Marlboro Soccer Cup Series (USA) 1987-1990


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

The 4 editions held in Miami (1987-1990) coincided with the second to fifth editions of the Miami Cup.


Palmares

Year Dates     Venue       Winners
1987 Mar 12-14 Miami       Millonarios
1988 Mar  4- 6 Miami       Atlético Nacional
1988 Apr  6- 8 San Antonio Universidad de Guadalajara
1988 Aug  5- 7 Los Angeles Guatemala Olympic
1988 Aug 19-21 New York    Sporting Cristal
1989 Apr  8- 9 Miami       Independiente Santa Fe
1989 Jun  2- 4 New York    United States
1989 Jul 20-20 Chicago     United States
1989 Aug 10-13 Los Angeles Mexico
1990 Feb  2- 4 Miami       Uruguay
1990 Feb 20-22 Los Angeles Colombia
1990 May  4- 6 Chicago     Atlas
1990 Aug 10-12 New York    Flamengo

1987 (March, Miami)

Venue: Orange Bowl, Miami
 
Semifinals
Mar 12  Millonarios 3-2 São Paulo
Mar 12  USA         1-0 Deportivo Cali
          [Brent Goulet]
 
Third Place Match
Mar 14  São Paulo   2-1 Deportivo Cali

Final
Mar 14  Millonarios 3-1 USA

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 (April, San Antonio)

Ft. Lauderdale Strikers/US
Universidad Autonoma de Mexico
Universidad de Guadalajara/Mexico
Alianza/El Salvador
 
Venue: Alamo Stadium, San Antonio
 
Semifinals
Apr  6  Ft. Lauderdale Strikers    2-6 Universidad Autonoma De Mexico
Apr  6  Universidad de Guadalajara 1-0 Alianza de El Salvador
          [Daniel Guzmán]
 
Third Place Match
Apr  8  Ft. Lauderdale Strikers    bt Alianza de El Salvador
 
Final
Apr  8  Universidad de Guadalajara 1-0 Universidad Autonoma De Mexico

1988 (August, Los Angeles)

Venue: LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
 
Semifinals
Aug  5  Universidad de Guadalajara 3-0 Ireland Olympic Team
Aug  5  El Salvador                1-2 Guatemala Olympic Team
 
Third Place
Aug  7  El Salvador                1-0 Ireland Olympic Team
          [Zapata 49]

Final
Aug  7  Guatemala Olympic Team     3-2 Universidad de Guadalajara
          [Carlos Castenada, Byron Perez (2); Luis Plascencia,
           Octavio Mora]

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 (April, Miami)

Semifinals
Apr  8  USA                    2-0 América de Cali
Apr  8  Independiente Santa Fe 2-0 Sporting Cristal
 
Third Place Match
Apr  9  Sporting Cristal       0-1 América de Cali

Final
Apr  9  Independiente Santa Fe 0-0 USA      [3-0 pen]

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 (July, Chicago)

Venue: Soldier Field, Chicago
 
Semifinals
Jul 20  Ruch Chorzów        1-3 USA
Jul 20  Chivas Guadalajara  2-0 Guatemala
 
Third Place Match
Jul 20  Ruch Chorzów        4-0 Guatemala

Final
Jul 20  USA                 2-1 Chivas Guadalajara

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, Miami)

Semifinals
Feb  2  Colombia    0-2 Uruguay
          [Pedro Pedrucci 78, William Castro 82; att: 25,392; ref: Mauro (US)]
Feb  2  USA         0-2 Costa Rica
          [Juan Cayasso 8, Enrique Diaz 61; att: 25,392]
  
Third Place Match
Feb  4  USA         1-1 Colombia           [8-9 pen]
          [Eric Wynalda 4; Fajardo 25; att: 15,231] 

Final
Feb  2  Uruguay     2-0 Costa Rica
          [William Castro 5pen, Sergio Martinez 11]

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'']



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