The Bridge Digital newspapers Croatian edition 1990s | Page 3

United States
Tony Meola, Steve Trittschuh, Marcelo Balboa, Desmond Armstrong,
Robin Fraser, Jimmy Banks, John Harkes, Eric Eichmann, Paul Krumpe,
Bruce Murray, Peter Vermes
Substitutes: Mike Windischmann, Brian Bliss, Troy Dayak
Manager: Bob Gansler
The match was officiated by a group of Italian officials.
Several young Croatian talents were unable to play
Players
Zvonimir
Boban, Davor
Suker, Robert
Jarni, Igor
Stimac, Robert Prosinecki and Alen
Boksic were unable to play in the
fixture because of the 1990 UEFA
European
Under-21
Football
Championship final, in which they
play for Yugoslavia.
A political significance of the match
This match doesn't have just sporting
significance, but a political one, too.
It is a kind of first international
recognition of Croatia. The match
was played as part of the
celebration of the return of the
monument to Josip Jelacic to
Zagreb's central square. The match
was held under the auspices of
Franjo Tuđman, the President of the
Republic of Croatia.
The jersey debut
The match marked the debut of the Croatian national team's checkered
jersey, designed by Miroslav Sutej, a Croatian avant-garde painter and
graphic artist, who also designed the poster for the match.
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