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1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1st edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	CONCACAF Gold Cup
year	1991
other_titles	CONCACAF Championship
image	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup logo.jpg
size	200px
caption	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup official programme
country	United States
dates	June 28 – July 7
num_teams	8
confederations	1
venues	2
cities	2
champion	USA
count	1
second	HON
second-flagvar	1949
third	MEX
fourth	CRC
matches	16
goals	50
attendance
top_scorer	MEX Benjamín Galindo
(4 goals)
player	USA Tony Meola
prevseason	[1989](1989-concacaf-championship) (Championship)
nextseason	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)

| second-flagvar = 1949 (4 goals) The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of World Cup qualifying were considered continental champions.

The tournament was hosted by the United States and played in the Greater Los Angeles area of California at two venues: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl. The eight teams were broken up into two groups of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to the semifinals. The Gold Cup was won by the United States, who eliminated Mexico in the semi-finals match, and went on to beat Honduras on penalties after tying them in the final 0–0.

Qualified teams

Team		Qualification
Winners	1st	Debut
Automatic	1st	Debut
Automatic	1st	Debut
Automatic	1st	Debut
Winners	1st	Debut
Runners-up	1st	Debut
Runners-up	1st	Debut
Third Place	1st	Debut

Venues

Los Angeles	Pasadena
Memorial Coliseum	Rose Bowl
Capacity: 93,607	Capacity: 92,542
[[File:11-11-06-LA-Coliseum-USC-UO.jpg	150px]]	[[Image:Rose Bowl, panorama.jpg	150px]]

Squads

Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Espinoza Cálix Flores

Zague Hermosillo

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Manuel Lapuente

Carl Brown

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Anariba Bennett Yearwood

de la Torre Galindo

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ENG Tony Waiters

Manuel Lapuente

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Reid Miller Limniatis

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Manuel Lapuente

BRA Flavio Ortega

Group B

Flores

Balboa

Thomas

Quinn Wynalda

Pérez Marchena Jara

Knockout stage

Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), with each team being allowed to make a sixth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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YUG Velibor Milutinovic

Manuel Lapuente

Third place play-off

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Luis Fernando Tena

Rolando Villalobos

Final

Main article: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals

MEX Benjamín Galindo

;3 goals

CAN Dale Mitchell
HON Eduardo Bennett
HON Luis Calix
MEX Carlos Hermosillo

;2 goals

HON Marco Antonio Anariba
HON Eugenio Dolmo Flores
JAM Roderick Reid
Trinidad and Tobago Leonson Lewis
USA Bruce Murray
USA Peter Vermes

;1 goal

CAN John Limniatis
CAN Jamie Lowery
CAN Colin Miller
CRC Juan Carlos Arguedas
CRC Leonidas Flores
CRC Róger Gómez
CRC Claudio Jara
CRC Hernán Medford
GUA Luis Espel
HON Juan Carlos Espinoza
HON Gilberto Yearwood
JAM Hector Wright
MEX Luís Roberto Alves
MEX Gonzalo Farfán
MEX José Manuel de la Torre
TRI Alvin Thomas
USA Marcelo Balboa
USA John Doyle
USA Hugo Pérez
USA Brian Quinn
USA Eric Wynalda

;1 own goal

CRC Héctor Marchena (playing against the United States)

Awards

Source:

Golden Ball	Golden Boot
Tony Meola	Benjamín Galindo

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Tony Meola	Marco Anariba
Raúl Martínez Sambulá
John Doyle
Fernando Clavijo	Hugo Pérez
Gilberto Yearwood
Brian Quinn	Eduardo Bennett
Hernán Medford
Luis Cálix

References

Michael Lewis. (January 1, 1970). "When USA won the inaugural Gold Cup: 'Soccer was a lot different back then' | Football". The Guardian.
http://www.teletica.com/deportes/94452-Historia-de-Costa-Rica-en-la-Copa-Oro-1991.note.aspx{{Dead link. (August 2019)
(July 2, 2020). "1991 Gold Cup Final: U.S. edge Honduras in penalties". CONCACAF.
"Concacaf {{!}} Basics {{!}} History {{!}} History".
"CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details".

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