# World Series of Soccer

The term World Series of Soccer was initially a series of senior international soccer matches held by USSF between 1991 and 1994.
In 2005, Major League Soccer re-introduced the name for a series of professional matches in the United States.

## U.S. roster

National Team player pool for the 1991 World Series of Soccer:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Tony Meola | 21 February 1969 | 100 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
| 18 | 1GK | Mark Dodd | 14 September 1965 | 15 | Colorado Foxes |
| 21 | 2DF | Fernando Clavijo | 23 January 1956 | 61 | St. Louis Storm |
| 3 | 2DF | John Doyle | 16 April 1966 | 53 | Örgryte IS |
| 15 | 2DF | Desmond Armstrong | 2 November 1964 | 81 | Santos FC |
| 2 | 2DF | Steve Trittschuh | 24 April 1965 | 38 | Sparta Prague |
| | 2DF | Janusz Michallik | 22 April 1966 | 44 | Gremio Lusitano |
| | 2DF | Bruce Savage | 21 December 1960 | 16 | Baltimore Blast |
| 22 | 2DF | Alexi Lalas | 1 June 1970 | 96 | Rutgers University |
| | 2DF | Robin Fraser | 17 December 1966 | 27 | Colorado Foxes |
| | 2DF | Troy Dayak | 21 January 1971 | 9 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks |
| 17 | 2DF | Marcelo Balboa | 8 August 1967 | 128 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks |
| | 2DF | Jimmy Banks | 2 September 1964 | 36 | Milwaukee Wave |
| 12 | 2DF | Jeff Agoos | 2 May 1968 | 134 | University of Virginia |
| | 2DF | Troy Snyder | 24 November 1965 | 5 | Dallas Sidekicks |
| 12 | 3MF | Paul Krumpe | 4 March 1963 | 25 | Colorado Foxes |
| 9/14/16 | 3MF | Brian Quinn | 24 May 1960 | 48 | San Diego Sockers |
| 9 | 3MF | Tab Ramos | 21 September 1966 | 81 | Figueres |
| 6 | 3MF | John Harkes | 8 March 1967 | 90 | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 19 | 3MF | Chris Henderson | 11 December 1970 | 79 | UCLA |
| 8 | 3MF | Dominic Kinnear | 26 July 1967 | 56 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks |
| 7 | 3MF | Hugo Perez | 8 November 1963 | 73 | Örgryte IS |
| 20 | 3MF | Paul Caligiuri | 9 May 1964 | 110 | Hansa Rostock |
| 8 | 3MF | Henry Gutierrez | 28 August 1968 | 1 | Stade Rennais F.C. |
| | 4FW | Steve Rammel | 20 April 1968 | 0 | Rutgers University |
| 10 | 4FW | Peter Vermes | 21 November 1966 | 67 | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| 11 | 4FW | Eric Wynalda | 9 June 1969 | 107 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks |
| 4 | 4FW | Bruce Murray | 25 January 1966 | 86 | Maryland Bays |
| 14 | 4FW | Frank Klopas | 1 September 1966 | 39 | AEK Athens |
| 7/9 | 4FW | Dante Washington | 21 November 1970 | 6 | Radford University |

## 1991

In 1991, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), established and promoted a series of national team games between the United States men's national soccer team and other national soccer teams. The goal was to provide U.S. soccer players on the national team an opportunity to play high level competitive soccer. The collapse of the North American Soccer League had removed the ability of U.S. players getting meaningful outdoor experience. While indoor soccer was booming, USSF didn't see it as an adequate replacement for outdoor competition when it came to preparing players for international outdoor soccer.

### Results

May 5 San Diego California United States 1-0 Uruguay
   * Vermes (Henderson)-26
May 19 Stanford Stadium Palo Alto United States 0-1 Argentina
June 1 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough United States 1-1 Ireland
   * Wynalda (Henderson)-68
November 24. Texas Stadium Irving United States 1-1 Costa Rica
   * Kinnear (Murray)-6

## 1992
### Results

May 30, 1992 RFK Stadium Washington United States 3–1 Ireland (match part of 1992 U.S. Cup)
   * Balboa, Ramos, Harkes,
June 3, 1992 Soldier Field Chicago United States 1–0 Portugal (match part of 1992 U.S. Cup)
   * Wegerle
June 6, 1992 Soldier Field Chicago United States 1–1 Italy (match part of 1992 U.S. Cup)
   * Harkes

## 1993

In 1993, USSF resurrected the World Series of Soccer to prepare the national team for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. As the host nation, the U.S. did not need to qualify. Therefore, USSF sought other games to provide the team with competitive experience.

### Results

Jan 30 United States 2-2 Denmark
   * Murray, Moore
Feb 13 United States 0-1 Russia
Feb 21 United States 0-0 Russia
May 8 United States 1-2 Colombia
   * Lalas
June 6 Yale Bowl New Harven United States 0-2 Brazil (match part of 1993 U.S. Cup)
June 9 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough United States 2-0 England (match part of 1993 U.S. Cup)
   * Dooley, Lalas
June 13 Soldier Field Chicago United States 3-4 Germany (match part of 1993 U.S. Cup)
   * Dooley (2), Stewart

## 1994

In 1994, the U.S. national team played three matches in Ohio, billed by USSF as part of the World Series of Soccer:

### Results

May 21, 1994 United States 2-3 Bayern Munich
   * Klopas-(Unassisted)-21
   * Klopas-(C. Jones)-37
May 25 United States 0-0 Saudi Arabia
May 28 United States 1-1 Greece
   * Klopas-(Caligiuri)-45