Marlboro Cups (USA) 1987-1990

Series of tournaments held in various US cities usually involving a mixture of club sides and national selections.

Palmares

Year Dates     Venue       Winners
1987           Miami       Millonarios
1988 Mar  4- 6 Miami       Atlético Nacional
1988 Aug 19-21 New York    Sporting Cristal
1989 Jun  2- 4 New York    United States
1989 Aug 10-13 Los Angeles Mexico
1990 Feb 20-22 Los Angeles Colombia
1990 May  4- 6 Chicago     Atlas
1990 Aug 10-12 New York    Flamengo

1987 (Miami?)

Semifinals
        Millonarios 2-1  Tottenham Hotspur
        América     bt   [unknown]

Final
        Millonarios 1-0  América (Cd. de México)

1988 (March, Miami)

Played by 1 national team (United States) and 3 clubs (Colo Colo (Chile), 
Atlético Nacional (colombia) and Millonarios (Colombia)).

Semifinals
Mar  4  Colo Colo   0-1  Atl. Nacional 
Mar  4  USA         2-1  Millonarios 

Third Place Match
Mar  6  Colo Colo   2-1  Millonarios 

Final
Mar  6  A. Nacional 3-2  USA

1988 (August, New York)

Played by 4 clubs (Sporting Cristal (Peru), Barcelona (Ecuador),
Benfica (Portugal) and Atlético Nacional (Colombia)).

Semifinals
Aug 19  S. Cristal  1-1  Benfica            [6-5 pen]
Aug 19  Barcelona   0-0  Atlético Nacional  [7-6 pen]

Third Place Match
Aug 21  Benfica     3-2  Atlético Nacional

Final
Aug 21  S. Cristal  4-0  Barcelona

1989 (June, New York)

Played by 2 national teams (Peru and United States) and 2 clubs
(América (Colombia) and Benfica (Portugal)).

Semifinals
Jun  2  Peru        2-1  América 
Jun  2  USA         2-1  Benfica 

Third Place Match
Jun  4  Benfica     2-1  América 

Final
Jun  4  USA         3-0  Peru

1989 (August, Los Angeles)

Played by 3 national teams (USA, Mexico and South Korea)
and 1 club (Juventus (Italy)).

Semifinals
Aug 10  Juventus    2-0 USA
          [Barros 44, Schilacci 72]
Aug 10  Mexico      4-2 South Korea
          [Pelaez 12 35 47 58; Gwan Hwangbo 48 53]

Third Place Match
Aug 13  USA         1-2 South Korea
          [Harkes 63; (Banks) 17og, Hwang Seon-hong 21]

Final
Aug 13  Mexico      3-2 Juventus
          [Alcantara 68 , Torres 73, Chavez 74; (Vaca) 55og , Brio 72]

1990 (February, Los Angeles)

Played by 3 national teams (Colombia, USSR and Costa Rica)
and 1 club (Guadalajara (Mexico)).

Semifinals
Feb 20  Colombia    0-0  USSR               [4-2 pen]
          [Colombia: Higuita, Herrera, Perea, Mendoza, Gomez, Cabrera, Alvarez,
                     Rincon, Redin, Guerrero, Iguaran (Fajardo 47);
           USSR: Chanov, Besonov (Tishenko 46), Kuznetov, Zigmantovich, Luzhny 
                 (Kolyvanov 44), Rats, Charkasov, Litovchenko, Yaremchuk, Protasov,
                 Rodionov;
           ref: Bratsis (USA)]
Feb 20  Costa Rica  0-3  Guadalajara 

Third Place Match
Feb 22  USSR        2-1  Costa Rica
          [Litovchenko 52, Cherenkov 60; Cayasso 34]
          [USSR: Chanov, Besonov, Kuznetov, Pteverva, Zigmantovich, Rats,
                 Litovchenko, Yaremchuk (Tatarchuk 52), Cherenkov, Protasov,
                 Rodionov;
           Costa Rica: Cornejo, Garro, Flores, Camacho, Obando (Solano 46),
                       Chavarria (Marin 22), Marchena (Montero 57), Diaz,
                       Cayasso, Medford, Corondo;
           ref: Bratsis (USA)]

Final
Feb 22  Colombia    1-0  Guadalajara

1990 (May, Chicago)

Played by 3 national teams (Colombia, Costa Rica and Poland)
and 1 club (Atlas (Mexico)).

Semifinals
May  4  Colombia    2-1 Poland
          [Carlos Estrada 11, Arnoldo Iguaran 17; Roman Kosecki 36; att: 2,912;
           ref: Bratsis (USA)]
May  4  Atlas       2-0 Costa Rica

Third Place Match
May  6  Poland      2-0 Costa Rica
          [Leszek Pisz 10, Piotr Nowak 89; att: 8,782; ref: Bratsis (USA)]

Final
May  6  Atlas       0-0 Colombia           [4-1 pen]

1990 (August, New York)

Tournament played by 1 national team (United States) and 3 clubs
(Alianza Lima (Peru), Flamengo (Brazil) and Sporting (Portugal)).

Semifinals
Aug 10  Alianza     1-0  Sporting    
Aug 10  Flamengo    1-0  USA

Third Place Match
Aug 12  USA         2-1  Sporting
          [Wynalda 13, Harkes 85; Cadete 29]

Final
Aug 12  Flamengo    1-0  Alianza Lima
          [Gaucho 59'']

About this document

With thanks to Andrés Acosta, Frank Ballesteros, Erik Garin, Ian King and José Luis Pierrend

Prepared and maintained by Cesar Silva for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Cesar Silva (csilpe@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 15 Dec 2005