Marcelo Balboa - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding USA player, who obtained 127 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps   Date     Opponent       Score    Competition

  1  10/ 1/88   Cd. Guatemala   Guatemala       0-1
  2  13/ 1/88   Cd. Guatemala   Guatemala       1-0
  3   1/ 6/88   Stockton        Chile           1-1
  4   3/ 6/88   San Diego       Chile           1-3
  5   7/ 6/88   Albuquerque     Ecuador         0-1
  6  10/ 6/88   Houston         Ecuador         0-2
  7  12/ 6/88   Fort Worth      Ecuador         0-0
  8  18/ 4/89   San José        Costa Rica      0-1     World Cup Qualifier
  9  30/ 4/89   Fenton          Costa Rica      1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 10  13/ 5/89   Torrance        Trinidad        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 11  13/ 8/89   Los Angeles     South Korea     1-2
 12   4/ 2/90   Miami           Colombia        1-1 (1)
 13  13/ 2/90   Hamilton        Bermuda         1-0
 14  22/ 4/90   Miami           Colombia        0-1
 15   5/ 5/90   Piscataway      Malta           1-0
 16   9/ 5/90   Hershey         Poland          3-1
 17  30/ 5/90   Eschen          Liechtenstein   4-1
 18   2/ 6/90   St. Gallen      Switzerland     1-2
 19  10/ 2/90   Firenze         Czechoslovakia  1-5     World Cup
 20  14/ 6/90   Roma            Italy           0-1     World Cup
 21  19/ 6/90   Firenze         Austria         1-2     World Cup
 22  28/ 7/90   Milwaukee       East Germany    1-2
 23  10/10/90   Warszawa        Poland          3-2
 24  18/11/90   Port of Spain   Trinidad        0-0
 25  21/11/90   Port of Spain   Soviet Union    0-0
 26  19/12/90   Oporto          Portugal        0-1
 27   2/ 2/91   Miami           Switzerland     0-1
 28  21/ 2/91   Hamilton        Bermuda         0-1
 29  12/ 3/91   Los Angeles     Mexico          2-2     North American Cup
 30  16/ 3/91   Torrance        Canada          2-0     North American Cup
 31   5/ 5/91   Denver          Uruguay         1-0
 32  19/ 5/91   Palo Alto       Argentina       0-1
 33   1/ 6/91   Foxboro         Ireland         1-1
 34  29/ 6/91   Pasadena        Trinidad        2-1     Concacaf Gold Cup
 35   1/ 7/91   Pasadena        Guatemala       3-0     Concacaf Gold Cup
 36   5/ 7/91   Los Angeles     Mexico          2-0     Concacaf Gold Cup
 37   7/ 7/91   Los Angeles     Honduras        0-0 (2) Concacaf Gold Cup
 38  28/ 8/91   Brasov          Romania         2-0
 39   4/ 9/91   Istanbul        Turkey          1-1
 40  19/10/91   Washington      North Korea     1-2
 41  24/11/91   Dallas          Costa Rica      1-1
 42  25/ 1/92   Miami           C.I.S.          0-1
 43   2/ 2/92   Detroit         C.I.S.          2-1
 44  12/ 2/92   San José        Costa Rica      0-0
 45  18/ 2/92   San Salvador    El Salvador     0-2
 46  26/ 2/92   Fortaleza       Brazil          0-3
 47  11/ 3/92   Valladolid      Spain           0-2
 48  18/ 3/92   Casablanca      Morocco         1-3
 49   4/ 4/92   Palo Alto       China           5-0 
 50  29/ 4/92   Dublin          Ireland         1-4
 51  17/ 5/92   Denver          Scotland        0-1
 52  30/ 5/92   Washington      Ireland         3-1     US Cup '92
 53   3/ 6/92   Chicago         Portugal        1-0     US Cup '92 
 54   6/ 6/92   Chicago         Italy           1-1     US Cup '92
 55  13/ 6/92   Orlando         Australia       0-1
 56  27/ 6/92   Piscataway      Ukraine         0-0
 57  31/ 7/92   Los Angeles     Colombia        0-1
 58   2/ 8/92   Los Angeles     Brazil          0-1
 59   3/ 9/92   Greensboro      Canada          2-0
 60   9/10/92   Greensboro      Canada          0-0
 61  15/10/92   Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    0-3     King Fahd Cup 
 62  19/10/92   Riyadh          Ivory Coast     5-2     King Fahd Cup
 63  30/ 1/93   Tempe           Denmark         2-2
 64   6/ 2/93   Santa Barbara   Romania         1-1
 65  13/ 2/93   Orlando         Russia          0-1
 66  21/ 2/93   Palo Alto       Russia          0-0
 67   3/ 3/93   Costa Mesa      Canada          2-2
 68  10/ 3/93   Nagoya          Hungary         0-0     Kirin Cup
 69  14/ 3/93   Tokyo           Japan           1-3     Kirin Cup  
 70   9/ 4/93   Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    2-0
 71  17/ 4/93   Costa Mesa      Iceland         1-1
 72   5/12/93   Los Angeles     El Salvador     7-0
 73  15/ 1/94   Tempe           Norway          2-1
 74  22/ 1/94   Fullerton       Switzerland     1-1
 75  13/ 2/94   Hongkong        Romania         1-2     Carlsberg Cup
 76  18/ 2/94   Miami           Bolivia         1-1     Joe Robbie Cup
 77  20/ 2/94   Miami           Sweden          1-3     Joe Robbie Cup
 78  12/ 3/94   Fullerton       South Korea     1-1
 79  26/ 3/94   Dallas          Bolivia         2-2     
 80  16/ 4/94   Jacksonville    Moldova         1-1
 81  20/ 4/94   Davidson        Moldova         3-0
 82  24/ 4/94   Chula Vista     Iceland         1-2
 83  30/ 4/94   Albuquerque     Chile           0-2
 84   7/ 5/94   Fullerton       Estonia         4-0
 85  15/ 5/94   Fullerton       Armenia         1-0
 86  25/ 5/94   Piscataway      Saudi Arabia    0-0
 87  28/ 5/94   New Haven       Greece          1-1
 88  16/ 6/94   Pontiac         Switzerland     1-1     World Cup
 89  22/ 6/94   Pasadena        Colombia        2-1     World Cup
 90  26/ 6/94   Pasadena        Romania         0-1     World Cup
 91   4/ 7/94   Palo Alto       Brazil          0-1     World Cup
 92   7/ 9/94   London          England         0-2
 93  19/10/94   Dharan          Saudi Arabia    1-2
 94  19/11/94   Port of Spain   Trinidad        0-1
 95  22/11/94   Port of Spain   Jamaica         3-0
 96  11/12/94   Fullerton       Honduras        1-1
 97  11/ 6/95   Foxboro         Nigeria         3-2     US Cup '95
 98  18/ 6/95   Washington      Mexico          4-0     US Cup '95
 99  25/ 6/95   Piscataway      Colombia        0-0     US Cup '95
100   8/ 7/95   Paysandú        Chile           2-1     Copa America
101  11/ 7/95   Paysandú        Bolivia         0-1     Copa America
102  14/ 7/95   Paysandú        Argentina       3-0     Copa America
103  13/ 1/96   Anaheim         Trinidad        3-2     Concacaf Gold Cup
104  16/ 1/96   Anaheim         El Salvador     2-0     Concacaf Gold Cup
105  18/ 1/96   Los Angeles     Brazil          0-1     Concacaf Gold Cup
106  21/ 1/96   Los Angeles     Guatemala       3-0     Concacaf Gold Cup    
107  26/ 5/96   New Britain     Scotland        2-1
108  09/ 6/96   Foxboro         Ireland         2-1     US Cup '96
109  12/ 6/96   Washington      Bolivia         0-2     US Cup '96
110  16/ 6/96   Pasadena        Mexico          2-2     US Cup '96
111  29/ 1/97   Kunming         China           1-2
112   1/ 2/97   Guangzhou       China           1-1
113  16/ 3/97   Palo Alto       Canada          3-0     World Cup Qualifier
114  20/ 4/97   Foxboro         Mexico          2-2     World Cup Qualifier
115   4/ 6/97   St. Louis       Paraguay        0-0
116  29/ 6/97   San Salvador    El Salvador     1-1     World Cup Qualifier
117   7/ 9/97   Portland        Costa Rica      1-0     World Cup Qualifier
118   3/10/97   Washington      Jamaica         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
119   2/11/97   Cd. de México   Mexico          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
120   9/11/97   Vancouver       Canada          3-0     World Cup Qualifier
121   7/ 2/98   Oakland         Costa Rica      2-1     Concacaf Gold Cup
122  25/ 2/98   Brussel         Belgium         0-2
123  14/ 3/98   San Diego       Paraguay        2-2
124  25/ 6/98   Nantes          Yugoslavia      0-1     World Cup
125  30/ 7/99   Guadalajara     Germany         2-0     Confederations Cup
126   3/ 8/99   Guadalajara     Saudi Arabia    2-0     Confederations Cup
127  16/ 1/00   Pasadena        Iran            1-1

(1) Lost 8-9 on penalty kicks.
(2) Won 4-3 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match against Nigerian League XI (2-3 on 19/ 6/88 in Gwangju) was not an official
    A-international for either federation or FIFA and is therefore not included here

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   127    42   40   45  154- 133     124      48.82

Types of Matches
Friendlies             77
World Cup Qualifiers   10  
Concacaf Gold Cup       9
US Cup                  9    
World Cup               8
Copa America            3
Other Tournaments      11

Total                 127

Goals:

Cap  17     1 goal
Cap  34     1 goal
Cap  38     1 goal
Cap  43     1 goal
Cap  52     1 goal
Cap  62     1 goal 
Cap  73     1 goal
Cap  75     1 goal
Cap  78     1 goal
Cap  84     1 goal
Cap  97     1 goal
Cap 104     1 goal
Cap 123     1 goal

Total:     13 goals 


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