United States men's national soccer team results (1980–1989)
This is a list of international soccer games played by the United States men's national soccer team from 1980 to 1989. Games played by the full national team, but not considered full international games are also listed, but are noted and shown in bold.
1980
March 16 United States 2-1 Surinam
March 20 Costa Rica 0-1 United States
March 25 Costa Rica 1-1 United States
April 2 Surinam 4-4 United States
Friendlies
Oct 5 Luxembourg 0-2 United States
Portugal ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Carlos Manuel ![]() |
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These games were also 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
United States ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Canada ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Larusci ![]() Segota ![]() |
Villa ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() |
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Camacho ![]() ![]() González ![]() Mendizabal ![]() H. Sánchez ![]() |
Davis ![]() |
United States ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Moyers ![]() ![]() |
H. Sánchez ![]() |
1982
March 21 Trinidad & Tobago 1-2 United States
1983
April 8 Haiti 0-2 United States
1984
May 30 United States 0-0 Italy
United States ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Davis ![]() ![]() Willrich ![]() |
Report |
Italy ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Baresi ![]() |
Report |
Egypt ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Soliman ![]() |
Report | Thompson ![]() |
These games were also 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Netherlands Antilles ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 4 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.) | ![]() |
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Coker ![]() ![]() DiBernardo ![]() Kapp ![]() |
Friendlies
Oct 9 United States 3-1 El Salvador
Oct 11 United States 1-0 Colombia
Oct 14 Guatemala 4-0 United States
Oct 17 Mexico 2-1 United States
Nov 30 United States 0-0 Ecuador
Dec 2 United States 2-2 Ecuador
1985
Feb 8 United States 1-1 Switzerland
April 2 Canada 2-0 United States
April 4 United States 1-1 Canada
These games were also 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Fonrose ![]() |
Chico Borja ![]() Mark Peterson ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Paul Caligiuri ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Oscar Ramírez ![]() |
John Kerr, Jr. ![]() |
United States ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Evaristo Coronado ![]() |
Friendly
United States ![]() | 0 – 5 | ![]() |
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Report | Lineker ![]() Dixon ![]() Steven ![]() |
1986
Feb 5 United States 0-0 Canada
Feb 7 United States 1-1 Uruguay
1987
Mar 8 United States 2-3 Florida U-23
Mar 12 United States 1-0 Deportivo Cali
Mar 14 United States 1-3 Millonarios
Canada ![]() | 2:0 (1:0) | ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 3:0 (1:0) | ![]() |
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Krumpe (2) Gabarra |
Friendlies
June 8 United States 1-3 Egypt
June 12 South Korea 1-0 United States
June 16 Thailand 0-1 United States
Aug 9 United States 3-1 Trinidad & Tobago
Aug 12 United States 0-0 El Salvador
Aug 15 United States 0-2 Argentina
United States ![]() | 4:1 (1:0) | ![]() |
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Goulet (3) Stollmeyer |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 0:1 (0:0) | ![]() |
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Perez |
El Salvador ![]() | 2:4 (1 :3) | ![]() |
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Perez (2) Goulet Klopas |
1988
Jan 10 Guatemala 1-0 United States
Jan 13 Guatemala 0-1 United States
Mar 3 United States 3-0 College of Boca Raton
Mar 4 United States 2-1 Millonarios
- Murray (2)
Mar 6 United States 2-3 Atlético Nacional
Friendly
May 14 United States 0-2 Colombia
United States ![]() | 4:1 (2:0) | ![]() |
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Goulet (2) Davis own goal |
June 1 United States 1-1 Chile
June 3 United States 1-3 Chile
June 5 United States 0-3 Chile
June 7 United States 0-1 Ecuador
June 10 United States 0-2 Ecuador
June 12 United States 0-0 Ecuador
June 14 United States 1-0 Costa Rica
June 19 United States 2-3 Nigeria
- Trittschuh (2)
July 13 United States 0-2 Poland
These games were also 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Jamaica ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() |
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Brian Bliss ![]() Hugo Perez ![]() Frank Klopas ![]() Paul Krumpe ![]() |
Alton Sterling ![]() |
1989
Apr 7 United States 2-0 América de Cali
Apr 9 United States 0-0 (1-3 PK) Club Santa Fe
These games were also 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Costa Rica ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Rhoden ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Ramos ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Trittschuh ![]() |
Charles ![]() |
United States ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Murray ![]() Eichmann ![]() |
Chacón ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Perez ![]() |
Guatemala ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Caligiuri ![]() |
Jun 4 United States 3-0 Peru
Jun 24 United States 0-1 Colombia
Aug 10 United States 0-2 Juventus
Aug 13 United States 1-2 South Korea :* Harkes
Friendly
Nov 14 United States 2-1 Bermuda
References
- ^ The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.