| Date | 19 September 2000 — 20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Herbert Fandel |  GER |
| Linesman | Ali Mulumba Tomusange |  UGA |
| Linesman | Komaleeswaran Sankar |  IND |
| 4th Official | Lu Jun |  CHN |
| Attendance | 19,684 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United States |  USA | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| – | Kuwait |  KUW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11 | Chris Albright | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Landon Donovan | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Josh Wolff | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Conor Casey | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | John O'Brien | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Joey DiGiamarino | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 9 | Ben Olsen | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Pete Vagenas | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Chad McCarty | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Jeff Agoos | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Frankie Hejduk | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 8 | Danny Califf | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Brad Friedel | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 19 | |||||
| Coach | Clive Charles | ||||||||||
Kuwait| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 4 | Bader Al-Shammari | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Naser Al-Othman | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Bashir Abdul Aziz | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Faraj Saeid | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Khalaf Al-Mutairi | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 2 | Naser Al-Omran | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Adel Okla | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 12 | Hamad Al-Tayyar | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Saleh Al-Buraiki | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Jamal Mubarak | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 13 | Sadoun Al-Shammari | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 17 | Esam Sakin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Shehab Kankone | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Coach | Radojko Avramović | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 (1) | Pete Vagenas | | yellow | ||
| 54 (2) | Bashir Abdul Aziz | | yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 (1) | Danny Califf | | 1-0 | ||
| 63 (2) | Chris Albright | | 2-0 | ||
| 83 (2) | Bader Al-Shammari | | 2-1 | ||
| 88 (2) | Landon Donovan | | 3-1 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 (1) | Conor Casey | | out | ||
| 30 (1) | Landon Donovan | | in | ||
| 62 (2) | Ben Olsen | | out | ||
| 62 (2) | Joey DiGiamarino | | in | ||
| 66 (2) | Hamad Al-Tayyar | | out | ||
| 66 (2) | Naser Al-Omran | | in | ||
| 68 (2) | Bashir Abdul Aziz | | out | ||
| 68 (2) | Bader Al-Shammari | | in |
