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1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

4th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	CONCACAF Gold Cup
year	1998
other_titles	CONCACAF Championship
caption	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
country	United States
dates	February 1–15
num_teams	10
confederations	2
venues	3
cities	3
champion	MEX
count	3
second	USA
third	BRA
fourth	JAM
matches	16
goals	44
attendance	573586
top_scorer	Mexico Luis Hernández
Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope
(4 goals each)
player	USA Kasey Keller
prevseason	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)
nextseason	[2000](2000-concacaf-gold-cup)

Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope (4 goals each)

The 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fourth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship for the member associations of CONCACAF, which governs the sport in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The tournament was once again held in the United States, with matches played in Los Angeles, Miami, and Oakland, California. The format of the tournament changed from 1996: it was expanded to ten teams, with four in Group A and three each in Groups B and C. The top team in each group, plus the second place in Group A would advance to the semifinals. Brazil was invited again, and brought their senior team this time. Prior to the tournament, Canada withdrew due to a lack of available players and were replaced by Jamaica.

Jamaica topped Group A over Brazil, who they tied 0–0, in a surprise result for the team. In the semi-finals, the United States beat Brazil, as Preki scored the lone goal and Kasey Keller preserved the clean sheet. The United States could not repeat that performance in front of a pro-Mexican final crowd in Los Angeles. Mexico won their third straight Gold Cup, 1–0, on a Luis Hernández goal.

Venues

Los Angeles	Oakland	Miami
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	Orange Bowl
Capacity: 93,607	Capacity: 63,026	Capacity: 74,476
[[File:11-11-06-LA-Coliseum-USC-UO.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Oakland Coliseum field from Mt. Davis.JPG	150px]]	[[File:Orange Bowl.jpg	150px]]

Teams

Qualification

	Team		Qualification		Appearances
([TH](1996-concacaf-gold-cup))	Automatic	4th	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Champions ([1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup),[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup))	5
	Automatic	4th	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Champions ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup))	28
	Winners	3rd	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Group stage ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup), [1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup))	56
	Third Place	3rd	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)	Third Place ([1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup))	39
	Playoff	1st	None	Debut	88
	Winners	3rd	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)	Third Place ([1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup))	51
	Runners-up	3rd	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Fourth Place ([1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup))	83
	Third Place	2nd	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Group stage ([1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup))	64
	Fourth Place	4th	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Runners-up ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup))	73
	Invitation	2nd	[1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup)	Runners-up ([1996](1996-concacaf-gold-cup))	1

Notes:

Qualification play-off

A playoff between Cuba, the runner-up from the 1996 Caribbean Cup and Saint Kitts and Nevis, the runner-up from the 1997 Caribbean Cup, was held to determine which nation would qualify for the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Squads

Main article: 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 10 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Romário Élber

Westphal Williams

Simpson

Group B

John

Hernández Palencia Nixon

Group C

Wynalda Moore

Wanchope López Myers Sebrango

Preki

Knockout stage

Bracket

|February 10 – Los Angeles||1||0 |February 12 – Los Angeles||0| |1 |February 15 – Los Angeles||0||1 |February 15 – Los Angeles||1||0

Semi-finals

Preki

Hernández

Third place play-off

Romário

Final

Main article: 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Statistics

Goalscorers

CRC Paulo Wanchope
MEX Luis Hernández
BRA Romário
BRA Giovane Élber
GUA Juan Carlos Plata
JAM Paul Hall
MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco
TRI Stern John
TRI Jerren Nixon
USA Preki
BRA Edmundo
CRC Austin Berry
CRC Wilmer López
CRC Roy Myers
CRC Allan Oviedo
CUB Luis Martén
CUB Eduardo Sebrango
GUA Edwin Westphal
HON Carlos Pavón
JAM Marcus Gayle
JAM Fitzroy Simpson
JAM Andy Williams
MEX Ramón Ramírez
MEX Francisco Palencia
TRI Clint Marcelle
USA Joe-Max Moore
USA Eddie Pope
USA Roy Wegerle
USA Eric Wynalda

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Source:

#	Player	Points
1st	USA Kasey Keller	32
2nd	BRA Edmundo	30
3rd	USA Preki	27

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
USA Kasey Keller	MEX Claudio Suárez	USA Preki	BRA Edmundo

References

Davidson, Neil. (November 26, 1997). "Canada looking to play host to group of World Cup finalists". [[Vancouver Sun]].
(December 23, 1997). "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.
"CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details".

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