CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991

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CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Concacaf Gold CupÄ 1991.jpg
Number of nations 8th
winner United StatesUnited States USA (1st title)
venue United StatesUnited States United States
Opening game June 28th
Endgame July 7, 1991
Games 16
Gates 57  (⌀: 3.56 per game)
spectator 397,124  (⌀: 24,820 per game)
Top scorer MexicoMexico Benjamin Galindo (4)
Best player United StatesUnited States Tony Meola
Yellow card yellow cards 28  (⌀: 1.75 per game)
Yellow-red card Yellow-red cards (⌀: 0.13 per game)
Red card Red cards (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and the 1st under the name "Gold Cup" and took place from June 28th to July 7th in the USA .

The USA qualified for the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia by winning the tournament .

Venues

place Stadion capacity Games
los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,600 Group A and final round
Pasadena Rose Bowl 92,500 Group B
Venues in 1991 in the state of California in the USA

Preliminary round

Group A

All games in Los Angeles.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. HondurasHonduras Honduras  3  2  1  0 010: 300  +7 07th
 2. MexicoMexico Mexico  3  2  1  0 008: 300  +5 07th
 3. CanadaCanada Canada  3  1  0  2 006: 900  −3 03
 4th JamaicaJamaica Jamaica  3  0  0  3 003:120  −9 00
June 28, 1991
Honduras - Canada 4: 2 (3: 0)
Mexico - Jamaica 4: 1 (2: 1)
June 30, 1991
Honduras - Jamaica 5: 0 (2: 0)
Mexico - Canada 3: 1 (2: 0)
3rd July 1991
Canada - Jamaica 3: 2 (1: 1)
Mexico - Honduras 1: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

All games in Pasadena.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States United States  3  3  0  0 008: 300  +5 09
 2. Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  3  1  0  2 005: 500  ± 0 03
 3. Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago  3  1  0  2 003: 400  −1 03
 4th GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala  3  1  0  2 001: 500  −4 03
June 29, 1991
Costa Rica - Guatemala 2: 0 (2: 0)
United States - Trinidad and Tobago 2: 1 (0: 0)
July 1, 1991
Trinidad and Tobago - Costa Rica 2: 1 (1: 1)
United States - Guatemala 3: 0 (1: 0)
3rd July 1991
Guatemala - Trinidad and Tobago 1: 0 (0: 0)
United States - Costa Rica 3: 2 (1: 2)

Final round

Semifinals

July 5, 1991 in Los Angeles
HondurasHonduras Honduras - Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 2: 0 (1: 0)
July 5, 1991 in Los Angeles
United StatesUnited States United States - MexicoMexico Mexico 2: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

July 7, 1991 in Los Angeles
MexicoMexico Mexico - Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 2: 0 (1: 0)

final

July 7, 1991 in Los Angeles
United StatesUnited States United States - HondurasHonduras Honduras 0: 0 a.d., 4: 3 in E.

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates
1 MexicoMexico Benjamin Galindo 4th
2 HondurasHonduras Eduardo Bennett 3
HondurasHonduras Luis Calix 3
MexicoMexico Carlos Hermosillo 3
CanadaCanada Dale Mitchell 3

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