1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship | |
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![]() 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup official programme | |
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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 50 (3.13 per match) |
Attendance | 397,124 (24,820 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
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.
Qualified teams
[edit]Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performance |
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Qualified through the 1989 CONCACAF Championship | |||
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Winners | 1st | Debut |
North American zone | |||
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Automatic | 1st | Debut |
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Automatic | 1st | Debut |
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Automatic | 1st | Debut |
Caribbean zone qualified through the 1991 Caribbean Cup | |||
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Winners | 1st | Debut |
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Runners-up | 1st | Debut |
Central American zone qualified through the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup | |||
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Runners-up | 1st | Debut |
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Third Place | 1st | Debut |
Venues
[edit]Los Angeles | Pasadena |
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Memorial Coliseum | Rose Bowl |
Capacity: 93,607 | Capacity: 92,542 |
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Squads
[edit]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
[edit]Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Canada ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Lowery ![]() |
Report | Hermosillo ![]() de la Torre ![]() Galindo ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Hermosillo ![]() |
Report | Anariba ![]() |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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R. Gómez ![]() Flores ![]() |
Report |
United States ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Murray ![]() Balboa ![]() |
Report | Lewis ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Lewis ![]() Thomas ![]() |
Report | Medford ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Espel ![]() |
United States ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Vermes ![]() Pérez ![]() Marchena ![]() |
Report | Arguedas ![]() Jara ![]() |
Knockout stage
[edit]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
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
July 5 — Los Angeles | ||||||
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July 7 — Los Angeles | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||
July 5 — Los Angeles | ||||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
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Third place play-off | ||||||
July 7 — Los Angeles | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Third place play-off
[edit]Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
John Limniatis
Jamie Lowery
Colin Miller
Juan Carlos Arguedas
Leonidas Flores
Róger Gómez
Claudio Jara
Hernán Medford
Luis Espel
Juan Carlos Espinoza
Gilberto Yearwood
Hector Wright
Luís Roberto Alves
Gonzalo Farfán
José Manuel de la Torre
Alvin Thomas
Marcelo Balboa
John Doyle
Hugo Pérez
Brian Quinn
Eric Wynalda
- 1 own goal
Héctor Marchena (playing against the United States)
Awards
[edit]Winners
[edit]1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners |
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![]() United States First title |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.teletica.com/deportes/94452-Historia-de-Costa-Rica-en-la-Copa-Oro-1991.note.aspx[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1991 Gold Cup Final: U.S. edge Honduras in penalties". CONCACAF. July 2, 2020.