CONCACAF Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United States |
Dates | June 28 – July 7 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (1st title) |
Runners-up | Honduras |
Third place | Mexico |
Fourth place | Costa Rica |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 50 (3.13 per match) |
Attendance | 397,124 (24,820 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Benjamín Galindo (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Jorge Campos |
The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of World Cup qualifying were considered continental champions. [1] [2]
The tournament was hosted by the United States and played in the Greater Los Angeles area of California at two venues: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl. The eight teams were broken up into two groups of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to the semifinals. The Gold Cup was won by the United States, who eliminated Mexico in the semi-finals match, and went on to beat Honduras on penalties after tying them in the final 0–0.
Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performance |
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Qualified through the 1989 CONCACAF Championship | |||
Costa Rica | Winners | 1st | Debut |
North American zone | |||
United States | Automatic | 1st | Debut |
Mexico | Automatic | 1st | Debut |
Canada | Automatic | 1st | Debut |
Caribbean zone qualified through the 1991 Caribbean Cup | |||
Jamaica | Winners | 1st | Debut |
Trinidad and Tobago | Runners-up | 1st | Debut |
Central American zone qualified through the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup | |||
Honduras | Runners-up | 1st | Debut |
Guatemala | Third Place | 1st | Debut |
Los Angeles | Pasadena |
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Memorial Coliseum | Rose Bowl |
Capacity: 93,607 | Capacity: 92,542 |
The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Canada | 1–3 | Mexico |
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Lowery 83' | Report |
Hermosillo 3' de la Torre 40' Galindo 89' ( pen.) |
Mexico | 1–1 | Honduras |
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Hermosillo 57' | Report | Anariba 9' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
Costa Rica | 2–0 | Guatemala |
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R. Gómez 14' Flores 17' |
Report |
United States | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Murray 85' Balboa 87' |
Report | Lewis 67' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | Costa Rica |
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Lewis 38' Thomas 89' |
Report | Medford 6' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1 | Guatemala |
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Report | Espel 89' |
United States | 3–2 | Costa Rica |
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Vermes 6' Pérez 49' ( pen.) Marchena 59' ( o.g.) |
Report |
Arguedas 30' Jara 33' |
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), with each team being allowed to make a sixth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. [3]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
July 5 — Los Angeles | ||||||
Honduras | 2 | |||||
July 7 — Los Angeles | ||||||
Costa Rica | 0 | |||||
United States ( p) | 0 (4) | |||||
July 5 — Los Angeles | ||||||
Honduras | 0 (3) | |||||
United States | 2 | |||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
July 7 — Los Angeles | ||||||
Mexico | 2 | |||||
Costa Rica | 0 |
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners |
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United States First title |