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1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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]

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup official programme
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJune 28 – July 7
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Attendance397,124 (24,820 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Benjamín Galindo
(4 goals)
Best player(s)United States Tony Meola
1993 →

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.

Qualified teams

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Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performance
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

Venues

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Los Angeles Pasadena
Memorial Coliseum Rose Bowl
Capacity: 93,607 Capacity: 92,542
   

Squads

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Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

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.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: RSSSF
Canada  2–4  Honduras
Mitchell   66', 80' Report Bennett   28' (pen.)
Espinoza   34'
Cálix   41'
Flores   51'
Attendance: 13,374
Mexico  4–1  Jamaica
Galindo   28', 54' (pen.)
Zague   36'
Hermosillo   58'		 Report Reid   39'
Attendance: 13,374
Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua and Barbuda)
Team details
Jamaica  0–5  Honduras
Report Cálix   27', 51'
Anariba   31'
Bennett   69'
Yearwood   89'
Attendance: 45,797
Canada  1–3  Mexico
Lowery   83' Report Hermosillo   3'
de la Torre   40'
Galindo   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 45,797
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Team details
Jamaica  2–3  Canada
Wright   42'
Reid   63'		 Report Mitchell   34'
Miller   54'
Limniatis   60'
Attendance: 36,703
Mexico  1–1  Honduras
Hermosillo   57' Report Anariba   9'
Attendance: 36,703
Team details

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica  2–0  Guatemala
R. Gómez   14'
Flores   17'		 Report
Attendance: 18,435
Referee: Mike Siefert (Canada)
United States  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Murray   85'
Balboa   87'		 Report Lewis   67'
Attendance: 18,435
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Costa Rica
Lewis   38'
Thomas   89'		 Report Medford   6'
Attendance: 6,344
Guatemala  0–3  United States
Report Murray   11'
Quinn   46'
Wynalda   52'
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua and Barbuda)
Trinidad and Tobago  0–1  Guatemala
Report Espel   89'
Attendance: 36,703
United States  3–2  Costa Rica
Vermes   6'
Pérez   49' (pen.)
Marchena   59' (o.g.)		 Report Arguedas   30'
Jara   33'
Attendance: 36,703

Knockout stage

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Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

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]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 5 — Los Angeles
 
 
  Honduras2
 
July 7 — Los Angeles
 
  Costa Rica0
 
  United States (p)0 (4)
 
July 5 — Los Angeles
 
  Honduras0 (3)
 
  United States2
 
 
  Mexico0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
July 7 — Los Angeles
 
 
  Mexico2
 
 
  Costa Rica0

Semi-finals

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Honduras  2–0  Costa Rica
 Report
Attendance: 41,103
United States  2–0  Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 41,103
Team details

Third place play-off

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Mexico  2–0  Costa Rica
 Report
Attendance: 39,873
Team details

Final

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Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
Honduras  0–0 (a.e.t.)  United States
Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 39,873

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

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Winners

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 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 
 
United States
First title

References

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  1. ^ Michael Lewis (January 1, 1970). "When USA won the inaugural Gold Cup: 'Soccer was a lot different back then' | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.teletica.com/deportes/94452-Historia-de-Costa-Rica-en-la-Copa-Oro-1991.note.aspx[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "1991 Gold Cup Final: U.S. edge Honduras in penalties". CONCACAF. July 2, 2020.
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