1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the final
Event	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Honduras United States 0 0
After extra time United States won 4–3 on penalties
Date	July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07)
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee	Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance	39,873

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match played on July 7, 1991, at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. United States beat Honduras 4–3 on penalties after the game finished 0–0 after extra time. This was the United States' first major title. It was also the first ever Gold Cup Final and first to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. As Gold Cup champion, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.

Route to the final

Further information: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honduras		Round	United States
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Canada	4–2	Match 1	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1
Jamaica	5–0	Match 2	Guatemala	3–0
Mexico	1–1	Match 3	Costa Rica	3–2
Group A winners Team Pld GD Pts Honduras 3 +7 5 Mexico 3 +5 5 Canada 3 –3 2 Jamaica 3 –9 0		Final standings	Group B winners Team Pld GD Pts United States 3 +5 6 Costa Rica 3 0 2 Trinidad and Tobago 3 –1 2 Guatemala 3 –4 2
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Costa Rica	2–0	Semi-finals	Mexico	2–0

Match details

July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07)

Honduras	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report
Penalties
Castro Anariba Yearwood Flores Zapata Cálix Vallejo Espinoza	3–4	Balboa Vermes Pérez Caligiuri Eck Quinn Kinnear Clavijo

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 39,873

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Honduras

United States

GK	1	Belarmino Rivera		119'
RB	5	Raúl Sambulá
CB	4	Juan F. Castro
CB		Marco Zelaya
LB	18	Daniel Zapata
RM	2	Gilberto Yearwood
CM	8	Juan C. Espinoza	106'
CM	10	Luis Cálix
LM	6	Mauricio Fúnez
CF	7	Eugenio Flores
CF	19	Eduardo Bennett
Substitutes:
FW	9	Luis Vallejo		69'
GK	25	Wilmer Cruz		119'
Manager:
Flavio Ortega

GK	1	Tony Meola
RB	20	Paul Caligiuri
CB	17	Marcelo Balboa
CB	21	Fernando Clavijo
LB	10	Peter Vermes
RM	19	Chris Henderson
CM	16	John Doyle
CM	7	Hugo Pérez	90'
LM	14	Brian Quinn
CF	11	Eric Wynalda		61'
CF	4	Bruce Murray		98'
Substitutes:
MF	5	Ted Eck		61'
DF	8	Dominic Kinnear		98'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

External links

• Official website