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The term World Series of Soccer was initially a series of senior international soccer matches held by USSF between 1991 and 1994.

In 2005, Major League Soccer re-introduced the name for a series of professional matches in the United States

Contents 1 1991 2 1993 3 1994 4 2005 5 2006

In 1991, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), established and promoted a series of national team games between the United States men's national soccer team and other national soccer teams. The goal was to provide U.S. soccer players on the national team an opportunity to play high level competitive soccer. The collapse of the North American Soccer League had removed the ability of U.S. players getting meaningful outdoor experience. While indoor soccer was booming, USSF didn't see it as an adaquate replacement for outdoor competition when it came to preparing players for international outdoor soccer.

The U.S. played at least two games in 1991.

May 05 United States 1-0 Uruguay

• Vermes

June 1 United States 1-1 Ireland

• Wynalda

National Team player pool for the 1991 World Series of Soccer:

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Tony Meola 21 February 1969 100 Fort Lauderdale Strikers GK Mark Dodd 14 September 1965 15 Colorado Foxes DF Fernando Clavijo 23 January 1956 61 St. Louis Storm DF John Doyle 16 April 1966 53 Örgryte IS DF Desmond Armstrong 2 November 1964 81 Santos FC DF Steve Trittschuh 24 April 1965 38 Sparta Prague DF Janusz Michallik 22 April 1966 44 Gremio DF Bruce Savage unknown 16 Baltimore Blast DF Alexi Lalas 1 June 1970 96 Rutgers University DF Robin Fraser 17 December 1966 27 Colorado Foxes DF Troy Dayak 21 January 1971 9 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks DF Marcelo Balboa 8 August 1967 128 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks DF Jimmy Banks 2 September 1964 36 Milwaukee Wave DF Jeff Agoos 2 May 1968 134 University of Virginia DF Troy Snyder unknown 5 MF Paul Krumpe 4 March 1963 25 Colorado Foxes MF Brian Quinn unknown 48 San Diego Sockers MF Tab Ramos 21 September 1966 81 Figueres MF John Harkes 8 March 1967 90 Sheffield Wednesday MF Chris Henderson 11 December 1970 79 UCLA MF Dominic Kinnear 26 July 1967 56 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks MF Hugo Perez 8 November 1963 73 Örgryte IS MF Paul Caligiuri 9 May 1964 110 Hansa Rostock FW Steve Rammel 20 April 1968 0 Rutgers University FW Peter Vermes 21 November 1966 67 Tampa Bay Rowdies FW Eric Wynalda 9 June 1969 107 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks FW Bruce Murray 25 January 1966 86 Maryland Bays FW Frank Klopas 1 September 1966 39 AEK Athens FW Dante Washington 21 November 1970 6 Radford University

In 1993, USSF resurected the World Series of Soccer to prepare the national team for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. As the host nation, the U.S. did not need to qualify. Therefore, USSF sought other games to provide the team with competitive experience.

Jan 30 United States 2-2 Denmark

• Murray, Moore

Feb 13 United States 0-1 Russia

Feb 21 United States 0-0 Russia

May 8 United States 1-2 Colombia

• Lalas

June 6 United States 0-2 Brazil

June 9 United States 2-0 England

• Dooley, Lalas

June 13 United States 3-4 Germany

• Dooley (2), Stewart

In 1994, the U.S. national team played three matches in Ohio, billed by USSF as part the World Series of Soccer:

May 21, 1994 United States 2-3 Bayern Munich

May 25 United States 0-0 Saudi Arabia

May 28 United States 1-1 Greece

• Klopas

Major League Soccer (MLS) later used the name World Series of Soccer for a series of games pitting MLS and big name international clubs against each other. The games took place across the United States. The WSS was a round robin style competition between two MLS teams: D.C. United and Chicago Fire as well as two European power houses: Chelsea of the English Premiership and A.C. Milan of Italy's Serie A. The games were played during the MLS season, the European off-season.

July 24, 2005 A.C. Milan 0-1 Chelsea

July 27, 2005 Chicago Fire 1-3 A.C. Milan

July 28, 2005 D.C. United 1-2 Chelsea (England)

July 31, 2005 A.C. Milan 1-1 Chelsea

In 2006, MLS continued the WSS and expanded it to include Real Madrid and Barcelona from Spain, Celtic from Scotland, Everton from England and Club America, Necaxa and Tigres from Mexico.

Results:

July 12, 2006 D.C. United 4-0 Celtic F.C. (Scotland)

July 12, 2006 Chicago Fire 1-2 Club America (Mexico)

July 12, 2006 Los Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Necaxa (Mexico)

July 19, 2006 New England Revolution 1-1 Celtic F.C. (Scotland)

July 19, 2006 FC Dallas 2-0 Tigres UANL (Mexico)

July 23, 2006 Chivas USA 1-1 (5-4 PK) Club America (Mexico)

July 26, 2006 Columbus Crew 1-1 Everton F.C. (England)

August 9, 2006 D.C. United 1-1 Real Madrid

August 12, 2006 New York Red Bulls 1-4 FC Barcelona (Spain)

August 12, 2006 Real Salt Lake 0-2 Real Madrid (Spain)