Tag: World Cup Soccer
DOING THEIR BIDDING (PART II): How U.S. lost the 1986 World Cup bid, but won the right to host the 1994 tournament
Jun 14, 2022 | Men's National Team, Men's World Cup
It certainly was an innocuous and curious place to announce one’s intentions to host the world’s greatest sporting spectacle — in the lobby of a boys dormitory at Indiana Central University during the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis on July 30, 1982
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Jul 3, 2021 | Men's National Team, Men's World Cup
It certainly was an innocuous and curious place to announce one’s intentions to host the world’s greatest sporting spectacle — in the lobby of a boys dormitory at Indiana Central University during the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis on July 30, 1982.
Read MoreDOING THEIR BIDDING (PART II): How U.S. lost the 1986 World Cup bid, but won the right to host the 1994 tournament
Jul 4, 2020 | Men's World Cup, U.S.
Werner Fricker, then USSF president, toasts the USA being awarded the rights to host the 1994...
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