1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
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 356,021 (22,251 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Benjamín Galindo
(4 goals)
Best player United States Tony Meola

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the football (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]

The tournament was held in the United States, in California cities Los Angeles and Pasadena. 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.

Participating nations

Team Qualification Appearance
in Gold Cup
Defending champions
 Costa Rica Winner of the 1989 CONCACAF Championship 1st
North American zone
 United States Host 1st
 Mexico Automatic 1st
 Canada Automatic 1st
Caribbean zone qualified through the 1991 Caribbean Cup
 Jamaica Winners1st
 Trinidad and Tobago Runners-Up1st
Central American zone qualified through the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup
 Honduras Runners-Up1st
 Guatemala 3rd Place1st

Squads

Venues

Los AngelesPasadena
Memorial ColiseumRose Bowl
Capacity: 93,607Capacity: 92,542

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 3210103+75
 Mexico 321083+55
 Canada 310269–32
 Jamaica 3003312–90

June 28, 1991
Canada  2–4  Honduras
Mitchell  66', 80' Report Bennett  28' (pen.)
Espinoza  34'
Cálix  41'
Flores  51'

June 28, 1991
Mexico  4–1  Jamaica
Galindo  28' (pen.), 54' (pen.)
Zague  36'
Hermosillo  58'
Report Reid  39'

June 30, 1991
Jamaica  0–5  Honduras
Report Cálix  27', 51'
Anariba  31'
Bennett  69'
Yearwood  89'
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 4,797
Referee: Errol Forbes (Trinidad and Tobago)

June 30, 1991
Canada  1–3  Mexico
Lowery  83' Report Hermosillo  3'
de la Torre  40'
Galindo  89' (pen.)

July 3, 1991
Jamaica  2–3  Canada
Wright  42'
Reid  63'
Report Mitchell  34'
Miller  54'
Limniatis  60'
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 36,703
Referee: José Carlos Ortíz (El Salvador)

July 3, 1991
Mexico  1–1  Honduras
Hermosillo  57' Report Anariba  9'
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 36,703
Referee: Jay Majid (United States)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 330083+56
 Costa Rica 31025502
 Trinidad and Tobago 310234–12
 Guatemala 310215–42

June 29, 1991
Costa Rica  2–0  Guatemala
R. Gómez  14'
Flores  17'
Report
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 18,435
Referee: Mike Siefert (Canada)

June 29, 1991
United States  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Murray  85'
Balboa  87'
Report Lewis  67'
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 18,435
Referee: José Carlos Ortíz (El Salvador)

July 1, 1991
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Costa Rica
Lewis  38'
Thomas  89'
Report Medford  6'
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)

July 1, 1991
Guatemala  0–3  United States
Report Murray  11'
Quinn  46'
Wynalda  52'

July 3, 1991
Trinidad and Tobago  0–1  Guatemala
Report Espel  89'

July 3, 1991
United States  3–2  Costa Rica
Vermes  6'
Pérez  49' (pen.)
Marchena  59' (o.g.)
Report Arguedas  30'
Jara  33'

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
July 5 – Memorial Coliseum
  Honduras  2  
  Costa Rica  0  
 
July 7 – Memorial Coliseum
      United States  0 (4)
    Honduras  0 (3)
Third place
July 5 – Memorial Coliseum July 7 – Memorial Coliseum
  United States  2   Mexico  2
  Mexico  0     Costa Rica  0

Semi-finals


July 5, 1991
United States  2–0  Mexico
Doyle  48'
Vermes  64'
Report
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 41,103
Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador)

Third place play-off

July 7, 1991
Mexico  2–0  Costa Rica
Farfán  9'
Galindo  89'
Report
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 41,103
Referee: Errol Forbes (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals

2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Team statistics

Team GP W T L GF GA Dif
F  United States 5410103+7
F  Honduras 5320123+9
S  Mexico 5311105+5
S  Costa Rica 510459-4
1  Trinidad and Tobago 310234-1
1  Canada 310269-3
1  Guatemala 310215-4
1  Jamaica 3003312-9

References

  1. Michael Lewis (1970-01-01). "When USA won the inaugural Gold Cup: 'Soccer was a lot different back then' | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-27.

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