CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998

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CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Concacaf goldcup 1998 Logo1.gif
Number of nations 10
winner MexicoMexico Mexico (6th title)
venue United StatesUnited States United States
Opening game February 1, 1998
Endgame February 14, 1998
Games 16
Gates 44  (⌀: 2.75 per game)
spectator 573,597  (⌀: 35,850 per game)
Top scorer Costa RicaCosta Rica Paulo Wanchope Luis Hernández
MexicoMexico
Best player United StatesUnited States Kasey Keller
Yellow card yellow cards 51  (⌀: 3.19 per game)
Yellow-red card Yellow-red cards 3  (⌀: 0.19 per game)
Red card Red cards 1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and the 4th under the name "Gold Cup" and took place from February 1st to 14th in the USA .

The USA qualified as runner-up for the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico, as tournament winners Mexico were qualified to host them.

Venues

place Stadion capacity Games
los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 92,000 4 group matches, final round
Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 47,000 6 group matches
Miami Orange Bowl Stadium 74,000 2 group matches
1998 venues in the USA

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. JamaicaJamaica Jamaica *  3  2  1  0 005: 200  +3 07th
 2. BrazilBrazil Brazil  3  1  2  0 005: 100  +4 05
 3. GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala  3  0  2  1 003: 400  −1 02
 4th El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador  3  0  1  2 000: 600  −6 01
* Jamaica replaced the Canadian national soccer team, which had withdrawn from the tournament
February 1, 1998 in Los Angeles
El Salvador - Guatemala 0-0
February 3, 1998 in Miami
Brazil - Jamaica 0-0
February 5, 1998 in Miami
Brazil - Guatemala 1: 1 (0: 0)
February 8, 1998 in Los Angeles
Guatemala - Jamaica 2: 3 (1: 1)
February 8, 1998 in Los Angeles
El Salvador - Brazil 0: 4 (0: 2)
February 9, 1998 in Los Angeles **
El Salvador - Jamaica 0: 2 (0: 1)
** This game was originally supposed to take place on February 6th, but was then moved to the 9th due to heavy rain.

Group B

All games in Oakland.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  2  2  0  0 006: 200  +4 06th
 2. Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago  2  1  0  1 005: 500  ± 0 03
 3. HondurasHonduras Honduras  2  0  0  2 001: 500  −4 00
February 1, 1998
Honduras - Trinidad and Tobago 1: 3 (0: 2)
February 4, 1998
Mexico - Trinidad and Tobago 4: 2 (1: 0)
February 7, 1998
Mexico - Honduras 2: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

All games in Oakland.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States United States  2  2  0  0 005: 100  +4 06th
 2. Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  2  1  0  1 008: 400  +4 03
 3. CubaCuba Cuba  2  0  0  2 002:100  −8 00
February 1, 1998
United States - Cuba 3: 0 (0: 0)
February 4, 1998
Costa Rica - Cuba 7: 2 (5: 0)
February 7, 1998
United States - Costa Rica 2: 1 (1: 0)

Final round

All games in Los Angeles.

Semifinals

February 10, 1998
United StatesUnited States United States - BrazilBrazil Brazil 1: 0 (0: 0)
February 12, 1998
JamaicaJamaica Jamaica - MexicoMexico Mexico 0: 1 n.GG.

3rd place match

February 14, 1998
BrazilBrazil Brazil - JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 1: 0 (0: 0)

final

February 14, 1998
United StatesUnited States United States - MexicoMexico Mexico 0: 1 (0: 1)

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates
1 MexicoMexico Luis Hernández 4th
Costa RicaCosta Rica Paulo Wanchope 4th
3 BrazilBrazil Romario 3

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