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I remember watching this when it aired and decided to give the World Cup a watch. I was quickly hooked and did the best I could do post WC to continue following the sport which as anyone who knows was nearly impossible back then. I’m Italian American so Italy’s run to the final helped and now I’m currently a Juventus season ticket holder flying from Philadelphia to Torino as often as I can.

Ted Coppel a true journalist. If this was Brian Stelter he’d be crying racism and blaming Trump we don’t progress as a soccer country.

In 30 years the US has come a long way. Now there's more American fans than any other nation at foreign world cups, and the best player in the world is in MLS -- But we still can't get rid of Alexi Lalas!

Wow! Beautiful seeing that Mexico is still the U.S. Dad when it comes to soccer because even with the worst team ever we were able to manage to make 4 points in Copa America and the U.S. with the greatest generation only managed to make 3 points, lol.

We left the US in 91 and then the World Cup came 94

I had just finished up playing for a D! college team in the Big East back then. Played against Lalas a couple of times vs. Rutgers. Pro soccer wasn't really even a consideration for most college players back then. MLS was still a few years out. Some guys did chase the dream in lower divisions making no money. I took my degree and was happy to start a great career in Manhattan in advertising...but I'll always wonder had I been born 5 years later was a pro career possible? Uggh.. Life's unknowns.

A sleeping giant , if the yanks reallly and I mean really invested in the game they would win the WC . They have the stadiums/ population / money . Any sport they adhere to and fully commit they normally tend to dominate , from a proud Englishman

cringe overload

12:22 lol what? they did their best and did well but world-class? wtf

13:05 if the ball goes in the net its a goal. rofl thanks for explaining that

Thirty years later and the US has not progressed at all and still most Americans couldn't tell you who Christian Pulisic is. The USSF has not only be an abject failure, but they are incompetent.

A Nightline soccer tutorial . . . is exactly why nobody respects North America in the game.

Our World governing body F.I.F.A. meaning Federation International FOOTBALL Association, as The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL ...Fact!.

Wow, this is great. I was there to cover the USA - Mexico game at the Rose Bowl, I interviewed Mr.Ted Koppel before the game. I just thought he was there as a fan. Awesome story. Thank you so much for sharing. USA USA!

Does anyone know what happened to Marcelo "D"alboa??

Back when the team had real Americans.

That man was a good coach

This team would have advanced at Copa America this year… possessing the only thing the recent team lacked, grit

This squad did just as good as the wc22 squad

Still feel bad for Tab Ramos and what happened to him during the match against Brasil

Watching an almost full stadium mls game on a Wednesday night with a few international world class players. I guess progress was made….maybe in another 40 the US lifts the big trophy is a possibility?

BORA!

In 2024, you’d get these same looks if you asked about Saurabh Netravalkar, Aaron Jones or Andries Gous. Those were three members of this year’s US cricket team.

Marcelo Dalboa? It's Balboa. I can't believe they spelled that wrong

This 30 year experiment failed. Canada is best in concacaf. Can you believe that 30 years ago. We would have been better off doing nothing for 30 years just like back then

Who would have thought that 30 years later USA soccer isn't as good as the 94 team

Pablo...you are a national treasure

Idk why I had it in my head, even back in 1994, that US Soccer training was primitive and the players were toe poking the ball everywhere. Watching them play and train I'm actually impressed. It wouldn't look so out of place with today's training. Still tho, US Soccer both as an organization and the sport in American society has come a long long way and I think for all the complainers about today's team and environment if they watched this they would have much more appreciation

Ted Koppel was standing on business back in 94..."would choose to watch a good soccer match over the all-star baseball game and day of the week."

30 years later we still suck

16:40 dude is for sure rolling. 😂 👃 ❄️

Thanks for uploading this! We’ve come a long way baby!

Mexican here, the only mfer i hated but respected was Brian McBride, man that dude was a menace. Donovan is another one but def respect Brian a lot more

Hey, Alexi. Go warm up in a tunnel, you coward. Lol.

thanks for the upload Pablo.

What

Wow.. Never saw this back in the day. And Ted got GAME!! Funny though how they spelled Marcelo Balboa's name wrong.. How ironic when they were trying to promote the game.. lol

10:30 Oh so he was always a dick.

After the 95 World Cup Alexi Lalas will give bad color commentary for the rest of his life.

Many of these guys were teammates and friends. Some of the best ever to play at the time. I'll never forget those days prior to the MLS and playing for the Colorado Foxes. Winning a National Title and getting paid for what we did was from the heart and from passion. These gentlemen certainly laid the groundwork for the current success of today's game.

the usa will never be any good until they call it football. bunch of hacks

What an incredible insight into the development of soccer in this country. Also, Koppel’s got jokes!

They didnt know the players but now The US Men and Women Team has become a great Football Team. I didnt know Dooley was half German on his mother's side and he speaks fluently,that's good. And his father served in the U.S.Army. He really looks like a German

8:15 Best Funny Comment ever, from a USMNT Player on the Field: Alexi Lalas: "We better get out of town now, and head back to the US" 🤣

Milutinovic and lalas🤡🤡

Maybe today the americans know Christian Pulisic

30 years later and while the Mexicans are still the ones to fill the stadiums, the Americans are the winners on the field. Some things just never change I guess.

When Alexi Lalas was not a troll ..

Thank you so much for uploading, this is an amazing thing to see! Ted Koppel doing a report on the US national team is really something! It's kinda funny that they have a segment explaining the basic rules, but that's what they had to do back then. Seeing Alan Rothenberg's reaction to the USA goal was a great moment! Also really cool to see the segment at the team's former training camp in Mission Viejo where I live. I can see my apartment complex in the video! The fields are still there and I sometimes go over there and kick a ball around.

Here in Brazil, to this day, the stars of our national team say that the match against the United States in the round of 16, along with the final against Italy, were without a doubt the most difficult of the world cup. The game against the United States was the only one that our team's players thought they could lose at any given time. Even more so after Leonardo's terrible elbow against Tab Ramos which ended in expulsion. The Americans were determined to win that game on the Fourth of July and they almost did, even though they were a semi-amateur team.