1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year:1991
Other Titles:CONCACAF Championship
Size:200px
Country:United States
Dates:June 28 – July 7
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champion:USA
Count:1
Second:HON
Second-Flagvar:1949
Third:MEX
Fourth:CRC
Matches:16
Goals:50
Top Scorer: Benjamín Galindo
(4 goals)
Player: Tony Meola
Prevseason:1989 (Championship)
Nextseason:1993

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

TeamQualificationAppearancesPrevious best performance
Qualified through the 1989 CONCACAF Championship
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North American zone
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Caribbean zone qualified through the 1991 Caribbean Cup
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Central American zone qualified through the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup
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Venues

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

Squads

See 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

Group A

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GK1Pablo Larios
RB2Juan Hernández
CB4Roberto Ruiz Esparza
CB14Felix Cruz
LB5Héctor Esparza
RM8José Manuel de la Torre
CM6Carlos Muñoz (c)
CM11Gonzalo Farfán
LM10Benjamín Galindo
RF27Carlos Hermosillo
LF17Luís Roberto Alves
Substitutes:
CB3Efraín Herrera
GK12Adrián Chávez
FW13Paul Moreno
LM15Missael Espinoza
CM16Jorge Dávalos
LB18Guillermo Muñoz
RF19Luis García
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente
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GK1Clive Smith
DF2Barrington Gaynor
DF5Donovan Panton
DF6Desmond Smith
DF7Anthony Corbett
MF10Hugh Blair
MF11Winston Anglin
MF15Hector Wright
MF16Wayne Palmer
MF12Roderick Reid
FW9Paul Davis
Substitutes:
DF3Richard Davis
DF4Linval Dixon
MF8Leroy Foster
FW13Caple Donaldson
MF14Monteque Long
FW17Walter Boyd
GK20Kristopher DaCosta
Manager:
Carl Brown
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GK1 Craig Forrest
DF2
DF3
DF5
DF6
MF7
MF8
FW9
FW10
FW12
MF13
Substitutes:
MF4
MF11
DF14
DF15
MF16 Peter Gilfillan
DF17
GK18 Carlo Marini
GK20
Manager:
Tony Waiters
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GK12Adrián Chávez
RB2Juan Hernández
CB4Roberto Ruiz Esparza
CB14Felix Cruz
LB18Guillermo Muñoz
RM8José Manuel de la Torre
CM16Jorge Dávalos
CM11Gonzalo Farfán
LM10Benjamín Galindo
RF27Carlos Hermosillo
LF17Luís Roberto Alves
Substitutes:
GK1Pablo Larios
CB3Efraín Herrera
LB5Héctor Esparza
CM6Carlos Muñoz (c)
LF13Paul Moreno
LM15Missael Espinoza
RF19Luis García
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente
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GK12Adrián Chávez
RB3Efraín Herrera
CB4Roberto Ruiz Esparza
CB5Héctor Esparza
LB18Guillermo Muñoz
RM15Missael Espinoza
CM6Carlos Muñoz (c)
LM16Jorge Dávalos
RF27Carlos Hermosillo
CF19Luis García
LF13Paul Moreno
Substitutes:
GK1Pablo Larios
RB2Juan Hernández
RM8José Manuel de la Torre
LM10Benjamín Galindo
CM11Gonzalo Farfán
CB14Felix Cruz
LF17Luís Roberto Alves
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente
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GK 1
DF 4
DF 5Raúl Sambulá
DF 6
DF 18
DF 21Marco Anariba
MF 12
MF 2
FW 10
FW 7
FW 19
Substitutes:
MF 8
MF 9
FW 11
DF 14
MF 15
MF 16
GK 25Wilmer Cruz
Manager:
Flavio Ortega

Group B

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Knockout stage

See 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]

Semi-finals

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GK1Tony Meola
DF16John Doyle
DF17Marcelo Balboa
DF21Fernando Clavijo
MF20Paul Caligiuri
MF14Brian Quinn
MF19Chris Henderson
MF7Hugo Perez
FW4Bruce Murray
FW10Peter Vermes (c)
FW11Eric Wynalda
Substitutes:
DF2Steve Trittschuh
DF3Janusz Michallik
MF5Ted Eck
DF8Dominic Kinnear
DF15Desmond Armstrong
GK18Mark Dodd
DF22Bruce Savage
Manager:
Velibor Milutinovic
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GK1Pablo Larios
RB2Juan Hernández
CB3Efraín Herrera
CB4Roberto Ruiz Esparza
LB5Héctor Esparza
RM8José Manuel de la Torre
CM6Carlos Muñoz (c)
CM11Gonzalo Farfán
LM10Benjamín Galindo
RF27Carlos Hermosillo
LF17Luís Roberto Alves
Substitutes:
GK12Adrián Chávez
LF13Paul Moreno
CB14Felix Cruz
LM15Missael Espinoza
RM16Jorge Dávalos
LB18Guillermo Muñoz
RF19Luis García
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Third place play-off

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GK12Adrián Chávez
RB2Juan Hernández
CB3Efraín Herrera
CB14Felix Cruz
LB5Héctor Esparza
RM15Missael Espinoza
CM6(c)
CM11Gonzalo Farfán
LM10Benjamín Galindo
RF27Carlos Hermosillo
LF17Luís Roberto Alves
Substitutes:
GK1Pablo Larios
CB4Roberto Ruiz Esparza
RM8José Manuel de la Torre
LF13Paul Moreno
RM16Jorge Dávalos
LB18Guillermo Muñoz
RF19Luis García
Manager:
Luis Fernando Tena
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GK1Luis Gabelo Conejo
DF2Vladimir Quesada
DF3Róger Flores (c)
DF4Rónald González
DF13Ricardo Chacón
DF6Héctor Marchena
MF12Austin Berry
MF10Óscar Ramírez
MF16Floyd Guthrie
MF17Juan Carlos Arguedas
FW9Hernán Medford
Substitutes:
MF5Róger Gómez
FW7Claudio Jara
MF8Carlos Velásquez
FW11Leonidas Flores
FW14Norman Gómez
DF15Edwin Salazar
GK18Pedro Cubillo
DF20Mauricio Montero
Manager:
Rolando Villalobos

Final

See main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final.

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

Winners

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Lewis . When USA won the inaugural Gold Cup: 'Soccer was a lot different back then' | Football . The Guardian . January 1, 1970 . July 27, 2015.
  2. http://www.teletica.com/deportes/94452-Historia-de-Costa-Rica-en-la-Copa-Oro-1991.note.aspx{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  3. Web site: 1991 Gold Cup Final: U.S. edge Honduras in penalties. July 2, 2020. CONCACAF.

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