1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Football match

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the final

Event| 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
| Honduras | United States

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0 | 0
After extra time
United States won 4–3 on penalties
Date| July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07)
Venue| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee| Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)[1]
Attendance| 39,873[2]

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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

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Further information: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honduras  | Round  | United States

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Opponents  | Result  | Group stage | Opponents  | Result
Canada | 4–2  | Match 1  |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1
Jamaica | 5–0  | Match 2  |  Guatemala | 3–0
Mexico | 1–1  | Match 3  |  Costa Rica | 3–2
Group A winners | Team  | Pld  | GD  | Pts

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Honduras | 3 | +7 | 5
Mexico | 3 | +5 | 5
Canada | 3 | –3 | 2
Jamaica | 3 | –9 | 0
Final standings  | Group B winners | Team  | Pld  | GD  | Pts

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United States | 3 | +5 | 6
Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 2
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | –1 | 2
Guatemala | 3 | –4 | 2
Opponents  | Result  | Knockout stage | Opponents  | Result
Costa Rica | 2–0  | Semi-finals |  Mexico | 2–0

## Match details

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July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07)

Honduras | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  United States

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| Report |
Penalties

* Castro
* Anariba
* Yearwood
* Flores
* Zapata
* Cálix
* Vallejo
* Espinoza

| 3–4 |

* Balboa
* Vermes
* Pérez
* Caligiuri
* Eck
* Quinn
* Kinnear
* Clavijo

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 39,873

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Honduras

United States

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GK | 1 | Belarmino Rivera |  |  119'
RB | 5 | Raúl Sambulá
CB | 4 | Juan F. Castro
CB |  | Marco Zelaya
LB | 18 | Daniel Zapata
RM | 2 | Gilberto Yearwood
CM | 8 | Juan C. Espinoza |  106'
CM | 10 | Luis Cálix
LM | 6 | Mauricio Fúnez
CF | 7 | Eugenio Flores
CF | 19 | Eduardo Bennett
Substitutes:
FW | 9 | Luis Vallejo |  |  69'
GK | 25 | Wilmer Cruz |  |  119'
Manager:
Flavio Ortega
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GK | 1 | Tony Meola
RB | 20 | Paul Caligiuri
CB | 17 | Marcelo Balboa
CB | 21 | Fernando Clavijo
LB | 10 | Peter Vermes
RM | 19 | Chris Henderson
CM | 16 | John Doyle
CM | 7 | Hugo Pérez |  90'
LM | 14 | Brian Quinn
CF | 11 | Eric Wynalda |  |  61'
CF | 4 | Bruce Murray |  |  98'
Substitutes:
MF | 5 | Ted Eck |  |  61'
DF | 8 | Dominic Kinnear |  |  98'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

## References

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1. ^ "Arturo Brizio Carter". World Referee. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
2. ^ "Gold Cup launches Friday". CONCACAF. 1991. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

## External links

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* Official website

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