1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was an association football match that took place on 25 July 1993 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, to determine the winner of the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup. This was the second final in the history of CONCACAF Gold Cup and second consecutive final for the United States after they beat Honduras in a penalty shootout in the 1991 final. They faced Mexico, who were making their first appearance in a Gold Cup Final. El Tri won the match 4–0 in front of 130,800 spectators.[1]

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
Event1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Mexico United States
4 0
Date25 July 1993
VenueEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
RefereeRobert Sawtell (Canada)
Attendance130,800

As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as the CONCACAF representative in the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Background

Prior to the match, Mexico were favorites to win it all after Zague had scored 10 goals in every match in the competition they had played except their 1–1 draw with Costa Rica.[3] On the contrary, the United States had won all of their games by 1 goal, and scored a golden goal against Costa Rica in the semi-finals.[4]

Route to the final
Further information: 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Round Mexico
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
 Jamaica 1–0 Match 1  Martinique 9–0
 Panama 2–1 Match 2  Costa Rica 1–1
 Honduras 1–0 Match 3  Canada 8–0
Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States 3 9
2  Jamaica 3 4
3  Honduras 3 3
4  Panama 3 1
Source:
Final standings Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Mexico 3 7
2  Costa Rica 3 5
3  Canada 3 2
4  Martinique 3 1
Source:
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 Costa Rica 1–0 (a.e.t.) Semi-finals  Jamaica 6–1

Match

Details
Mexico 4–0 United States
Ambriz  11'
Armstrong  31' (o.g.)
Zague  69'
Cantú  79'		 Report
Attendance: 130,800
Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada)


Mexico
United States
GK1Jorge Campos
RB2Claudio Suárez
CB3Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales
CB6Juan Hernández
LB4Ignacio Ambríz
CM5Ramón Ramírez
CM20Jorge Rodríguez
CM19Joaquín Del Olmo (c)
RW11Luis Roberto "Zague" Alves
CF9Luis Miguel Salvador 76'
LW10Octavio Mora 76'
Substitutes:
MF18Guillermo Cantú 76'
MF17José Antonio Noriega 76'
Manager:
Miguel Mejía Barón
GK1Tony Meola
RB22Alexi Lalas (c)
CB15Desmond Armstrong
CB4Cle Kooiman
LB3John Doyle
RM5Thomas Dooley
CM10Cobi Jones 52'
CM6John Harkes
LM19Chris Henderson
CF17Roy Wegerle 78'
CF11Eric Wynalda
Substitutes:
FW8Dominic Kinnear 52'
FW14Joe-Max Moore 78'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes extra time if score levels after 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level after 120 minutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References
  1. Cart, Julie (26 July 1993). "Mexico Defeats U.S., 4-0 : Soccer: Crowd of 120,000 watches the home team breeze to victory in Gold Cup final". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "International Championship Saudi Arabia 1995 - Teams". FIFA.com. 6 January 1995.
  3. "Mexico vs. Costa Rica". Soccerway. 15 July 1993.
  4. "United States vs. Costa Rica". Soccerway. 21 July 1993.
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