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((Use dmy dates|date=June 2018))
'''Group A of the 1994 FIFA World Cup''' was one of six groups of four teams competing at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] in the United States. The first matches were played June 18, 1994 and the final games took place simultaneously on June 26, 1994.

The group consisted of one [[CONCACAF]] team, the host [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]; two [[UEFA]] teams, [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] and [[Romania national football team|Romania]]; and one [[CONMEBOL]] team, [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]. Romania won the group, Switzerland finished second and also the United States advanced to the knockout stage as one of the best third-placed teams. Colombia finished last with only three points.

==Standings==
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|update=complete
|source=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/groups/index.html FIFA]
|teamwidth=200

|team1=ROU
|team2=SUI
|team3=USA
|team4=COL

|result1=KO
|result2=KO
|result3=KO

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|win_SUI=1 |draw_SUI=1 |loss_SUI=1 |gf_SUI=5 |ga_SUI=4
|win_USA=1 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=3 |ga_USA=3 |status_USA=H
|win_COL=1 |draw_COL=0 |loss_COL=2 |gf_COL=4 |ga_COL=5

|name_ROU=((fb|ROU))
|name_SUI=((fb|SUI))
|name_USA=((fb|US|1960))
|name_COL=((fb|COL))
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[1994 FIFA World Cup#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
))</onlyinclude>

==Matches==
All times listed are [[Time in the United States|local time]].

===United States vs Switzerland===
<section begin=A1 />((football box
|date = June 18, 1994
|time = 11:30&nbsp;am [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] ([[UTC−04:00|UTC–4]])
|team1 = ((fb-rt|USA))
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/matches/match/3051 Report]
|team2 = ((fb|SUI))
|goals1 = [[Eric Wynalda|Wynalda]] ((goal|45))
|goals2 = [[Georges Bregy|Bregy]] ((goal|39))
|stadium = [[Pontiac Silverdome]], [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]]
|attendance = 73,425
|referee = [[Francisco Oscar Lamolina]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
))<section end=A1 />

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|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Tony Meola]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|SW ||'''17'''||[[Marcelo Balboa]]
|-
|RB ||'''4''' ||[[Cle Kooiman]]
|-
|CB ||'''22'''||[[Alexi Lalas]]
|-
|LB ||'''20'''||[[Paul Caligiuri]]
|-
|RM ||'''9''' ||[[Tab Ramos]]
|-
|CM ||'''16'''||[[Mike Sorber]]
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Thomas Dooley]]
|-
|LM ||'''6''' ||[[John Harkes]] || ((yel|89))
|-
|CF ||'''8''' ||[[Earnie Stewart]] || || ((suboff|81))
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Eric Wynalda]] || || ((suboff|58))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''10'''||[[Roy Wegerle]] || || ((subon|58))
|-
|FW ||'''13'''||[[Cobi Jones]] || || ((subon|81))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|((flagicon|FR Yugoslavia)) [[Bora Milutinović]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
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|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Marco Pascolo]]
|-
|SW ||'''5''' ||[[Alain Geiger]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Marc Hottiger]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Dominique Herr]] || ((yel|26))
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Yvan Quentin]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Georges Bregy]]
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Ciriaco Sforza]] || || ((suboff|77))
|-
|RW ||'''8''' ||[[Christophe Ohrel]]
|-
|AM ||'''16'''||[[Thomas Bickel]] || || ((suboff|72))
|-
|LW ||'''7''' ||[[Alain Sutter]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Stéphane Chapuisat]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''14'''||[[Nestor Subiat]] || ((yel|82)) || ((subon|72))
|-
|MF ||'''21'''||[[Thomas Wyss]] || || ((subon|77))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|((flagicon|ENG)) [[Roy Hodgson]]
|}
|}

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|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Ernesto Taibi ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
<br />Venancio Zarate ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Ernesto Filippi]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
|}

===Colombia vs Romania===
<section begin=A2 />((football box
|date = June 18, 1994
|time = 4:30&nbsp;pm [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]] ([[UTC−07:00|UTC–7]])
|team1 = ((fb-rt|COL))
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/matches/match/3053 Report]
|team2 = ((fb|ROU))
|goals1 = [[Adolfo Valencia|Valencia]] ((goal|43))
|goals2 = [[Florin Răducioiu|Răducioiu]] ((goal|16||89))<br />[[Gheorghe Hagi|Hagi]] ((goal|34))
|stadium = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]
|attendance = 91,856
|referee = [[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])
))<section end=A2 />

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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Óscar Córdoba]]
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|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Andrés Escobar]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Luis Herrera (footballer)|Luis Herrera]] || ((yel|36))
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|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Gabriel Gómez (footballer, born 1959)|Gabriel Gómez]]
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|MF ||'''10'''||[[Carlos Valderrama]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || ((yel|53))
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|FW ||'''11'''||[[Adolfo Valencia]]
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|MF ||'''14'''||[[Leonel Álvarez (footballer, born 1965)|Leonel Álvarez]] || ((yel|70))
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|DF ||'''15'''||[[Luis Carlos Perea]]
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|MF ||'''19'''||[[Freddy Rincón]]
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|DF ||'''20'''||[[Wilson Pérez]]
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|FW ||'''21'''||[[Faustino Asprilla]]
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Francisco Maturana]]
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|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
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|GK ||'''12'''||[[Bogdan Stelea]]
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|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Dan Petrescu]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Daniel Prodan]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Miodrag Belodedici]]
|-
|MF ||'''5''' ||[[Ioan Lupescu]]
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967)|Gheorghe Popescu]]
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Dorinel Munteanu]]
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Florin Răducioiu]] || ((yel|39)) || ((suboff|90))
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|MF ||'''10'''||[[Gheorghe Hagi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||[[Ilie Dumitrescu]] || || ((suboff|68))
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Gheorghe Mihali]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''13'''||[[Tibor Selymes]] || || ((subon|68))
|-
|DF ||'''19'''||[[Corneliu Papură]] || || ((subon|90))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Anghel Iordănescu]]
|}
|}

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|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Yousif Abdullah Al Ghattan ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
<br />Douglas Micael James ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Alberto Tejada Noriega]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])
|}

===Romania vs Switzerland===
<section begin=A3 />((football box
|date = June 22, 1994
|time = 4:00&nbsp;pm [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] ([[UTC−04:00|UTC–4]])
|team1 = ((fb-rt|ROU))
|score = 1–4
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/matches/match/3062 Report]
|team2 = ((fb|SUI))
|goals1 = [[Gheorghe Hagi|Hagi]] ((goal|35))
|goals2 = [[Alain Sutter|Sutter]] ((goal|16))<br />[[Stéphane Chapuisat|Chapuisat]] ((goal|52))<br />[[Adrian Knup|Knup]] ((goal|65||72))
|stadium = [[Pontiac Silverdome]], [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]]
|attendance = 61,428
|referee = [[Neji Jouini]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
))<section end=A3 />

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{| width="100%"
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
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|GK ||'''12'''||[[Bogdan Stelea]]
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|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Dan Petrescu]]
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|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Daniel Prodan]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Miodrag Belodedici]] || ((yel|47))
|-
|MF ||'''5''' ||[[Ioan Lupescu]] || ((yel|40)) || ((suboff|85))
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967)|Gheorghe Popescu]]
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Dorinel Munteanu]]
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Florin Răducioiu]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Gheorghe Hagi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||[[Ilie Dumitrescu]] || || ((suboff|70))
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Gheorghe Mihali]] || ((yel|32))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Basarab Panduru]] || || ((subon|85))
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||[[Ion Vlădoiu]] || ((sent off|0|73)) || ((subon|70))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Anghel Iordănescu]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Marco Pascolo]]
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Marc Hottiger]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Yvan Quentin]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Dominique Herr]]
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Alain Geiger]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Georges Bregy]]
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Alain Sutter]] || || ((suboff|71))
|-
|DF ||'''8''' ||[[Christophe Ohrel]] || || ((suboff|83))
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Adrian Knup]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Ciriaco Sforza]]
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Stéphane Chapuisat]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Thomas Bickel]] || || ((subon|71))
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Patrick Sylvestre]] || || ((subon|83))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|((flagicon|ENG)) [[Roy Hodgson]]
|}
|}

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|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Abdel-Magid Hassan ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
<br />Davoud Fanaei ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Joël Quiniou]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|}

Note: Switzerland's fourth goal is also credited to [[Georges Bregy]].

===United States vs Colombia===
The match between the United States and Colombia saw the United States go ahead with just over 10 minutes to play in the first half, when Colombia defender [[Andrés Escobar]] turned a United States cross into his own net. The United States extended their lead early in the second half through [[Earnie Stewart]], while Colombia could only manage a last-minute consolation goal and ended up losing 2–1. The result was the first United States's win in a FIFA World Cup match since the historic [[United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)|United States v England in 1950]] and meant Colombia's chances of qualifying were no longer in their own hands; they would need to beat Switzerland and hope the United States would beat Romania to stand any chance of qualifying as one of the four best third-placed teams. Escobar was blamed for the result by Colombians and was murdered shortly after returning to the country.<ref>((Cite web|url = https://www.90min.com/posts/6059408-andres-escobar-the-world-cup-own-goal-that-killed-the-colombia-defender|title = Andres Escobar: The World Cup Own Goal That Killed the Colombia Defender|date = 13 May 2018|access-date = 12 August 2020|archive-date = 31 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200831074619/https://www.90min.com/posts/6059408-andres-escobar-the-world-cup-own-goal-that-killed-the-colombia-defender|url-status = dead))</ref>

<section begin=A4 />((football box
|date = June 22, 1994
|time = 4:30&nbsp;pm [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]] ([[UTC−07:00|UTC–7]])
|team1 = ((fb-rt|USA))
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/matches/match/3063 Report]
|team2 = ((fb|COL))
|goals1 = [[Andrés Escobar|Escobar]] ((goal|34|o.g.))<br />[[Earnie Stewart|Stewart]] ((goal|52))
|goals2 = [[Adolfo Valencia|Valencia]] ((goal|90))
|stadium = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]
|attendance = 93,869
|referee = [[Fabio Baldas]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
))<section end=A4 />

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Tony Meola]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RB ||'''21'''||[[Fernando Clavijo]]
|-
|CB ||'''17'''||[[Marcelo Balboa]]
|-
|CB ||'''22'''||[[Alexi Lalas]] || ((yel|48))
|-
|LB ||'''20'''||[[Paul Caligiuri]]
|-
|RM ||'''9''' ||[[Tab Ramos]]
|-
|CM ||'''16'''||[[Mike Sorber]]
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Thomas Dooley]]
|-
|LM ||'''6''' ||[[John Harkes]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Eric Wynalda]] || || ((suboff|61))
|-
|CF ||'''8''' ||[[Earnie Stewart]] || || ((suboff|66))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''10'''||[[Roy Wegerle]] || || ((subon|61))
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Cobi Jones]] || || ((subon|66))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|((flagicon|FR Yugoslavia)) [[Bora Milutinović]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Óscar Córdoba]]
|-
|RB ||'''4''' ||[[Luis Herrera (footballer)|Luis Herrera]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Andrés Escobar]]
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Luis Carlos Perea]]
|-
|LB ||'''20'''||[[Wilson Pérez]]
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Freddy Rincón]]
|-
|CM ||'''14'''||[[Leonel Álvarez (footballer, born 1965)|Leonel Álvarez]]
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Hernán Gaviria]]
|-
|LM ||'''10'''||[[Carlos Valderrama]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CF ||'''21'''||[[Faustino Asprilla]] || || ((suboff|45))
|-
|CF ||'''7''' ||[[Antony de Ávila]] || ((yel|24)) || ((suboff|45))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Iván Valenciano]] || || ((subon|45))
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Adolfo Valencia]] || || ((subon|45))
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Francisco Maturana]]
|}
|}

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|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Domenico Ramicone ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
<br />El Jilali Rharib ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Lim Kee Chong]] ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
|}

===Switzerland vs Colombia===
To have any hope of finishing in third place and a potential spot in the round of 16, Colombia needed a victory against already-qualified Switzerland, and took the lead through [[Hernán Gaviria]] just before half-time. Gaviria was substituted late in the second half, and his replacement, [[Harold Lozano]], doubled Colombia's lead in the last minute of the game. Colombia had managed the win they needed, but they still required the United States to beat Romania in the group's other final game.

<section begin=A5 />((football box
|date = June 26, 1994
|time = 1:00&nbsp;pm [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]] ([[UTC−07:00|UTC–7]])
|team1 = ((fb-rt|SUI))
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/matches/match/3074 Report]
|team2 = ((fb|COL))
|goals2 = [[Hernán Gaviria|Gaviria]] ((goal|44))<br />[[Harold Lozano|Lozano]] ((goal|90))
|stadium = [[Stanford Stadium]], [[Stanford, California|Stanford]]
|attendance = 83,401
|referee = [[Peter Mikkelsen (referee)|Peter Mikkelsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
))<section end=A5 />

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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Marco Pascolo]]
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|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Marc Hottiger]]
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|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Yvan Quentin]]
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|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Dominique Herr]]
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|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Alain Geiger]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Georges Bregy]] || ((yel|85))
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|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Alain Sutter]] || || ((suboff|82))
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|DF ||'''8''' ||[[Christophe Ohrel]]
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|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Adrian Knup]] || ((yel|39)) || ((suboff|82))
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|MF ||'''10'''||[[Ciriaco Sforza]]
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|FW ||'''11'''||[[Stéphane Chapuisat]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|FW ||'''14'''||[[Nestor Subiat]] || || ((subon|82))
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|FW ||'''15'''||[[Marco Grassi]] || || ((subon|82))
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan="4"|((flagicon|ENG)) [[Roy Hodgson]]
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Óscar Córdoba]]
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|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Andrés Escobar]]
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|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Alexis Mendoza]]
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|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Luis Herrera (footballer)|Luis Herrera]]
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|MF ||'''5''' ||[[Hernán Gaviria]] || ((yel|58)) || ((suboff|79))
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|MF ||'''10'''||[[Carlos Valderrama (footballer)|Carlos Valderrama]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || ((yel|62))
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|FW ||'''11'''||[[Adolfo Valencia]] || || ((suboff|64))
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|MF ||'''14'''||[[Leonel Álvarez (footballer, born 1965)|Leonel Álvarez]] || ((yel|80))
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|MF ||'''19'''||[[Freddy Rincón]]
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|DF ||'''20'''||[[Wilson Pérez]]
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|FW ||'''21'''||[[Faustino Asprilla]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|FW ||'''7''' ||[[Antony de Ávila]] || || ((subon|64))
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|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Harold Lozano]] || || ((subon|79))
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan="4"|[[Francisco Maturana]]
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'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Carl-Johan Meyer Christensen ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
<br />Douglas Micael James ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
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===United States vs Romania===
Starting the day in third place, Romania needed a win to guarantee progress to the knockout phase. The United States' qualification was already practically assured, but a win for the host nation would open the door for Colombia to qualify ahead of Romania with victory over Switzerland. That prospect was ended in the 18th minute, when [[Dan Petrescu]] scored the only goal of the game for Romania, giving them a 1–0 win. Combined with Switzerland's loss to Colombia, that meant Romania finished top of the group, followed by Switzerland, with the United States in third. The United States ultimately qualified as one of the four best third-placed teams.

<section begin=A6 />((football box
|date = June 26, 1994
|time = 1:00&nbsp;pm [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]] ([[UTC−07:00|UTC–7]])
|team1 = ((fb-rt|USA))
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/usa1994/matches/match/3073 Report]
|team2 = ((fb|ROU))
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Dan Petrescu|Petrescu]] ((goal|18))
|stadium = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]
|attendance = 93,869
|referee = [[Mario van der Ende]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
))<section end=A6 />

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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Tony Meola]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Thomas Dooley]]
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|MF ||'''6''' ||[[John Harkes]] || ((yel|41))
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|FW ||'''8''' ||[[Earnie Stewart]]
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|MF ||'''9''' ||[[Tab Ramos]] || || ((suboff|64))
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|FW ||'''11'''||[[Eric Wynalda]]
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|MF ||'''16'''||[[Mike Sorber]] || || ((suboff|75))
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|DF ||'''17'''||[[Marcelo Balboa]]
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|DF ||'''20'''||[[Paul Caligiuri]]
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|DF ||'''21'''||[[Fernando Clavijo]] || ((yel|48))
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|DF ||'''22'''||[[Alexi Lalas]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|FW ||'''10'''||[[Roy Wegerle]] || || ((subon|75))
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|MF ||'''13'''||[[Cobi Jones]] || || ((subon|64))
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan="4"|((flagicon|FR Yugoslavia)) [[Bora Milutinović]]
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Florin Prunea]]
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|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Dan Petrescu]] || ((yel|73))
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|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Daniel Prodan]]
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|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Miodrag Belodedici]] || || ((suboff|89))
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|MF ||'''5''' ||[[Ioan Lupescu]]
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|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967)|Gheorghe Popescu]]
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|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Dorinel Munteanu]]
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|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Florin Răducioiu]] || ((yel|62)) || ((suboff|84))
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|MF ||'''10'''||[[Gheorghe Hagi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|MF ||'''11'''||[[Ilie Dumitrescu]]
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|DF ||'''13'''||[[Tibor Selymes]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Gheorghe Mihali]] || || ((subon|89))
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|MF ||'''18'''||[[Constantin Gâlcă]] || || ((subon|84))
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan="4"|[[Anghel Iordănescu]]
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'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Jan Dolstra ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
<br />Gordon Dunster ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])
|}

==See also==
*[[Colombia at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Romania at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[United States at the FIFA World Cup]]

==References==
((reflist))

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