WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : FACTS AND FIGURES

GROUP A at Rose Bowl

Romania: 1

United States: 0

SCORING SUMMARY

Romania: 1 0--1

United States: 0 0--0

First-half scoring--1. Romania, Petrescu 1, 18th minute.

Second-half scoring--None.

Shots on goal--Romania: 15 (Hagi 5, Petrescu 2, Raducioiu 2, Popescu 2, Prodan, Belodedici, Munteanu, Dumitrescu). United States: 15 (Sorber 3, Wynalda 3, Harkes 3, Caligiuri 2, Dooley 2, Lalas, Stewart).

Fouls--Romania: 13 (Raducioiu 3, Prodan 2, Munteanu 2, Hagi 2, Dumitrescu, Belodedici, Selimess, Popescu). United States: 15 (Harkes 3, Clavijo 2, Sorber 2, Stewart 2, Wynalda 2, Caligiuri, Dooley, Balboa, Jones).

Times Fouled--Romania: 15 (Hagi 6, Dumitrescu 3, Lupescu 2, Belodedici, Popescu, Munteanu, Mihali). United States: 13 (Jones 2, Wegerle 2, Stewart 2, Balboa 2, Meola, Caligiuri, Ramos, Sorber, Wynalda).

Offsides--Romania: 2 (Dumitrescu, Raducioiu). United States 0.

Yellow Cards--Romania: Raducioiu 62nd minute; Petrescu 73rd. United States: Harkes 41st; Clavijo, 49th.

Referee--Van Der Ende, Netherlands. Linesmen--Dolstra, Netherlands; Dunster, Australia.

Attendance--93,869.

LINEUPS

Romania--Florin Prunea; Dan Petrescu, Daniel Prodan, Miodrag Belodedici (Gheorghe Mihali, 88th minute), Gheorghe Popescu; Tibor Selimess, Ionut Lupescu, Dorinel Munteanu, Gheorghe Hagi; Ilie Dumitrescu, Florin Raducioiu (Constantin Galca, 83rd).

United States--Tony Meola; Tom Dooley, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Fernando Clavijo; Alexi Lalas, John Harkes, Tab Ramos (Cobi Jones, 64th), Mike Sorber (Roy Wegerle, 75th); Ernie Stewart, Eric Wynalda.

GROUP A at Stanford Stadium

Colombia: 2

Switzerland: 0

SCORING SUMMARY

Colombia:1 1--2

Switzerland:0 0--0

First-half scoring--1. Colombia, Gaviria 1, 44th minute.

Second-half scoring--2. Colombia, Lozano 1, 90th.

Shots on goal--Colombia: 15 (Rincon 4, Gaviria 2, Valencia 2, De Avila 2, Herrera, Perez, Valderrama, Asprilla, Lozano). Switzerland: 13 (Bregy 3, Quentin 2, Sutter 2, Sforza 2, Ohrel, Knup, Chaupuisat, Subiat).

Fouls--Colombia: 14 (Alvarez 4, Valderrama 3, Escobar 2, Mendoza 2, Gaviria 2, Valencia). Switzerland: 12 (Sforza 4, Bregy 2, Knup 2, Hottiger, Quentin, Sutter, Chapuisat).

Times Fouled--Colombia: 12 (Valderrama 4, Escobar 2, Rincon 2, Herrera, Perez, Gaviria, Asprilla). Switzerland: 14 (Knup 4, Chapuisat 3, Ohrel 2, Sforza 2, Herr, Geiger, Sutter).

Offsides--Colombia: 7 (Rincon 4, Valencia 2, De Avila). Switzerland: 5 (Knup 2, Sforza, Sutter, Herr).

Yellow Cards--Colombia: Gaviria 60th, Valderrama 62nd, Alvarez 81st. Switzerland: Knup 40th, Bregy 86th.

Referee--Mikkelsen, Denmark. Linesmen--James, Trinidad & Tobago; Christensen, Denmark.

Attendance--83,769.

LINEUPS

Colombia--Oscar Cordoba, Andres Escobar, Luis Fernando Herrera, Wilson Perez, Alexis Mendoza, Carlos Valderrama, Leonel Alvarez, Herman Gaviria (Harold Lozano, 77th minute), Freddy Rincon, Adolfo Valencia (Anthony de Avila, 62nd), Faustino Asprilla.

Switzerland--Marco Pascolo, Marc Hottiger, Yvan Quentin, Dominique Herr, Alain Geiger, Georges Bregy, Alain Sutter (Marco Grassi, 81st), Christophe Ohrel, Ciriaco Sforza, Adrian Knup (Nestor Subiat, 81st), Stephane Chapuisat.

GROUP D

at Soldier Field, Chicago

Bulgaria: 4

Greece: 0

SCORING SUMMARY

Bulgaria: 1 3--4

Greece:0 0--0

First-half scoring--1. Bulgaria, Stoichkov 1, penalty kick, 5th minute.

Second-half scoring--2. Bulgaria, Stoichkov 2, penalty kick, 55th. 3. Bulgaria, Letchkov 1, 66th. 4. Bulgaria, Borimirov 1, 90th.

Shots on goal--Bulgaria: 19 (Stoichkov 6, Balakov 5, Kostadinov 3, Iankov 2, Letchkov, Borimirov, Kremenliev). Greece: 14 (Kofidis 3, Machlas 2, Alexoudis 2, Dimitriadis 2, Apostolakis, Kalitzakis, Nioblias, Handzitis, Mitropoulos).

Fouls--Bulgaria: 25 (Ivanov 8, Balakov 5, Kostadinov 4, Kremenliev 2, Iankov 2, Letchkov, Sirakov, Borimirov, Kiriakov). Greece: 17 (Marangos 5, Mitropoulos 3, Atmatzides 2, Handzitis 2, Alexoudis 2, Kalitzakis, Karayiannis, Nioblias).,

Times Fouled--Bulgaria: 17 (Tzvetanov 3, Stoichkov 3, Letchkov 3, Sirakov 3, Balakov 2, Kremenliev, Iankov, Kostadinov). Greece: 25 (Marangos 5, Alexoudis 4, Kofidis 3, Machlas 3, Nioblias 2, Handzitis 2, Dimitriadis 2, Atmatzides, Apostolakis, Karayiannis, Mitropoulos).

Offsides--Bulgaria: 0. Greece: 1 (Machlas).

Yellow Cards--Bulgaria: Houbtchev 18th minute, Ivanov 27th, Iankov 35th, Borimirov 85th. Greece: Alexoudis 7th, Handzitis 43rd, Mitropoulos 60th, Karayiannis 71st.

Referee--Bujsaim, United Arab Emirates. Linesmen--Al-Ghattan, Bahrain; Calix Garcia, Honduras.

Attendance--63,160.

LINEUPS

Bulgaria--Borislav Mikhailov, Emil Kremenliev, Trifon Ivanov, Tsanko Tzvetanov (Ilian Kiriakov 77th minute), Petar Houbtchev, Zlatko Iankov, Emil Kostadinov (Daniel Borimirov 82nd), Hristo Stoichkov, Yordan Letchkov, Nasko Sirakov, Krasimir Balakov.

Greece--Elias Atmatzides, Stratos Apostolakis, Vaios Karayiannis, Kyriakos Karataidas, Nikos Nioblias, Spiros Marangos, Minas Handzitis (Tassos Mitropoulos), Savas Kofidis, Nikos Machlas, Alexandris Alexoudis (Vassilis Dimitriadis 57th), Thanassis Kolitsidakis.