| Date | 20 July 1996 — 19:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Referee | Lucian Bouchardeau |  NGR |
| Linesman | Heiner Neuenstein |  GER |
| Linesman | Akif Uğurdur |  TUR |
| Attendance | 83,810 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Argentina |  ARG | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| – | United States |  USA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Argentina| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Hernán Crespo | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 17 | Marcelo Delgado | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 18 | Marcelo Gallardo | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Matías Almeyda | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Claudio López | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Diego Simeone | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Ariel Ortega | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 16 | Gustavo López | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Roberto Ayala | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | |||
| Defense | 3 | José Antonio Chamot | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| Defense | 4 | Javier Zanetti | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 6 | Roberto Sensini | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 14 | Pablo Paz | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Carlos Bossio | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 21 | |||||
| Coach | Daniel Passarella | ||||||||||
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 8 | Jovan Kirovski | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 9 | A. J. Wood | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 11 | Miles Joseph | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 2 | Matt McKeon | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Imad Baba | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Claudio Reyna | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Brian Maisonneuve | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 17 | Damian Silvera | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 4 | Eddie Pope | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 5 | Clint Peay | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 6 | Alexi Lalas | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 13 | Frankie Hejduk | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 15 | Nelson Vargas | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Kasey Keller | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |||||
| Coach | Bruce Arena | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 (1) | Eddie Pope | | yellow | ||
| 20 (1) | Hernán Crespo | | yellow | ||
| 37 (1) | Marcelo Delgado | | yellow | ||
| 40 (1) | Alexi Lalas | | yellow | ||
| 61 (2) | Damian Silvera | | yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Claudio Reyna | | 0-1 | 1 | |
| 27 (1) | Gustavo López | | 1-1 | ||
| 57 (2) | Hernán Crespo | | 2-1 | ||
| 90 (2) | Diego Simeone | | 3-1 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (1) | Ariel Ortega | | out | ||
| 7 (1) | Claudio López | | in | ||
| 46 (2) | A. J. Wood | | out | ||
| 46 (2) | Miles Joseph | | in | ||
| 64 (2) | Marcelo Delgado | | out | ||
| 64 (2) | Marcelo Gallardo | | in | ||
| 71 (2) | Damian Silvera | | out | ||
| 71 (2) | Matt McKeon | | in | ||
| 82 (2) | Roberto Ayala | | out | ||
| 82 (2) | Pablo Paz | | in | ||
| 85 (2) | Clint Peay | | out | ||
| 85 (2) | Nelson Vargas | | in |
