 CONCACAF Championship United States  0–1  Costa Rica Torrance, California
Coronado 35' Stadium: Murdock Stadium
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
June 16 Friendly United States  0–5  England Los Angeles, California
Report Lineker 13', 47'
Dixon 30', 73'
Steven 81'
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 10,145

1986

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0 0 2

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February 5 Friendly United States  0–0  Canada Miami, Florida
Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 5,182
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
February 7 Friendly United States  1–1  Uruguay Miami, Florida
Murray Aguilera Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 15,852
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)

1987

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1 2 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

1988

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3 7 3

  Win   Draw   Loss

January 10 Friendly Guatemala  1–0  United States Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Mendizabal Euceda (Guatemala)
May 14 Friendly United States  0–2  Colombia Miami, Florida
Iguarán Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 15,371
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (United States)
June 10 Friendly United States  0–2  Ecuador Houston, Texas
Stadium: Delmar Stadium
Referee: Julio Salas (United States)
July 13 Friendly United States  0–2  Poland New Britain, Connecticut
Kosecki 44', 53' Stadium: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 10,213
Referee: Gordon Arrowsmith (Canada)
July 24 CONCACAF Championship qualification Jamaica  0–0  United States Kingston, Jamaica
Stadium: Independence Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Julio López (Honduras)
August 13 CONCACAF Championship qualification United States  5–1  Jamaica Fenton, Missouri
Bliss 18'
Pérez 69' (pen.)
Klopas 76', 85'
Krumpe 78'
Sterling 54' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)

1989

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6 3 3

  Win   Draw   Loss

April 16 CONCACAF Championship Costa Rica  1–0  United States San José, Costa Rica
Rhoden 14' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 26,271
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
April 30 CONCACAF Championship United States  1–0  Costa Rica Fenton, Missouri
Ramos 72' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rodolfo Méndez (Honduras)
June 4 Marlboro Cup United States  3–0  Peru East Rutherford, New Jersey
Bliss 14'
Ramos 19'
Murray 44'
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 33,133
June 24 Friendly United States  0–1  Colombia Miami, Florida
Valderrama Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 15,233
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (United States)
November 5 CONCACAF Championship United States  0–0  El Salvador Fenton, Missouri
Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
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