Does anyone know the United States squad for the 1995 Beach Soccer World Cup?

Discussion in 'USA Men' started by Pedro Rondon H de Sá, Mar 4, 2026.

  1. Pedro Rondon H de Sá

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jan 13, 2014
    Rio de Janeiro
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I’ve been looking for this information for years. I think I’ve even posted about it here before. Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find the full list of players who represented the USA at the 1995 Beach Soccer World Cup.

    These are the only names I’ve been able to confirm so far: David Vanole, Zak Ibsen, Cobi Jones, Roy Wegerle, Raffaele Ruotolo, and Billy Thompson.
     
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  2. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Milpitas, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Have you considered emailing or tweeting at Cobi Jones? He might remember, or be able to point you in the right direction of someone who organized the trip or coached the squad.
     
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  3. Pedro Rondon H de Sá

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jan 13, 2014
    Rio de Janeiro
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I spoke to him on Twitter a few years ago, he said he doesn't remember.
     
  4. deejay

    deejay Member+

    Feb 14, 2000
    Tarpon Springs, FL
    Club:
    Jorge Wilstermann
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    I asked Gemini Pro and it found one player from the following article

    Chris Henderson, former U.S. international midfielder and now the Sounders technical director, will serve as the team delegate for Seattle. Henderson participated in the 1995 Beach World Cup.


    From the wikipedia article I found a link to this article that recaps the final https://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=112518_06&pagfis=23705
    It mentions Vanole, Fichmann, Neely, Ruotolo and Hickson as starters and Ibsen, Graham and Thompson as subs. There are a lot more articles about the Brazil team and it is always an eight man roster so that should be it for Team USA.

    The US vs England group B recap.
    https://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=112518_06&pagfis=23669
    It mentions Thompson, Eichman, Ruotolo, and Ibsen.

    This article https://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=112518_06&pagfis=23681 mentions Vanole, Eichmann, Ibsen, Ruotolo and Graham as the probably starting lineup against Italy. No Italy recap

    No mention of Wegerly (maybe that was Neely?) or Jones. Fichman would be Eric Eichmann from the 1990 World Cup Squad. Hickson might be Chris Henderson. I have no idea who Graham would be. I'm tempted to think that was Cobi Jones and that they thought his last name was linked to the US-based Viking Graham Group which apparently co-organized the tournament. I could find no player of note called Graham during the 1990s.

    There is an article on the Athletic about England's underdog run. No US roster but there is a picture of the three medalist teams.
     

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