| 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup final | |
| Event: | 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| Team1: | United States |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 2 |
| Team2: | Costa Rica |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Date: | February 2, 2002 |
| Stadium: | Rose Bowl |
| City: | Pasadena, California |
| Referee: | Carlos Batres (Guatemala) |
| Attendance: | 14,432 |
| Previous: | 2000 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on February 2, 2002, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the United States and Costa Rica. This was the first Gold Cup Final that Costa Rica has reached, and the second ever from a Central American nation; the first one was in 1991 when Honduras reached the final. The United States won 2–0 with goals from Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos, sealing their second-ever Gold Cup victory.[1] [2]
| United States | Round | Costa Rica | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponents | Result | Group stage | Opponents | Result | |
| 2–1 | Match 1 | 2–0 | |||
| 1–0 | Match 2 | 1–1 | |||
| Group B winners | Final standings | Group C winners | |||
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | |
| 4–0 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | |||
| 0–0 (4–2) | Semi-finals | 3–1 | |||
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