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The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17. Colombia was placed in Group A with Romania, USA, and Switzerland. Before the World Cup began however the Colombians found themselves in a problematic situation.
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988. [1]
After the tournament, Escobar decided to return to Colombia instead of visiting relatives in Las Vegas, Nevada. [11] On the evening of 1 July 1994, five days after the elimination of Colombia from the World Cup, Escobar called his friends, and they went to a bar in the El Poblado neighbourhood in Medellín. Then they went to a liquor store.
The result was the first United States's win in a FIFA World Cup match since the historic United States vs. 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 ...
James Rodríguez after scoring his sixth goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a quarter-final penalty against Brazil. Although Colombia was eliminated, it won him the Golden Boot as most successful scorer of the tournament. Colombia's record World Cup scorer, James Rodríguez, has also won the Golden Boot when he scored 6 goals in the 2014 FIFA ...
1.1 Colombia. 1.2 Romania. 1.3 Switzerland. 1.4 United States. 2 Group B. ... Below are the squads for the 1994 FIFA World Cup final tournament in the United States ...
The qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and Colombia is a historic football match played on 5 September 1993. It was the last day of qualifying matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – group A of the South American qualifiers.
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Rincón: 20,000 [1] [2] [67] 235 29 August 1993: Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla (H) Peru: 4–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Valenciano, Rincón, Mendoza, W. Pérez: 70,000 [1] [2] [67] 236 5 September 1993: Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires (A) Argentina: 5–0: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification