There was no third - place game at the time .
FIFA ran a little retrospective jiggery - pokery a while back and awarded USA third place on the grounds of having a better record than the other losing semifinalist , Yugoslavia .
There was no third - place game at the time , but FIFA ran a little retrospective jiggery - pokery a while back and awarded USA third place on the grounds of having a better record than the other losing semifinalist , Yugoslavia .