Showing posts with label World Cup 94. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Cup 94. Show all posts

Saturday, April 29, 2023

World Cup USA94 - Airlines cachet

June 6, 1994 San Marino - Alitalia
June 17, 1994 Germany - Luftpost
Wein-Frankfurt-Chicago

Trans World Philair Club

 

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

World Cup USA94 - Germany v Boliva : Chicago

June 17, 1994 Chicago, Il - Soldier Field
Germany defeated Boliva 1-0
goal: Jürgen Klinsmann

nice auction find - German designed cachet postmarked in Chicago and mailed to Germany
game attendance 63,117

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

World Cup - USA94 - United States Mint

50c United States Mint
Designer: Richard T. LaRoche (obverse), Dean McMullen (reverse)
Composition: 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel
Diameter: 30.61 mm
$1 United State Mint
Designer: Dean McMullen
Composition: 90% Silver (0.7736 ounces of silver)
Diameter: 38.1 mm
$5 United States Mint
Designer: William J. Krawcewicz (obverse), Dean McMullen (reverse)
Composition: 90% gold (0.242 ounces of gold)
Diameter: 21.6 mm

Monday, February 28, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Lapel Pins








Lapel pins came in variations with flags from each of the countries participating, or with the various cities in which the tournament took place

Sunday, February 27, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Hard Rock Cafe


I found this button on-line....The Hard Rock Cafe produces pins from each of it's locations all over the world and their pins are highly collected like Olympic and Disney pins. Usually the pins are cloisonne with the occasional celluloid button.

Above is a 1.5inch celluloid button from Orlando, Fla commemorating the World Cup USA94. I have seen a similar button issued from Los Angeles with a blue background, but have not located any others....

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Upper Deck Cards

Tony Meola
Ernie Stewart - Cobi Jones
Hugo Perez - Dominic Kinnear
Des Armstrong - Chris Henderson
Paul Caligiuri - Bora Milutinovic

Upper Deck produced several sets in commemoration of the 1994 World Cup.
the 1993 World Cup Preview set features many of the US team members, along with 15 US Cup 93 review cards...There were a total of 165 cards in the US market English/Spanish issue.
Other preview sets, 200 base cards) were issued in English/German, Italian/Spanish, all of which focused on the international players with the US players in the mix.
These sets also featured Future Stars, Bora's Select (10 cards) and World Star Holograms (9 cards), Honorary Captains - Reggie Jackson, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky.
Future Stars were only placed in special promotion was packs..20 From the Sidelines cards (#145-165) featuring the US team members...

Upper Deck also produced special sets with the same format, 1993 Mastercard Soccer Locker set, US and Mexico boxed sets

1. Tony Meola
2. Mike Lapper
3. John Doyle
4. Bruce Murray
5. Thomas Dooley
6. John Harkes
7. Hugo Perez
8. Dominic Kinnear
9. Tab Ramos
10. Ernie Stewart
11. Eric Wynalda
12. Jeff Agoos
13. Cobi Jones
14. Brian Quinn
15. Des Armstrong
16. Mike Sorber
17. Roy Wegerle
18. Brad Friedel
19. Chris Henderson
20. Paul Caligiuri
21. Fernando Clavijo
22. Alexi Lalas
23. Cle Kooiman
24. Peter Vermes
25. Mark Chung
26. Joe-Max Moore
27. Frank Klopas
28. Marcelo Balboa
29. Janusz Michallik
30. Bora Milutinovic

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Upper Deck Cards

Thomas Dooley
Cobi Jones

Walter Iooss is a sports photographer, best known for his work with Sports Illustrated, with over 300 cover shots. His portraits include Michael Jordan, Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr and the US Mens National team for the Upper Deck Contenders set - Thomas Dooley, Cobi Jones, tony Meola, Chris Henderson, Bora Milutinovic, and an Armstrong, Lalas, Dooley and Meola group photo...

His website features his portraits of Pele, Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney, Nistelrooy, Van Der Sar, and of course swimsuits photos....

World Cup USA94 : Patch



McDonalds patch

Monday, February 14, 2011

World Cup USA94




Promotional cards distributed at Giants Stadium during the World Cup...Energizer Official Battery ofthe World Cup and Mastercard Official Sponsor of World Cup USA94

1994 - World Cup94

Official US Edition commemorative program with Peter Max designed cover...featured articles on each of the hosting cities, how soccer and the World Cup has spread from the private schools of England into every town and country in the world, history of FIFA, a look back at past memorable moments of the World Cup, the US team's cinderella story, Pele, Bora Milutinovic, Germany and the US Women's success in their World Cup...along with similar articles printed in the game day program....additional Peter Max related World Cup94 art can be seen at The MAX Collector
1994 Game Day Program, cover design by Roy Wiemann - featuring the participants..profiles of the competing teams with complete rosters..a pull out bracket to fill in the advancing teams...an article on the US team and its chances...Italy 1990 defending champions..a story of how the games came to the US...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Commemorative Covers

June 18 1994 - International Media Headquarters, Arlington, Va
June 17, 1994 - Greenwich, Ct.
Game day cancel, Silverdome Pontiac, Mi...June 18 US v Switzerland; June 22 Romania v Switzerland; June 24 Sweden v Russia; June 28 Brazil v Sweden
Game day cancel, Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ...June 18 Italy v Ireland; June 23 Italy v Norway; June 25 Saudi Arabia v Morocco; June 28 Ireland v Norway; July 5 round of 16 Bulgaria v Mexico; July 10 Quarter Final Bulgaria v Germany; July 13 Semi Final Italy v Bulgaria..
Commemorative cancel Rochester, Mi June 25, 1994
Commemorative cancel - Yorktown Heights, NY June 7, 1994
Game day cancel..Dallas, Tx..Jun 30 Argentina v Bulgaria
Commemorative cancel...Boston, Ma June 19, 1994

These are the cancels in my collection, although I sent out to many locations during the World Cup, some of the covers sent out did not return..lost in the mail...so I am sure this a only a portion of what may have been available at the time.

World Cup USA94 - FDC Poster

Mini poster (9x12) of the Giants Stadium pitch, with the three World Cup stamps with first day cancel. The poster is signed by NJ Gov. Christie Whitman, stamp designer Michael Dudash and poster artist Kamil Kubik..

Saturday, February 12, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Commemorative Cover

World Cup commemorative pictorial cancel from the Lobex stamp show held in Long Beach, Ca June 2, 1994.

Signed by Rhett Harty, Metrostars (MLS) and Nicola Caricola, Juventus, Genoa (Series A) Metrostars (MLS)

Friday, February 11, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Commemorative Cover

July 5, 1994 Foxboro, Ma...Roberto Baggio led Italy to a 2-1 win over Nigeria...cover posted on the day of the game, signed by Roberto Donadoni, Italian National Team, Atalanta, Milan (Serie A), Metrostars (MLS), Ittihad FC (Saudi Arabia)

Thursday, February 10, 2011

World Cup USA94 - Commemorative cover - postmarks

July 14, 1994 Los Angeles, Ca - Soccerfest
commemorative postmark - no games played this day
July 17, 1994 Los Angeles, Ca - Soccerfest
Final Game - Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Brazil 0 - 0  Italy

This was the first time the World Cup would be decided on penalties. Italian captain Baresi took the first penalty and blazed his penalty over the bar. Brazilian center-back Márcio Santos went next, but Pagliuca saved the Brazilian defender's effort low to his right. Demetrio Albertini went next for Italy, scoring his penalty into the top corner. Romário was next for Brazil, and he scored his penalty, placing it so far in the corner that it went in off the post, tying the score at 1–1. Alberico Evani went third for Italy, he scored, putting his penalty high and in the middle, as Taffarel dove to the right. Branco went next for Brazil, and he scored in the bottom left corner. Massaro, who had scored twice in the Champions League Final less than two months previously, went next for Italy, but he was unable to put the ball in Taffarel's net just as he had been unable to do in the game, as the Brazilian keeper saved to his left. Brazilian captain Dunga was next, and he comfortably placed his shot into the bottom left corner, making it game point. With Italy needing to score to keep their dreams alive, Roberto Baggio stepped up to take the penalty. In what would become an infamous moment in World Cup History, Baggio blazed his penalty over the bar, in similar fashion to Baresi, and this gave Brazil their fourth title

World Cup USA94 - Saudi Arabia v Morocco

I was lucky to attend one game of the World Cup, June 25 at Giants Stadium. It would be the first time in World cup play that an African nation and a Middle East nation played against each other... Saudi Arabia would win the contest 2-1...

From my view the crowd seemed to be largely Moroccan, although flags were flying from every nation possible...Their was excitement in the crowd as the Moroccan fans danced before the game and the Saudi fans danced at the end...Not rooting either team made the game extremely enjoyable and it became easy to feel the excitement of the fans...The music, the dancing, the chanting...I had never experienced anything of this before at a sporting event.

World Cup USA94 - commemorative cover - postmarks

Although the World Cup USA94 stamps were officially issued in New Jersey, the US Postal Service had pictorial cancelations made available for those cities that were hosting the games...
Washington, DC, RFK Stadium first game to be played June 19 Norway v Mexico
Orlando, Fl, Citrus Bowl - first game June 19 Belgium v Morocco
Foxboro, Ma, Foxboro Stadium - first game June 21 Argentina v Greece
Pontiac, Mi, Silverdome - first game June 18 USA v Switzerland
Palo Alto, Ca, Stanford University Stadium - first game June 20 Brazil v Russia
Dallas, Tx, Cotton Bowl - first game June 17 Spain v Korea
Chicago, Il, Soldier Field - first game June 17 Germany v Bolivia
Pasadena, Ca, Rose Bowl - first game June 18 Columbia v Romania