Gold Cup Second Round
Think you know your soccer trivia? We’ll be the judge of that. Pop quiz: who the heck is Jack Marshall? Even the trivia buffs in the U.S. Soccer Communications Department would be hard-pressed to tell you that one Jack Marshall received his one and only cap way back in 1926. Okay, that was pretty much impossible. They get easier.
July 14, 2005
Think you know your soccer trivia? We’ll be the judge of that. Pop quiz: who the heck is Jack Marshall? Even the trivia buffs in the U.S. Soccer Communications Department would be hard-pressed to tell you that one Jack Marshall received his one and only cap way back in 1926. Okay, that was pretty much impossible. They get easier.
Questions
1: What politico and lifelong soccer fan helped score a visa for several visiting players in the 1996 Gold Cup?
Questions
1: What politico and lifelong soccer fan helped score a visa for several visiting players in the 1996 Gold Cup?
2: Only one U.S. player has scored in the second round of consecutive Gold Cups. Which U.S. striker holds that distinction:
A. Eric Wynalda
B. Brian McBride
C. Landon Donovan
D. Preki Radosavljevic
3: What U.S. player was named the MVP of the 1998 Gold Cup despite not playing any of the USA's Group matches?
4: The U.S. has played all but one Gold Cup match on U.S. soil. Who was the opponent and where was the match played?
5: Eric Wynalda has held the U.S. career goal scoring record (now at 34) since tallying career goal No. 22 vs. Guatemala in the third-place game of what year's Gold Cup?
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Answers
1. Henry Kissinger
2. B. Brian McBride with a goal vs. Colombia in 2000 in the quarterfinals and a hat trick vs. El Salvador in the 2002 quarterfinals
3. Kasey Keller
4. The U.S. traveled to Mexico City for the 1993 Gold Cup final and lost to Mexico 4-0.
5. 1996
1. Henry Kissinger
2. B. Brian McBride with a goal vs. Colombia in 2000 in the quarterfinals and a hat trick vs. El Salvador in the 2002 quarterfinals
3. Kasey Keller
4. The U.S. traveled to Mexico City for the 1993 Gold Cup final and lost to Mexico 4-0.
5. 1996
