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1989 CONCACAF Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	CONCACAF Championship
year	1989
caption	1991 CONCACAF Championship official logo
dates	19 March – 19 November
num_teams	5
confederations	1
champion	CRC
count	3
second	USA
third	TRI
fourth	GUA
matches	18
goals	29
top_scorer	[Eight players](1989-concacaf-championship-goalscorers)
(2 goals each)
prevseason	[1985](1985-concacaf-championship)
nextseason	[1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup)

(2 goals each) The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the tenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round. The tournament would be succeeded by the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991.

Costa Rica narrowly emerged as champions on goal difference to win their third title and participate in their first World Cup. The United States finished runners-up by virtue of one goal and qualified for their first World Cup in forty years. The U.S. gained their first World Cup qualification in 40 years by beating Trinidad and Tobago in their last game by 1–0, with a goal dubbed "The Shot Heard around the World".

A total of sixteen CONCACAF teams entered the competition. However, FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to debts to FIFA.

Qualification

Main article: 1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Five teams qualified from the two stage qualification process that ran from April to November 1988. Mexico were disqualified during this stage after having been found to have fielded over-aged players during the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament. Their scheduled opponents Costa Rica therefore advanced to the Final Round unopposed.

Teams

Final round

Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship and, along with the United States, qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Coronado

Eichmann

Rivas Hidalgo Flóres

Jamerson

Goalscorers

;2 goals

CRC Evaristo Coronado
CRC Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
CRC Leónidas Flores
GUA Raúl Chacón
GUA Julio Rodas
TRI Leonson Lewis
TRI Kerry Jamerson
TRI Philibert Jones

;1 goal

CRC Carlos Hidalgo
CRC Gilberto Rhoden
CRC Pastor Fernández
CRC Roger Flores
SLV Jaime Rodríguez
SLV José María Rivas
TRI Hutson Charles
USA Bruce Murray
USA Eric Eichmann
USA Hugo Perez
USA Paul Caligiuri
USA Steve Trittschuh
USA Tab Ramos

References

The El Salvador–Trinidad and Tobago match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
The matches between El Salvador and Guatemala, which were originally scheduled to be played in Guatemala, were scratched by mutual agreement as both teams could no longer qualify for the World Cup in any event.
(November 17, 1989). "THE SIDELINES : Strife Cancels Salvador Soccer". [[Los Angeles Times]].

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