1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
Semi-finals
USA - Costa Rica
2:1 (1:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 478 | 14 December 1996 | Palo Alto / Stanford Stadium | 01:00 | 40527 |
- Brian McBRIDE (USA) 16',
- Roy LASSITER (USA) 60',
- Ronald GOMEZ (CRC) 74'
Goals scored
USA
- Brad FRIEDEL (GK)
- Eddie POPE
- Mike BURNS
- John HARKES
- Brian McBRIDE
- Earnie STEWART
- Jeff AGOOS
- Cobi JONES (-81')
- Roy LASSITER
- Claudio REYNA (-80')
- Alexi LALAS
Line-up
- Frankie HEJDUK
- Joe Max MOORE (+80')
- Preki RADOSAVLJEVIC
- Michael SORBER
- Kasey KELLER
- Jovan KIROVSKI (+81')
- Martin VAZQUEZ GOMEZ
Substitute(s)
Costa Rica
- Hermidio BARRANTES (GK)
- Luis MARIN
- Ronald GONZALEZ
- Wilmer LOPEZ
- Mauricio SOLIS
- Paulo WANCHOPE
- Jafet SOTO (-64')
- Javier DELGADO
- Luis Javier DELGADO PRADO
- Oscar RAMIREZ
- Ronald GOMEZ
- Hernan MEDFORD (-64')
Line-up
- Vladimir QUESADA
- Alexander MADRIGAL
- Allan Fernando OVIEDO RODRIGUEZ (+64')
- Roy MYERS (+64')
- Eric LONNYS
- Mauricio WRIGHT
- Austin BERRY
Substitute(s)
- Brad FRIEDEL (USA) 33'
- , Roy LASSITER (USA) 38'
- , John HARKES (USA) 41'
- , Jafet SOTO (CRC) 44'
- , Ronald GOMEZ (CRC) 52'
- , Luis MARIN (CRC) 76'
- , Earnie STEWART (USA) 87'
- , Alexi LALAS (USA) 89'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Leon PADRO BORJA (MEX) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |
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