1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final explained

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final
Event:1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Team1:Mexico
Team1association:
Team1score:4
Team2association:
Team2score:0
Date:25 July 1993
Stadium:Estadio Azteca
City:Mexico City
Referee:Robert Sawtell (Canada)
Attendance:120,000
Previous:1991
Next:1996

The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was an association football match that took place on 25 July 1993 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, to determine the winner of the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup. This was the second final in the history of CONCACAF Gold Cup and second consecutive final for the United States after they beat Honduras in a penalty shootout in the 1991 final. They faced Mexico, who were making their first appearance in a Gold Cup Final. El Tri won the match 4–0 in front of 120,000 spectators.[1]

As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as the CONCACAF representative in the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Background

Prior to the match, Mexico were favorites to win it all after Zague had scored 10 goals in every match in the competition they had played except their 1–1 draw with Costa Rica.[3] On the contrary, the United States had won all of their games by 1 goal, and scored a golden goal against Costa Rica in the semi-finals.[4]

Route to the final

United StatesRoundMexico
OpponentsResultGroup stageOpponentsResult
1–0Match 19–0
2–1Match 21–1
1–0Match 38–0
Group A winnersFinal standingsGroup B winners
OpponentsResultKnockout stageOpponentsResult
1–0 Semi-finals6–1

Match

Details

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GK 1 Jorge Campos
RB 6 Juan Hernández
CB 2 Claudio Suárez
CB 3
LB 5
RM 20
CM 4
LM 19 Joaquín Del Olmo (c)
RW 10
CF 9
LW 11
Substitutes:
MF 18
MF 17
Manager:
Miguel Mejía Barón
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GK 1 Tony Meola
RB 22 Alexi Lalas (c)
CB 15 Desmond Armstrong
CB 4 Cle Kooiman
LB 3John Doyle
RM 5 Thomas Dooley
CM 10
CM 6John Harkes
LM 19 Chris Henderson
CF 17
CF 11 Eric Wynalda
Substitutes:
FW 8
FW 14
Manager:
Bora Milutinović
width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes extra time if score levels after 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level after 120 minutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Mexico Defeats U.S., 4-0 : Soccer: Crowd of 120,000 watches the home team breeze to victory in Gold Cup final.. Cart. Julie. 26 July 1993. Los Angeles Times.
  2. Web site: International Championship Saudi Arabia 1995 - Teams. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806072153/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1995/teams/index.html. dead. August 6, 2016. 6 January 1995. FIFA.com.
  3. Web site: Mexico vs. Costa Rica. 15 July 1993. Soccerway.
  4. Web site: United States vs. Costa Rica. 21 July 1993. Soccerway.