United States men's national soccer team results (1970–1989)

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This is a compilation of every international soccer game played by the United States men's national soccer team from 1970 through 1989. It includes the team's record for that year, each game and the date played. It also lists the U.S. goal scorers.

The format is: home team listed first, U.S. listed first at home or neutral site.

Records are in win–loss–tie format. Games decided in penalty kicks are counted as ties, as per the FIFA standard.

1970

Wins Losses Draws
0 0 0

1971

Wins Losses Draws
0 0 0

1972

Wins Losses Draws
0 3 1

  Win   Draw   Loss

August 20
St. John's, Canada
Johnson
63'
Roy 65'
Getzinger 88'
Stadium: King George V Park
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: David Parsons (Bermuda)
August 29
Baltimore, Maryland
Roy 14'
Geimer 25'
Mackay 9'
Douglas
81'
Stadium:
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,273
Referee: Jose Roberto Henriquez (El Salvador
)
September 3
Mexico City, Mexico
Victorino 12'
Bustos 47'
Borja 60'
Roy 78' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 29,891
Referee: Lloyd de Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
September 10
Los Angeles, California
Geimer 8' Ceballos 11'
Borbolla 48'
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 9,260
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

1973

Wins Losses Draws
3 9 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 17 Friendly Bermuda  4–0  United States Hamilton, Bermuda
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 861
March 20
Łódź, Poland
Lubanski 17', 24', 84'
Kasperczak
55'
Stadium:
Stadion ŁKS
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany
)
August 3
Chicago, Illinois
Kasperczak 87' Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: John Davies (Canada)
August 10
San Francisco, California
Kmiecik 36', 47'
Szarmach 72'
Kasztelan 88'
Stadium: Candlestick Park
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)
August 12 Friendly United States  1–0  Poland New Britain, Connecticut
Trost 37' Stadium: Willow Brook Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roger Schott (United States)
September 9 Friendly United States  1–0  Bermuda Hartford, Connecticut
Brewster Stadium:
Dillon Stadium

Attendance: 4,200
October 16
Mexico City, Mexico
Victorino 31'
Bustos 46'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
November 3
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
Attendance: 22,000
November 5
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
Attendance: 18,000
November 13
Tel Aviv, Israel
Rozen 41'
Macmel
46'
Roy 13' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
November 15
Beersheba, Israel
Damti 12'
Peretz 15'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yosef Finkelstein (Israel)

1974

Wins Losses Draws
0 2 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 5
Monterrey, Mexico
González 66'
Salgado 79', 80'
Vaninger 48' Stadium:
Estadío Universitario
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada
)
September 8 Friendly United States  0–1  Mexico Irving, Texas
Trujillo 36' Stadium: Texas Stadium
Attendance: 22,164

1975

Wins Losses Draws
0 5 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 26
Poznań, Poland
Lato 12', 51'
Szarmach 19', 43'
Deyna 32', 67', 71'
Stadium:
Warta Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zdenek Jelinek (Czechoslovakia
)
June 24
Seattle, Washington
Bula 13'
Lato 38'
Szarmach 70'
Wyrobek
89'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
August 19
Mexico City, Mexico
McCully Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 1,000
August 21
Mexico City, Mexico
Ardiles
Cardenas
Coscia
Valencia
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 1,500
August 24
Mexico City, Mexico
Borja 44'
Delgado 66'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca

1976

Wins Losses Draws
1 2 5

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 24
Vancouver, Canada
Bolitho 77' Bandov 8' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 15,543
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
October 3
Los Angeles, California
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 31,171
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
October 15
Puebla, Mexico
Solís 28'
Damián 40'
Dávila 83' (pen.)
Stadium:
Canada
)
October 20
Seattle, Washington
Veee
81'
Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 17,675
Referee: Rubío Vasquez (Mexico)
November 10
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
November 12
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
November 14
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
December 22
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Budd 21'
Lenarduzzi 80'
Bolitho 87'
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator
Attendance: 32,869
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)

1977

Wins Losses Draws
3 3 2

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 15
San Salvador, El Salvador
Davis
Villa
Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 55,000
September 18
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Bellinger Stadium:
Estadio Mateo Flores
September 25
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium:
Estadio Mateo Flores
September 27
Monterrey, Mexico
Cuéllar 12'
Jiménez 57'
Ortega 79'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mauricio Regalado (Guatemala)
September 30 Friendly United States  0–0  El Salvador Monterey Park, California
Stadium: ELAC Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
October 6 Friendly United States  1–1  China Washington, D.C.
Villa Stadium:
RFK Stadium

Attendance: 8,366
October 10
Atlanta, Georgia
Pereira Stadium: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
October 16
San Francisco, California
Nanchoff
Villa
Stadium: Kezar Stadium
Attendance: 15,000

1978

Wins Losses Draws
0 2 1

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 3
Reykjavík, Iceland
Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)
September 6
Lucerne, Switzerland
Elsener
Schnyder
Stadium: Stadion Allmend
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia)
September 20
Setúbal, Portugal
Costa
31'
Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Inacio de Almeida (Portugal)

1979

Wins Losses Draws
2 5 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

February 3
Seattle, Washington
Davis Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 13,317
February 11
San Francisco, California
Liveric Stadium: Candlestick Park
Attendance: 7,213
May 7 Friendly United States  0–6  France East Rutherford, New Jersey
Report
Amisse 61'
Six
73'
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 20,591
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
October 10
Paris, France
Amisse
23'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hendrik van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
October 26
Budapest, Hungary
Nanchoff
DiBernardo
Stadium:
Népstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria
)
October 29
Dublin, Ireland
Anderson
68'
DiBernardo 11'
Villa 63'
Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Éamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)

1980

Wins Losses Draws
2 2 2

  Win   Draw   Loss

October 7
Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel 65' Davis 67' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Luis García (Spain)
November 1
Vancouver, Canada
Segota 42' (pen.
)
Villa 90' Stadium:
Guatemala
)
November 9
Mexico City, Mexico
Mendizabal 37'
González
40'
Davis 76' (pen.) Stadium:
Costa Rica
)

1981

Wins Losses Draws
0 0 0

1982

Wins Losses Draws
1 0 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 21
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Veee
Davis
Stadium: Queen's Park Oval

1983

Wins Losses Draws
1 0 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

April 8
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Durgan
Borja
Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator

1984

Wins Losses Draws
3 2 4

  Win   Draw   Loss

September 29
Willemstad, Curaçao
Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium
Attendance: 6,109
Referee: Jacques Goede (Suriname)
October 6
St. Louis, Missouri
DiBernardo 50'
Coker 58', 67'
Kapp 85'
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 10,718
Referee: Rolando Fusco (Canada)
October 9
Los Angeles, California
Hooker
Davis
LaDouceur
Rivas
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 27,000
October 11
Los Angeles, California
Coker Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 26,000
October 14
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium:
Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: JE Melendez Gonzalez (Guatemala
)
November 30 Friendly United States  0–0  Ecuador Hempstead, New York
Stadium:
Hofstra Stadium
December 2
Miami, Florida
Sharp
LaDouceur
Cuvi
Benítez
Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 4,000

1985

Wins Losses Draws
2 3 3

  Win   Draw   Loss

February 8 Friendly United States  1–1   Switzerland Tampa, Florida
20:00 EST (UTC−5) Van der Beck 52' Report Hermann 10' Stadium:
Mexico
)
April 2
Vancouver, Canada
Vrablic 68', 80' Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)
April 4 Friendly United States  1–1  Canada Portland, Oregon
Pérez Pakos Stadium:
Civic Stadium

Attendance: 4,181
May 15
St. Louis, Missouri
Peterson
89'
Fonrose 19' Stadium: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 15,183
Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)
May 26 CONCACAF Championship Costa Rica  1–1  United States Alajuela, Costa Rica
Ramírez 42'
Kerr, Jr.
44'
Stadium:
Mexico
)
May 31 CONCACAF Championship United States  0–1  Costa Rica Torrance, California
Coronado 35' Stadium:
Murdock Stadium
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: John Meachin (Canada
)
June 16
Los Angeles, California
Report Lineker 13', 47'
Dixon 30', 73'
Steven 81'
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 10,145

1986

Wins Losses Draws
0 0 2

  Win   Draw   Loss

February 5
Miami, Florida
Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 5,182
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
February 7
Miami, Florida
Murray Aguilera Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 15,852
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)

1987

Wins Losses Draws
1 2 0

  Win   Draw   Loss

June 8
Seoul, South Korea
Hantak Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
June 12
Busan, South Korea
Choi Sang-kook 31' Stadium: Busan Gudeok Stadium
Referee: Masahiro Sokawa (Japan)
June 16
President's Cup
United States  1–0  Thailand Cheongju, South Korea
Hantak Stadium:
Cheongju Stadium

1988

Wins Losses Draws
3 7 3

  Win   Draw   Loss

January 10
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium:
Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Mendizabal Euceda (Guatemala
)
January 13
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Agoos Stadium:
Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Burgos Escobar (Guatemala
)
May 14
Miami, Florida
Iguarán Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 15,371
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (United States)
June 3
San Diego, California
Borja
Hurtado
Salgado
Stadium: Aztec Bowl
June 10
Houston, Texas
Stadium: Delmar Stadium
Referee: Julio Salas (United States)
June 14
San Antonio, Texas
Ryerson Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)
July 13 Friendly United States  0–2  Poland New Britain, Connecticut
Kosecki 44', 53' Stadium:
Gordon Arrowsmith (Canada
)
July 24 CONCACAF Championship qualification Jamaica  0–0  United States Kingston, Jamaica
Stadium: Independence Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Julio López (Honduras)
August 13 CONCACAF Championship qualification United States  5–1  Jamaica Fenton, Missouri
Bliss 18'
Pérez 69' (pen.)
Klopas 76', 85'
Krumpe 78'
Sterling 54' Stadium:
St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: David Brummitt (Canada
)

1989

Wins Losses Draws
6 3 3

  Win   Draw   Loss

April 16 CONCACAF Championship Costa Rica  1–0  United States San José, Costa Rica
Rhoden 14' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 26,271
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
April 30 CONCACAF Championship United States  1–0  Costa Rica Fenton, Missouri
Ramos 72' Stadium:
St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rodolfo Méndez (Honduras
)
June 4 Marlboro Cup United States  3–0  Peru East Rutherford, New Jersey
Bliss 14'
Ramos 19'
Murray 44'
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 33,133
June 24
Miami, Florida
Valderrama Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 15,233
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (United States)
August 13
Los Angeles, California
Harkes 63' Banks 17' (o.g.)
Hwang 21'
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 23,191
September 17
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Pérez 61' Stadium:
Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico
)
October 8
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Stadium:
Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador
)
November 5 CONCACAF Championship United States  0–0  El Salvador Fenton, Missouri
Stadium:
St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: John Meachin (Canada
)
November 14 Friendly United States  2–1  Bermuda Cocoa, Florida
Doyle
Eichmann
Stadium:
Cocoa Expo Sports Center
November 19
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Caligiuri 30' Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

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