FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999

First stage

Japan - USA

3:1 (1:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
22	08 April 1999	19:00	Bauchi / Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium	9000

Match Officials

Referee Arturo DAUDEN IBANEZ (ESP)	Assistant Referee 1 Taoufik ADJENGUI (TUN)
	Assistant Referee 2 Ali TOMUSANGE (UGA)

Goals scored

Nick DOWNING (USA) 10' Own goal,
Naohiro TAKAHARA (JPN) 51',
Ryan FUTAGAKI (USA) 74',
Mitsuo OGASAWARA (JPN) 85'

Japan

Line-up

[18]
Yuta MINAMI (GK)
[2]
Kasuki TESHIMA
[3]
Shigeki TSUJIMOTO
[7]
Tomoyuki SAKAI
[8]
Mitsuo OGASAWARA
[9]
Naohiro TAKAHARA (-89')
[10]
Masashi MOTOYAMA (-84')
[11]
Yasuhito ENDO
[12]
Koji NAKATA
[13]
Shinji ONO (C) (-74')
[14]
Yuichiro NAGAI

Substitute(s)

[1]
Tatsuya ENOMOTO
[4]
Tatsuya ISHIKAWA (+84')
[5]
Akira KAJI (+74')
[6]
Junichi INAMOTO
[15]
Yasunori TAKADA
[16]
Ryuji BANDO (+89')
[17]
Hideyuki UJIIE

Coach

Philippe TROUSSIER (FRA)

USA

Line-up

[1]
Nick RIMANDO (GK)
[3]
Nick GARCIA (C)
[4]
Danny CALIFF
[5]
Rusty PIERCE (-58')
[6]
Steve CHERUNDOLO
[7]
Nick DOWNING
[9]
Ryan FUTAGAKI
[10]
Chris ALBRIGHT
[13]
Carlos BOCANEGRA
[14]
Matt GOLDSMITH (-45' HT)
[15]
Taylor TWELLMAN (-45' HT)

Substitute(s)

[2]
John THORRINGTON (+58')
[8]
Lee MORRISON
[11]
Francisco GOMEZ
[12]
Shaun TSAKIRIS (+45' HT)
[16]
Cory GIBBS
[17]
Jamar BEASLEY (+45' HT)
[18]
Tim HOWARD

Coach

Siegfried SCHMID (USA)

Cautions

Carlos BOCANEGRA (USA) 35'
, Shigeki TSUJIMOTO (JPN) 60'
, Yasuhito ENDO (JPN) 74'
, Steve CHERUNDOLO (USA) 78'

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