1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final
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Event | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||
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United States won 4–3 on penalties | |||||||
Date | 7 July 1991 | ||||||
Venue | Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles | ||||||
Referee | Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) | ||||||
Attendance | 39,873 | ||||||
The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match played on 7 July 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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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
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Final standings | Group B winners
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Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Mexico | 2–0 |
Match
Details
Honduras | 0–0 | United States |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Castro Anariba Yearwood Flores Zapata Cálix Vallejo Espiñoza |
3–4 | Balboa Vermes Pérez Caligiuri Eck Quinn Kinnear Clavijo |
Honduras
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United States
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