# 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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 | Appearances | Previous best performance |
| Qualified through the 1989 CONCACAF Championship ||||
| Costa Rica | Winners | 1st | Debut |
| North American zone ||||
| United States | Automatic | 1st | Debut |
| Mexico | Automatic | 1st | Debut |
| Canada | Automatic | 1st | Debut |
| Caribbean zone qualified through the 1991 Caribbean Cup ||||
| Jamaica | Winners | 1st | Debut |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Runners-up | 1st | Debut |
| Central American zone qualified through the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup ||||
| Honduras | Runners-up | 1st | Debut |
| Guatemala | Third Place | 1st | Debut |

## Venues

| Los Angeles | Pasadena |
| Memorial Coliseum | Rose Bowl |
| Capacity: 93,607 | Capacity: 92,542 |
| PasadenaLos Angeles ||

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |
| Mexico | Jamaica |
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| RB | 2 | Juan Hernández |
| CB | 4 | Roberto Ruiz Esparza |
| CB | 14 | Felix Cruz |
| LB | 5 | Héctor Esparza |
| RM | 8 | José Manuel de la Torre |
| CM | 6 | Carlos Muñoz (c) |
| CM | 11 | Gonzalo Farfán |
| LM | 10 | Benjamín Galindo |
| RF | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo | 80' |
| LF | 17 | Luís Roberto Alves | 80' |
| Substitutes: ||
| CB | 3 | Efraín Herrera |
| GK | 12 | Adrián Chávez |
| FW | 13 | Paul Moreno |
| LM | 15 | Missael Espinoza | 80' |
| CM | 16 | Jorge Dávalos |
| LB | 18 | Guillermo Muñoz |
| RF | 19 | Luis García | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Manuel Lapuente ||
| GK | 1 | Clive Smith |
| DF | 2 | Barrington Gaynor |
| DF | 5 | Donovan Panton | 52' | |
| DF | 6 | Desmond Smith | | 44' |
| DF | 7 | Anthony Corbett |
| MF | 10 | Hugh Blair |
| MF | 11 | Winston Anglin |
| MF | 15 | Hector Wright |
| MF | 16 | Wayne Palmer |
| MF | 12 | Roderick Reid | | 82' |
| FW | 9 | Paul Davis |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 3 | Richard Davis |
| DF | 4 | Linval Dixon | | 44' |
| MF | 8 | Leroy Foster |
| FW | 13 | Caple Donaldson |
| MF | 14 | Monteque Long | | 82' |
| FW | 17 | Walter Boyd |
| GK | 20 | Kristopher DaCosta |
| Manager: ||
| Carl Brown ||
| Canada | Mexico |
| GK | 1 | Craig Forrest |
| DF | 2 | Frank Yallop |
| DF | 3 | Colin Miller |
| DF | 5 | Randy Samuel | 69' | |
| DF | 6 | Ian Bridge | | 7' |
| MF | 7 | Carl Valentine |
| MF | 8 | Jamie Lowery | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Dale Mitchell |
| FW | 10 | John Catliff |
| FW | 12 | Nick Gilbert |
| MF | 13 | Scott Munson | 46' | |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 4 | John Limniatis |
| MF | 11 | Joseph Majcher |
| DF | 14 | Mark Watson | 53' | 7' |
| DF | 15 | Patrick Diotte | | 88' |
| MF | 16 | Peter Gilfillan |
| DF | 17 | Carl Fletcher |
| GK | 18 | Carlo Marini |
| GK | 20 | Paul Dolan |
| Manager: ||
| Tony Waiters ||
| GK | 12 | Adrián Chávez |
| RB | 2 | Juan Hernández |
| CB | 4 | Roberto Ruiz Esparza |
| CB | 14 | Felix Cruz | 14' | |
| LB | 18 | Guillermo Muñoz |
| RM | 8 | José Manuel de la Torre | | 83' |
| CM | 16 | Jorge Dávalos |
| CM | 11 | Gonzalo Farfán | | 60' |
| LM | 10 | Benjamín Galindo |
| RF | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| LF | 17 | Luís Roberto Alves |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| CB | 3 | Efraín Herrera |
| LB | 5 | Héctor Esparza |
| CM | 6 | Carlos Muñoz | | 83' (c) |
| LF | 13 | Paul Moreno |
| LM | 15 | Missael Espinoza | | 60' |
| RF | 19 | Luis García |
| Manager: ||
| Manuel Lapuente ||
| Mexico | Honduras |
| GK | 12 | Adrián Chávez |
| RB | 3 | Efraín Herrera |
| CB | 4 | Roberto Ruiz Esparza |
| CB | 5 | Héctor Esparza |
| LB | 18 | Guillermo Muñoz |
| RM | 15 | Missael Espinoza |
| CM | 6 | Carlos Muñoz (c) |
| LM | 16 | Jorge Dávalos | 57' |
| RF | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| CF | 19 | Luis García |
| LF | 13 | Paul Moreno | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| RB | 2 | Juan Hernández |
| RM | 8 | José Manuel de la Torre | 57' |
| LM | 10 | Benjamín Galindo |
| CM | 11 | Gonzalo Farfán |
| CB | 14 | Felix Cruz |
| LF | 17 | Luís Roberto Alves | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Manuel Lapuente ||
| GK | 1 | Belarmino Rivera |
| DF | 4 | Juan Castro |
| DF | 5 | Raúl Sambulá | | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Mauricio Fúnez |
| DF | 18 | Daniel Zapata |
| DF | 21 | Marco Anariba | 61' | |
| MF | 12 | Tomás Róchez | | 77' |
| MF | 2 | Gilberto Yearwood |
| FW | 10 | Luis Cálix |
| FW | 7 | Eugenio Dolmo Flores |
| FW | 19 | Eduardo Bennett |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 8 | Juan Espinoza |
| MF | 9 | Luis Vallejo |
| FW | 11 | Alex Ávila | | 46' |
| DF | 14 | Arnold Cruz |
| MF | 15 | Camilo Bonilla |
| MF | 16 | Nahamán González | | 77' |
| GK | 25 | Wilmer Cruz |
| Manager: ||
| Flavio Ortega ||

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | |

## 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| July 5 — Los Angeles | July 5 — Los Angeles |
| Honduras | 2 |
| Honduras | 2 | July 7 — Los Angeles | July 7 — Los Angeles |
| Costa Rica | 0 | July 7 — Los Angeles | July 7 — Los Angeles |
| Costa Rica | 0 | United States (p) | 0 (4) |
| July 5 — Los Angeles | July 5 — Los Angeles | | United States (p) | 0 (4) |
| July 5 — Los Angeles | July 5 — Los Angeles | Honduras | 0 (3) |
| United States | 2 | Honduras | 0 (3) |
| Mexico | 0 | | |
| Mexico | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | July 7 — Los Angeles | July 7 — Los Angeles |
| | | Mexico | 2 |
| | | Costa Rica | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| United States | Mexico |
| GK | 1 | Tony Meola |
| DF | 16 | John Doyle | 73' | |
| DF | 17 | Marcelo Balboa |
| DF | 21 | Fernando Clavijo | | 83' |
| MF | 20 | Paul Caligiuri | 12' | |
| MF | 14 | Brian Quinn |
| MF | 19 | Chris Henderson |
| MF | 7 | Hugo Perez |
| FW | 4 | Bruce Murray |
| FW | 10 | Peter Vermes (c) |
| FW | 11 | Eric Wynalda | | 71' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 2 | Steve Trittschuh |
| DF | 3 | Janusz Michallik |
| MF | 5 | Ted Eck | | 71' |
| DF | 8 | Dominic Kinnear |
| DF | 15 | Desmond Armstrong | | 83' |
| GK | 18 | Mark Dodd |
| DF | 22 | Bruce Savage |
| Manager: ||
| Velibor Milutinovic ||
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| RB | 2 | Juan Hernández |
| CB | 3 | Efraín Herrera |
| CB | 4 | Roberto Ruiz Esparza |
| LB | 5 | Héctor Esparza |
| RM | 8 | José Manuel de la Torre | 57' |
| CM | 6 | Carlos Muñoz (c) |
| CM | 11 | Gonzalo Farfán |
| LM | 10 | Benjamín Galindo | 83' |
| RF | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| LF | 17 | Luís Roberto Alves |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Adrián Chávez |
| LF | 13 | Paul Moreno |
| CB | 14 | Felix Cruz |
| LM | 15 | Missael Espinoza | 57' |
| RM | 16 | Jorge Dávalos |
| LB | 18 | Guillermo Muñoz |
| RF | 19 | Luis García | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Manuel Lapuente ||

### Third place play-off

| Mexico | Costa Rica |
| GK | 12 | Adrián Chávez |
| RB | 2 | Juan Hernández |
| CB | 3 | Efraín Herrera |
| CB | 14 | Felix Cruz |
| LB | 5 | Héctor Esparza |
| RM | 15 | Missael Espinoza |
| CM | 6 | Carlos Muñoz | (c) | 74' |
| CM | 11 | Gonzalo Farfán |
| LM | 10 | Benjamín Galindo |
| RF | 27 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| LF | 17 | Luís Roberto Alves |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| CB | 4 | Roberto Ruiz Esparza |
| RM | 8 | José Manuel de la Torre |
| LF | 13 | Paul Moreno |
| RM | 16 | Jorge Dávalos | | 74' |
| LB | 18 | Guillermo Muñoz |
| RF | 19 | Luis García |
| Manager: ||
| Luis Fernando Tena ||
| GK | 1 | Luis Gabelo Conejo |
| DF | 2 | Vladimir Quesada | | 19' |
| DF | 3 | Róger Flores (c) |
| DF | 4 | Rónald González | 31' | |
| DF | 13 | Ricardo Chacón |
| DF | 6 | Héctor Marchena |
| MF | 12 | Austin Berry |
| MF | 10 | Óscar Ramírez | | 57' |
| MF | 16 | Floyd Guthrie |
| MF | 17 | Juan Carlos Arguedas |
| FW | 9 | Hernán Medford |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 5 | Róger Gómez |
| FW | 7 | Claudio Jara | | 57' |
| MF | 8 | Carlos Velásquez | | 19' |
| FW | 11 | Leonidas Flores |
| FW | 14 | Norman Gómez |
| DF | 15 | Edwin Salazar |
| GK | 18 | Pedro Cubillo |
| DF | 20 | Mauricio Montero |
| Manager: ||
| Rolando Villalobos ||

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 4 goals

* Benjamín Galindo

#### 3 goals

* Dale Mitchell
* Eduardo Bennett
* Luis Calix
* Carlos Hermosillo

#### 2 goals

* Marco Antonio Anariba
* Eugenio Dolmo Flores
* Roderick Reid
* Leonson Lewis
* Bruce Murray
* Peter Vermes

#### 1 goal

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

#### 1 own goal

* Héctor Marchena (playing against the United States)

## Awards
### Winners

* 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners
* United States First title