# 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

These are the squads for the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

## Group A
### Brazil

Head coach: Mário Zagallo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Taffarel | (1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 31) | Atlético Mineiro |
| 2 | 2DF | Zé Maria | (1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 24) | Parma |
| 3 | 2DF | Júnior Baiano | (1970-03-14)14 March 1970 (aged 27) | Flamengo |
| 4 | 2DF | Gonçalves | (1966-02-22)22 February 1966 (aged 31) | Botafogo |
| 5 | 3MF | Mauro Silva | (1968-01-12)12 January 1968 (aged 30) | Deportivo de La Coruña |
| 6 | 2DF | Júnior | (1973-06-20)20 June 1973 (aged 24) | Palmeiras |
| 7 | 4FW | Edmundo | (1971-04-02)2 April 1971 (aged 26) | Fiorentina |
| 8 | 3MF | Flávio Conceição | (1974-06-12)12 June 1974 (aged 23) | Deportivo de La Coruña |
| 9 | 3MF | Zinho | (1967-06-17)17 June 1967 (aged 30) | Palmeiras |
| 10 | 4FW | Denílson | (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 20) | São Paulo |
| 11 | 4FW | Romário | (1966-01-29)29 January 1966 (aged 32) | Flamengo |
| 12 | 1GK | Carlos Germano | (1970-08-14)14 August 1970 (aged 27) | Vasco da Gama |
| 13 | 2DF | Russo | (1976-06-16)16 June 1976 (aged 21) | Cruzeiro |
| 14 | 2DF | César | (1975-11-16)16 November 1975 (aged 22) | Portuguesa |
| 15 | 2DF | Sylvinho | (1974-04-12)12 April 1974 (aged 23) | Corinthians |
| 16 | 3MF | Doriva | (1972-05-28)28 May 1972 (aged 25) | Porto |
| 17 | 3MF | Marcos Assunção | (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 21) | Flamengo |
| 18 | 3MF | Sérgio Manoel | (1972-03-02)2 March 1972 (aged 25) | Grêmio |
| 19 | 4FW | Donizete | (1968-10-24)24 October 1968 (aged 29) | Vasco da Gama |
| 20 | 4FW | Élber | (1972-07-23)23 July 1972 (aged 25) | Bayern München |

### El Salvador

Head coach: Kiril Dojcinovski
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Álvaro Misael Alfaro | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 2 | 2DF | José Hernandez | C.D. Águila |
| 3 | 2DF | Leonel Cárcamo | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 4 | 2DF | Nelson Rojas | Alianza F.C. |
| 5 | 3MF | Washington de la Cruz | Alianza F.C. |
| 6 | 3MF | Vladan Vićević | C.D. Águila |
| 7 | 3MF | Willian Renderos | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 8 | 3MF | Carlos Castro Borja | Deportivo Zacapa |
| 9 | 4FW | Israel Castro | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 10 | 4FW | Jorge González | C.D. FAS |
| 11 | 4FW | Ronald Cerritos | San Jose Clash |
| 12 | 3MF | Mauricio Cienfuegos | Los Angeles Galaxy |
| 14 | 3MF | José Alexander Amaya | C.D. Águila |
| 15 | 3MF | Nelson Quintanilla | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 16 | 2DF | Reynaldo Argueta | C.D. Águila |
| 17 | 3MF | Jorge Rodríguez | Dallas Burn |
| 18 | 3MF | Waldir Guerra | C.D. Águila |
| 19 | 4FW | Raúl Díaz Arce | New England Revolution |
| 20 | 2DF | Wilfredo Iraheta | C.D. FAS |
| 21 | 2DF | Guillermo Rivera | C.D. FAS |
| 22 | 1GK | Santos Rivera | ADET |

### Guatemala

Head coach: Miguel Ángel Brindisi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Edgar Estrada | Comunicaciones |
| 2 | 2DF | Erick Miranda | Comunicaciones |
| 3 | 2DF | Nelson Cáceres | Comunicaciones |
| 4 | 2DF | German Ruano | Municipal |
| 5 | 3MF | Jorge Pérez | Coban Imperial |
| 6 | 2DF | Iván León | Comunicaciones |
| 7 | 4FW | Juan Carlos Plata | Municipal |
| 8 | 3MF | Claudio Rojas | Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba |
| 9 | 4FW | Edwin Westphal | Comunicaciones |
| 10 | 3MF | Juan Manuel Funes | Comunicaciones |
| 11 | 3MF | Martín Machón | Los Angeles Galaxy |
| 12 | 1GK | Hilton Moreira | Juventud Catolica |
| 13 | 2DF | Engelvert Herrera | Comunicaciones |
| 14 | 3MF | Julio Girón | Aurora |
| 15 | 3MF | Fabricio Benítez | Coban Imperial |
| 16 | 3MF | Guillermo Ramírez | Municipal |
| 17 | 2DF | Oscar Samayoa | Comunicaciones |
| 18 | 4FW | Víctor Gómez | Aurora |
| 19 | 3MF | Édgar Valencia | Comunicaciones |
| 20 | 1GK | Juan Carlos Abascal | Comunicaciones |

### Jamaica

Head coach: René Simoes
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Warren Barrett | Violet Kickers |
| 2 | 2DF | Stephen Malcolm | Seba United FC |
| 3 | 2DF | Christopher Dawes | Galaxy FC |
| 4 | 2DF | Linval Dixon | Hazard FC |
| 5 | 2DF | Ian Goodison | Olympic Gardens FC |
| 6 | 3MF | Fitzroy Simpson | Portsmouth |
| 7 | 3MF | Peter Cargill | Harbour View FC |
| 8 | 4FW | Marcus Gayle | Wimbledon F.C. |
| 9 | 3MF | Andy Williams | Real Mona FC |
| 11 | 3MF | Theodore Whitmore | Seba United FC |
| 13 | 1GK | Aaron Lawrence | Reno FC |
| 14 | 2DF | Gregory Messam | Harbour View FC |
| 17 | 4FW | Onandi Lowe | Harbour View FC |
| 18 | 4FW | Deon Burton | Derby County |
| 19 | 2DF | Frank Sinclair | Chelsea |
| 20 | 2DF | Clifton Waugh | Black Star FC |
| 21 | 2DF | Durrant Brown | Wadadah FC |
| 22 | 4FW | Paul Hall | Portsmouth |
| 24 | 3MF | Ricardo Gardner | Harbour View FC |
| 25 | 3MF | Winston Griffiths | Hazard FC |

## Group B
### Honduras

Head coach: Miguel Company
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Milton Flores | Real España |
| 2 | 2DF | Merlyn Membreño | Olimpia |
| 3 | 2DF | Arnold Cruz | San Jose Clash |
| 4 | 2DF | Hernaín Arzú | Motagua |
| 5 | 2DF | César Cloter Herrera | Real España |
| 6 | 2DF | Nigel Zúniga | Motagua |
| 7 | 3MF | Robel Bernárdez | Platense |
| 8 | 4FW | Alex Pineda Chacon | Olimpia |
| 9 | 4FW | Carlos Alberto Pavón | Necaxa |
| 10 | 3MF | Christian Santamaría | Olimpia |
| 11 | 4FW | Wilmer Velásquez | Olimpia |
| 13 | 2DF | Basilio Zapata | Marathón |
| 14 | 4FW | Marlon Hernández | Motagua |
| 15 | 2DF | Jorge Samuel Caballero | Olimpia |
| 16 | 2DF | José Alvarez | Olimpia |
| 17 | 3MF | Camilo Bonilla | Real España |
| 18 | 4FW | Jairo Martínez | Motagua |
| 19 | 4FW | Presley Carson | Motagua |
| 20 | 3MF | Amado Guevara | Motagua |
| 28 | 1GK | Noel Valladares | Motagua |

### Mexico

Head coach: Manuel Lapuente
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Óscar Pérez | 1 February 1973 (aged 25) | Cruz Azul |
| 2 | 2DF | Claudio Suárez | 17 December 1968 (aged 29) | Guadalajara |
| 3 | 2DF | Gabriel de Anda | 5 June 1971 (aged 26) | Santos Laguna |
| 4 | 3MF | Germán Villa | 2 April 1973 (aged 24) | Club América |
| 5 | 2DF | Duilio Davino | 21 March 1976 (aged 21) | Club América |
| 6 | 3MF | Raúl Lara | 28 February 1973 (aged 24) | Club América |
| 7 | 3MF | Ramón Ramírez | 5 December 1969 (aged 28) | Guadalajara |
| 8 | 3MF | Braulio Luna | 8 September 1974 (aged 23) | Pumas UNAM |
| 9 | 4FW | Enrique Alfaro | 11 December 1974 (aged 23) | Toluca |
| 10 | 3MF | Javier Lozano | 9 February 1972 (aged 26) | Tigres UANL |
| 11 | 4FW | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 17 January 1973 (aged 29) | Necaxa |
| 12 | 1GK | Ricardo Martínez | 7 April 1966 (aged 31) | Monarcas Morelia |
| 13 | 3MF | Pável Pardo | 26 July 1976 (aged 21) | Atlas |
| 14 | 3MF | Roberto Medina | 16 March 1968 (aged 29) | León |
| 15 | 4FW | Luis Hernández | 22 December 1968 (aged 29) | Necaxa |
| 16 | 2DF | Héctor López | 7 June 1971 (aged 26) | Atlas |
| 17 | 4FW | Francisco Palencia | 28 April 1973 (aged 24) | Cruz Azul |
| 18 | 2DF | Salvador Carmona | 22 August 1975 (aged 22) | Toluca |
| 19 | 3MF | Sigifredo Mercado | 21 December 1968 (aged 29) | León |
| 20 | 4FW | Emilio Mora | 7 March 1978 (aged 19) | Monarcas Morelia |

### Trinidad and Tobago

Head coach: Bertille St. Clair
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ross Russell | Defence Force FC |
| 2 | 2DF | Avery John | American University |
| 3 | 3MF | Sherwyn Julien | Joe Public FC |
| 4 | 2DF | Marvin Andrews | Carib Sports Club |
| 5 | 3MF | Anthony Rougier | Raith Rovers |
| 6 | 2DF | Shurland David | Joe Public FC |
| 7 | 4FW | Clint Marcelle | Barnsley |
| 8 | 3MF | Stokely Mason | Joe Public FC |
| 9 | 4FW | Peter Prosper | United Petrorin |
| 10 | 3MF | Lyndon Andrews | Superstar Rangers |
| 11 | 4FW | Jerren Nixon | FC Zurich |
| 12 | 3MF | David Nakhid | Joe Public FC |
| 13 | 2DF | Ansil Elcock | Columbus Crew |
| 14 | 4FW | Stern John | Columbus Crew |
| 15 | 4FW | Gary Glasgow | Defence Force FC |
| 16 | 3MF | Colvin Hutchinson | San Juan Jabloteh |
| 17 | 3MF | Dale Saunders | San Juan Jabloteh |
| 20 | 1GK | Clayton Ince | Defence Force FC |

## Group C
### Costa Rica

Head coach: Rolando Villalobos
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Erick Lonnis | Alajuela |
| 2 | 2DF | Harold Wallace | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense |
| 3 | 2DF | Luis Marín | Alajuela |
| 4 | 2DF | Alexander Madrigal | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense |
| 5 | 3MF | Luis Diego Arnáez | Alajuela |
| 6 | 3MF | Wílmer López | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense |
| 7 | 4FW | Allan Oviedo | Curtidores |
| 8 | 3MF | Joaquín Guillén | Alajuela |
| 9 | 4FW | Paulo Wanchope | Derby County |
| 10 | 3MF | Roy Myers | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 11 | 4FW | Jewison Bennett | Comunicaciones |
| 12 | 2DF | Richard Mahoney | Belen |
| 13 | 2DF | Alfredo Morales-Cháves | Goicochea |
| 14 | 3MF | Floyd Guthrie | Comunicaciones |
| 15 | 2DF | Jervis Drummond | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 16 | 4FW | Bernard Mullins Campbell | Cartago |
| 17 | 3MF | Carlos Rodríguez Marin | Herediano |
| 18 | 3MF | Austín Berry | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense |
| 19 | 2DF | Mauricio Wright | Comunicaciones |
| 20 | 1GK | Ricardo González | Alajuela |

### Cuba

Head coach: William Bennett
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Alexis Revé Aviles | | FC Villa Clara |
| 2 | 2DF | Juan Carlos Llorente | | Club Cienfuegos |
| 3 | 2DF | Mario Pedraza | | Club Cienfuegos |
| 4 | 3MF | Khadafi Gou Gomez | | FC Matanzas |
| 5 | 2DF | Alexander Cruzata | | FC Holguin |
| 7 | 3MF | Omar Montero Reynaldo | | FC Holguin |
| 8 | 3MF | Tobio Mora | | FC Ciego de Avila |
| 9 | 3MF | Lázaro Darcourt Martinez | (1971-04-25)25 April 1971 (aged 26) | Pinar del Río |
| 10 | 3MF | Manuel Bobadilla Gonzalez | | Ciudad Habana |
| 11 | 4FW | Lester Moré Henningham | | Ciego de Avila |
| 12 | 1GK | Lázaro Sánchez | | FC Pinar del Rio |
| 13 | 2DF | Yomber Aguado | | FC Pinar del Rio |
| 14 | 3MF | Ariel Álvarez | | FC Villa Clara |
| 15 | 4FW | Osmín Hernández | (1970-06-27)27 June 1970 (aged 27) | Pinar del Río |
| 16 | 4FW | Eduardo Sebrango Rodriguez | | Sancti Spiritus |
| 18 | 2DF | Israel Blake Cantero | | Club Cienfuegos |
| 19 | 2DF | Alexander Driggs | | FC Holguin |
| 20 | 4FW | Luis Martén | | FC Santiago de Cuba |

### United States

Head coach: Steve Sampson
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Brad Friedel | (1971-05-18)18 May 1971 (aged 26) | Liverpool |
| 2 | 2DF | Frankie Hejduk | (1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 23) | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 3 | 2DF | Eddie Pope | (1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 23) | D.C. United |
| 4 | 2DF | Mike Burns | (1970-09-14)14 September 1970 (aged 27) | New England Revolution |
| 5 | 2DF | Thomas Dooley | (1961-05-12)12 May 1961 (aged 36) | Columbus Crew |
| 6 | 3MF | John Harkes | (1974-03-08)8 March 1974 (aged 23) | D.C. United |
| 7 | 4FW | Roy Wegerle | (1964-03-19)19 March 1964 (aged 33) | D.C. United |
| 9 | 4FW | Joe-Max Moore | (1971-02-23)23 February 1971 (aged 26) | New England Revolution |
| 11 | 4FW | Eric Wynalda | (1969-06-09)9 June 1969 (aged 28) | San Jose Clash |
| 12 | 2DF | Jeff Agoos | (1968-05-02)2 May 1968 (aged 29) | D.C. United |
| 13 | 3MF | Cobi Jones | (1970-06-16)16 June 1970 (aged 27) | LA Galaxy |
| 14 | 4FW | Preki Radosavljevic | (1963-06-24)24 June 1963 (aged 34) | Kansas City Wizards |
| 15 | 4FW | Roy Lassiter | (1969-03-06)6 March 1969 (aged 28) | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 16 | 2DF | Brian Dunseth | (1977-03-02)2 March 1977 (aged 20) | New England Revolution |
| 17 | 2DF | Marcelo Balboa | (1967-08-08)8 August 1967 (aged 30) | Colorado Rapids |
| 18 | 1GK | Kasey Keller | (1969-11-29)29 November 1969 (aged 28) | Leicester City |
| 19 | 3MF | Chris Henderson | (1970-12-11)11 December 1970 (aged 27) | Colorado Rapids |
| 20 | 4FW | Brian McBride | (1972-06-19)19 June 1972 (aged 25) | Columbus Crew |
| 21 | 3MF | Claudio Reyna | (1973-07-20)20 July 1973 (aged 24) | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 22 | 2DF | Alexi Lalas | (1970-06-01)1 June 1970 (aged 27) | New England Revolution |
| 23 | 2DF | Gregg Berhalter | (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 (aged 24) | Sparta Rotterdam |
| 24 | 1GK | Juergen Sommer | (1969-02-27)27 February 1969 (aged 28) | Columbus Crew |