FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

First stage

Republic of Ireland - USA

2:1 (2:1)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
18	19 June 1997	20:00	Alor Setar / Darulaman	5000

Match Officials

Referee Oscar RUIZ (COL)	Assistant Referee 1 Pengiran PENGIRAN HAJI TAJ. (BRU)
	Assistant Referee 2 Miloud HARRAZ (ALG)

Goals scored

Michael CUMMINS (IRL) 6',
Ramiro CORRALES (USA) 25' Own goal,
Jorge FLORES (USA) 39' Penalty goal

Republic of Ireland

Line-up

[16]
Paul WHELAN (GK)
[2]
David WORRALL
[3]
Robert RYAN
[4]
Colin HAWKINS
[8]
John BURNS (-86')
[9]
Michael CUMMINS
[10]
Thomas MORGAN (C)
[11]
Damien DUFF
[13]
Alan KIRBY
[14]
Neale FENN (-72')
[18]
Trevor MOLLOY (-56')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Derek O CONNOR
[5]
Aidan LYNCH
[6]
Stephen MURPHY (+72')
[7]
Niall INMAN
[12]
David WHITTLE
[15]
Glenn CROWE (+56')
[17]
Desmond BAKER (+86')

Coach

Brian KERR (IRL)

USA

Line-up

[1]
Andy KIRK (GK)
[2]
Chad MC CARTY
[4]
Matthew CHULIS (C)
[6]
Carlos PARRA
[8]
John O BRIEN (-74')
[10]
Jorge FLORES
[11]
Ben OLSEN (-45' HT)
[12]
Ramiro CORRALES
[14]
Joey DiGIAMARINO
[16]
Josh WOLFF
[17]
Shawn PETROSKI (-36')

Substitute(s)

[3]
Brian DUNSETH
[5]
Tommy POLTL
[7]
Myles STODDARD
[9]
Sasha VICTORINE (+36')
[13]
Esmundo RODRIGUEZ (+45' HT)
[15]
Brain WEST (+74')
[18]
Matt NAPOLEAN

Coach

Jay HOFFMAN (USA)

Cautions

Thomas MORGAN (IRL) 38'
, Carlos PARRA (USA) 51'
, David WORRALL (IRL) 57'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution