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	1 GK	Tony Meola	21 February 1969	100	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
18	1 GK	Mark Dodd	14 September 1965	15	Colorado Foxes
21	2 DF	Fernando Clavijo	23 January 1956	61	St. Louis Storm
3	2 DF	John Doyle	16 April 1966	53	Örgryte IS
15	2 DF	Desmond Armstrong	2 November 1964	81	Santos FC
2	2 DF	Steve Trittschuh	24 April 1965	38	Sparta Prague
	2 DF	Janusz Michallik	22 April 1966	44	Gremio Lusitano
	2 DF	Bruce Savage	21 December 1960	16	Baltimore Blast
22	2 DF	Alexi Lalas	1 June 1970	96	Rutgers University
	2 DF	Robin Fraser	17 December 1966	27	Colorado Foxes
	2 DF	Troy Dayak	21 January 1971	9	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
17	2 DF	Marcelo Balboa	8 August 1967	128	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
	2 DF	Jimmy Banks	2 September 1964	36	Milwaukee Wave
12	2 DF	Jeff Agoos	2 May 1968	134	University of Virginia
	2 DF	Troy Snyder	24 November 1965	5	Dallas Sidekicks
12	3 MF	Paul Krumpe	4 March 1963	25	Colorado Foxes
9/14/16	3 MF	Brian Quinn	24 May 1960	48	San Diego Sockers
9	3 MF	Tab Ramos	21 September 1966	81	Figueres
6	3 MF	John Harkes	8 March 1967	90	Sheffield Wednesday
19	3 MF	Chris Henderson	11 December 1970	79	UCLA
8	3 MF	Dominic Kinnear	26 July 1967	56	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
7	3 MF	Hugo Perez	8 November 1963	73	Örgryte IS
20	3 MF	Paul Caligiuri	9 May 1964	110	Hansa Rostock
8	3 MF	Henry Gutierrez	28 August 1968	1	Stade Rennais F.C.
	4 FW	Steve Rammel	20 April 1968	0	Rutgers University
10	4 FW	Peter Vermes	21 November 1966	67	Tampa Bay Rowdies
11	4 FW	Eric Wynalda	9 June 1969	107	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
4	4 FW	Bruce Murray	25 January 1966	86	Maryland Bays
14	4 FW	Frank Klopas	1 September 1966	39	AEK Athens
7/9	4 FW	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.