U.S. men's soccer records (1980–1989)

This is a compilation of every international soccer game played by the United States men's national soccer team from 1980 to 1989. It includes the team's record for that year, each game and the date played. It also lists the U.S. goal scorers.

The format is: home team listed first, U.S. listed first at home or neutral site.

Games played by the national team, but not considered full international games are also listed, but are noted and shown in bold.

1980

Record: 2-2-2

March 16 United States 2-1 Surinam (1980 Olympics Qualification):*Morrone, Ebert

March 20 Costa Rica 0-1 United States (1980 Olympics Qualification):*Ebert

March 25 Costa Rica 1-1 United States (1980 Olympics Qualification):*Ebert

April 2 Surinam 4-4 United States (1980 Olympics Qualification):*Pesa, Veee

Oct 5 Luxembourg 0-2 United States:* Davis, Hulcer

Oct 7 Portugal 1-1 United States:* Davis

Oct 25 United States 0-0 Canada (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 1 Canada 2-1 United States (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Villa

Nov 9 Mexico 5-1 United States (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Davis

Nov 23 United States 2-1 Mexico (1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Moyers (2)

1982

Record: 1-0-0

March 21 Trinidad & Tobago 1-2 United States:* Davis, Veee

1983

Record: 1-0-0

April 8 Haiti 0-2 United States:* Borja, Durgan

1984

Record: 3-1-4

May 30 United States 0-0 Italy

July 29 United States 3-0 Costa Rica (1984 Olympics):* Davis (2), Willrich

July 31 United States 0-1 Italy (1984 Olympics)

Aug 2 United States 1-1 Egypt (1984 Olympics):* O.G.

Sep 29 Netherland Antilles 0-0 United States (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Oct 6 United States 4-0 Netherland Antilles (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Coker (2), DiBernardo, Kapp

Oct 9 United States 3-1 El Salvador:* Davis, LaDouceur, Hooker

Oct 11 United States 1-0 Colombia:* Coker

Oct 14 Guatemala 4-0 United States

Oct 17 Mexico 2-1 United States:* Van Der Beck

Nov 30 United States 0-0 Ecuador

Dec 2 United States 2-2 Ecuador:* LaDouceur, Sharp

1985

Record: 2-3-2

Feb 8 United States 1-1 Switzerland:* Van Der Beck

April 2 Canada 2-0 United States

April 4 United States 1-1 Canada:* Perez

May 15 United States 2-1 Trinidad & Tobago (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Borja, Peterson

May 19 United States 1-0 Trinidad & Tobago (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Caligiuri

May 26 Costa Rica 1-1 United States (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Kerr

May 31 United States 0-1 Costa Rica (1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

June 16 United States 0-5 England

1986

Record: 0-0-2

Feb 5 United States 0-0 Canada

Feb 7 United States 1-1 Uruguay:* Murray

1987

Record: 1-2-0

May 23 Canada 2-0 United States (1988 Olympics Qualifier)

May 30 United States 3-0 Canada (1988 Olympics Qualifier):*Krumpe (2), Gabarra

June 8 United States 1-3 Egypt:* Hantak

June 12 South Korea 1-0 United States

June 16 Thailand 0-1 United States:* Hantak

Aug 9 United States 3-1 Trinidad & Tobago (Pan American Games):*Hantak (2), Klopas

Aug 12 Unites States 0-0 El Salvador (Pan American Games)

Aug 15 United States 0-2 Argentina (Pan American Games)

Sep 5 United States 4-1 Trinidad & Tobago (1988 Olympics Qualifier):*Goulet (3), Stollmeyer

Sep 20 Trinidad & Tobago 0-1 United States (1988 Olympics Qualifier):*Perez

Oct 18 El Salvador 2-4 United States (1988 Olympics Qualifier):*Perez (2), Goulet, Klopas

1988

Record: 3-6-4

Jan 10 Guatemala 1-0 United States

Jan 13 Guatemala 0-1 United States:* Agoos

May 14 United States 0-2 Colombia

May 25 United States 4-1 El Salvador (1988 Olympics Qualifier):* Goulet (2), Davis, O.G.

June 1 United States 1-1 Chile:* Eichmann

June 3 United States 1-3 Chile:* Borja

June 5 United States 0-3 Chile

June 7 United States 0-1 Ecuador

June 10 United States 0-2 Ecuador

June 12 United States 0-0 Ecuador

June 14 United States 1-0 Costa Rica:* Ryerson

June 19 United States 2-3 Nigeria:* Trittschuh (2)

July 13 United States 0-2 Poland

July 24 Jamaica 0-0 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Aug 13 United States 5-1 Jamaica (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Klopas (2), Brian, Krumpe, Perez

Sep 18 United States 1-1 Argentina (1988 Olympics):* Windischmann

Sep 20 South Korea 0-0 United States (1988 Olympics)

Sep 22 United States 2-4 Soviet Union (1988 Olympics):* Goulet, Doyle

1989

Record: 6-3-3

Apr 16 Costa Rica 1-0 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Apr 30 United States 1-0 Costa Rica (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Ramos

May 13 United States 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Trittschuh

Jun 4 United States 3-0 Peru:* Murray, Ramos, Bliss

Jun 17 United States 2-1 Guatemala (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Murray, Eichmann

Jun 24 United States 0-1 Colombia

Aug 13 United States 1-2 South Korea:* Harkes

Sep 17 United States 1-0 El Salvador (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Perez

Oct 8 Guatemala 0-0 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 5 United States 0-0 El Salvador (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

Nov 14 United States 2-1 Bermuda:* Eichmann, Doyle

Nov 19 Trinidad & Tobago 0-1 United States (1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifier):* Caligiuri