1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final explained

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final
Event:1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Team1:Honduras
Team1score:0
Team2:United States
Team2score:0
Details:After extra time
United States won 4–3 on penalties
Stadium:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
City:Los Angeles
Referee:Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)[1]
Attendance:39,873[2]
Next:1993

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match played on July 7, 1991, at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. United States beat Honduras 4–3 on penalties after the game finished 0–0 after extra time. This was the United States' first major title. It was also the first ever Gold Cup Final and first to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. As Gold Cup champion, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.

Route to the final

HondurasRoundUnited States
OpponentsResultGroup stageOpponentsResult
4–2Match 12–1
5–0Match 23–0
1–1Match 33–2
Group A winners
width=185Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20GDwidth=20Pts
3+75
3+55
3–32
3–90
Final standingsGroup B winners
width=185Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20GDwidth=20Pts
3+56
302
3–12
3–42
OpponentsResultKnockout stageOpponentsResult
2–0Semi-finals2–0

Match details

GK 1
RB 5Raúl Sambulá
CB 4Juan F. Castro
CB Marco Zelaya
LB 18Daniel Zapata
RM 2Gilberto Yearwood
CM 8
CM 10
LM 6Mauricio Fúnez
CF 7Eugenio Flores
CF 19Eduardo Bennett
Substitutes:
FW 9Luis Vallejo
GK 25
Manager:
Flavio Ortega
GK 1Tony Meola
RB 20Paul Caligiuri
CB 17Marcelo Balboa
CB 21Fernando Clavijo
LB 10Peter Vermes
RM 19Chris Henderson
CM 16John Doyle
CM 7
LM 14Brian Quinn
CF 11
CF 4
Substitutes:
MF 5
DF 8
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arturo Brizio Carter . World Referee . July 17, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Gold Cup launches Friday . CONCACAF . 1991 . July 17, 2021.