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SOCCER IN THE USA: Robert J Wilson takes a look back to the 1994 World Cup finals

Robert J Wilson revisits the 1994 World Cup in the United States – from Maradona’s downfall and Roberto Baggio’s heartbreak to Ireland’s heroics and the tournament that transformed soccer in America.

He is going to flick one now. He is going to flick one, he’s going to flick one. And it’s in.
The legendary ITV commentator Brian Moore had fully anticipated what Ronald Koeman was going to do with his re-taken free-kick in a decisive World Cup qualifier in Rotterdam.
David Seaman, guarding the England goal, quite clearly had not.
Koeman clipped his shot into the opposite corner and the country’s hopes of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup lay in tatters.
Miss out
Dennis Bergkamp subsequently applied the killer blow six minutes later, meaning England were to miss out on the first World Cup ...

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